Overview
Master Adobe Illustrator CS4
Filled with full-color examples, this hands-on guide explains how to use the latest release of the premier vector graphics program. How to Do Everything: Adobe Illustrator CS4 takes you step-by-step through the process of creating a wide variety of illustrations, and demonstrates expert techniques, shortcuts, and solutions. A gallery profiling professional illustrators and their work highlights real-world examples. With this book, you'll learn how to use all the program's tools and settings to draw just about anything you can imagine!
- Use the drawing, painting, selection, and arrangement tools
- Add vibrancy to your illustrations using colors, swatches, and Adobe Kuler
- Work with layers, format text, and create custom graphs
- Create patterns, gradients, and blends
- Apply vector and raster special effects
- Use Live Paint, Live Trace, the Appearance panel, and the Graphic Styles panel
- Create logos, page layouts, book jackets, ads, and web graphics
- Print high-quality work
- Integrate Illustrator artwork into Adobe Flash to create motion graphics
- And much more
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