Editorial Reviews
Product Description:The definitive full-color book on mastering Adobe Illustrator — now fully updated for Illustrator CS3
For years, Sharon Steuer and her international
Wow! team have been reaching out to the world of professional illustrators to showcase the range and quality of work these artists are doing in Illustrator. In this revised edition of the best-selling and award-winning Illustrator
WOW! Book, youll find tips, tricks, and techniques derived from actual projects from more than 100 of these top Illustrator artists. Using Adobe Illustrator CS3, Sharon shows you how to perform magical color changes using Live Color, and prepare animations for Flash. You'll not only learn how to“think in Illustrator”with the Zen of Illustrator lessons, you'll also master the newest, hottest, and most challenging techniques.
This edition is loaded with new lessons on these subjects, and many more:
Using the new Live Color features
Creating animations and integrating Illustrator with Flash
Working with Live Trace and Live Paint
The basics of using layers, templates, the Free Distort tool, and more
"Opacity Mask 101” based on the cover image
Applying blending modes and transparency to raster images
Masking with live type
Simulating ink and watercolor paintings
Working with live fills, multiple strokes, and Live 3D
Basic to advanced blends, gradients, and mesh
Colorizing photos
Demystifying photorealistic mesh
NOTE:
User Level: This book is for Intermediate through Professional-level Illustrator artists and designers.
Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review
GReat service, October 6, 2008
By
Jose Villagran LaraI got the my book even before the date that was promised as it was offered^^ excellent service! Thank you very much.
The Wow is more of a what?, October 2, 2008
By
Maven McCloud (Pittsburgh, PA)
This was required material for my digital Illustration class. Needless to say Adobe Illustrator beginners beware. Yes, this book has great content but does not take you through step by step with directions. Most of the exercises only supply a general overview of how to apply the techniques. Even though I am not a beginner with Adobe Illustrator there were points where the rest of the class as well as myself were completely lost with the instructions. I am going to go through a tutorial now and then I will try the exercises again, hopefully I will have better luck with it then.
I liked it, September 18, 2008
By
S. Gonzales (Stockton, CA)
I bought this book since it is a requirement in my course to have one... I personally liked it because there are wonderful features and methods to create a nice projects. It is good for everyone who is looking for techniques, whether they're easy to difficult, to incorporate in their vector artworks. I recommend this book who is very enthusiastic about putting their vector-making skills to another level, plus, they feature different famous projects from well-known illustrator and be amazed of what they've done.
I rated this book three stars since CS4 will be available in few weeks and i don't know if this will still be handy...
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Cool Stuff, September 7, 2008
By
Sabrina Love (NC)
This book has awesome cool tricks and how to's for Illustrator especially to a novice. But it's a little confusing going back and forth through the lessons on the computer and book- especially to a novice. The information in the book is amazing and anyone who ever wondered "how do they do that?" will love it. I believe my problem was probably a little impatience and user error.
Really good and informative book, September 1, 2008
By
Emanuel RiosThis title has a wealth of information that can be used by both beginners and those familiar with the program. The slightly non-linear arrangement of information makes certain topics hard to locate, but otherwise a good book.
