The basics -- Customizing the application -- Working with artboards -- Working with color -- Navigating documents -- Organizing artwork -- Selecting elements -- Customizing strokes -- Drawing lines, curves, and paths -- Creating shapes and symbols -- Adding and customizing text -- Working with brushes and sketch tools -- Modifying vector objects and paths -- Transforming objects -- Adding visual effects -- Managing appearance attributes -- Importing assets -- Saving and exporting files and assets -- Appendix A: Illustrator preferences -- Appendix B: Keyboard shortcuts.
Summary:
"Learn Adobe Illustrator with the Visual QuickStart Guide--the quick and easy way! Visual QuickStart Guide is an easy, visual approach to learning. Concise steps and explanations guide you through Adobe Illustrator, getting you up and running in no time. In addition, the free Web Edition of the book includes more than 40 videos, enhancing and expanding the information in the book while providing an alternative method for learning. Whether you're an experienced designer or an enthusiastic newcomer, Illustrator gives you all the tools you need to begin creating impressive vector artwork. Learn how to navigate the application and set up your documents to start drawing quickly, using a variety of tools and features. Then you'll move on to applying appearance attributes and effects for adding visual interest to your artwork. Once your artwork is complete you'll learn how to save and export it using best practices. This book provides you with: An easy visual approach that uses pictures to guide you through Adobe Illustrator features and shows you what to do; Concise steps and explanations that let you get up and running in no time; the best content and value around, page for page; access to an online version of the book with embedded video" -- Provided by publisher.
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