Author Description

Entertaining, up-to-date, and comprehensive, Real World Adobe Illustrator 10 is the definitive, everything-you-need-to-know guide to the world's leading vector-based illustration program. Go under the hood of Illustrator 10 with veteran author Deke McClelland, as he covers every tool and feature--and shares his hard-won tips and shortcuts each step of the way. Written expressly for designers and artists who use Illustrator on the job, the book's industrial-strength production techniques give you new and concrete solutions for streamlining your work and conquering common Illustrator dilemmas. Thoroughly updated for Illustrator 10, this edition includes insightful how-tos on new symbols and slicing options for Web graphics; enveloping, warping, and liquefying distortion tools; and dynamic, data-driven graphics.