This handy guide uses the proven Visual step-by-step approach to learning Illustrator -- in full color! It covers all the ins and outs of using Adobe Illustrator: creating and editing objects, working with bezier and compound paths, creating layers and masks, working with color, adding raster images, and using Illustrator for Web design. Teach Yourself VISUALLY Illustrator 10 is a tutorial for the graphically minded with clear, concise, jargon-free instructions and over 500 color screenshots throughout. Jam-packed with information, this book goes beyond the basics to help Web designers, graphic design professionals, and business graphics users take full advantage of the robust features of Illustrator 10.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
A great book to start with learning Illustrator!!!:
I love this book!!!!! It helps me to learn Illustrator so much easier. I have a great teacher but no teacher can cover everything in one course. Illustrator is very complex with all the tools. You skip one step, you can't move on! It can be frustrating. With a book that is so easy to understand, your headache is much less! I have quite a few books on Illustrator and Photoshop by different companies- Teach Yourself Visually has the best tutorial tips! I strong recommend this great book to those who really... more info
Wish it was for CS3 or CS4:
The "Visually" series has always been great. I wish they had a more current version of Illustrator.
Excellent for any beginning-early intermediate Illustrator user:
I have taught Illustrator 10 and CS2 at my office and at the university level, and this is the book that allowed me to teach myself. I am an architect by trade and education, but had started to specialize in environmental graphics early on. No one in my office knew the program, but as a computer and design-savvy person, I was able to teach myself Illustrator in a few weeks. I now highly recommend this book for purchase by my undergraduate and graduate students, as there is no better guide for anyone who is... more info
Not very helpful:
This book seems to be just a bunch of pictures of different screens from Illustrator without any explanations. I have gleaned a few useful tips, but I think a book with some step-by-step guides for a few creative projects would be much more helpful than this book.
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