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Illustrator
10 For Dummies |
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Illustrator 10 For Dummies Illustrator 10 For Dummies, by Ted Alspach and Barbara Obermeier, covers Adobe's latest version of Illustrator, which is the industry-standard drawing tool for print and the Web. It covers the basics you need to know to use the program, as well as information on the new features. Since Illustrator 10 has 25+ palettes, 70+ tools, and scores of menu items, its sheer depth is enough to make the most hardened graphics expert a little queasy. So the book is written for those of you who might be intimidated by these powerful features. It should make your venture into Illustrator flexible and self-paced as each chapter is as self-contained as possible. You can hop in anywhere you want, with a minimum of flipping to other parts of the book to find out what you missed. If you want to find out more about the Pencil tool, for example, you can skip everything else and go directly to that chapter. Yet if you're determined to find out as much about the program as possible, you can read the book from cover to cover. The book is organized so that the chapters move from simple to more complex concepts. The early chapters make a good base for understanding the latter ones. |
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Beginning to advanced computer users. The book is great for beginners as it has step-by-step instructions on the major features of Illustrator 10. Yet it can be used as a reference manual for more advanced users who need information on new features or want a juicy brush-up course. | |
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How The Book Is Organized | |
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Illustrator 10 For Dummies has five parts which are organized into 20 chapters. Each part reflects a major Illustrator concept which is divided into digestible segments. |
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Part I: Driving People Crazy--Illustrator's Bum Rap | |
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Chapters 1 through 3 give you the absolute basics of Illustrator. What it is, what it does, and why it's worth the effort. The wonders of blank pages, paths, and the beguiling Pen tool all make their debut here.
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Part II: Drawing and Coloring Your Artwork | |
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Chapters 4 through 11 are the fun chapters. You roll up your sleeves and start creating illustrations.
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Part III: Taking Your Paths to Obedience School | |
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Chapter 12 through 14 look at how to tame the mess of unleashed creativity through changing parts of graphics, organizing graphics into separate layers, and using many other techniques that prove that organization and creativity are not mutually exclusive.
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Part IV: Practically Speaking: Type, Print, and Files | |
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Chapters 15 through 18 introduce you to the world of type and getting your creations to print. These chapters cover everything from the most basic formatting to complex type treatments, as well as how to post your art to the Web and how to move files in and out of Illustrator.
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Part V: The Part of Tens | |
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Chapters 19 through 20 give you lots of tips to help you use Illustrator more effectively and ways to customize Illustrator.
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Bonus Chapters: Advanced Typography & Killer Effects Tips | |
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Illustrator 10 For Dummies is both a tutorial and a reference book. It is a very good book for beginners with its introduction to Illustrator, yet it's in-depth techniques makes it a good choice for users who want to polish up their skills or learn about the new features in Version 10. It's full of tips and is fun to read as it's written with a great sense of humor. |
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For running Adobe Illustrator 10 you need: PC:
Mac:
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Graphics:
Adobe Photoshop 6.0
Web Page Design: Macromedia Dreamweaver 4.0 |
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