Master Adobe Illustrator CS4

Filled with full-color examples, this hands-on guide explains how to use the latest release of the premier vector graphics program. How to Do Everything: Adobe Illustrator CS4 takes you step-by-step through the process of creating a wide variety of illustrations, and demonstrates expert techniques, shortcuts, and solutions. A gallery profiling professional illustrators and their work highlights real-world examples. With this book, you'll learn how to use all the program's tools and settings to draw just about anything you can imagine!

• Use the drawing, painting, selection, and arrangement tools


• Add vibrancy to your illustrations using colors, swatches, and Adobe Kuler


• Work with layers, format text, and create custom graphs


• Create patterns, gradients, and blends


• Apply vector and raster special effects


• Use Live Paint, Live Trace, the Appearance panel, and the Graphic Styles panel


• Create logos, page layouts, book jackets, ads, and web graphics


• Print high-quality work


• Integrate Illustrator artwork into Adobe Flash to create motion graphics


• And much more