Adobe Illustrator Cs3 Revealed - Softcover

1. Getting Started with Illustrator 2. Creating Text and Gradients 3. Drawing and Composing an Illustration 4. Transforming and Distorting Objects 5. Working with Layers 6. Working with Patterns and Brushes 7. Working with Filters, Gradient Meshes, Envelopes, and Blends 8. Working with Transparency, Effects, and Graphic Styles 9. Creating Graphs in Illustrator 10. Drawing with Symbols 11. Creating 3D Objects 12. Preparing a Document for Prepress and Printing 13. Preparing Graphics for the Web

Get ready for Adobe Illustrator CS3, the latest version of the popular software and a major upgrade with essential feature changes. Adobe Illustrator CS3 Revealed offers a smart, thorough, and well-designed guided tour through this new release. The book begins with coverage of fundamental concepts and progresses to in-depth explorations of the software's full set of features, making this a turnkey solution that offers everything you need to know about Illustrator CS3. With added material on all the updates- including the enhanced Crop and Eraser tools, the improved color-handling abilities, and the revolutionary Live Color feature- this edition explores the new while retaining the step-by-step tutorials and user-friendly design that made previous editions so successful.