- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill (1 Nov 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0072230924
- ISBN-13: 978-0072230925
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 18.7 x 1.8 cm
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- #44 in Books > Computers & Internet > Software & Graphics > Applications > Adobe Illustrator
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This four-colour, beautifully designed book teaches users of all levels how to do everything with Illustrator 11 to create professional-quality graphics for print and the Web. Readers are brought up-to-date on the latest advances in Illustrator 11, including 3-D effects, new paragraph formatting capabilities, and the ability to integrate Illustrator 11 with other software products, such as InDesign, Word, and PowerPoint.
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David Karlins (Berkeley, CA) is a graphic and web designer who teaches Adobe Illustrator at San Francisco State University's Multimedia Studies Center.
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Adobe Illustrator is an almost supernatural program for generating print and digital artwork. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
How to Do Everything with Illustrator CS
6 Jan 2004
Format:Paperback
This is a great book for beginning and intermediate users of Adobe Illustrator. The book is well laid out, colorful and pleasant to read. What is nice for the new user is he explains how to use the basic tools, and how to draw with them. Understanding paths and anchors are the basic elements of being able to use this type of software. You have the option of working through the whole book or picking and choosing your topic. A new user could work through the whole book, from beginning to end.
The author includes many highlighted "notes," "cautions," and "shortcuts" interspersed throughout the book. For example, in the section where he is explaining about how to draw with paintbrushes there is a note telling you that Chapter 18 explains how to define custom brushes. In another section about the Pathfinder tools you are cautioned that those tools only with with vector objects - not bitmaps. And for those who are unsure of the difference between vector art and bitmap art, that explanation was given in the beginning of the book. It is this kind of basic information that makes this such a helpful book.
He goes into great detail about the new text features and special effects.
I can't say enough about how clearly this book is written. I have had my share of technical books that are hard to understand, unpleasant to look at and have typographical errors.
While good portion of this book will be redundant to a Illustrator "power user," there is still a lot of useful information including a professional technique gallery at the back of the book.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Not as good as you might be led to believe
2 May 2004
Format:Paperback
Let me join the other reviewers in panning this book. The color illustrations are nice (compared to the Adobe manuals, which have gotten thin and have no color), but that's about it. The details just aren't there. For example, the author will show you the star tool, and talk about using its dialog box to set options, but doesn't mention using the Command (PC:ctrl) or Option (PC:alt) keys with this tool, nor what they do. So not only does it read a bit like a manual, but it's an incomplete manual. Beyond that, there's not much content -- try Cohen's "Creative Studio" book or Steuer's "Wow!" book, or better yet, get the video training from Total Training.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Layman's Terms .. I like it !
14 Nov 2003
Format:Paperback
What good is teaching if your not able communicate? This book "teaches" and relays information in an easy to understand way. Along with sufficient illustrations the concepts are easily explained.
If you want to "Learn" AI 10 in a painlessly way, I'd recommend this book as a must have.
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