Adobe 16001500 - Illustrator CS2 - Mac User manual

FreeHand to Illustrator Migration Guide
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Adobe®Illustrator®cs2
FreeHand to Illustrator Migration Guide

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Contents
Introduction ............................................... 4
The purpose of this guide and how it can be useful for FreeHand users.
KeyTerms.................................................. 6
Learn how Illustrator terms compare with those in FreeHand.
Converting FreeHand Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Discover how to open your FreeHand documents in Illustrator.
TheIllustratorWorkspace..................................10
Take a tour of the Illustrator CS2 workspace, which offers robust
new creativity tools, a context-sensitive Control palette, and custom
workspaces for personal preferences or project requirements.
Setting Up a New Document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Learn how to best prepare your artboard for your illustrations.
WorkingwithGraphics.....................................18
See easy it is to create predictable gradients, patterns and elaborate
effects.
WorkingwithText.........................................26
Take your text to a new level with extensive and powerful text tools,
including Character and Paragraph palettes and styles, flexible OpenType
fonts, support for text on a path, and more.
SavingandExportingFiles.................................30
Save and export your artwork to many standard file formats such as PDF,
SVG, or Flash for print workflows and the web.
PrintingIllustratorArtwork ................................34
Print your artwork reliably thanks to a streamlined print interface and such
features as support for transparency flattening and Adobe PDF output.
KeyboardShortcuts .......................................38
A list of some of the most useful Illustrator CS2 keyboard shortcuts.
AdditionalResources......................................42
Information on many useful resources for anyone who wants to learn
more about Illustrator features, tools, and techniques.

4 FreeHand to Illustrator Migration Guide
Welcome, and thank you for having made the move or thinking about moving
from Adobe® FreeHand® to Adobe Illustrator® CS2.
is guide explains the main dierences between the two programs and
introduces you to some of the features that make Illustrator the best choice for
creating vector graphics for any media. It was written specically for FreeHand
users like you to help you transition as quickly and as smoothly as possible.
With the experience you have acquired using FreeHand, the transition will be
an easy one. If you have been using Adobe Photoshop® or Adobe InDesign®,
your move will be even easier because all Adobe graphics applications share
common commands, palettes, and keyboard shortcuts.
Illustrator is perfectly integrated with all applications in the Adobe Creative
Suite and with Adobe Bridge, it has become easier than ever to manage and
organize les.
e Live Trace and Live Paint features in Illustrator make it easier to get your
sketches onto your workspace as vector graphics. Integration with Photoshop,
including the ability to choose Layer Comps during import and support for
Photoshop lters and eects, opens new horizons for vector graphics. Illustrator
also gives you access to many OpenType® features to help you create beautiful
typography.
Discover the power of integration between all Adobe applications. For example,
link directly to multilayered Photoshop les, export your Illustrator layers
directly to Photoshop, or save your documents as Adobe PDF or export them
for the web or mobile devices.
Your experience in FreeHand will get you up-to-speed very rapidly.
Introduction

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Introduction 5
Turn sketches into vector graphics
Get total control of your objects
Create sophisticated transparency
Use familiar tools Set beautiful typography
Make elaborate and predictable blends
Take advantage of advanced 3D features

6 FreeHand to Illustrator Migration Guide
Key Terms
Pasteboard » Scratch Area
What you know as the pasteboard in FreeHand is called the scratch area in
Illustrator. The scratch area is the area outside the artboard that extends to
the edge of a 227-inch square window. The scratch area represents the space
on which you can create, edit, and store elements of artwork before mov-
ing them onto the artboard. Objects placed on the scratch area are visible
on-screen, but they do not print.
Pages » Artboard
In FreeHand you can set up multiple pages within a single document;
Illustrator considers the document and its artboard as one illustration. If you
need to output specific areas of your illustration you can use the Page tool,
apply a Crop Area, or print overlapping tiles.
Panels » Palettes
In FreeHand you use panels to monitor and modify your work. In Illustrator,
you use palettes. You can move, dock, group, or save the position of a palette
in the Workspace.
Object Properties Panel » Appearance palette
In FreeHand, the Object Properties Panel is a context sensitive area where
you access formatting options for any selected object. In Illustrator, to
achieve the same function, you use both the Appearance palette and the
context-sensitive Control palette. The Appearance palette lets you view and
adjust the appearance of attributes for any object, group, or layer. Fills and
strokes are listed in stacking order in the palette. Effects are listed from top to
bottom in the order in which they are applied to the artwork. To display the
palette, choose Window > Appearance.
Because FreeHand and Illustrator are both vector drawing programs, they share
many common tools and commands.
Many of the terms used in the Illustrator menus, dialog boxes, and palettes are
identical to those used in FreeHand. For example, tools and layers are essentially
the same in both programs. In some cases, FreeHand and Illustrator use
FreeHand Term » Illustrator Term
Palettes can be moved, docked, and grouped.
You control the attributes of objects in the
Appearance palette.

