The easy-to-use Illustrator 10 reference grounded in the real world production environment. Illustrator 10 Shop Manual has just the facts about Illustrator 10 and how to use it. The main text of the book covers every aspect of the Illustrator 10 interface. Specifically, discussion has the following headings: description of purpose, dialog or pallet call-outs, issues to consider (suggestions for proper use, clarification of misconceptions, external issues, and redirection to other more appropriate commands), and related topics (cross referencing). The second part of the book - a series of appendices - provides step-by-step techniques for important Illustrator tasks.
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"The Illustrator 10 Shop Manual is the only resource of its kind. This detailed reference features an intensive walk-through of Illustrator's entire interface. Every tool and command, every last button and box, is accompanied by a description of its proper use and recommended settings.
"Wherever appropriate, detailed lists of avoidable mistakes and special issues flesh out a topic's realistic production-oriented context. Additionally, appendices list complex techniques expected of today's graphics professional--from selection strategies to advanced XML variable workflows.
"This book contains no tutorials. It doesn't hold your hand or try to entertain you with witty commentary. Like you, author Steve Kurth uses Illustrator for a living. When the clock is ticking, he knows you don't want to flip through page after page of unnecessary text for the information you need. He presents the facts--and only the facts--so you can get in, get out, and get back to work. Any serious Illustrator will find this book an invaluable resource."
It doesn't hurt that Mordy Golding, the Adobe Illustrator Product Manager, took a look at the book and told us "Some books belong on a shelf, others on your desk. For serious Illustrator users, "The Illustrator Shop Manual" is the one that goes on your desk." We hope you agree. Let us know how it works for you, and thanks for listening.... Steve Weiss, executive editor, New Riders. steve.weiss@newriders.com
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The easy-to-use Illustrator 10 reference grounded in the real world production environment. Illustrator 10 Shop Manual has just the facts about Illustrator 10 and how to use it. The main text of the book covers every aspect of the Illustrator 10 interface. Specifically, discussion has the following headings: description of purpose, dialog or pallet call-outs, issues to consider (suggestions for proper use, clarification of misconceptions, external issues, and redirection to other more appropriate commands), and related topics (cross referencing). The second part of the book - a series of appendices - provides step-by-step techniques for important Illustrator tasks.
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The Only Illustrator Book Worth Owning,
By Guy Wire (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Illustrator 10 Shop Manual (Paperback)
For some reason, books on Adobe Illustrator are always terrible: they either pander to new users, recycle out-of-date content, or rehash the same boring techniques as every other book. Steve Kurth's Illustrator 10 Shop Manual puts the competition to shame, digging deeper in a single page than the other hacks do in a whole chapter. Kurth has actually documented EVERY LAST feature in the program, down to the tiniest checkmark in each dialog box. He understands how I need to use the software, and offers the most specific and helpful advice I've ever seen. A perfect example: a designer in my company needed to convert all the shapes of an expanded gradient from CMYK values to a single spot ink. If you think you know the answer, guess again -- it's not as easy as it sounds, and I've used Illustrator professionally for 8 years. The Shop Manual gave me an answer in less than five minutes. And that's the key -- notice how I said "it gave me the answer," and not "I found the answer." No book could ever predict the above scenario and give clear-cut steps to the reader -- and that's why the others fail. Because it covers so much so well, the Shop Manual actually LEADS you to the connections you need, using Kurth's experience and a surprisingly intelligent layout. I bought two copies: one for work, and one for home.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
essential pro reference,
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This review is from: Illustrator 10 Shop Manual (Paperback)
I find these shop manual books amongst the most useful in my bookshelf. For an experinced user most often all that you need is to quickly look up the features and settings of a particuliar tool or dialog box.This is a complete reference manual to the whole package, forgotten how to do something it will be in here somewhere. There is also a useful how-to section at the back covering common techniques. These books make a designers life soo much easier.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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The only pure reference for Adobe Illustrator,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Illustrator 10 Shop Manual (Paperback)
Steve Kurth's Illustrator 10 Shop Manual is the only pure reference for Adobe Illustrator and it includes an exhaustive, "user friendly" cross-referencing of related functions and topics. Illustrator 10 Shop Manual comes in two parts: pure reference and extensive appendices. The main text covers every aspect of the Illustrator X interface, following the same structure established for the Photoshop 6 Shop Manual. Illustrator 10 Shop Manual is a welcome and invaluable contribution to the Adboe Illustrator reference shelf and is especially recommended for the novic.
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