Create illustrations on multiple art boards, experience a new way of working with the Blob Brush and take even greater control of your gradients with the revamped Gradient Tool. Adobe Illustrator CS4?s improved interface and tools help you take your creativity to the next level. Professional illustrator, television animation art director and writer Dwayne Ferguson takes you on an in-depth look at Illustrator CS4. To begin learning today,

Real World Adobe Illustrator CS4 is the definitive reference to Adobe's industry-standard vector graphics software and is now in 4-color. With an easy, engaging style, author and past Illustrator product manager Mordy Golding takes readers through all of the features of the program, explaining not only how to use the multitude of features but also why and when to use them. This edition has been thoroughly updated for Illustrator CS4 and includes techniques on using the new multiple artboards for quicker Illustrator work across a variety of designs, demonstrations of the new Blob Brush tool and transparency in gradients, overviews of the new cross-product feature support with InDesign, Flash, and Flex (opening up new opportunities for collaborations between developers and designers), and coverage on a whirlwind of other new useful features.

“In diesem Video-Training fur Einsteiger und Fortgeschrittene schauen Sie dem Illustrations-Profi Karl Bihlmeier uber die Schulter und lernen so Adobe Illustrator CS4 von Grund auf kennen. Ihr Trainer zeigt Ihnen, wie Sie Grafiken und Logos erstellen und mit Effekten und Filtern versehen, wie Sie mit Text und eingefugten Bitmaps arbeiten und Ihre Illustrationen anschlie?end fur den Druck oder das Web vorbereiten. Dank der vielfaltigen und liebevoll gestalteten Beispiele lernen Sie von einfachen Diagrammen uber Comics und Illustrationen bis hin zu komplexen Info-Grafiken alle Moglichkeiten des Programms kennen. Die Workshops konnen Sie am mitgelieferten Beispielmaterial im Live-Modus nachvollziehen. ”

Description : This full-color guide is perfect for designers and artists looking to master the most powerful graphics program available. Whether new to the software or upgrading from an earlier version, you will learn how to use the most important features of the latest version and create print, Web, and motion graphics. The examples in the book demonstrate how to develop logos, editorial and book illustrations, page layouts, magazine ads, business graphs and charts, and more. The book takes you step-by-step through the process of creating various types of illustrations, and demonstrates professional techniques, shortcuts, and solutions.

Description : Real World Adobe Illustrator CS4 is the definitive reference to Adobe`s industry-standard vector graphics software and is now in 4-color. With an easy, engaging style, author and past Illustrator product manager Mordy Golding takes readers through all of the features of the program, explaining not only how to use the multitude of features but also why and when to use them. This edition has been thoroughly updated for Illustrator CS4 and includes techniques on using the new multiple artboards for quicker Illustrator work across a variety of designs, demonstrations of the new Blob Brush tool and transparency in gradients, overviews of the new cross-product feature support with InDesign, Flash, and Flex (opening up new opportunities for collaborations between developers and designers), and coverage on a whirlwind of other new useful features.

Description : This full color guide is perfect for designers and artists looking to master the most powerful graphics program available. Whether new to the software or upgrading from an earlier version, you will learn how to use the most important features of the latest version and create print, Web, and motion graphics. The examples in the book demonstrate how to develop logos, editorial and book illustrations, page layouts, magazine ads, business graphs and charts, and more. The book takes you step by step through the process of creating various types of illustrations, and demonstrates professional techniques, shortcuts, and solutions.

 

 

The ultimate comprehensive guide to everything from drawing basics to advanced techniques

# Adobe expert Ted Alspach reveals the latest on Illustrator CS4’s new features and thoroughly explains how to integrate Illustrator with the rest of Creative Suite 4

# Teaches you step-by-step how to create designs that work beautifully, whether in print or online

# Covers the basics of drawing, painting, coloring, and uncoloring