Description
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Adobe Illustrator CS4 is more than just the world's most popular and powerful illustration tool: As part of the Adobe's Creative Suite 4, it's a key component of an overall design workflow that lets users work seamlessly among all of their graphics applications to create graphically rich content for print, Web, motion graphics, and mobile devices. This info-packed guide lets users get right down to work by focusing on the Illustrator CS4 features they're most likely to use and showcasing each in a stand-alone tip--complete with a relevant hint or two and a graphic example. In this fashion, readers learn just what they need to know, exploring the program in a way that makes sense to them. Before they know it, users will be using all the new features as well as creating symbols and applying instances and exporting their work to Adobe Flash.
Features and Benefits
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Easy-to-scan guide makes quick work of the most useful features of Adobe Illustrator CS4!
* This handy guide teaches Illustrator CS4 the most efficient way - one technique at a time.
* Focuses only on the most commonly used features to help users master the software quickly.
* Author David Karlins is a veteran web designer who has written more than a dozen books.
Table of Contents
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Chapter One: Getting Started
Chapter Two: Drawing Lines and Shapes
Chapter Three: Drawing with Brushes
Chapter Four: Editing Paths
Chapter Five: Creating Fills and Strokes
Chapter Six: Working with Layers
Chapter Seven: Creating and Formatting Type
Chapter Eight: Aligning, Arranging, and Clipping
Chapter Nine: Transparency, Filters, and Effects
Chapter Ten: 3-D Effects
Chapter Eleven: Managing Illustration Workflow
Index
About the Authors
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David Karlins is a veteran Web designer and consultant and is the author of more than a dozen books. David's Web design clients and consultants have ranged from Hewlett Packard to the Himalayan Fair. His articles and reviews appear in online and print publications, including CreativePro and Macworld magazine. David has taught Dreamweaver at the University of California Extension School of Graphic and Interactive Design and currently teaches Dreamweaver for the San Francisco State University Multimedia Studies Program.
