Illustrator CS for Dummies | 
 enlarge | Author: Ted Alspach
Publisher: For Dummies
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 408
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Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.4 x 1
ISBN: 076454084X
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.6869
UPC: 785555869561
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ASIN: 076454084X
Publication Date: October 13, 2003
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Product Description
Includes companion Web site with bonus chapters and more!
Here's how to make friends with the top graphics software for both Mac and Windows
So you thought Illustrator should really be called "Intimidator"? Not so! Let this book draw you a map through the jungle of pages, paths, pixels, and Pen tools, and before you know it, you'll have your creations in print, on the Web, or even on a PDA. Then, just smile mysteriously when folks say "Wow!"
The Dummies Way
* Explanations in plain English
* "Get in, get out" information
* Icons and other navigational aids
* Tear-out cheat sheet
* Top ten lists
* A dash of humor and fun
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 Best book for graphic designers needing help August 28, 2007
Jeremy G. Power
This book is so helpful, for many people. Even people who know illustrator, can freshen up with this book. Great buy
 Good Book Illustrator CS for Dummies May 31, 2006
Wil B (LaGrange Ga)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have found that this book is a great place for a beginner or someone trying to improve on their graphic abilities to start. This book can be a very good tool to help review and remind you of some thing that my have slipped your mind. If you need to rate this book on the 5 star scale then I would give it a 4 y. The reason it fails for the full 5 stars is that it only had a few full color pages(16) and in some small areas, it is hard to find some things it asked you to process. You have to changed a few things (setup view), then they are where they say they are. One more little bit of info, if you are looking to buy this software and use this book, buy the book only and download the try me version of the "Illustrator CS". This way if you don't like the software then your only out the cost of the book.
Wil Bailey
LaGrange, GA
WGCFUG.org
Excellent Read, Very Instructive January 15, 2006
Marie Davis (Baltimore, MD)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you're interested in Illustrator, this is the way to learn it. You'll laugh your way through it, and you'll be amazed how the foreign language of Illustrator can be so easy to understand.
Pretty Good Book November 25, 2005
Ireuel (Idaho)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
My favorite part of this book is where the author, with mountains of experience, says PC's are faster than Macs for graphics. It's about time somebody pointed it out. Notice how many people who give it poor ratings are those who worship at the altar of Mac.
This is a good book for beginner to intermediate, which is about where Dummies books are aimed, right? There may be better (more expensive) stuff, but I'm not sorry I picked this one up.
On the other hand, the criticisms here about lack of visual examples is a vaild one. There are examples, but a book about the premiere artist/illustrating software should be crammed with them.
A Good Place To Begin August 19, 2004
N. SCHUETZ (Indianapolis)
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
I am a complete novice to any drawing software. So when I bought Adobe Illustrator CS and listened to the accompanying "training" tape, I knew I had to have a lot more instruction. I have found that most software manuals are like dictionaries--fine if you already have a good idea of what you're looking for, but not if you don't. So usually a great place to start is a "good" Dummies book. This Dummies book is better than most. It is written in a clear, concise manner with instructions on how to accomplish each feature covered in the chapters. If a simple earlier instruction is needed in a later chapter, it is repeated instead of referred to from the earlier chapter. This saves a lot of time flipping back and forth. And I appreaciated Ted Alspach's humorous approach to topics--at least the first time around. If you have to go back and re-read, it just gets in the way. The only drawback to the book is that it needs either an accompanying CD filled with Illustrator graphics for practice or an Internet source for such vector graphics. Often the instructions say, "Select a piece of artwork..." and I'm left struggling to find a decent example.
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