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Adobe Illustrator Visual QuickStart Guide, 1st edition

Published by Peachpit Press (April 7, 2022) © 2022

  • Lisa Fridsma

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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.
  • Helps students create pro-quality images for digital and print
  • All-new content, more concise and colorful—with the friendly learner-centric approach the Visual QuickStart Guides are known for
  • Covers Illustrator's updated interface and latest feature enhancements, including the new repeats tool, color theme picker, enhancements to cloud documents, type alignments, and more
  • By Lisa Fridsma, Adobe Certified Instructor, author, consultant, conference speaker, and creator of many of the world's leading Adobe training videos

This is a first edition of a new Adobe Illustrator Visual QuickStart Guide, replacing a previous book which hasn't been updated for more than seven years. It covers the newest release of Adobe Illustrator, both as a standalone subscription product and as a component of Adobe Creative Suite, and contains extensive coverage of Illustrator's updated interface and feature set. For the first time, Adobe Illustrator Visual QuickStart Guide also includes a bonus web edition containing hours of video instruction that extends and expands its coverage.

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

Lisa Fridsma has long loved the process of teaching others to use Adobe products, going back to her time on-staff at the company. She has produced and illustrated over thirty books in the Classroom in a Book series (including books for Photoshop, Acrobat, and After Effects). Lisa is the owner of Darlington Hill Productions, providing informational publishing and illustration services. She resides in northern Illinois with her two above average dogs.

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Learn the quick and easy way! Visual QuickStart Guide is an easy, visual approach to learning. Concise steps and explanations guide you through the latest technology and software applications, getting you up and running in no time. New editions of the book include a Web Edition with instructional videos, enhancing and expanding the information in the book while providing an alternative method for learning. Whether you're experienced or a beginner, Visual QuickStart Guides are an established and trusted resource for creative people.

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