Part of the official training series for Adobe graphics and publishing software. This text teaches both fundamental and advanced concepts of Adobe Illustrator, and may be useful to those with a beginner to intermediate level experience with Adobe. The included CD-ROM contains all of the practice files for the text, but software is not included. Softcover.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 2.5 / 5.0
Practical For Beginners:
Im using Adobe Illustrator CS, but this book still applies the simple uses for things. I feel a lot of reviews for this book are low because people are looking for the impossible way to learn Illustrator; which is to jump in and do whatever they want. You have to be patient with Illustrator, and creativity counts. This book really goes through simple practical steps to help you learn to use its functions. A Downside that I didnt like is that this book does not mention HotKeys very much after each... more info
Not that easy to follow:
Not a very easy book to follow. Also I did not a few mistakes in the book that made me pull my hair out.
Otherwise the information presented and the exercises were good with alot of hands on practice.
There was a problem with the CD-Rom as I opened the an illustration from lesson 00, Illustrator gave me a message that the AGaramond Bold is not installed on my system. I couldn't find that font on the CD-Rom, I am guessing Adobe would like it's customers to additionally buy the fonts from them as... more info
Don't expect to learn program in a weekend.:
I liked the book and was excellent by itself. Illustrator is not a program or subject which can be learned in a weekend it takes time. This book walks you through the information step by step. It's frustrating at first if your a windows guy like me the set-up is so different in the Adobe environment.
What's neat is that the cd within book works on either MAC Apple or MS Windows operating systems for the tutorials. If you can take a class in conjunction with this book and your learning curve will greatly... more info
Clear, comprehensive and logical:
This book suits my learning style perfectly. After only a few lessons I am able to combine information and apply it to individual projects. Each lesson will assume that you haven't read the others and repeat certain instructions, such as how to reset preferences. I like that comprehensiveness. With other books I had to struggle through lengthy explanations of tools and functions, but with CIB's complete specific directions I can see how the tool works and experiment further. Can't understand... more info
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