Illustrator CS Killer Tips

Dave Cross is Senior Developer, Education and Curriculum for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. In that role he is involved in all aspects of the training that is provided to NAPP members, including the content of seminars, conferences and workbooks. He also creates the very popular weekly QuickTime-based tutorials that appear on the members website. Prior to joining the NAPP, Dave lived in Canada and spent many years as a trainer and author, training thousands of users across North America. For several years he ran his own training center, the Digital Media Learning Centre, teaching classes on Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, Quark Press and InDesign. Dave is the co-author of two very difficult to find books: Photoshop 7 & Illustrator 10: Create Great Advanced Graphics and Photoshop 7 Trade Secrets (both from Friends of Ed) and is a contributing writer to Photoshop User and Mac Design magazines. He has also written articles for Create magazine and Professional Photographer. Dave was featured on a series of Illustrator and Photoshop instructional videos and CD-ROMs from Learnkey Inc, and now appears on Photoshop and Illustrator DVDs produced by KW Computer Training. He is a member of the PhotoshopWorld Instructor Dream Team, teaches at the Mac Design Conference and is Lead Instructor for the Photoshop Seminar Tour. Dave is an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop CS and Illustrator CS, a Certified Technical Trainer and Adobe Certified Instructor. Dave lives in Odessa, Florida with his wife Marlene and his children Stephanie and Michael. Felix Nelson is the Senior Art Director of Photoshop User magazine and is Creative Director for National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP). He's also Art Director of Mac Design magazine and is co-author of the bestselling "Photoshop Killer Tips" books, and an instructor with the Adobe Photoshop Seminar Tour.

Preface. Ancillaries. A Note to the Student. I. HOW TO WRITE SUMMARIES, CRITIQUES, AND SYNTHESIS. 1. Summary, Paraphrase, and Quotation. What Is a Summary? Can a Summary Be Objective? Using the Summary. How to Write Summaries. Demonstration: Summary. The Future of Love: Kiss Romance Goodbye It's Time for the Real Thing, Barbara Graham. Summarizing a Narrative or Personal Essay. Why I Will Never Have a Girlfriend, Tristan Miller. Summarizing Figures and Tables. Paraphrase. Quotations. Incorporating Quotations Into Your Sentences. Writing Exercise: Summary. 2. Critical Reading and Critique. Critical Reading. A Simple One-Step Plan to Solve the Education Crisis, J. Morton Davis. Critique. Demonstration: Critique. Writing Exercise: Critique. 3. Introductions, Theses, and Conclusions. Writing Introductions. Writing a Thesis. Writing Conclusions. 4. Explanatory Synthesis. What Is a Synthesis? Purpose. Using Your Sources. Types of Syntheses: Explanatory and Argument. How to Write Syntheses. The Explanatory Synthesis. Demonstration: Explanatory Synthesis--Computers, Communication, and Relationships. Cyberspace: A New Frontier for Fighting Words, Sanjiv N. Singh. Social Relationships in Electronic Forums: Hangouts, Salons, Workplaces and Communities, Rob Kling. Excerpt from Signs of Life in the USA, Sonia Maasik and Jack Solomon. Life At High-Tech U, Deborah Branscum. Developing Personal and Emotional Relationships Via Computer-Mediated Communication, Brittney G. Chenault. Cyberspace Romances: Interview with Jean-Francois Perreault of "Branchez-vous," John Suler. Click Here for Romance, Jennifer Wolcott. You've Got Romance! Seeking Love Online: Net-Based Services Change the Landscape, If Not the Odds, of Finding the Perfect Mate, Bonnie Rothman Morris. Consider Your Purpose. Formulate a Thesis. Decide How You Will Use Your Source Material. Develop an Organizational Plan. Summary Statements. Write the Topic Sentences. Write Your Synthesis. Model Essay: Advantages and Disadvantages of Computer-Mediated Communication, Alyssa Mellott. Discussion and Suggestions for Revision. Revised Model Essay: Computer Mediated Communication: New and Improved Human Relations or the End of Real Interaction? Alyssa Mellott. Writing Exercise: Explanatory Synthesis. 5. Argument Synthesis. What Is an Argument Synthesis? Demonstration: Developing an Argument Synthesis The Wal-Mart Controversy. Ban the Bargains, Bob Ortega. Eight Ways to Stop the Store, Albert Norman. Wal-Mart's War on