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.

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

A complete and thorough reference for developers on the new Flex 4 platform Create desktop applications that behave identically on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux with Adobe's new Flash Builder 4 platform and this in-depth guide. The book's tutorials and explanations walk you step-by-step through Flash Builder's new, faster tools; the new framework for generating code; how to connect to popular application servers; upgrading from Flex 3; and much more. Shows you how to create rich applications for the Web and desktop with the very latest version of Flex, with detailed coverage for both new and veteran Flex application developers Walks you through Flex basics; upgrading from Flex 3; how to create desktop applications with AIR; and integrating Flex applications with the most popular application servers, including ColdFusion, ASP.NET, and PHP Includes extensive code samples of common tasks that you can use to jump-start your development projects Flex your development muscles with the Flex 4 and this comprehensive guide.

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.

The ultimate comprehensive reference to Adobe now updated and revised to cover the CS4 release! As the industry-standard image-editing software for print and digital media, Photoshop has a phenomenally broad reach and, if you’re a user, then you’re anxious to get started with CS4! This authoritative guide to Photoshop CS4 shows you how to retouch, color correct, manipulate, and combine images Sheds light on optimal ways to create cutting-edge special effects for digital or film-based images, and then use them on the Web or in print More than 1,200 pages are packed with advice that demystifies even the most complex Photoshop tasks Covers everything from image-editing basics to techniques for working with camera raw images Also discusses the file browser, histogram palette, lens blur, customizable keyboard shortcuts, and more Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

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.