Key Terms 7
Import » Place
In Illustrator you can place both graphic and text files; placed graphics can
be either linked or embedded into the document and are accessible from the
Links palette. Integration across the Adobe Creative Suite allows you, for ex-
ample, to choose layers or layer comps when you place Photoshop files into
Illustrator.
Transform Handles » Bounding box
When you select objects with the Selection tool, Illustrator displays a bound-
ing box around them. The bounding box lets you move, rotate, duplicate,
and scale objects easily by dragging the object or a handle (one of the hol-
low squares along the bounding box). To view the bounding box, choose
View > Show Bounding Box.
Keyline View » Outline
By default, Illustrator displays all artwork in color. However, you can improve
redraw and performance by viewing artwork as outlines (or paths). To view
artwork as outlines, choose View > Outline. Choose View > Preview to view
artwork in color.
Extrude Tool » 3D effects
3D effects enable you to create three-dimensional objects from two-dimen-
sional artwork or text. You can control the appearance of three-dimensional
objects with lighting, shading, rotation, and other properties.
Live Vector Effects » Effects
Effects in Illustrator are live, which means that you can modify them even
after they are applied. You can apply effects to any object and then modify
its vectors or the effect’s options, or remove the effect using the Appearance
palette. Once you apply an effect to an object, the Appearance palette lists
the effect and enables you to edit it, move it, duplicate it, delete it, or save it
as part of a graphic style.
dierent terms for the same concept. For example, in FreeHand you work with
pages, while in Illustrator you work with an artboard. Once you understand
the dierence in terms, you are likely to nd that the concepts are quite similar.
Here are some key terms that dier between FreeHand and Illustrator:
Extrude artwork and create complex three-
dimensional objects using 3D effects in
Illustrator.
The bounding box in Illustrator can help you
apply transformations to selected objects.

8 FreeHand to Illustrator Migration Guide
KEY TERMS
Graphic Hose Tool » Symbol Sprayer
The symbolism tools let you create and modify sets of symbol instances.
You create a symbol set using the Symbol Sprayer tool. You can then use the
other symbolism tools to change the density, color, location, size, rotation,
transparency, and style of the instances in the set. You are not limited to a
particular set of symbols, you can use as many as are available in the Symbols
palette.
Edit in External Editor » Edit Original
Illustrator is highly integrated with Photoshop. To open a linked bitmap file in
Photoshop, select the graphic and choose Edit Original in the Control palette
or Links palette, or from the Edit menu.
Output Area Tool » Crop Area
By default, Illustrator crops artwork to the boundaries of the artboard. How-
ever, you can choose to crop to the edges of the artwork or to a crop area
that you define. The option you choose sets the position of the printer’s
marks on your document and defines the printable boundaries of the art-
work. These printable boundaries, called the print bounding box, are repre-
sented by a dashed line in the preview section of the Print dialog box.
Styles » Graphic styles
A graphic style is a set of reusable appearance attributes. Graphic styles allow
you to quickly change the look of an object. For example, you can change its
fill and stroke color, alter its transparency, and apply effects in one step. All
the changes you apply with graphic styles are completely reversible.
Mixer » Color palette
You use the Color palette to apply color to an object’s fill and stroke, and also
to edit and mix colors. The Color palette can display color values using dif-
ferent color models. By default, only the most commonly used options are
visible in the Color palette. To display the palette, choose Window > Color. To
change the color model, choose Grayscale, RGB, HSB, CMYK, or Web Safe RGB
from the palette menu.
FreeHand Term » Illustrator Term
The Color palette
This intricate foliage was created using the
symbolism tools in Illustrator.

