How To Do Everything Illustrator CS4 – Available Now!
How To Do Everything
Illustrator CS4
by Sue Jenkins
Published by McGraw-Hill/Osborne
ISBN-10: 0071603107
384 pages
Maximize the Power of the Number-One Vector Graphics Program
This full-color guide is perfect for designers and artists looking to master the most powerful graphics program available. Whether new to the software or upgrading from an earlier version, you will learn how to use the most important features of the latest version and create print, Web, and motion graphics. The examples in the book demonstrate how to develop logos, editorial and book illustrations, page layouts, magazine ads, business graphs and charts, and more. The book takes you step-by-step through the process of creating various types of illustrations, and demonstrates professional techniques, shortcuts, and solutions. A gallery profiling professional illustrators and their work highlights real-world examples. With this book, you’ll learn how to use all the program’s tools and settings to draw just about anything you can imagine!
Table of Contents
Ch 1. Workspace Orientation
Ch 2. Creating Documents
Ch 3. Drawing Lines & Shapes
Ch 4. Making Selections
Ch 5. Pencil & Paintbrush
Ch 6. Mastering the Pen Tool
Ch 7. Ordering, Alignment & the Pathfinder
Ch 8. Working with Layers
Ch 9. Colors & Swatches
Ch 10. Working with Type
Ch 11. Transformation Tools
Ch 12. Making Patterns & Gradients
Ch 13. Symbols
Ch 14. Graph Tools
Ch 15. Creating Blends
Ch 16. Clipping Paths & Clipping Masks
Ch 17. Transparency & Blending Modes
Ch 18. Graphic Styles & the Appearance Palette
Ch 19. Live Paint & Live Trace
Ch 20. Special Effects & Filters
Ch 21. Print & Design Projects
Ch 22. Web Projects
Ch 23. Printing Your Work
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Sue Jenkins is a Web and graphic designer, illustrator, teacher, photographer, and artist. In addition to running the Luckychair.com design studio, she is an Adobe Certified Expert/Instructor, appears in several ClassOnDemand Adobe Training DVDs, and is the author of several books on Web design.
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