Adobe Illustrator CS3 Wow! Book, The

The definitive full-color book on mastering Adobe Illustrator - now fully updated for Illustrator CS3For 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, youll find tips, tricks, and techniques derived from actual projects from more than 100 of these top Illustrator artists. Using Adobe Illustrator CS3, Sharon shows you how to perform magical color changes using Live Color, and prepare animations for Flash. You'll not only learn how to"think in Illustrator"with the Zen of Illustrator lessons, you'll also master the newest, hottest, and most challenging techniques. This edition is loaded with new lessons on these subjects, and many more: Using the new Live Color features Creating animations and integrating Illustrator with FlashWorking with Live Trace and Live PaintThe basics of using layers, templates, the Free Distort tool, and more"Opacity Mask 101" based on the cover imageApplying blending modes and transparency to raster imagesMasking with live typeSimulating ink and watercolor paintingsWorking with live fills, multiple strokes, and Live 3DBasic to advanced blends, gradients, and meshColorizing photosDemystifying photorealistic meshNOTE:User Level: This book is for Intermediate through Professional-level Illustrator artists and designers.