Adobe Illustrator CS5 Revealed (Adobe Creative Suite)

Adobe Illustrator CS5 Revealed offers comprehensive coverage in all areas of Adobe® Illustrator®. Beginning with fundamental concepts and progressing to in-depth exploration of the software's full set of features, these step-by-step lessons offer a guided tour of all the program's great features including an illustrated tutorial on "how to draw with the Pen tool" that you won't find in any other book. This new edition features extensive coverage of important and exciting new features, including the debut of the Perspective Grid, the Bristle Brush, two new Drawing Modes, the brand-new Shape Builder tool, and the gorgeous "Beautiful Strokes." - Publisher. Cover Page......Page 1 Title Page......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 6 PREFACE......Page 8 BRIEF CONTENTS......Page 11 CONTENTS......Page 13 ART CREDITS......Page 0 INTRODUCTION Getting to Know Illustrator......Page 28 INTRODUCTION Creating Text and Gradients......Page 116 INTRODUCTION Drawing and Composing an Illustration......Page 156 INTRODUCTION Transforming and Distorting objects......Page 218 INTRODUCTION Working with Layers......Page 272 INTRODUCTION Working with Patterns and Brushes......Page 308 INTRODUCTION Working with Distortions, Gradient Meshes, Envelopes, and Blends......Page 366 INTRODUCTION Recoloring Artwork and Working with Transparency, Effects, and Graphic Styles......Page 402 INTRODUCTION Creating and Designing Graphs......Page 464 INTRODUCTION Creating 3D Objects......Page 498 INTRODUCTION Preparing a Document for Prepress and Printing......Page 566 INTRODUCTION Drawing with Symbols......Page 608 INTRODUCTION Preparing Graphics for the Web......Page 646

ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS5 REVEALED offers comprehensive coverage in all areas of Adobe Illustrator. Beginning with fundamental concepts and progressing to in-depth exploration of the software's full set of features, these step-by-step lessons offer a guided tour of all the program's great features - including an illustrated tutorial on "how to draw with the Pen tool" that you won't find in any other book. This new edition features extensive coverage of important and exciting new features, including the debut of the Perspective Grid, the Bristle Brush, two new Drawing Modes, the brand-new Shape Builder tool, and the gorgeous "Beautiful Strokes."

Getting to know Illustrator Creating text and gradients Drawing and composing an illustration Transforming and distorting objects Working with layers Working with patterns and brushes Working with distortions, gradient meshes, envelopes, and blends Recoloring artwork and working with transparency, effects, and graphic styles Creating and designing graphs Creating 3D objects Preparing a document for prepress and printing Drawing with symbols Preparing graphics for the web ACE grid Data files Glossary