Adobe Illustrator 10 Classroom in a Book

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Features

• NEW - Fully updated to reflect Adobe Illustrator 10—Coverage of symbols, liquefy tools, new production tools, and increased integration with other Adobe products.

  • Shows students how to take advantage of the major creativity and productivity improvements built into the newest version of Adobe Illustrator.

• NEW - Adobe Illustrator 10's key enhancements for creating, optimizing, and delivering Web graphics are covered.

  • Helps students succeed with Illustrator in both Web and print environments.

• Official Adobe training—The only Illustrator book containing the official training course created by Adobe's own creative team.

  • Students benefit from a course that reflects Adobe's own expertise and has been extensively pre-tested and refined to improve its clarity and educational effectiveness.

• Systematic, step-by-step coverage—Covers all key facets of Adobe Illustrator 10, including shapes, painting, drawing, brushes, objects, symbols, type, blending, layers, airbrushing, color separations, and more.

  • Gives students a single source for mastering the entire Adobe Illustrator 10 package, from the basics through Illustrator's most advanced techniques and capabilities.

• End-of-chapter review questions—Every chapter contains several review questions.

  • Lets students immediately check their knowledge and revisit any part of the chapter they haven't mastered.

• All source files on CD-ROM—An accompanying CD-ROM contains all the customized files and images students need to perform the book's exercises.

  • Lets students perform the course's projects hands-on.

• Integration with other Adobe products—Shows how to use Adobe LiveMotion, Photoshop, and Illustrator effectively together.

  • Helps students leverage their existing skills with other Adobe tools to create graphics-intensive documents more effectively and efficiently.

Description

Illustrator has long since grown from simple illustration tool to full-fledged graphics package. So don't waste time groping your way throughIllustrator 10's deep tool kit. Pick up Adobe Illustrator 10 Classroomin a Book, a thorough, self-paced guide to the key features of theprogram, developed by the staff at Adobe and packed full of professionaltechniques and tips.

Adobe Illustrator 10 Classroom in a Book delivers what no other bookcan promise: official training from Adobe, tested in the company's ownclassrooms and labs. This comprehensive workbook is structured as a seriesof lessons, with a companion CD containing all the necessary files. Eachchapter is a hands-on project, and each project builds on your growingknowledge of Illustrator. Review questions wrap up every lesson toreinforce the concepts you've just put into practice. With Adobe Illustrator 10 Classroom in a Book, you'll learn how to manipulate type, blend colors, apply special effects, and prepare your work forprinting and other output in record time.

Sample Content

Table of Contents

Getting Started.


A Quick Tour of Adobe Illustrator.


Lesson 1: Getting to Know the Work Area.


Lesson 2: Creating Basic Shapes.


Lesson 3: Painting.


Lesson 4: Drawing with the Pen Tool.


Lesson 5: Working with Brushes.


Lesson 6: Transforming Objects.


Lesson 7: Working with Type.


Lesson 8: Blending Shapes and Colors.


Lesson 9: Using Appearance Attributes, Styles, and Effects.


Lesson 10: Working with Layers.


Lesson 11: Creating Airbrush Effects.


Lesson 12: Drawing Cylinders and Boxes.


Lesson 13: Printing Artwork and Producing Color Separations.


Lesson 14: Combining Illustrator Graphics and Photoshop Images.


Lesson 15: Creating a Web Publication.


Index.

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