Adobe Illustrator CC : classroom in a book

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Team, Adobe, author.

Adobe Creative Team, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Adobe Creative Team, Contributor.

Adobe Creative Tea

Adobe Creative Team.

Series:

Classroom in a book.

Classroom in a Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adobe Illustrator (Computer file).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 v.) : ill.

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Adobe Press 2013

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Illustrator CC Classroom in a Book®, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, offers what no other book or training program does–an official training series from Adobe Systems Incorporated, developed with the support of Adobe product experts. Adobe Illustrator CC Classroom in a Book contains 15 lessons that cover the basics, providing countless tips and techniques to help you become more productive with the program. You can follow the book from start to finish or choose only those lessons that interest you. Purchasing this book gives you access to the downloadable lesson files you need to work through the projects in the book, and to electronic book updates covering new features that Adobe releases for Creative Cloud customers. For access, go to www.peachpit.com/redeem and redeem the unique code provided inside this book. “The Classroom in a Book series is by far the best training material on the market. Everything you need to master the software is included: clear explanations of each lesson, step-bystep instructions, and the project files for the students.” Barbara Binder, Adobe Certified Instructor Rocky Mountain Training

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

How to Get Your Lesson Files

Copyright Page

Contents

Getting Started

About Classroom in a Book

Prerequisites

Installing the program

Fonts used in this book

Accessing the Classroom in a Book files

Restoring default preferences

Additional resources

Adobe certification

Sync settings using Adobe Creative Cloud

What's New in Adobe Illustrator CC

A Quick Tour of Adobe® Illustrator® CC

Getting started

1. Getting to Know the Work Area

Understanding the workspace

Changing the view of artwork

Navigating multiple artboards

Arranging multiple documents

Finding resources for using Illustrator

Review questions

Review answers

2. Selecting and Aligning

Selecting objects

Aligning objects

Working with groups

Exploring object arrangement

Hiding and locking objects

Review Questions

3. Creating and Editing Shapes

Creating a new document

Working with basic shapes

Combining and editing shapes

Using Image Trace to create shapes

4. Transforming Objects

Working with artboards

Transforming content

5. Drawing with the Pen and Pencil Tools

Exploring the Pen tool

Creating the ice cream illustration

Drawing with the Pencil tool

6. Color and Painting

Understanding color

Working with color

Painting with patterns

Working with Live Paint

7. Working with Type

Working with type

Formatting type

Creating and applying text styles

Warping text

Working with type on a path

Wrapping text around an object.

Creating text outlines

8. Working with Layers

Creating layers

Selecting and moving objects and layers

Locking layers

Viewing layers

Pasting layers

Creating a clipping mask

Merging layers

Locating layers

Applying appearance attributes to layers

Isolating layers

9. Working with Perspective Drawing

Understanding the perspective grid

Working with the perspective grid

10. Blending Colors and Shapes

Working with gradients

Working with blended objects

11. Working with Brushes

Working with brushes

Using Calligraphic brushes

Using Art brushes

Using Bristle brushes

Using Pattern brushes

Working with the Blob Brush tool

12. Applying Effects

Using live effects

Applying Photoshop effects

Working with 3D effects

13. Applying Appearance Attributes and Graphic Styles

Using the Appearance panel

Using graphic styles

Saving content for the web

Creating CSS code

14. Working with Symbols

Working with symbols

Working with the Symbolism tools

Storing and retrieving artwork in the Symbols panel

Mapping a symbol to 3D artwork

Working with symbols and Adobe Flash® integration

15. Combining Illustrator CC Graphics with Other Adobe Applications

Combining artwork

Placing image files

Masking an image

Sampling colors in placed images

Working with image links

Replacing a linked image.

Packaging a file

Exploring Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Muse™, Adobe Fireworks®, and Adobe Flash

Index

Contributors

Production Notes

Images

Typefaces used

Team credits

Lesson and Update Files.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780133434576

0133434575

9780133434569

0133434567

9780133434583

0133434583

OCLC:

852256211