Key Terms 9
CONVERTING ADOBE FREEHAND DOCUMENTS
Updating legacy text
When you open FreeHand files that have been exported as Illustrator 9 or earlier, text
cannot be edited until it’s updated. After updating, you have access to all the text
features in Illustrator CS2, such as paragraph and character styles, optical kerning, and
full OpenType font support.
You don’t have to update the text if you don’t need to edit it. Text that has not been
updated is called legacy text. You can view, move, and print legacy text, but you can’t
edit it. Legacy text has an X through its bounding box when selected.
To update all legacy text in a document when you open it, click Update when
prompted by Illustrator. Or, after opening the document, choose Type > Legacy Text >
Update All Legacy Text.
Converting Adobe
FreeHand documents
Illustrator can open FreeHand les up to version 9. If you are using a later
version, open your le in FreeHand and export it to an earlier version (choose
File > Export and then choose the correct format) prior to opening it in
Illustrator. If you nd that some elements are lost when you open a FreeHand 9
le, try exporting the le as FreeHand 8 format.
Note: Exporting a FreeHand le as EPS for use in Illustrator can yield
unexpected results (for example, gradients may not transfer accurately).
FreeHand allows you to import both CMYK and RGB image les. If you open
a FreeHand document that contains both CMYK and RGB images, you’ll be
prompted to choose a specic color space (see “Setting up a New Document” on
page 14).
If the original FreeHand document contains more than one page, the rst page
(numbered 1 in FreeHand’s Document Pane) will convert to an Illustrator
artboard and everything on subsequent pages will appear on the scratch area.
Illustrator can work in either CMYK or RGB
color mode. You will be prompted to choose
one or the other when you open a FreeHand
document that contains objects that use both
CMYK and RGB color modes.
By default, Illustrator appends the word
“[Converted]” to the filename when you open
a FreeHand document and when you update
text in a file.
Illustrator prompts you to choose whether to update the
text or leave the conversion for later.

10 FreeHand to Illustrator Migration Guide
The Illustrator
Workspace
Control palette
Toolbox
As a FreeHand user, you will feel at home in the Illustrator workspace.
e default workspace in Illustrator (Window > Workspace > [Default]) consists
of an illustration window where you draw and lay out your artwork, a toolbox
that holds the tools for drawing and editing artwork, and palettes to help you
monitor and modify your artwork.
e status bar (at the bottom le edge of the illustration window) displays the
current zoom level as well as the following information: the current tool, the
date and time, the number of undos and redos available, the document color
prole, or the status of a managed le (Version Cue).
Illustration window
Palettes
Hyperlink that can be clicked to access the full palette
Status bar
Hidden tools called out
off the toolbox with their
tool tip
Hidden tools torn off
of the toolbox
Menus Jump to Adobe Bridge
The Illustrator CS2 workspace

The Illustrator Workspace 11
The Control palette
e Control palette is context sensitive and oers quick access to options related
to the objects you select. For example, if you select a text object, many controls
you will need to format text appear there. Use the Control palette as your
primary tool for editing your artwork.
e Control palette also provides fast access to palettes, which, in some cases,
oer additional options. Click a blue hyperlink and another palette will open
under the Control palette for easy access. To congure the Control palette
choose options from the palette’s pop-up menu.
The toolbox
You use the tools in the toolbox to create, select, and manipulate objects in
Illustrator. Some tools have additional tools beneath them (hidden tools). A
small triangle at the lower right corner of the tool indicates that there are hidden
tools.
Illustrator tools
The first time you start Illustrator, the toolbox appears at the left side
of the screen. You can move the toolbox by dragging its title bar. You
can also show or hide the toolbox by choosing Window > Tools.
Selection tools
Type tools
Drawing tools
Brush tool
Reshaping tools
Symbolism / graph tools
Advanced painting tools
Blend tool
Slicing and cutting tools
Move and zoom tools
Color
Screen modes
About the Selection tools
In FreeHand, you use the Pointer tool to select both
objects and single points; with the Subselect tool, you
can modify curves and objects in groups. In Illustrator,
the Selection tool lets you select objects or groups
and the Direct Selection tool lets you modify ob-
jects or groups and select single points on a path. Use
the Lasso tool to select multiple points.

