The Adobe Illustrator WOW! Book for CS6 and CC
The Adobe Illustrator WOW! Book for CS6 and CC

Author: Sharon Steuer

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Published: 2014-09-12

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 0133928772

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For decades, Sharon Steuer and her international WOW! team have been showcasing the world’s best artists and designers working in Illustrator. In this expanded edition of the best-selling and award-winning Illustrator WOW! Book, you’ll find hundreds of tips, tricks, and techniques derived from actual projects from top Illustrator artists. You’ll learn to use new features, discover exciting ways to create complex effects, and find fresh ways to use venerable old tools and¿speed up your workflow. This edition includes coverage of the 2014 release and is loaded with and lessons with stunning new artwork that feature: Painting and generating objects with raster brushes Harnessing Live Corners, Live Rectangles, and new ways to reshape paths Manipulating live type characters with the Touch Type tool Creating airbrush and neon effects with gradients on strokes Building complex styles with multiple lines, fills, and effects Composing complex repeating patterns Auto-generating corners for pattern brushes Incorporating transparency into mesh and gradients Building and modifying scenes in perspective and 3D Transforming raster art to Illustrator vectors Preparing artwork for animation and the web Integrating Illustrator with Photoshop and other apps Creating photorealism in Illustrator WOW! ONLINE Register the book at peachpit.com/register to access artwork to pick apart and special PDFs from artists to you. Keep up with tips on the latest Illustrator features at WOWartist.com.

How to Wow with Illustrator
How to Wow with Illustrator

Author: Barbara Obermeier

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Published: 2006-12-13

Total Pages: 660

ISBN-13: 0132705087

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Wouldn’t it be great if you could have two of the world’s most accomplished and sought-after graphic artists sitting next to you at your computer as you navigate the infinite possibilities of Adobe Illustrator CS2? How to Wow with Illustrator CS2 is the next-best thing. Two Illustrator powerhouses—Ron Chan and Barbara Obermeier—both renowned graphic designers and trainers, have developed an effective way to help you reach your full creative potential. Ron and Barbara guide you step-by-step through real-world techniques, with an emphasis on uncompromising quality, last-minute flexibility, and go-home-at-night speed! You’ll learn tips and techniques on everything from sophisticated typography to commercial graphics approaches using Illustrator CS2. You’re given the inspiration and know-how at every stage of the creative process in order to learn How to Wow! This book begins with the essentials of Illustrator, including effectively working with layers and tools and integrating with other applications, and then moves on to innovative ideas for making your graphics and typography dazzle the eye. You’ll encounter fascinating techniques for giving your work that competitive, professional edge.

The Adobe Illustrator CS Wow! Book
The Adobe Illustrator CS Wow! Book

Author: Sharon Steuer

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 463

ISBN-13: 0321168925

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Designed to dazzle and inspire but not leave you in the dust, this beautifully designed volume lets you follow along as it dissects real-world projects from some of today's top Illustrator artists. In the process it teaches you how to use Illustrator in ever more creative ways for your own projects. Best-selling author and award-winning artist Sharon Steuer uses four-color pictures of real Illustrator projects to show what's possible and then employs simple, step-by-step instructions to explain the techniques that will produce those effects. You'll find comprehensive ground-up coverage of all of Illustrator CS' most important capabilities. Veteran users will be grateful to explore Illustrator CS' new features: powerful new tools for creating 3D graphics on the fly, a new Scribble Effect that lets you add a loose, hand-drawn look to your artwork, a redesigned text engine, enhanced PDF support, and more. On the CD, you'll find artwork from the book, technical documents, third-party software, clip art, and more.

The Photoshop 6 Wow! Book
The Photoshop 6 Wow! Book

Author: Linnea Dayton

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 500

ISBN-13:

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Demonstrates the computer graphics program's newest features and offers advice integrating Photoshop with other applications, special effects, layering, lighting, and photograph repair.

Adobe Illustrator CS3
Adobe Illustrator CS3

Author: Adobe Systems

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 0321492005

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The project-based lessons in this text show readers how to use Adobe Illustrator CS3 in real-life, everyday tasks. They give users a complete tour of the software.

Adobe Photoshop 7
Adobe Photoshop 7

Author: Jack Davis

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9780321125316

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While other books on Photoshop will take a reference or a step-by-step approach, this book emphasizes the instant results that can be achieved by applying the Wow! Layer Styles provided on the CD-ROM for easy loading into Photoshop 7 (or 6). This book tells readers, in 30 pages (including a 5-page step-by-step tutorial), everything they need to know to work with the powerful Layer Styles function.

The Adobe Illustrator Wow! Book for CS6 and CC
The Adobe Illustrator Wow! Book for CS6 and CC

Author: Sharon Steuer

Publisher: Pearson Education

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 0133928500

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Adobe Illustrator WOW! Book is updated to help intermediate through advanced students get up to speed on the more creative features of Illustrator and efficiently integrate workflow updates and improvements. With its practical, yet beautiful examples, this book focuses on real-world tips, tricks, and techniques extracted from the artwork of many of the world's best Illustrator artists. This 14th edition of the book will help students harness the most powerful creative features of Adobe Illustrator CS6 and CC (including the latest 2014 release), from painting and generating objects with raster brushes, to creating complex repeating patterns, and inserting Illustrator objects into an editable 3D perspective grid. They'll learn how to incorporate the vast array of feature enhancements designed to improve object and text creation and editing, including Live Corners, Live Rectangles, the new Path Reshaping functions, and the Touch Type tool. In addition, they'll discover how to add automatic corners to pattern brushes, apply gradients to strokes, prepare artwork for animation and the web, and use Image Trace to transform raster art to vectors. Through real-world step-by-step lessons and stunning artwork, students will be inspired to master even the most challenging aspects of Adobe Illustrator.

The Illustrator 9 Wow! Book
The Illustrator 9 Wow! Book

Author: Sharon Steuer

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 9780201704532

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Written by Illustrator artist Sharon Steuer with many new and improved features, the Illustrator 9 Wow! Book has grown over 100 pages, and covers step-by-step material for beginners through advanced users. In addition, readers get the goodies that come with full-color Wow! books, making this book educational and inspiring.

The Illustrator 10 Wow! Book
The Illustrator 10 Wow! Book

Author: Sharon Steuer

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13: 9780201784817

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"The Illustrator 10 Wow! Book" is a beautiful, inspiring showcase of the best artistic techniques using Adobe Illustrator. Whether you're a beginning Illustrator user or a seasoned professional, there are hundreds of indispensable tips and step-by-step techniques by dozens of the nation's top Illustrator artists.

The Illustrator 7 Wow! Book
The Illustrator 7 Wow! Book

Author: Sharon Steuer

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13:

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A Macintosh CD-ROM is included with this step-by-step book, which features techniques, tips, and tricks from 80 leading illustrator artists. Illustrator 7's basic tools and functions are explored, professional production techniques are demonstrated by using real-life examples, and full-page gallery samples are included in full color.