The Adobe Illustrator CS4 Wow! Book (Paperback)

For years, Sharon Steuer and her international Wow! team have been reaching out to the world of professional illustrators to showcase the range and quality of work these artists are doing in Illustrator. In this revised edition of the best-selling and award-winning Illustrator Wow! Book, you’ll find tips, tricks, and techniques derived from actual projects from more than 100 of the world’s top Illustrator artists. Using Adobe Illustrator CS4, Sharon shows you how to integrate projects using multiple artboards, work transparency into gradients, and draw with the new Blob Brush tool. You’ll not only learn how to “think in Illustrator” with the Zen of Illustrator lessons, you’ll be guided in a wide range of techniques essential for mastering Adobe Illustrator. This edition is loaded with new artwork and lessons that cover:

• Basic and advanced techniques with the new Multiple Artboards feature

• Preparing Illustrator files for work in Photoshop

• Working with the Gradient Annotator and transparency

• Blob Brush tool artwork and integration with Live Paint

• Blending modes and transparency

• More masking with LiveType

• Expressive brushwork and symbolism

• Taking advantage of the improved Appearance panel

• New lessons for creating glows and highlights

• Updated Zen lessons

• Colorizing photos

• Demystifying Live Color

• Creating photorealistic mesh

多年來，Sharon Steuer和她的國際Wow!團隊一直在與專業插畫師的世界接觸，展示這些藝術家在Illustrator中所做的作品的範圍和質量。在這本暢銷且屢獲殊榮的《Illustrator Wow! Book》修訂版中，您將找到來自全球100多位頂尖Illustrator藝術家的實際項目中獲得的技巧和技巧。Sharon使用Adobe Illustrator CS4向您展示如何使用多個畫板集成項目，將透明度融入漸變中，並使用新的Blob Brush工具繪製。您不僅將學習如何以Illustrator的思維方式思考，還將指導您掌握Adobe Illustrator所必需的各種技巧。這個版本載有新的藝術作品和課程，包括：

• 使用新的多個畫板功能的基本和高級技巧

• 為在Photoshop中工作準備Illustrator文件

• 使用漸變註釋器和透明度

• Blob Brush工具的藝術作品和與Live Paint的集成

• 混合模式和透明度

• 更多使用LiveType進行遮罩

• 表現性的筆觸和象徵主義

• 充分利用改進的外觀面板

• 創建發光和高光的新課程

• 更新的Zen課程

• 為照片上色

• 揭開Live Color的神秘面紗

• 創建逼真的網格