Whether it's creating a map using symbols, converting engravings into line art with Live Trace, mocking up product labels with 3D filter and Photoshop or creating a Web layout for CSS, you're given the tools at every stage of the creative process in order to learn How to Wow!
The book begins with the basics of program foundations and productivity essentials, including setting up files, using Bridge and color management. Next comes the fun stuff, with projects using Pathfinders, masks, and blen effects. Then things really get moving with brushes and patterns, and you'll learn how to use eye-catching type in you designs. As a double-barreled grand finale, the book shows you how to take your illustrator graphics to the Web using Flash, and how to make illustrator and Photoshop work together.
1. Program Foundations
2. Freeform Drawing and Geometric Shapes
3. Masks and Blend Effects
4. Being Creative with Brushes & Patterns
5. Designing with Illustrator
6. Illustrator and The Web
7. Integrating Illustrator and Photoshop