Adobe Illustrator: A Visual Guide for the Mac is an inspirational and practical guide for using this leading PostScript illustration program. The book's clear, colorful illustrations and concise, information-packed captions show step-by-step how to accomplish the graphic effects that electronic designers and illustrators use daily in their work. Through demonstrations created especially for this book, as well as an "inside" look at the work of internationally recognized designers, the book shows beginning, intermediate, and even advanced users how to get the most from Adobe Illustrator. A few of the topics you'll find inside are: *Modelling shapes with color blends *Building and using masks *Turning a package layout into 3D mockup *Blending from one shape to another *Drawing 3-dimensional buttons *Fitting type to a curve *Designing letterforms *Creating custom line styles *Trapping illustrations *Using the step-and-repeat technique for efficiency *Constructing a color palette *Incorporating bitmapped artwork *Simulating transparency. 020140723XB04062001
- ISBN10 020140723X
- ISBN13 9780201407235
- Publish Date 5 July 1995
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 October 2005
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Pearson Education Limited
- Imprint Addison Wesley
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 144
- Language English