The ultimate comprehensive guide to everything from drawing basics to advanced techniques Adobe expert Ted Alspach reveals the latest on Illustrator CS4’s new features and thoroughly explains how to integrate Illustrator with the rest of Creative Suite 4 Teaches you step-by-step how to create designs that work beautifully, whether in print or online Covers the basics of drawing, painting, coloring, and uncoloring Offers essential tips for mastering paths, masks, blends, patterns, transparency, and type Introduces you to enhanced Smart Guides and a new Crop Area tool Demonstrates how to work in multiple pages with CS4’s new Artboard tool Packed with practical tips and tricks to improve designs and conquer the Web with scripts and online design techniques

Market_Desc: Illustrator CS4 Bible is for beginning to advanced Illustrator users, working in print or on the Web. Individuals new to Illustrator or users upgrading to the newest version of Illustrator will learn the basics and new features then quickly ramp up to more advanced topics such as working in 3D, using filters and more. Special Features: · Illustrator is one of Adobe's top-selling products, behind only Photoshop and Acrobat in revenue generation.· Written by Adobe insider and product manager, Ted Alspach.· Shows readers how to integrate Illustrator CS4 with Photoshop, the world's leading image editing software.· Includes in-depth coverage on using Illustrator CS4 for Web graphics, as well as print. About The Book: Illustrator CS4 is a powerful tool with the potential to intimidate, but in this comprehensive guide Adobe product manager Ted Alspach reveals the secrets so you can harness the amazing power of Illustrator. Part I covers Illustrator CS4 Basics which introduces readers to the interface and the ABCs of working with Illustrator documents. Part 2, Putting Illustrator CS4 to Work, shows readers how to manipulate type, distort artwork, and apply strokes and fills. Part 3 titled Mastering Illustrator CS4, explains transparency, how to work in 3D and how to use styles, effects, and filters. Finally, Part 4 shows readers how to output their work.

Adobe insider Ted Alspach helps you unlock the power of CS3 The new CS3 version of Illustrator is light years beyond previous versions, and whether you're a novice or veteran designer, you'll want to get quickly up to speed on this powerful new tool. With clear explanations and plenty of examples, Adobe insider Ted Alspach reveals the secrets on how to best use Illustrator CS3 for Web graphics, integrate it with the rest of the Creative Suite, work in 3D—and above all, why it's such a radical step up from CS2. Tap the power of Illustrator CS3 for your projects with this in-depth guide from an industry expert. Use Live Color to get color options you never had before Integrate Illustrator CS3 seamlessly with Photoshop and Flash Quickly start new documents with preset profiles Work easily with transparency, fonts, styles, and effects Get more out of Illustrator with hundreds of tips and tricks Learn about scripting and Web graphics generation for online design Customize the Illustrator workspace Generate color sets with Live Color Create graphics for the Web

A completely revised and updated edition of the all-time bestselling Flash title Written by two of the world’s leading Flash experts, this comprehensive reference provides you with undocumented techniques, tips, and tricks on the CS4 release of Flash, the popular tool that allows you to create animations and build interactive Web sites In-depth coverage on more than one thousand pages includes something for everyone—whether you’re a Web novice or an accomplished Web professional—this resource will be your guide to the inner workings and capabilities of Flash CS4 Two of the world’s leading Flash experts offer more coverage than any other book on the market The accompanying CD-ROM includes trial software, addons, plugins, shareware, templates, and examples Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

The soup-to-nuts guide on everything InDesign users need to know about the much-anticipated CS4 release! Packed with more than one thousand pages of real-world insight and valuable guidance, this authoritative resource describes the power and potential of InDesign—whose popularity as a page-layout program is growing stronger and gaining new converts every day No matter what your skill level, you will get everything you need to know in order to make the most of this software and take advantage of InDesign CS4’s innovative architecture, functionality, and many ingenious features Learn how to edit Photoshop, Illustrator, and PDF files from within InDesign; export documents in HTML for publication on CD-ROM or the Web; tap the power of multiple layers and master pages; optimize InDesign for efficient project workflow; take advantage of dynamic spell-checking; and more Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

As one of the few books to cover integration and workflow issues between Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, GoLive, Acrobat, and Version Cue, this comprehensive reference is the one book that Creative Suite users need Two well-known and respected authors cover topics such as developing consistent color-managed workflows, moving files among the Creative Suite applications, preparing files for print or the Web, repurposing documents, and using the Creative Suite with Microsoft Office documents More than 1,200 pages are packed with valuable advice and techniques for tackling common everyday issues that designers face when working with programs in the Creative Suite

The ultimate comprehensive guide to everything from drawing basics to advanced techniquesAdobe expert Ted Alspach reveals the latest on Illustrator CS4's new features and thoroughly explains how to integrate Illustrator with the rest of Creative Suite 4Teaches you step-by-step how to create designs that work beautifully, whether in print or onlineCovers the basics of drawing, painting, coloring, and uncoloringOffers essential tips for mastering paths, masks, blends, patterns, transparency, and typeIntroduces you to enhanced Smart Guides and a new Crop Area toolDemonstrates how to work in multiple pages with CS4's new Artboard toolPacked with practical tips and tricks to improve designs and conquer the Web with scripts and online design techniques.