12 FreeHand to Illustrator Migration Guide
THE Illustrator WORKSPACE
You can tear o hidden tools into separate palettes to have them readily avail-
able. To tear o a palette, click and hold the tool, and then drag your cursor to
the right and release it at the edge of the pop-up tool palette. e name of the
tool and its keyboard shortcut appear when you hold the pointer over the tool.
Where are tools such as 3D Rotation, Extrude, and Fisheye lens?
In Illustrator you apply eects such as 3D and Warping eects using the Eect
menu (see page 25).
Palettes
You can access all palettes in Illustrator from the Window menu; some can also
be activated by clicking the blue hyperlinks in the Control palette.
A palette can be grouped with another by dragging its tab onto the other palette.
To dock palettes so that they move together, drag a palette’s tab to the bottom of
another palette until you see a black line.
Once you have organized the palettes, you can save your setup as a Workspace
by choosing Window > Workspace > Save Workspace.
Preferences
Before you begin creating artwork with Illustrator, familiarize yourself
with the program’s default settings—specically the options available in the
Preferences dialog box (in Mac OS, choose Illustrator > Preferences > General;
in Windows®, choose Edit > Preferences > General). You can customize these
settings to suit your needs, creating a work environment that’s both productive
and comfortable.
As you look through the panes in the Preferences dialog box, you’ll see that
many of the options are identical to those in FreeHand. You’ll also nd several
unfamiliar but useful options such as the option to use the Clipboard to transfer
selections between an Illustrator le and other Adobe applications.
e Clipboard is particularly useful for moving paths from one application
to the other because paths are copied to the Clipboard as PostScript language
descriptions. Artwork copied to the Clipboard is pasted in PICT format in
most applications. However, some applications also accept PDF data (such as
InDesign) or AICB (Adobe Illustrator Clipboard). PDF preserves transparency;
AICB lets you specify whether you want to preserve the overall appearance
of the selection or copy the selection as a set of paths (which can be useful in
Photoshop and InDesign).
All palettes, including the Control palette,
have a pop-up menu, which lets you choose
a variety of other attributes. To open the
pop-up menu, click the arrow at the top right
of the palette .
File handling & Clipboard preferences let you
choose how to copy your artwork to other
applications.

The Illustrator Workspace 13
THE Illustrator WORKSPACE
Tip: To print a list of Illustrator shortcuts,
click Export text in the Keyboard
Shortcuts dialog box.
Keyboard shortcuts
Illustrator lets you assign keyboard shortcuts for many operations. e
Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box serves as a shortcut editor, and includes all
commands that support shortcuts, some of which aren’t in the default shortcut
set. For a list of keyboard shortcuts see page 38.
Context-sensitive menus
In addition to using keyboard shortcuts, you can access many commands using
context-sensitive menus. Context-sensitive menus display commands that
are relevant to the active tool, selection, or palette. To display a context-sensi-
tive menu, Control-click (Mac OS) or right-click (Windows) in the document
window or palette.
When you right-click (Windows) or Control-
click (Mac OS) on selected text (left) or a
path (right), a menu allows you fast access to
contextual commands.
Common palette shortcuts
A. Expands/collapses palette.
B. Click to collapse/expand palette.
C. Double-click to collapse/expand palette.
D. Show pop-up menu for the palette.
E. Creates action, brush, style, fill/stroke (appear-
ance), layer, or swatch. Option-click (Mac OS)
or Alt-click (Windows) to set options (except
action and brush). Drag onto button to dupli-
cate action, brush, style, fill/stroke (appearance),
layer, or swatch.
F. Deletes action, brush, layer, or swatch; Option-
click (Mac OS) or Alt-click (Windows) to delete
without confirmation (except for Variable pal-
ette).
Other palette shortcuts
• Shift+Return to apply value and keep text box
active.
• Command+~ (tilde) to highlight last-used text
box in palette.
• Command+click to select noncontiguous
actions, brushes, layers (same level only), links,
styles, or swatches.
• Tab to show/hide palettes.
• Shift+Tab to show/hide all palettes except the
toolbox.
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C D
Color management
e Adobe color management system helps you maintain the appearance of
colors as you import images, edit or transfer documents between Adobe appli-
cations, and output your nished compositions.
By default, color management is turned on in Adobe Creative Suite 2 applica-
tions. You can synchronize color settings to provide consistent display for RGB
and CMYK colors no matter which application you view them in.
To change color settings, choose Edit > Color Settings. To ensure that your
Adobe Creative Suite applications (except Acrobat) are synchronized using the
same color settings for consistent color management, choose Edit > Creative
Suite Color Settings in Adobe Bridge and select an appropriate prole.
For more information about color management, see Illustrator Help.

