Adobe Illustrator CS4 Classroom in a Book

by Adobe Creative Team

• ISBN13: 9780321573780
• ISBN10: 0321573781
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-12
• Publisher: Adobe Press

Summary

World's best-selling book on Adobe Illustrator - now fully revised for CS4 Stock available in Australia November 2008- $54.95 Aust RRP bull; Practical lessons show readers how to use Illustrator to create artwork for logos, posters, illustrations, stationery, page layouts, and more. bull; Readers will also learn key concepts in productivity, efficient workflow, and good print design. bull; Official training series from Adobe Systems inc, developed with the support of Adobe product experts. This thorough, guide to Adobe Illustrator CS4 is ideal for beginning users who want to master the key features of Adobe's powerful vector drawing software.Using clear, step-by-step lessons, each chapter contains a project that builds upon the reader's growing knowledge of the software, while review questions at the end of each chapter reinforce key concepts and skills. Adobe Illustrator CS4 contains powerful additions and enhancements,including multiple artboards that let you define working areas of varying sizes within one document; the Blob Brush tool that generates a clean, filled, vector shape while you sketch; on-object interactivity with gradients, and new transparent and elliptical gradient options; new integration and extensive format support to help you collaborate with your team, work across products, and deliver anywhere; Adobe Flex 3 integration; in-panel appearance editing of multiple objects; refined graphic style functionality that allows for global changes and previewing; enhanced clipping masks; a new separations preview panel; more intuitive Smart Guides; an enhanced Isolation Mode that supports more object types; new tabbed document view and spring-loaded panels; and much more. Whether you're brand-new to Adobe Illustrator or are looking for a projectbased tutorial to familiarize yourself with Illustrator CS4's new features, this book provides you with the key techniques and tips you need to get the most out of this software.

Author Biography

The Adobe Creative Team of designers, writers, and editors has extensive, real world knowledge of Adobe products. They work closely with the Adobe product development teams and Adobe's Instructional Communications team to come up with creative, challenging, and visually appealing projects to help both new and experienced users get up to speed quickly on Adobe software products.

Table of Contents

Getting Started Whats New in Adobe Illustrator CS4 A Quick tour of Adobe Illustrator CS4

Getting to Know the Work Area

Selecting and Aligning

Creating and Editing Shapes

Transforming Objects

Drawing with the Pen and Pencil Tools

Color and Painting

Working with Type

Working with Layers

Blending Shapes and Colors

Working with Brushes

Applying Effects

Applying Appearance Attributes and Graphic Styles

Working with Symbols

Combining Illustrator CS4 Graphics with other Adobe Applications

Output

Index

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