Intermediate Level Users.
Includes CD-ROM.
This book presents step-by-step techniques for creating dynamic images with Adobe Illustrator, one of the richest and most versatile illustration packages available. It covers the latest upgrades to Illustrator 8 and steps you through real-world projects such as creating packaging, ads, brochures, and more. You are shown many ways to create and use gradients and blends, provided with tips and tricks for exchanging files with Freehand and CorelDRAW, as well as combining Illustrator and Photoshop files. Featured is a 64-page Colour Studio that illustrates how artwork you create from the book will appear when completed; popular third-party plug-ins for Illustrator; all the files needed to complete the exercises with answers; examples of completed work; royalty-free images; and clip art.
