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Adobe Illustrator CS2 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques (How-To Series)

Adobe Illustrator CS2 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques (How-To Series)

by David Karlins (Author), Bruce K . Hopkins (Author)

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    Paperback 2005

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Synopsis

Illustrator CS2 How-Tos is a highly focused survey of the one-hundred most essential things anyone needs to know to use Illustrator CS2. Folks new to Illustrator will find clear, basic, easy-to-understand explanations of the techniques, tools, and tricks they need to quickly become productive with Illustrator. Experienced users will find a handy reference with insights, tips, and shortcuts that will help even experts be more productive.

Illustrator CS2 How-Tos was written specifically for CS2, and integrates the important new features of Illustrator CS2, including Live Paint, Live Trace, new Type format features, and helpful new interface innovations.

Written by veteran illustrators David Karlins and Bruce K. Hopkins, Illustrator CS2 How Tos breaks down confusing concepts and clearly explains and illustrates how to master the challenges of drawing and editing vector paths. David Karlins teaches Illustrator at San Francisco State University Multimedia Studies Program, and Bruck K. Hopkins has been a professional illustrator for a decade, creating everything from fine art to technical drawings.

The book:

  • Demystifies the process of creating and editing vector artwork
  • Covers new Illustrator features: Live Paint, Live Trace, Type formatting, and the Control Palette
  • Includes survival tips and tricks that will guide new illustrators through the program, and provide time-saving tricks for Illustrator veterans.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 272
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Adobe
Published: 11 Nov 2005
ISBN 10: 0321335406
ISBN 13: 9780321335401
Book Overview: Adobe Illustrator CS2 is more than just the world's most popular and powerfulillustration tool: As part of the Adobe's Creative Suite 2 Premium (which includes InDesign, Photoshop, GoLive and Acrobat), 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 CS2 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 the Bridge to manage their files, Live Trace for tracing bitmaps into vectors, and Live Paint for applying color to strokes and sills easily and intuitively.

Author Bio
Bruck K. Hopkins has been a professional illustrator for a decade, creating everything from fine art to technical drawings. His clients range from Joe Boxer to technology firms. His cutting edge Space series breaks new ground in using Adobe Illustrator for fine art. David Karlins is the author of several vector illustration books and videos including How to Do Everything with Adobe Illustrator CS, Illustrator 10 Virtual Classroom (book and video), and Adobe Illustrator CS2 Gone Wild. He is a freelance graphic and interactive design consulting, and teaches Illustrator at San Francisco State University Multimedia Studies Program.