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Summary

Creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Illustrator CS6 choose Adobe Illustrator CS6 Classroom in a Book from the Adobe Creative Team at Adobe Press. The 15 project-based lessons in this book show readers step-by-step the key techniques for working in Illustrator CS6 and how to create vector artwork for virtually any project and across multiple media: print, websites, interactive projects, and video. In addition to learning the key elements of the Illustrator interface, this completely revised CS6 edition covers the new tracing engine with improved shape and color recognition, a new pattern toolset with on-artboard controls and one-click tiling, a completely overhauled performance engine and modernized user interface for working more efficiently and intuitively, and more. "The Classroom in a Book series is by far the best training material on the market. Everything you need to master the software is included: clear explanations of each lesson, step-by-step instructions, and the project files for the students." -Barbara Binder, Adobe Certified Instructor, Rocky Mountain Training Classroom in a Book®, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, helps you learn the features of Adobe software quickly and easily. Classroom in a Book offers what no other book or training program does-an official training series from Adobe Systems Incorporated, developed with the support of Adobe product experts.

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 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.

Getting Started

A Quick Tour of Adobe Illustrator CS6

Chapter 1: Getting to Know the Work Area

Chapter 2: Selecting and Algining

Chapter 3: Creating and Editing Shapes

Chapter 4: Transforming Objects

Chapter 5: Drawing with the Pen and Pencil Tools

Chapter 6: Color and Painting

Chapter 7: Working with Type

Chapter 8: Working with Layers

Chapter 9: Working with Perspective Drawing

Chapter 10: Blending Colors and Shapes

Chapter 11: Working with Brushes

Chapter 12: Applying Effects

Chapter 13: Applying Appearance Attributes and Graphic Styles

Chapter 14: Working with Symbols

Chapte4 15: Combining Illustrator CS6 Graphics with Other Adobe Applications

Supplemental Materials

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