Adobe illustrator cs3 how-tos 100 essential techniques

If I knew more I probably would have given it 5 stars. That being said, I still would have bought this book knowing what's in it, and after I find a few more basic and in depth books, am sure that this one will be really useful. Presents one hundred techniques for using Adobe Illustrator CS3, covering such topics as using the Pen tool, using the Eraser tool, viewing layers, creating symbols, defining an interative crop area, and using Live Trace. I'm used to cropping tools in other apps that all work similarly, but in Ai are very different. Adobe Illustrator CS4 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques 44.90 Only 1 left in stock - order soon. Adobe Illustrator CS2 : how-tos : 100 essential techniques Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. The description of cropping is also wonderfully arcane, skimpy, and woefully inadequate for this beginner. Is this because I didn't set something up in Preferences, or because I didn't select the map on the art board first? Or was it because I need to create it as a layer before I can work with it? I know it's my fault, but this book won't help me figure that out. I need to be able to see how various settings look on the screen, but the preview box isn't active and I can't check it. Hopkins and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles. As I go deeper into my project, I find difficulties that are probably related to something I didn't do setting up the project preferences, like not being able to click on a preview box in Live Trace, Object, options. Adobe Illustrator CS3 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques by David Karlins, Bruce K. I need to be clear on all the preference settings so I can pick the right ones. An example is Tip #2 on page 6, defining preferences: 'The significance of some of the options in the Preferences dialog will only become clear as you learn more about Illustrator.' Well, as a truly rank beginner trying to work on a project right out of the box, this doesn't cut it. I'm going broke buying Id and Ps CS3 books, but alas, this book won't be the only Ai guide I need. I had hoped to find a single, good book to get me started using Ai CS3 on a real world project. Adobe Illustrator CS3 is more than just the world's most popular and powerful illustration tool: As part of the Adobe's Creative Suite 3, it's a key component of an overall design workflow that lets users work seamlessly among all of their graphics applications to create graphically rich content for print, Web, motion graphics, and mobile devices.

Adobe Press 2007 266 pages 24.99 Paperback Z253 Aimed at beginning users of Adobe's InDesign page layout program, this practical guide introduces 100 key tasks that will enable them to produce high quality publications. Like Tester from Maryland, I selected this book because I'm a true beginner with Illustrator. Adobe InDesign CS3 how-tos 100 essential techniques.

Adobe illustrator cs3 how-tos 100 essential techniques