14 FreeHand to Illustrator Migration Guide
Setting Up a New
Document
An Illustrator document consists of one single-page artboard that can be up to
227 square inches.
To create a new document, choose File > New and dene the size, orientation,
and measurement units for your artboard (the area that contains your artwork).
To determine how Illustrator represents color, choose either RGB or CMYK
color mode. Choose CMYK when preparing a document to be printed using
process inks or spot colors such as Pantone. Choose RGB when your artwork
is intended for on-screen viewing. Also note that most Photoshop eects in
Illustrator can only be applied while you are in RGB mode, which lets you
access a larger color gamut. If you need to use your artwork for both print and
online (for example, the web), you can take advantage of all features available in
the RGB color mode and then convert to CMYK when you output the artwork
or place it into a page layout application such as InDesign.
To change the color mode, choose File > Document Color Mode (you can’t
change the color mode in the Document Setup dialog box). Note that if you
have used raster eects (such as Photoshop Eects found under the Eect
menu) in the RGB color mode, all eects will be lost when you change the color
mode to CMYK.
Document templates
You can use templates to create new documents that share common settings and
design elements. For example, if you need to design a series of business cards
with a similar look and feel, you can create a template with the desired artboard
size, view settings (such as guides), and print options. e template can also
contain symbols for common design elements (such as logos) and specic sets
of color swatches, brushes, and graphic styles.
Illustrator comes with 200 professionally designed templates, including
templates for letterhead, business cards, envelopes, brochures, labels, certicates,
postcards, greeting cards, and websites.
When you create a new document, you can
determine size, units of measurement, and
orientation of the artboard. You will also be
prompted to choose a color mode.
The icons for Illustrator documents (top) and
templates (bottom) help you determine the
type of file before you open it.
Two of the many templates included with Illustrator CS2. You can save any
design or layout as a template by choosing File > Save As Template.

Setting up a new document 15
You can save your artwork as Adobe Illustrator Template (.ait) to reuse it or
share it with others. When you select a template using the New From Template
command, Illustrator creates a new document with identical content to the
template, but leaves the original template le untouched.
Where’s the Document panel?
In FreeHand, you use the Document panel to target and select pages, choose
page dimensions, orientation, bleed settings, and printer resolution.
In Illustrator choose File > Document Setup to change the attributes of the
artboard. You use the Document Setup dialog box to choose settings for Type
and Transparency at the document level. You can also dene the dictionary used
for spell check and hyphenation, the position of superscripts, the scale for small
caps, or how to copy transparency eects over to the clipboard for use within
Illustrator or in other applications.
In FreeHand, you determine the Bleed Area in the Document panel; in
Illustrator, the Bleed area is assigned during printing in the print dialog box.
Printable area
Nonprintable area (printer margins)
Edge of the printed page
Artboard
Scratch area
The Illustrator document
The artboard represents the entire
area that can contain printable art-
work. The artboard’s dimensions
may not match the current page
size. For example, your artboard may
be 10 x 20 inches while your print
settings specify 8-1/2 x 11-inch pa-
per. You can view the page bound-
aries in relation to the artboard by
showing page tiling (View > Show
Page Tiling). When page tiling is on,
the printable and nonprintable areas
are represented by a series of solid
and dotted lines. You can move the
printable area across the artboard by
using the Page tool.
The scratch area is the area outside
of the artboard that extends to the
edge of the 227-square inch win-
dow. The scratch area represents a
space on which you can create, edit,
and store elements of artwork be-
fore moving them onto the artboard.
Objects placed onto the scratch area
are visible on-screen, but they do
not print.
You can change the document setup by
choosing File > Document Setup.

