Illustrator CS4 For Dummies by Ted Alspach (PDF)

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Adobe Illustrator is the gold standard for creating exciting, color-rich artwork for print, the Web, or even mobile devices. Whether you’re stepping up to Illustrator CS4 or tackling Illustrator for the first time, you’ll find Illustrator CS4 For Dummies is the perfect partner. This full-color guide gives you the scoop on the newest tools, tips on color control and path editing, ways to organize graphics, and how to get your work into print or on the Web. You’ve heard Illustrator is a bit complicated? That’s why you need this friendly For Dummies book! It shows you how to:Manage Illustrator CS4’s many tools, commands, and palettesDecide when to choose RGB over CMYK and how to get perfect color when printingCompare path and pixel documents, adjust points on a path, and learn to use the versatile Pen and Pencil toolsUse the Character and Paragraph palettes and get creative with type on a pathWork in pixel preview mode, create Web-specific vector graphics, and use Flash with IllustratorSet up your pages for printing and work with separations, or save files in Web-friendly formatsCreate basic shapes, straight lines, and precise curves, then bring it all together into eye-popping artworkOrganize with the Layers palette, tweak color, and make the most of styles and effectsUse Illustrator together with other elements of the Adobe Creative SuiteWith plain-English instructions and colorful examples of what you can achieve, Illustrator CS4 For Dummies will make you an Illustrator pro in no time.

User’s Reviews

Editorial Reviews: From the Back Cover Have more fun and get more done with Illustrator — here’s how to free your creativity!Illustrator is the artist’s choice for creating spectacular graphics, and here’s the fast and easy way to get up to speed on all the coolest features. This full-color guide gives you the scoop on the newest tools; tips on color control and path editing; ways to organize graphics; and how to create for print, the Web, or mobile devices.Colorful choices — learn when to choose RGB instead of CMYK and how to get perfect color when printingFollow the path — compare path and pixel documents, adjust points on a path, and learn to use the versatile Pen and Pencil toolsJust your type — use the Character and Paragraph panels and get creative with type on a pathThe artistic Web — work in pixel preview mode, create Web-specific vector graphics, and use Flash® with IllustratorGet it out there — set up your pages for printing and work with separations, or save files in Web-friendly formatsOpen the book and find:How to work with Illustrator’s panels and menusThe newest tools and how to use themWays to create basic shapes and bring them togetherSimple steps for tweaking colorHow to create straight lines and precise curvesWhat to do with styles and effectsHow to organize with the Layers panelHow Illustrator works with the rest of Adobe’s Creative Suite About the Author Ted Alspach is considered a leading authority on the history, use, and functionality of Adobe® Illustrator. He has written more than 30 books on graphics, design, and desktop publishing.

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐I am a beginner without any previous knowledge of adobe illustrator. I have read the book from cover to cover, trying out and practicing the concepts on my laptop in illustrator after each chapter. I found the book clear and concise and conceptually fairly easy to digest, and the knowledge easy to apply when working in the actual program. I am now on my second book on cs4 illustrator which is more detailed and expansive, but I would not have understood it have I not read the illustrator for dummies first. So, to summarize, this is an excellent book for beginners who have no previous experience in illustrator, and need the basics before moving on to a more intermediate material.

⭐I wish that this was the FIRST place I had turned to learn Illustrator 2 years ago when I bought the program! WOWWWWWW!!!! This book is so helpful, I am finally starting to love Illustrator. Yes, I have let it sit unlearned and unused all this time, frustrated, hating it, wanting to know how to use it but feeling so lost, despite other books and tutorials I had tried. Get this book first, the minute you install your Illustrator program, open this book up, you will save yourself so much heartache/headache!

⭐Books for Dummies is usually preferred to more technical books on the subject and I have found they are usually well written and dumbed down. However, this is no set of Cliff Notes and the topic and the program are difficult to learn. The newer writers for Dummies are slowly shifting gears and making the learning of Frustrator CS4 harder to learn and more technically oriented to those who have used this program before. It is still a good book and step by step instruction and examples but there is not enough rote routines to fix the tools and their capabilities in the new User’s mind.

⭐As a long time photoshop user and possessed of zero artistic ability the prospect of learning a new graphics program was daunting. However having used several for dummies books I purchased this one with high hopes. In some ways the book is almost not basic enough in others it accelerates a little fast, but for the home user this book will get you started and allow you to get creative.For my fellow scientists I still haven’t worked out why journals will accept illustrator files and not powerpoint files but this book will certainly help you create figures that do the job.So for anyone starting out I would recommend this book and like good dummies books it doesn’t use a lot of jargon and the index operates on both the descriptive and key word system so you can find what you are looking for. If sure beats online help!!!

⭐If you are using Illustrator CS4, it helps ou begin to understand the great but complex program. But it.

⭐Super helpful!! More helpful than ANY YouTube tutorial. YouTube is great for quick help but this book not only explains every function but also gives written and visual examples.

⭐Not as complete as I had hoped. The first few features I was interested in, such as Live Trace, were not covered.

⭐great book, good price, easy to read

⭐This is an extremely useful tutorial book. Very well written, with clear and precise instructions. The author writes with humour and clarity. I have learned so much just from the first 2 chapters. Would thoroughly recommend for anyone starting to learn Illustrator, this book removes the “terror” factor and explains exactly what those scary terms like “blend”, “mesh” etc. actually mean. If you want to learn Illustrator..buy it!

⭐I am a creative (older) and missed the whole computer mac thing. I’m old skool and clients are happy about that. However, you’re never too old to learn. This book gives the basics and then you can go ahead and have fun and experiment as much as you like. It helped take away the fear.

⭐purchased as a present for a fashion student. recipient was very happy.great books

⭐just as i expected

⭐This is a brilliant book! Well written, with humour and logic. With advice on all major topics as well as on small but useful details. Even the very beginners will be able to understand and learn. I am half way through and have learned a lot already. I highly recommend this book!

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