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Visual QuickStart Guide—the quick and easy way to learn!
Now revised and updated, this book uses simple step-by-step instructions, loads of screen shots, and an array of time-saving tips and tricks, serving both as the quickest route to Illustrator CS3 mastery for new users, and a handy reference for more experienced designers. This edition of the Visual QuickStart Guid e covers Illustrator CS3's newest features, including new tools in Live Color, enhancements to essential drawing tools and controls, improvements to the powerful Control panel, the new Eraser tool and Crop Area tool, and much more. A full-color section of inspiring Illustrator artwork and highly readable text create a winning combination for Illustrator users of every level.
- Easy visual approach uses pictures to guide you through Illustrator and show you what to do.
- Concise steps and explanations let you get up and running in no time.
- Page for page, the best content and value around.
Synopsis
Adobe Illustrator is the indispensable vector drawing tool used by digital artists around the world. Illustrator CS4 provides those artists with powerful drawing tools, unparalleled typographic controls, and much more. With a slew of new features and tighter-than-ever integration with the rest of Adobe Creative Suite 4's design, graphics, and publishing tools, Illustrator CS4 promises to make designers' lives a whole lot easier, especially if they have this task-based guide!
Now revised and updated, and in 4 COLOR this book uses simple step-by-step instructions, loads of screen shots, and an array of time-saving tips and tricks, serving both as the quickest route to Illustrator CS4 mastery for new users, and a handy reference for more experienced designers. This edition of the Visual QuickStart Guide covers Illustrator CS4's newest features, including the much anticipated multi art board feature and much more.
About the Author
In addition to the Illustrator CS3: Visual QuickStart Guide, Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas have also written, designed, and illustrated Visual QuickStart Guide s to Adobe Photoshop and QuarkXPress. Their books have been translated into 12 languages and have sold more than 2.1 million copies worldwide. They have also taught at Pratt Manhattan, the Cooper Union School of Art, the New School Computer Instruction Center, and the Parsons School of Design.
Table of Contents
1 Create & Save Files
2 Manage Color
3 Workspaces
4 Panels
5 Bridge
6 Geometric Objects
7 Select
8 Move, Copy & Align
9 Fill & Stroke
10 Transform
11 Reshape
12 Trace
13 Live Paint
14 Live Color
15 Pen Tool
16 Layers
17 Create Type
18 Appearances & Styles
19 Style & Edit Type
20 Acquire
21 Effects & Filters
22 Brushes
23 Blends
24 Gradients
25 Combine Paths
26 Clipping Masks
27 Transparency
28 Symbols
29 Preferences
30 Print
31 Export
Index