How to Do Everything Adobe Illustrator

Master Adobe Illustrator CS4Filled 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 toolsAdd vibrancy to your illustrations using colors, swatches, and Adobe KulerWork with layers, format text, and create custom graphsCreate patterns, gradients, and blendsApply vector and raster special effectsUse Live Paint, Live Trace, the Appearance panel, and the Graphic Styles panelCreate logos, page layouts, book jackets, ads, and web graphicsPrint high-quality workIntegrate Illustrator artwork into Adobe Flash to create motion graphicsAnd much more