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Adobe Illustrator Visual QuickStart Guide (Web Edition)
- By Lisa Fridsma
- Published Mar 31, 2022 by Peachpit Press. Part of the Visual QuickStart Guide series.
Web Edition
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Description
- Copyright 2022
- Pages: 320
- Edition: 1st
- Web Edition
- ISBN-10: 0-13-759773-8
- ISBN-13: 978-0-13-759773-4
For decades, digital artists and graphic designers have turned to Adobe Illustrator: Visual QuickStart Guide as the fastest, most practical way to create vector-based artwork from scratch, and harness Illustrator's immense power to get the job done as efficiently as possible. Now, this full-color guide has been thoroughly revamped by a new author who specializes in teaching beginning Illustrator users. Chad Chelius combines expert, full-color introductions to the latest Illustrator features with new examples and projects, adding hours of new online video content that goes far beyond the contents of the printed book.
Combining definitive reference information with concise, hands-on tutorials, Chelius helps aspiring and current professionals gain deep mastery of Illustrator, whether they're working on their own or in a classroom environment. From the basics to advanced techniques, he gets you up and running in no time, preparing you to create everything from web and mobile graphics to scalable logos, icons, type, book illustrations, product packaging, and billboards.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Basics
Chapter 2 Customizing the Application
Chapter 3 Working with Artboards
Chapter 4 Working with Color
Chapter 5 Navigating Documents
Chapter 6 Organizing Artwork
Chapter 7 Selecting Elements
Chapter 8 Customizing Strokes
Chapter 9 Drawing Lines, Curves, and Paths
Chapter 10 Creating Shapes and Symbols
Chapter 11 Adding and Customizing Text
Chapter 12 Working with Brushes and Sketch Tools
Chapter 13 Modifying Vector Objects and Paths
Chapter 14 Transforming Objects
Chapter 15 Adding Visual Effects
Chapter 16 Managing Appearance Attributes
Chapter 17 Importing Assets
Chapter 18 Saving and Exporting Files and Assets
Appendix A Illustrator Preferences
Appendix B Keyboard Shortcuts
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