Adobe Illustrator CS2 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques

by David Karlins, Bruce K. Hopkins

Presents one hundred techniques for using Adobe Illustrator CS2, covering such topics as using the Pen tool, setting up workspaces, applying custom fills, using 3D effects, and using the Live Trace feature.

261 pages, Paperback

First published October 31, 2005

About the author

David Karlins is the author of several vector illustration books and videos including How to Do Everything with Adobe Illustrator CS, Illustrator 10 Virtual Classroom (book and video), and Adobe Illustrator CS2 Gone Wild. He is a freelance graphic and interactive design consulting, and teaches Illustrator at San Francisco State University Multimedia Studies Program.

Reviews

[Savitri · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's been a while since I did much on Illustrator (1997 was the last to be exact) and this book was a nice refresher. If you're new or like me I suggest reading this book. If you're more advanced I don't think this book is for you. A lot of the techniques in this book are things that one would use often each and everyday if you work with Illustrator.

[ZUICY · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bare bones, the essential techniques... I admit I didn't try all the things in the book and find those pesky paths a challenge to master. BUT these tips once learned help bridge the gap between thinking you can do it to *knowing* you can do it (if I just find the right page).

[Nancy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice little reference book!

[Cloay]

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