The definitive full-color book on mastering Adobe Illustrator -- now fully updated for Illustrator CS3 For years, Sharon Steuer and her international Wow! team have been reaching out to the world of professional illustrators to showcase the range and quality of work these artists are doing in Illustrator. In this revised edition of the best-selling and award-winning Illustrator WOW! Book, youll find tips, tricks, and techniques derived from actual projects from more than 100 of these top Illustrator artists. Using Adobe Illustrator CS3, Sharon shows you how to perform magical color changes using Live Color, and prepare animations for Flash. You'll not only learn how to"think in Illustrator"with the Zen of Illustrator lessons, you'll also master the newest, hottest, and most challenging techniques. This edition is loaded with new lessons on these subjects, and many more: Using the new Live Color features Creating animations and integrating Illustrator with Flash Working with Live Trace and Live Paint The basics of using layers, templates, the Free Distort tool, and more "Opacity Mask 101" based on the cover image Applying blending modes and transparency to raster images Masking with live type Simulating ink and watercolor paintings Working with live fills, multiple strokes, and Live 3D Basic to advanced blends, gradients, and mesh Colorizing photos Demystifying photorealistic mesh NOTE: User Level: This book is for Intermediate through Professional-level Illustrator artists and designers.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
so far so good:
the book does what it says. but it's full of little nice surprises. i've been using adobe illustrator for over 12 years now and it was a nice thing to find out i could still find some new tricks and different ways to use the tools that the ones I'm used to. it is really a great book for both beginners and experienced users, especially the showcase sections, you can learn a lot form that one.
Amazing book!:
This book is amazing for graphic artists. It's full of tons of tricks to perfect your design game. I recommend it!
Disappointing;sparse info on a complicated program:
I was very disappointed in this book. The cost of the book, even used, does not justify the content; sparse on instructions for a highly complicated program. Illustrator requires detailed instructions because it is not necessarily user intuitive nor friendly. The book features many pages of fancy colored illustrations created w/ the program but does not go into any details on how they were created. Even some of Illustrator's advanced features like Live Trace and mesh blends; not enough instructions... more info
Hard to follow, thank goodness for lecture!:
I had to purchase this book for a Adobe Illustrator class I am currently taking. I have to admit, this book really hasn't helped me learn a thing. It is very hard to follow and I am constantly lost during the sample exercises in each chapter. My professor has even told us to not follow quite a few of the steps and shows us the right way to do it. I'm so thankful I have a lecture to supplement reading, but at the same point that means I cannot miss one class! I have given up on the book as of now, the eighth... more info
