Adobe Illustrator Cs2

Designed to dazzle and inspire but not leave you in the dust, this beautifully designed volume lets you follow along as it dissects real-world projects from some of today's top Illustrator artists. In the process it teaches you how to use Illustrator in ever more creative ways for your own projects. Best-selling author and award-winning artist Sharon Steuer uses four-color pictures of real Illustrator projects to show what's possible and then employs simple, step-by-step instructions to explain the techniques that will produce those effects. You'll find comprehensive ground-up coverage of all of Illustrator CS' most important capabilities. Veteran users will be grateful to explore Illustrator CS' new features: powerful new tools for creating 3D graphics on the fly, a new Scribble Effect that lets you add a loose, hand-drawn look to your artwork, a redesigned text engine, enhanced PDF support, and more. On the CD, you'll find artwork from the book, technical documents, third-party software, clip art, and more.

Adobe Illustrator is the indispensable vector drawing tool used by digital artists around the world. Illustrator CS4 provides those artists with powerful drawing tools, unparalleled typographic controls, and much more. With a slew of new features and tighter-than-ever integration with the rest of Adobe Creative Suite 4's design, graphics, and publishing tools, Illustrator CS4 promises to make designers' lives a whole lot easier, especially if they have this task-based guide! Now revised and updated, and in 4 COLOR this book uses simple step-by-step instructions, loads of screen shots, and an array of time-saving tips and tricks, serving both as the quickest route to Illustrator CS4 mastery for new users, and a handy reference for more experienced designers. This edition of the Visual QuickStart Guide covers Illustrator CS4's newest features, including the much anticipated multi art board feature and much more.

Easy-to-scan guide makes quick work of the most useful features of Adobe Illustrator CS2!

Содержится полная информация обо всех функциональных возможностях редактора векторной графики Adobe Illustrator CS2. Подробно описаны пользова-тельский интерфейс, панели, диалоговые окна, а также работа со слоями, шрифтом и диаграммами. Рассматриваются процессы кадрирования, тоновой и цветовой коррекции, применения фильтров. Особое внимание уделено работе с выделенной областью, каналами, шрифтом, масками и векторными объектами. Дается описание трехмерных эффектов, поддержки шрифтового формата OpenType, программы трассировки Adobe Streamline, позволяющей выполнить переход от пиксель-ной графики к векторной.

Illustrator CS2 No Nonsense Guide deals with computers/software.