Wiley Publishing, Inc., 2009. – 320 pages.
Adobe Illustrator CS4 lets you create artwork for a variety of uses. Illustrator’s drawing tools let you take advantage of many ways to control color, text, and artwork in your designs. Illustrator provides you with ways to express your creative ideas and experiment with the presentation. Illustrator CS4 is also tightly integrated with other Adobe products such as Photoshop CS4 and Flash CS4 Professional.
‘‘Adobe Illustrator CS4 Digital Classroom’’ is like having your own personal instructor guiding you through each lesson while you work at your own speed. This book includes 12 self-paced lessons that let you discover essential skills and explore the new features and capabilities of Illustrator CS4; each lesson includes step-by-step instructions, lesson fi les, and video tutorials, all of which are available on the included DVD. This book has been developed by the same team of Adobe Certified Instructors and Illustrator experts who have created many of the official training titles for Adobe Systems.Contents:.
Starting Up.
Lesson 1: Adobe Illustrator CS4 Jumpstart.
Lesson 2: Getting to Know the Workspace.
Lesson 3: Illustrator CS4 Essentials.
Lesson 4: Adding Color.
Lesson 5: Working with the Drawing Tools.
Lesson 6: Working with and Formatting Text.
Lesson 7: Organizing your Illustrations with Layers.
Lesson 8: Working with Symbols.
Lesson 9: Using Eff ects and Transparency.
Lesson 10: Exporting and Saving Files.
Lesson 11: Advanced Blending Techniques.
Lesson 12: Illustrator CS4 New Features.
