Adobe Illustrator CS6 Revealed

Botello, a designer and retoucher on movie campaigns, uses lessons to teach those in the multimedia and design community the features of Adobe Illustrator CS6, including its new features, such as gradient strokes, image trace, the pattern options panel, and direct naming of layers. He provides projects and instructions, and outlines basic to advanced illustrator skills for creating artwork. Discussion ranges from fundamental concepts to in-depth discussion of the software's features, from creating text and gradients, to working with patterns and brushes, to creating 3D objects, to preparing graphics for the web, and includes conceptual information, step-by-step lessons, and illustrated tutorials on how to draw with the Pen tool. The companion website includes an interactive ebook, quizzes, flashcards, video lessons, and other resources. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)