Illustrator 9 Bible

About the Authors Ted Alspach is the author of many books on desktop publishing and graphics, as well as hundreds of articles on related topics, including Illustrator 7 Studio Secrets, Illustrator 7 Bible, Photoshop Complete, Kai's Power Tools Studio Secrets, and Illustrator Filter Finesse. He is a contributing editor to Adobe Magazine. Kelly L. Murdock has written extensively on 3D graphics and Web technologies. His credits include the 3D Studio Max R3 Bible, Master HTML and XHTML Visually, JavaScript Blueprints, and 3D Graphics and VRML 2. He is also the creative force behind the children's education site at www animabets.com.

Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgments. PART I: Introducing Illustrator. Chapter 1: Illustrator Basics. Chapter 2: Creating Shapes, Graphs, and Diagrams. Chapter 3: Drawing and Painting. Chapter 4: Selecting and Editing. Chapter 5: Working with Color. Chapter 6: Working with Illustrator Documents. PART II: Putting Illustrator to Work. Chapter 7: Organizing Artwork. Chapter 8: Manipulating Type. Chapter 9: Transforming and Distorting Artwork. Chapter 10: Applying Unique and Interesting Fills. Chapter 11: Using Path Blends, Compound Paths, and Masks. PART III: Mastering Illustrator. Chapter 12: Understanding Transparency. Chapter 13: Using Style and Effects. Chapter 14: Working with Pixels. Chapter 15: Customizing and Optimizing Illustrator. PART IV: Outputting Illustrator. Chapter 16: Understanding Printing, Separations, and Trapping. Chapter 17: Using Illustrator to Generate Web Graphics. Appendix A: What's New in Illustrator 9. Appendix B: Shortcuts in Illustrator 9. Appendix C: Resources. Appendix D: Installing Illustrator 9. Index.