Adobe illustrator cs4- P6

Adobe illustrator cs4- P6: Good designers have many tools at their disposal. Especially in an environmentwhere most designers have other powerful graphics applications, itcan be diffi cult to choose which one to use for a particular task. For example,a designer can apply soft drop shadows in Photoshop, Illustrator, andInDesign—is one application any better than the others for this?
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Adobe illustrator cs4- P6124 CHAPTER 4: CREATIVE DRAWING • Selection Limits Merge. As you’ve learned, the Blob Brush tool auto- matically merges new brush strokes with existing overlapping objects if those objects have similar attributes. For further control, the Selection Limits Merge option will allow the Blob Brush to merge new brush strokes only if the underlying objects have similar attributes and they are selected. Objects that are not selected, even if they share the same attributes of the brush, are not merged. In this way, you have further control over which brush strokes are merged and which are not. • Fidelity and Smoothness. The Fidelity setting determines how close the vector path is drawn in relation to the movement of your mouse or input pen. A lower Fidelity setting results in a path that more closely matches the exact movement of your mouse. A higher Fidelity setting results in a path that is smoother and less jittery but that may not match your stroke exactly. If you’re good with handling the mouse or if you’re using an input pen, you might go with a lower setting. If you have trouble controlling the mouse or pen precisely, you might benefit from a higher Fidelity setting. The Smoothness setting refers to how much smoothing Illustrator applies to paths as you draw them. The higher the Smoothness setting, the fewer anchor points you’ll see on your paths. If you’re looking for more fluid strokes, increasing the Smoothness setting will help. Using the Eraser Tool The perfect companion to the Blob Brush tool is the Eraser tool (Shift-E). In fact, you’ll find the Eraser tool right next to the Blob Brush tool, grouped with the Scissors and Knife tools (Figure 4.44). To use the Eraser tool, select it, and then click and drag over any object (or objects). If nothing is selected, the Eraser tool will erase all objects across all layers in your document, with the exception of locked objects and layers, of course. For more control, you can make a selection first and then use the Eraser tool (Figure 4.45), at which time the tool will erase only those objects that are selected (leaving all other objects intact). DRAWING AND ERASING WITH EASE 125 Figure 4.44 The Eraser tool (not to be confused with the Path Eraser tool) is grouped with other tools that cut or sever paths. Figure 4.45 By selecting an object, you can quickly erase parts of one path without affecting other paths. This illustration is also a great example of how you might use the Eraser tool in a cre- ative way, by editing shapes and colored regions.It’s important to realize that although the Eraser tool is cool and makes it TIP If you have a largeseem effortless to quickly remove parts of an illustration, the tool still must area to erase, press theabide by the general rules of how vector objects are drawn. This means if Option (Alt) key while drag- ging with the Eraser tool toyou try to erase part of a single closed path, the result will be two closed create a marquee area. Any-paths, not open ones. It’s easiest to see this when attempting to erase paths thing that falls within thethat contain strokes (Figu ...