Illustrator CS2 Revealed

Revealed Series Vision

The Revealed Series is your guide to today’s hottest multimedia applications. These comprehensive books teach the skills behind the application, showing you how to apply smart design princi¬ples to multimedia products such as dynamic graphics, animation, Web sites, software authoring tools, and digital video.

A team of design professionals including multimedia instructors, stu¬dents, authors, and editors worked together to create this series. We rec¬ognized the unique needs of the multi¬media market and created a series that gives you comprehensive step-by-step instructions and offers an in-depth explanation of the “why” behind a skill, all in a clear, visually-based layout.

It was our goal to create books that speak directly to the multimedia anddesign community—one of the most rapidly growing computer fields today. We feel that the Revealed Series does just that—with sophisticated content and an instructive book design. —The Revealed Series

Author’s Vision

Hands-on is the best way to explore any software application. You can study every chapter of an instruction manual, but reading about Adobe Illustrator and drawing in Adobe Illustrator are two very different things indeed.

This book is a series of exercises that will take you on a fully guided tour of Illustrator CS2—from basic concepts to advanced techniques—all with a hands-on approach. You will learn by doing, and you'll have fun, which is an essential skill not covered in any instruction manual.I had fun writing this, and that was possible because of the focus and hard work of my editor and long-time friend Ann Fisher. Ann kept the project on track but left me enough room to bounce around the application and share with you some of my favorite tips and tricks. Her dedication—combined with a great capacity for laughter— brought out the best in both of us. Special thanks also go to Nicole Pinard, Vice President for this series and others, Marjorie Hunt, Managing Editor, and Jane Hosie-Bounar, Product Manager.

I also want to acknowledge the QA manuscript reviewers for their input: Jeff Schwartz and Chris Carvalho.
—Chris Botello

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