Publishing with Illustrator & Freehand

Real projects demand real solutions and Publishing with Illustrator and FreeHand delivers both! It goes beyond traditional tutorials to address the real-world challenges faced by digital publishers on a daily basis while generating vector graphics and illustrations. Practical advice, tips, and techniques for working with both Adobe® Illustrator and Macromedia® FreeHand - the current industry leaders in PostScript Illustration - are presented in a highly engaging and often humorous style that fosters creativity, develops problem-solving skills, and vastly increases production speed. Its in-depth technical coverage is coupled with advice on using both software programs to solve practical problems such as making designs printable, applying graphics to a variety of technologies, budget constraints, tight deadlines, business ethics, and more! Covering up-to-date software changes, this book also includes a thoughtful discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of PostScript illustration as a digital printing and publishing format. When followed from start to finish, it serves as a complete study manual that expands the reader's digital publishing knowledge while guiding them to expert-level use of Illustrator and FreeHand when creating and manipulating images. Chapter 1 Drawing as Opposed to Painting Lineart vs.continuous tone Chapter 2 PostScript Illustration The assembling of independent shapes Resolution independencer Chapter 3 FH/AI Interface comparison Panels instead of multiple optional tools Preferences;Defaults Customizing the interface Chapter 4 Drawing tools Rectangle tool;Polygon/Star tool;Ellipse tool;Line tool;Freehand tool;Variable stroke tool;Calligraphic tool;Pen tool;Bezigon tool;Brush tool,Pencil tool, Push/pull tool;Reshape tool;Auto-trace Stroke and fill options Chapter 5 The transformation tools:Rotation tool;Reflection tool;Scaling tool;Skewing tool;Perspective grid The management tools:Hand tool,magnification tool, page tool;Selection tool;Lasso tool;Eyedropper Chapter 6 Miscellaneous panels and palettes Chapter 7 Combining Paths Combining paths;Grouping;Composite paths;Blending; Duplicating transformations Path combination options :Union;Divide;Intersect; Punch;Crop;Transparency Chapter 8 Typographic Controls Type is not typed!Typography in general 100,000 type styles ;The typographic tools Chapter 9 Color Beyond black and white The colors of light (RGB) The colors of ink (CMY) Spot color The color tools &palettes Chapter 10 Logos Chapter 11 Manipulated Words The fastest and most common graphic Chapter 12 Printing Problems Making it printable The problem of banding Getting it ready to print Trapping Chapter 13 Designing for the Web The four formats:GIF,JPEG,PNG,SWF,and PDF Chapter 14 Production Tips Copyrights and theft Deadlines Business ethics Appendices A:Xtras and Plug-ins B:Paper C:Teaching Style & CD Content D:Keyboard Shortcuts E:Glossary F:Index 766834778 Details   Quantity 500 item(s) available Weight 2.00 lbs Price: $57.95 Options   Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart

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