The Illustrator Wow ! With Cd-Rom Sandra Alves

Résumé :

Don't even think about Adobe Illustrator 9 without this completely revised book in hand! Whether you are a beginning Illustrator user or a seasoned professional, you'll find hundreds of indispensable tips, tricks, and step-by-step techniques by dozens of the nation's top Illustrator artists. Sharon Steuer and her team of Illustrator professionals illuminate the best artwork and techniques to show you how you can enhance your creativity with Illustrator 9's powerful arsenal of tools. Top features include : Transparency

How to create highlights, use Opacity Masks, control Knockout Groups, tint scans with Blending modes, create soft edges using blends or live effects.

When to select, when to target, and how to work with the revolutionary Appearance palette.

Mastering Multiple Styles and Live Effects

Transform a simple line image into a scratchboard effect.

Design a custom style for embossing or drop shadows.

Apply live effects that can be re-edited at any time in the future.

Copy or transfer effects from one object, group, layer, or sublayer to another.

New Lessons

Basic Transparency

Opacity Masks

Negotiating the new Layers palette

Demystifying Gradient Mesh

Great new type lessons!

Jam-packed Brushes chapter (including a special Brushes supplement by Sandee Cohen)

Plus

Tips on resolution and output in Illustrator 9.

A propos de l'auteur :

SHARON STEUER has taught computer imaging in art schools and training centers throughout the country. Her paintings and computer illustrations have appeared in numerous books and magazines and have been exhibited nationally. She is a recipient of the Faber Birren Color Award and a Windsor Newton painting award.

STEVEN GORDON is a cartographer specializing in city maps and terrain images. Prior to founding his business, Cartagram, Gordon worked as a systems engineer on an automated mapmaking program, designing user interfaces and writing technical and user documentation.

SANDRA ALVES bas been a designer for over 15 years, first as an illustrater for the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine. She now works at Adobe Systems in the User Interface Design group. A contributor to several books, including The Illustrator 8 Wow! Book and Design Essentials, 3rd Edition, she has also taught workshops and classes on several software products, including Adobe Illustrator.

SANDEE COHEN has been training in the field of desktop publishing for over 12 years. She is the graphics coordinator for the New School Computer Instruction Center in New York City. She is the author of several Visual QuickStart Guides and is the co-author of Real World Adobe Illustrator 9. She has used Illustrator since 1988.

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