16 FreeHand to Illustrator Migration Guide
SETTING UP A NEW DOCUMENT
How do I set up measurement units?
In Illustrator, there are several ways to select units of measurement:
In the Preferences dialog box, choose Units & Display Performance and
select a unit of measurement. You can also choose dierent units for Stroke
and Type, which are typically measured in points.
Choose the global measurement unit when you create a new document. You
can always change the unit of measurement later by using the Document
Setup dialog box.
Override the default units by entering a value in the Control palette. For
example, follow the value by any of the these abbreviations: inch, inches, in,
millimeters, millimetres, mm, Qs (one Q equals 0.25 millimeter), centime-
ters, centimetres, cm, points, p, pt, picas, pc, pixel, pixels, and px.
Using Guides and grids
Guides help you align text and graphic objects. You can create ruler guides
(straight vertical or horizontal lines) and guide objects (vector objects that you
convert to guides).
You can choose between two guide styles—dots and lines—and you can change
the color of guides by using either predened grid colors or colors you select
using a color picker. By default, guides are locked in place, but you can unlock
them to move, modify, delete, or revert them.
When you choose View > Show Grid, a grid appears behind your artwork in
the illustration window. To change the spacing between gridlines, color of the
gridlines, or grid style, choose Illustrator > Preferences > Guides & Grid (Mac
OS) or Edit > Preferences > Guides & Grid (Windows). Grids and guides do not
print.
Where is the Guides Layer?
In FreeHand there is a default layer called “Guides” which allows you to move
guides over or under the artwork. In Illustrator, guides belong to the layer they
were created on; to emulate FreeHand’s behavior, create a layer and name it
“Guides.” Add the guides to that layer and you can turn the layer on or o, and
move it over or under the layers of your artwork.
•
•
•
Tip: To emulate FreeHand’s snapping
feature, activate Smart Guides in
Illustrator by choosing View > Smart
Guides. Smart Guides are temporary
snap-to guides that help you create,
align, edit, and transform objects relative
to other objects.
Tip: Ctrl-click (Mac OS) or right-click
(Windows) in the ruler to open a menu
from which you can select unit of
measurement.
Units & Display Performance preferences let
you choose your measurement system.
Tip: You can perform simple math in any
box that accepts numeric values using
a single mathematical operator, such as
+ (plus), - (minus), x (multiplication), /
(division), or % (percent).

Setting up a new document 17
SETTING UP A NEW DOCUMENT
The Layers palette
Toggle layer visibility
Layer
Sublayer
Targeted layer
Indicates selected art (drag to move to another layer)
Lock/Unlock layer
Using layers
When creating complex artwork, it’s a challenge to keep track of all the items
in your document window. Small items get hidden under larger items, and
selecting artwork becomes dicult. Layers provide a way to manage all the
items that make up your artwork. ink of layers as clear folders that contain
artwork. If you reshue the folders, you change the stacking order of the items
in your artwork. You can move items between folders and create subfolders. To
display the Layers palette, choose Window > Layers.
e structure of layers in your document can be as simple or complex as
you want it to be. By default, all items are organized in a single, parent layer.
However, you can create new layers and move items into them, or move
elements from one layer to another. e Layers palette provides an easy way to
select, hide, lock, and change the appearance attributes of artwork. You can even
create template layers, which you can use to trace artwork, or exchange layers
with Photoshop.
By default, Illustrator assigns a unique color to each layer in the Layers palette.
e color appears in the layer’s selection column when one or more objects
within the layer are selected, and also appears in the selected object’s selection
column. In addition, the same color appears in the document window in the
bounding box, path, anchor points, and center point of the selected object. You
can use this color to quickly locate an object’s corresponding layer in the Layers
palette and you can change this layer color to suit your needs.
When an item in the Layers palette contains other items, a triangle appears to
the le of the item’s name. Click the triangle to show or hide the contents.
When an item is selected, a colored square appears at the right edge of the layer
in the palette; to move the item to another layer or change its stacking order,
drag the colored square to the desired layer.

