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Adobe Illustrator CS2 Revealed

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I've never used Illustrator before, my background is as a programmer for business applications, but now that I'm retired, I'm indulging my budding love for graphic design. I bought the whole CS2 bundle, LOVE IT, but of course it's very complicated, especially if you're just getting into graphic design. This book is a great place to start. This particular edition is MUCH cheaper than the deluxe edition, because all the graphics are reproduced in black & white. For me, the only chapter where that made a significant difference is, no surprise, the chapter on color, but I think that will be a subjective judgment you'll need to make for yourself. In addition to learning the basics of using Illustrator, the book also addresses some of the integration with the other programs in the suite, which I found to be very useful. Loved it!

Let me first make it clear that I like this book. It is well structured and very good for the Illustrator newcomer. It touches almost all areas that you can use Illustrator for through short examples complete with illustrative pictures. Chris Botello has done a good job on this book and that is why I got so upset when it started to fall apart just one week after I first opened it! The glue that holds it all together just dried up and now I have a cover filled with loose pages!

If that hadn't happened I'd give this book a 4 but now it is more of a weak 3.

I bought this book because I have been using Photoshop for several years but have never even opened up Illustrator. This book is amazing. I read it with ease understanding pretty much everything the first time around. Even without a knowledge in Photoshop anyone who seeks an understanding of Illustrator MUST READ THIS BOOK. The author makes it so simple to understand and yet displays the powerful features and ease of use with simple yet informative excercises. His method is simple. Give a lesson, do an exercise. Teachers of all subjects should read this book for an understanding of how to teach.

The book is very easy to read and understand. But since the books is old you can't download the supporting files at the web site mentioned on the book. Don't buy this book get the newer version!!

I did get a few useful bits of information from reading this volume, but that's my point: it's organized as units of information unrelated to the real world that Illustrator is used in.

This is NOT a plug for the 'Real-World' series, which, as a reference manual, isn't a tutorial or workbook. The revealed series is marketed as a workbook-style book, & occasionally lives up to it, but all too occasionally. Were I a novice, I don't believe I would have a coherent grasp of Illustrator as a whole, just unrelated bits of technique.

This is a great book in it's color version only (if you're in a class or comfortable with illustration programs). But, don't bother with the B&W version Adobe Illustrator CS2 Revealed. While it doesn't matter that you don't get the CD, since you can download all the files from a source they provide you, it DOES matter if you can't keep the book together. It has pages falling out of it from the first time you open the book. Spend the extra money on the color version with the CD, the binding is much better.

I am not very satisfied with my purchase because the book it's brand new, and just take it to college once a week and I am very careful with it, now the pages are coming out of the book. It's like the glue used to put the book together is gone and the book is falling apart. I would like that you check that, I had the book with me and don't even take it to school anymore because of that problem.
Thank you for your time.
Gueorgui Smaguin Ibanez

Go ahead and buy if you like throwing your money out the window. The pages fall out of the book as you read. Images are all B&W.

This was a required course book for school and it is not advertised that this is not in color and that it doesn't contain the tutorial CD necessary to follow the book. I am severely dissapointed. The binding broke right away... bad glue?? I had to punch holes in it and put it in a binder...just like handouts. Ridiculous. It had been advertised as "new" and I am not satisfied with the product. The book is actually good.

My book had absolutley NO color images. My classmates books were all in color. The pages are falling out of the book, and it obviously a poor imitation of the real thing!!! Very disappointed.