Steuer S. - Illustrator CS WOW! Book

Illustrator CS WOW! Book / Illustrator CS - это великолепно!

Год: 2004
Автор: Sharon Steuer / Шэрон Стью
Жанр: Графика, дизайн
Издательство: Peachpit Press
ISBN: 0-321-16892-5
Язык: Английский
Формат: PDF
Качество: Изначально компьютерное (eBook)
Интерактивное оглавление: Нет
Количество страниц: 464
Описание: Designed to dazzle and inspire but not leave you in the dust, this beautifully designed volume lets you follow along as it dissects real-world projects from some of today's top Illustrator artists. In the process it teaches you how to use Illustrator in ever more creative ways for your own projects. Best-selling author and award-winning artist Sharon Steuer uses four-color pictures of real Illustrator projects to show what's possible and then employs simple, step-by-step instructions to explain the techniques that will produce those effects. You'll find comprehensive ground-up coverage of all of Illustrator CS' most important capabilities. Veteran users will be grateful to explore Illustrator CS' new features: powerful new tools for creating 3D graphics on the fly, a new Scribble Effect that lets you add a loose, hand-drawn look to your artwork, a redesigned text engine, enhanced PDF support, and more. On the CD, you'll find artwork from the book, technical documents, third-party software, clip art, and more.
Описание на русском: Данная книга предназначена как для начинающих, так и для опытных пользователей новой версии CS Illustrator. Книга состоит из пошаговых уроков, неуклонно развивающих возможности читателя. Для вживания в программу предназначена оригинальная методика 'танца пальцев'. В конце каждого урока представлены произведения всемирно известных дизайнеров и художников. Детально разбирается на основании материалов урока, как были созданы эти известные произведения. В книге представлены сотни художественных техник, ряд уникальных методик, подробно рассматриваются трехмерные эффекты, впервые появившиеся в версии CS Illustrator. Для опытного пользователя CS Illustrator эта книга будет служить энциклопедией художественных техник и рабочими примерами их применения на практике. Если Вы хотите стать известным дизайнером или художником, то эта книга для Вас.

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Содержание
xvi Important: Read me first!
xvii How to use this book
xx Preface: What's New in Illustrator CS?
Illustrator Basics

2 Introduction

2 Computer & System Requirements

2 Setting Up Your Page

5 Making Your Moves Easier

6 Working with Objects

8 Watch Your Cursor!

9 Bezier-Editing Tools

11 Geometric Objects

12 Selecting & Grouping Objects

14 Joining & Averaging

15 Working with Palettes

17 Graphing & Charting

19 Transformations

22 Working Smart

24 Changing Your Views

25 Zooming In & Out

26 Show/Hide Choices

28 Color in Illustrator

31 Saving as PDF

32 Image Formats

33 PostScript Printing & Exporting

35 Actions

36 Scripting and Variables

37 Data-driven graphics
The Zen of Illustrator

40 Introduction

42 Building Houses: Sequential Object Construction Exercises

48 A Classic Icon: Five Ways to Re-create Simple Shapes

50 Zen Scaling

52 Zen Rotation

53 Creating a Simple Object Using the Basic Tools

54 A Finger Dance: Turbo-charge with Illustrator's Power-keys
Drawing & Coloring

64 Introduction

64 Basic Drawing & Coloring

69 Expanding Your Drawing & Coloring Toolset

72 Pathfinder Palette

78 Simple Realism:
Realism from Geometry and Observation

81 Gallery: Mark Fox

82 Cutting & Joining:
Basic Path Construction with Pathfinders

86 Add & Expand:
More Pathfinder Palette Basics

88 Divide & Color:
Applying Pathfinder Divide & Subtract

90 Cubist Constructs:
Creative Experimentation with Pathfinders

92 Isometric Systems:
Arrow Keys, Constrain Angles & Formulas

94-95 Galleries: Rick Henkel, Kurt Hess, Jared Schneidman

96 Objective Colors:
Custom Labels for Making Quick Changes

98-105 Galleries: Jean Tuttle, Clarke Tate,
Christopher Burke, Dorothy Remington,
Karen Barranco, Filip Yip, Gary Ferster