Fill color
Swap
Fill and Stroke
Stroke color
Default
Fill and Stroke
18 FreeHand to Illustrator Migration Guide
Working with Graphics
The color selection box in the Toolbox
Use the drawing tools in Illustrator to create
vector graphics.
Drawing
Drawing in Illustrator is very similar to drawing in FreeHand; you use the Pen,
Paintbrush, or Pencil tools to draw vector graphics in Illustrator. You can also
draw basic geometric shapes by using tools such as the Rectangle, Ellipse, or
Polygon tools.
Using the Pen tool
e Pen tool is the principal tool for drawing straight lines, Bézier curves,
and complex shapes. You can also use the Pen tool to perform the actions of the
following three tools:
Use the Add Anchor Point tool to add anchor points to a path (or use
the Pen tool on a segment of a selected path).
Use the Remove Anchor Point tool to remove anchor points (or use the
Pen tool on existing points of a selected path).
Use the Convert Anchor Point tool to convert a corner point to a
smooth point or vice-versa (or press Alt while using the Pen tool).
Selecting and modifying paths and anchor points
To select entire paths (with all anchor points selected) use the Selection tool. In
Illustrator, you cannot use the Selection tool to select individual anchor points.
To select anchor points, you use the Direct Selection tool or the Lasso tool; you
can then move and modify individual anchor points. In FreeHand, selected
anchor points are indicated by a hollow square; in Illustrator selected anchor
points are indicated by a lled square.
Creating and applying color
In Illustrator, there are several ways you can apply color to strokes and lls.
e Color Picker lets you select an object’s ll or stroke color by choosing from
a color spectrum, dening colors numerically, or clicking a swatch. To display
the Color Picker, double-click the ll or stroke color selection box in the toolbox
or Color palette.
In addition to using the Color palette to apply color to an object’s ll or stroke,
you use it to edit and mix colors. e Color palette can display color values
using dierent color models. To display the palette, choose Window > Color or
click on Fill Color or Stroke Color in the toolbox.
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Tip: While using the Polygon or Star tool
press the up arrow or down arrow keys to
add and remove sides from a polygon or
to add and remove points from a star.

Preview
options
Working with Graphics 19
Tip: Batch-process bitmap images or
sketches using the Live Trace command
in Bridge.
Live Trace automatically turns placed images into beautifully detailed vector graphics
that are easy to edit, resize, and manipulate.
To use Live Trace:
Step 1: Select a placed bitmap image and click the Live Trace button on the Control
palette to create a Live Trace object.
Step 2: See the results in the workspace, and adjust your settings if desired on the
Control palette. For example, choose a preset for a different type of image, and choose
the type of raster or vector preview you want to see. Click the Tracing Options Dialog
button to access more advanced tracing options.
Adjust the threshold to fine-
tune the contrast of the traced
image.
Tip: For more on Live Trace, see
“Creating Vector Content Using
Live Trace”on the Adobe website
(www.adobe.com/products/illustrator/
pdfs/creating_vector_content.pdf).
Step 3: When tracing black-and-white images, adjust the Threshold setting on the
Control palette. Illustrator converts pixels lighter than the Threshold value to white and
converts pixels darker than the Threshold value to black.
Note: After you trace a bitmap image, you may find details that you’d like to remove.
Use the Edit Original command in the Links palette to open the image in Photoshop
where, for instance, you can remove a border or extraneous detail. Save your changes,
and Live Trace automatically retraces the placed image.
Preset menu button
Choose a tracing preset.
Create a Live Trace object.
Live Trace
Tracing Options Dialog