Special Edition Using Adobe Illustrator 10

This is the only Illustrator reference users will need. Organized by feature so that graphics professionals can easily find the information they need when they need it. Inlcudes fill coverage of new features including using Mac OS X.

While the coverage of Illustrator is complete, Special Edition Using Illustrator X is most suited for the graphics professional who has at least some working knowledge of the software. In the course of covering Illustrator, Peter Bauer draws special attention to new features including: full Mac OS X coverage; new drawing capabilities including grids, lines, arcs, compound-shape enhancements, and Flare tool; enhanced Web features including symbols, slicing, dynamic data-driven graphics, enhanced Flash and SVG support; improved effects including warping and envelope distortion, and Liquify tools.

In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, you will get up to speed on the basics of creating and editing computer graphics with Adobe Illustrator. Using a straightforword, step-by-step approach, each lesson builds upon the previous one, allowing you to learn the fundamentals of Illustrator from the ground up.

A complete, easy-to-use guide that will help all levels of users make the most of GoLive 6.

CD-ROM contains: "many useful third party tools and utilities plus the samples from the book."

Expand knowledge on Abode 10 and learn to create vector-based graphics for the Web, emerging media, and print; keep file sizes small and manage repeating graphics with new symbolism tools; bend, stretch, and twist design elements and retain editability; generate custom artwork variations using dynamic data-driven graphics; and optimize Web graphics with object-based slicing and cascading style sheet layers.

Special Edition Using Adobe Illustrator 9 is the complete tutorial/reference for those new to Illustrator, as well as those seeking tips and tricks for using it more productively, from keyboard shortcuts to advanced features. This book provides complete coverage of Adobe Illustrator 9, including new features and tools such as: much-demanded transparency functions providing totally editable transparency ""layers"" effects to any part of a drawing; feathering of objects on an object-by-object basis, including feathering after application of a separate effect to the object; and the new layers pal.

This step-by-step tutorial uses a friendly, conversational, noncondescending approach to teaching readers the basics of Illustrator 9. Covering both Macintosh and Windows platforms, this book covers the following topics: the interface, tools and palettes; setting preferences; drawing and editing objects; layers; working with selections, and more.