106 Distort Dynamics:
Adding Character Dynamics with Transform

108 Distort Filter Flora:
Applying Distort Filters to Create Flowers

111 Gallery: Laurie Grace

112 Vector Photos: Pen and Eyedropper Technique

115 Gallery: Brad Hamann

116 Advanced Technique: Intricate Patterns:
Designing Complex Repeating Patterns

118 Gallery: Tiffany Larsen
Brushes & Symbols

120 Introduction

120 Brushes

123 Symbols

124 Symbols vs. Scatter Brushes

125 Gallery: Chris Bucheit

126 Ink Brush Strokes:
Making Naturalistic Pen and Ink Drawings

128-131 Galleries: Sharon Steuer, Lisa Jackmore,
Jen Alspach, Ellen Papciak-Rose

132 Preparing Art:
Adding Brushes to Existing Artwork

134 Pattern Brushes:
Creating Details with the Pattern Brush

136-139 Galleries: Bert Monroy, Shayne Davidson,
Steve Spindler, Jacqueline Mahannah

140 Building Brushes:
Building Brushes for Lettering

142 Advanced Technique: Map Techniques:
Simplifying Complex Image Creation

145 Gallery: Joe Lertola

146 Symbol Basics:
Creating and Working with Symbols

149 Gallery: Sandee Cohen & Sharon Steuer

150 Advanced Technique: Organic Creation:
Painting with Brushes, Symbols, and Mesh

152 SPECIAL BRUSHES SUPPLEMENT
by Sandee Cohen
Layers

156 Introduction

160 Controlling the Stacking Order of Objects

162 Making Selections using the Layers Palette

163 Gallery: David Nelson

164 Digitizing a Logo:
Controlling Your Illustrator Template

166 Tracing Details:
Tracing Intricate Details with the Pencil

168 Colors with Layers:
Coloring Black & White Images with Layers

170 Organizing Layers:
Managing Custom Layers and Sublayers

173 Gallery: Nancy Stahl

174 Nested Layers:
Organizing with Layers and Sublayers

176 Advanced Technique: Varied Perspective:
Analyzing Different Views of Perspective
Type

180 Introduction

184 Working with Threaded Text

185 Wrapping Text Around Objects

185 Character and Paragraph Styles

186 Taking Advantage of OpenType

187 The Glyphs Palette

188 The Every-line Composer

188 More Type Functions (Type & Window menus)

189 Converting Type to Outlines

191 Using the Appearance Palette with Type

193 Exporting Illustrator Type

194 Custom Text Paths:
Trickling Type with Variations of Type Style

196 Stretching Type:
Fitting Type by Converting to Outline

198-199 Galleries: John Burns, Hornall Anderson

200 Masking Letters:
Masking Images with Letter Forms

201 Gallery: Gary Newman

202 Book Cover Design:
Illustrator as a Stand-alone Layout Tool

204 Brushed Type:
Applying Brushes to Letterforms

206-211 Galleries: Joachim Muller-Lance, Tim Girvin,
Jennifer Bartlett, Louis Fishauf, Ellen Papciak-Rose,
Bjorn Akselsen, Pattie Belle Hastings, Frank Jonen

212 Crunching Type:
Transforming Type with Warps & Envelopes

214 Advanced Technique: Offset Fills:
Covering a Pattern with an Offset Fill

216 Advanced Technique: Antiquing Type:
Applying Scribble in an Opacity Mask

218 Gallery: Steven Gordon
Blends, Gradients & Mesh

220 Blends

223 Gradients

225 Gallery: Rick Barry

226 Examining Blends:
Learning When to Use Gradients or Blends

228 Shades of Blends:
Creating Architectural Linear Shading

229-233 Galleries: Janet Good, Gary Ferster, Linda Eckstein,
Peter Cassell, Steven Stankiewicz

234 Unlocking Realism:
Creating Metallic Reflections with Blends

236-237 Galleries: Jared Schneidman, Andrea Kelley

238 Unified Gradients:
Redirecting Fills with the Gradient Tool

239-243 Galleries: Filip Yip, Hugh Whyte, Caryl Gorska,
Tim Webb

244 Rolling Mesh:
Converting Gradients to Mesh and Editing

246 Advanced Technique: Mastering Mesh:
Painting with Areas of Color Using Mesh

249-252 Galleries: Ma Zhi Liang, Yukio Miyamoto
Transparency & Appearances

254 Introduction

254 Basic Transparency

263 Appearances

264 The Finer Points of Appearances

266 Transparency 101:
Assigning Opacity to Default Brushes

268 Advanced Technique: Transparent Color:
Customizing Transparent Brushes & Layers

272 Basic Transparency:
Blending Modes, Opacity & Isolate Blending

274 Basic Highlights:
Making Highlights with Transparent Blends

275-277 Galleries: Nancy Stahl, Tiffany Larsen, Louis Fishauf

278 Basic Appearances:
Making and Applying Appearances

280 Floating Type:
Type Objects with Transparency & Effec