Adobe Illustrator Classroom in a Book (2020

The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn. 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, developed with the support of Adobe product experts. Contains 16 lessons that cover the basics and beyond, 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.
Build a strong foundation by following hands-on projects for creating logos, illustrations, and posters. Learn how to use the Shaper tool and Live Shapes along with dynamic symbols to streamline graphics creation. Create website assets and export them in multiple formats to support modern responsive web designs. From exacting illustration to more free-form painting, you’ll gain vital skills as you progress through the lessons.
The online companion files include all the necessary assets for readers to complete the projects featured in each chapter. All buyers of the book get full access to the Web Edition: A Web-based version of the complete ebook enhanced with video and multiple-choice quizzes.

Brian Wood is a content developer and the author of fifteen + training books (Illustrator, InDesign, Muse, XD, and Adobe DPS), as well as training videos on Dreamweaver & CSS, InDesign, Illustrator, XD, Acrobat, Adobe Muse and others. In addition to training many clients large and small, Brian speaks regularly at national conferences, such as Adobe MAX, as well as events hosted by AIGA and other industry organizations. To learn more, check out www.youtube.com/askbrianwood or visit www.brianwoodtraining.com.

Previous Edition Table of Contents

GETTING STARTED

WHAT’S NEW IN ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CC (2019 RELEASE)

A QUICK TOUR OF ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CC (2019 RELEASE)

1 GETTING TO KNOW THE WORK AREA

2 TECHNIQUES FOR SELECTING ARTWORK

3 USING SHAPES TO CREATE ARTWORK FOR A POSTCARD

4 EDITING AND COMBINING SHAPES AND PATHS

5 TRANSFORMING ARTWORK

6 CREATING AN ILLUSTRATION WITH THE DRAWING TOOLS

7 USING COLOR TO ENHANCE SIGNAGE

8 ADDING TYPE TO A POSTER

9 ORGANIZING YOUR ARTWORK WITH LAYERS

10 GRADIENTS, BLENDS, AND PATTERNS

11 USING BRUSHES TO CREATE A POSTER

12 EXPLORING CREATIVE USES OF EFFECTS AND GRAPHIC STYLES

13 CREATING ARTWORK FOR A T-SHIRT

14 USING ILLUSTRATOR CC WITH OTHER ADOBE APPLICATIONS

15 EXPORTING ASSETS

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