Adobe Illustrator Visual QuickStart Guide
- By Lisa Fridsma
- Published Mar 31, 2022 by Peachpit Press. Part of the Visual QuickStart Guide series.
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Description
- Copyright 2022
- Pages: 320
- Edition: 1st
- eBook
- ISBN-10: 0-13-759756-8
- ISBN-13: 978-0-13-759756-7
Learn Adobe Illustrator with the Visual QuickStart Guide, the quick and easy way!
Visual QuickStart Guide is an easy, visual approach to learning. Concise steps and explanations guide you through Adobe Illustrator, getting you up and running in no time. In addition, the free Web Edition of the book includes more than 40 videos, enhancing and expanding the information in the book while providing an alternative method for learning. Whether you're an experienced designer or an enthusiastic newcomer, Illustrator gives you all the tools you need to begin creating impressive vector artwork.
Learn how to navigate the application and set up your documents to start drawing quickly, using a variety of tools and features. Then you'll move on to applying appearance attributes and effects for adding visual interest to your artwork. Once your artwork is complete you'll learn how to save and export it using best practices. This book provides you with:
- An easy visual approach that uses pictures to guide you through Adobe Illustrator features and shows you what to do.
- Concise steps and explanations that let you get up and running in no time.
- The best content and value around, page for page.
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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