Adobe CS5 15, Win, ES 65061410 User Manual
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Adobe Illustrator CS5
What’s New
Shape Builder tool
Intuitively combine, edit, and fill shapes on your artboard. Drag the cursor across overlapping
shapes and paths to create new objects and add color without accessing multiple tools and
panels. Quickly unite, exclude, trim, and more.
If you have ever worked with the Pathfinder panel, you will appreciate the Shape Builder tool. It
enables merging objects, breaking overlapping shapes into distinct objects, subtracting areas, and
more. For example, you can draw a stroke across a the middle of a circle and quickly create two
half-circles—no need to open a panel or choose another tool.
Coloring fills and strokes is easier now, too. The Shape Builder tool includes interactive color
selection for quickly filling closed or partially closed areas of your artwork. Options include
automatic gap detection and choosing whether or not to automatically fill new shapes.
shapes and paths to create new objects and add color without accessing multiple tools and
panels. Quickly unite, exclude, trim, and more.
If you have ever worked with the Pathfinder panel, you will appreciate the Shape Builder tool. It
enables merging objects, breaking overlapping shapes into distinct objects, subtracting areas, and
more. For example, you can draw a stroke across a the middle of a circle and quickly create two
half-circles—no need to open a panel or choose another tool.
Coloring fills and strokes is easier now, too. The Shape Builder tool includes interactive color
selection for quickly filling closed or partially closed areas of your artwork. Options include
automatic gap detection and choosing whether or not to automatically fill new shapes.
Drawing enhancements
Work faster with everyday tools. Improvements to familiar drawing tools make using Illustrator
CS5 efficient and productive. Instant masking using Draw Inside mode and joining paths with a
keystroke are just two of the enhancements that speed up your routine tasks.
CS5 efficient and productive. Instant masking using Draw Inside mode and joining paths with a
keystroke are just two of the enhancements that speed up your routine tasks.
Draw behind and inside—Draw behind other objects without choosing layers or worrying about
stacking order. Draw or place an image inside a shape, including live text. The draw inside feature
automatically creates a clipping mask from the selected object.
stacking order. Draw or place an image inside a shape, including live text. The draw inside feature
automatically creates a clipping mask from the selected object.
Find Draw Behind and Draw Inside modes at the bottom of the toolbar. Select an object, choose a
mode; then, when you draw, place an image, or create a shape, your new element is behind the
selected object. With Draw Inside, the selected object will also become a mask.
mode; then, when you draw, place an image, or create a shape, your new element is behind the
selected object. With Draw Inside, the selected object will also become a mask.
Use your mouse or pen
to stroke across selected
shapes to merge them,
use a shortcut key to
subtract shapes, and
quickly drag color into
the new objects.
You can quickly create
a photo mask out of
any object. Simply
select a text object,
choose Draw Inside,
and then choose
File > Place.