Whether you are creating a catchy and fun cartoon, designing a print banner advertisement, or developing content for a mobile game, save time and money with expert techniques, trips and tricks from by Adobe Certified Expert, Rafiq Elmansy with Illustrator Foundations. With practical applications and step by step tutorials, solve problems quickly to develop creative projects on time and to budget. Want to hone your Illustrator skills so you can remain competitive in a diverse market while concentrating on your vector graphics projects? Then Illustrator Foundations is for you! With real-world professional projects you'll discover how to: develop mobile applications, work with layers, masks, vector images and many more tips and tricks not found anywhere else! Harness the full Creative Suite software package with tips on how to integrate Illustrator with Photoshop and After Effects. This book is a goldmine of artistic inspiration, timesaving practical tips, tricks and step-by-step walkthroughs; you'll wonder how you survived this long without it. Put the Adobe Illustrator CS6 techniques to the test with the fully updated companion website with downloadable Illustrator source files, examples and video tutorials.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 01: Introduction to Adobe Illustrator CS6
Chapter 02: Working with Documents
Chapter 03: Working with selection
Chapter 04: Layers
Chapter 05: Drawing in Illustrator
Chapter 06: Colors and Gradient
Chapter 07: Editing artwork
Chapter 08: Objects and symbols
Chapter 09: Working with images
Chapter 10: Masks
Chapter 11: Text and paragraphs
Chapter 12: Working with Effects
Chapter 13: 3D and drawing in perspective
Chapter 14: HTML5 and SVG
Chapter 15: Saving and Exporting
Chapter 16: Creating web content in Illustrator
Chapter 17: Integration with Adobe CS5 applications
About the Author :
Rafiq Elmansy is a graphic designer for 10 years with background in traditional art and sculpture. His experience in graphic design includes working in different design projects as well as creative directing. He runs his own design company Pixel Consultations. He is also an Adobe Community Professional, Adobe Certified Expert and the founder and manager of the Adobe user group in Egypt (AUGE). Rafiq is also part of the Adobe Prerelease Program.
Rafiq Elmansy is an author in the graphic and design field, his articles are published in Adobe design and developer center, Adobe Edge magazine, communitymx.com and his design blog www.graphicmania.net. Recently, he becomes a Friend of Icograda (the International Council of Graphic Design Associations).
