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Illustrator CS4 For Dummies

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I am a beginner without any previous knowledge of adobe illustrator. I have read the book from cover to cover, trying out and practicing the concepts on my laptop in illustrator after each chapter. I found the book clear and concise and conceptually fairly easy to digest, and the knowledge easy to apply when working in the actual program. I am now on my second book on cs4 illustrator which is more detailed and expansive, but I would not have understood it have I not read the illustrator for dummies first. So, to summarize, this is an excellent book for beginners who have no previous experience in illustrator, and need the basics before moving on to a more intermediate material.

I wish that this was the FIRST place I had turned to learn Illustrator 2 years ago when I bought the program! WOWWWWWW!!!! This book is so helpful, I am finally starting to love Illustrator. Yes, I have let it sit unlearned and unused all this time, frustrated, hating it, wanting to know how to use it but feeling so lost, despite other books and tutorials I had tried. Get this book first, the minute you install your Illustrator program, open this book up, you will save yourself so much heartache/headache!

As a long time photoshop user and possessed of zero artistic ability the prospect of learning a new graphics program was daunting. However having used several for dummies books I purchased this one with high hopes. In some ways the book is almost not basic enough in others it accelerates a little fast, but for the home user this book will get you started and allow you to get creative.
For my fellow scientists I still haven't worked out why journals will accept illustrator files and not powerpoint files but this book will certainly help you create figures that do the job.
So for anyone starting out I would recommend this book and like good dummies books it doesn't use a lot of jargon and the index operates on both the descriptive and key word system so you can find what you are looking for. If sure beats online help!!!