Adobe Illustrator

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BubblyBabs

2005-06-07, 11:15 pm

Jeez, I hate to have to type newbie in the subject line but that's what I am
to Illustrator... I've used photoshop for many years and am still
fascinated with that program... Soooo, I decided to get Illustrator... I
was disappointed when I got the program in the mail to discover it does not
come with a book... I prefer books to learn a program and was wondering if
someone could recommend a good book for me to buy... I'd appreciate it...

Thanks,
Babs

steggy

2005-06-07, 11:15 pm

BubblyBabs wrote:
>
> Jeez, I hate to have to type newbie in the subject line but that's what I am
> to Illustrator... I've used photoshop for many years and am still
> fascinated with that program... Soooo, I decided to get Illustrator... I
> was disappointed when I got the program in the mail to discover it does not
> come with a book... I prefer books to learn a program and was wondering if
> someone could recommend a good book for me to buy... I'd appreciate it...
>
> Thanks,
> Babs

Illustrator for Dummies seems to be basic but good. And
being new on vectors might need some basic understanding
about them, including how to make curves etcetera. Your
Photoshop background can sure help you, provided you are
ready for something totally else:)) I mean: tools can be
handled quite the same (like the pen tool) but the goal is
different often.

Have a search on Amazon, maybe you bump into some
trustworthy positive reviews. Als the Illustrator Bible is
of course good, but goes into depth.
Last source: look for illustrator tutorials. I always found
the Manual pretty good, quite a shame they do not deliver
that with the software as a standard!
--
steg

Hecate

2005-06-07, 11:15 pm

On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 10:01:36 -0500, "BubblyBabs"
<bubblybabs_at_fractalfairy_dot_com@ng.com> wrote:

>Jeez, I hate to have to type newbie in the subject line but that's what I am
>to Illustrator... I've used photoshop for many years and am still
>fascinated with that program... Soooo, I decided to get Illustrator... I
>was disappointed when I got the program in the mail to discover it does not
>come with a book... I prefer books to learn a program and was wondering if
>someone could recommend a good book for me to buy... I'd appreciate it...
>
>Thanks,
>Babs
>
Two Adobe books: Adoibe Illustrator Classroom in a Book and Adobe
Illustrator Wow! Book. The first will teach you the basics, the second
will show you some of things you can do with the tools.

--

Hecate - The Real One
Hecate@newsguy.com
Fashion: Buying things you don't need, with money
you don't have, to impress people you don't like...

BubblyBabs

2005-06-08, 7:14 am

In the previous message Hecate hecate@newsguy.com wrote:

> On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 10:01:36 -0500, "BubblyBabs"
> <bubblybabs_at_fractalfairy_dot_com@ng.com> wrote:
>
> Two Adobe books: Adoibe Illustrator Classroom in a Book and Adobe
> Illustrator Wow! Book. The first will teach you the basics, the second
> will show you some of things you can do with the tools.
>
>

Thanks Hecate!
Babs

BubblyBabs

2005-06-08, 7:14 am

In the previous message steggy steggy2001@hotmail.com wrote:

> BubblyBabs wrote:
>
> Illustrator for Dummies seems to be basic but good. And
> being new on vectors might need some basic understanding
> about them, including how to make curves etcetera. Your
> Photoshop background can sure help you, provided you are
> ready for something totally else:)) I mean: tools can be
> handled quite the same (like the pen tool) but the goal is
> different often.

I was hoping knowing photoshop already would be a help...

>
> Have a search on Amazon, maybe you bump into some
> trustworthy positive reviews. Als the Illustrator Bible is
> of course good, but goes into depth.
> Last source: look for illustrator tutorials. I always found
> the Manual pretty good, quite a shame they do not deliver
> that with the software as a standard!

I'll check out that book... And yes, I was suprised I didn't get a book,
thought for sure I would... There's plenty of tutorials but I kind of
thought that if I bought an exprensive program like that that I'd get a book
and wouldn't have to waste time printing stuff out for my own use... Oh
well...

Babs