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Adobe(R) Illustrator(R): A Visual Guide for the Mac: A Step-by-Step Approach to Learning Illustration Software

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This book is one of my favorite graphic design books. I can't believe no one else has written a customer review! "Adobe Illustrator:A Visual Guide for the Mac" shows examples of things you need to do in Illustrator, and how to get them done. The authors make skillful use of the step-by-step approach. The examples and projects are visually appealing and the instructions are clear and easy to follow. I especially like the section on creating vector art with a hand drawn look, "Softening the postscript line," and the section on manipulating and coloring clip art,"Modifying clip art." Although this book was written in 1995 for version 5 or 6, the instructional techniques work just fine in Illustrator version 7. This book is simply jam-packed, from cover to cover, with useful advice, ideas, and detailed instructions for creating and working with vector art. I highly recommend it as a must-have for any desktop publisher, graphic designer or digital illustrator.

I found a Visual Guide for the Mac confusing the author assumes you already know what the tools are and where they are located. I was also flustrated by working thru more than one example only to find you had to leave Illustrator to perform a task in Adobe Streamline. Well guess what I don't have Adobe Streamline. I found Adobes Users Guide and tours far more informative. A Video would get this information across far better.

Regarding Adobe Illustrator: A Visual Guide for the Mac - A step-by-step approach to learning illustration software...

Inspiring projects, of which you probably would need to know the program before tackling them.

I'm only surprised and disappointed that these two excellent authors, Janet and Linnea have not done a revise as Adobe Illustrator 8 is way new and greatly improved since 1995. Hence only 4 stars, but 5 thumbs up if they ever released a revise!

If you're looking for projects to do, and you know your way around Illustrator, this is a great book to pick up for your library.