by . Adobe Creative Team (Author)
How often have you wished you had access to the team behind your favorite software--in this case, Adobe Illustrator--so that you could really pick their brains about all of its coolest features? With this book, you do. In these pages, the Adobe Creative Team gives you a guided tour of the graphics powerhouse, Adobe Illustrator CS2. Best of all, it does so at your pace. Whether your beautifully designed graphics end up in print, the Web, broadcast video, or even cell phone displays, this book shows you how to get them there--easily, elegantly, and efficiently. You'll find step-by-step, project-based lessons in all of Illustrator's key features, including those that are new to CS2: Live Trace, Illustrator's powerful bitmap-to-vector tracing tool; Live Paint, a revolutionary paint tool that lets you apply color to vector graphics intuitively and easily; the new Control Palette, which makes tools easier to locate and select, the Adobe Bridge file browser, tighter integration with Photoshop CS2, and more. Each chapter contains a project that builds on your growing knowledge of the program, while the companion CD includes all the files you need to complete the book's lessons.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 472
Edition: Pap/Cdr
Publisher: Adobe This thorough, comprehensive guide to Adobe Illustrator CS2 is ideal for beginning users who want to master the key features of Adobe's powerful illustration 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. Readers can use the project files included in the book's companion CD to follow along with each lesson. Don't let anyone tell you that Illustrator is a mature program. Adobe Illustrator CS2 is jam-packed with groundbreaking new features, including LiveTrace, a tool that converts a scanned sketch or photograph into a precise, vector-based illustration in seconds, and Live Paint, which lets you color artwork quickly and creatively. Users new to Illustrator CS 2 will also appreciate the other new features in this revision, including 175 new type enhancements; a new context-sensitive Control palette that lets you access your most frequently used tools in one location; and the new Adobe Bridge file browser, which lets you locate, organize, and drag and drop your files directly into your Illustrator artwork. What's more, Illustrator CS 2 now offers expanded support for mobile content (such as cell phones and PDAs) and lets you export text or artwork as an animated Macromedia Flash file. Whether you're brand-new to Adobe Illustrator or are looking for a project-based tutorial to familiarize yourself with Illustrator CS2's many new features, this book provides you with the key techniques and tips you need to get the most out of this groundbreaking software.
Published: 17 Jun 2005
ISBN 10: 0321321839
ISBN 13: 9780321321831
Book Overview:
The Adobe Creative Team is made up of designers, writers, and editors who have extensive, real-world knowledge of and expertise in using 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 more experienced users get up to speed quickly on Adobe software products.