[...]... Illustrator and other Adobe applications Readers of the blog (and book) are welcome to submit questions and participate via commenting on the blog or by emailing rwillustrator@gmail.com You can find the Real World Illustrator blog at http://rwillustrator.blogspot.com • Adobe Community Help With the release of Adobe Creative Suite 4, Adobe has created a new type of help resource, dubbed Adobe Community Help... for Illustrator (and all other Adobe applications) at www.adobeforums.com • Lynda.com Although reading the written word is a fantastic way to learn new material, seeing something in action can also serve as a wonderful way to learn new techniques I currently have several video training titles on Adobe Illustrator at www.lynda.com that present yet another dimension in learning how to make the most of Illustrator. .. about using Illustrator, but there’s always more to learn (I still learn new things all the time) With that in mind, here’s a collection of additional resources you will find helpful in your quest to master Illustrator: • The Real World Illustrator blog An up-to-date companion to this book, the Real World Illustrator blog offers insights, tutorials, and interesting information about the use of Illustrator. .. of Adobe Illustrator, people frequently approach me who, prior to attending a demo or workshop on Illustrator, either thought they had no need for the program or were under the impression it is used only for designing logos The truth is, Illustrator is essential to a broad range of professionals and hobbyists, and it has an incredible number of uses—so many that it’s hard to define exactly what Illustrator. .. Community Help You can access this resource by entering a topic in the Search field in the Illustrator CS4 Application bar (at the top right of the screen) or directly on the Web at http://community .adobe. com/help/ illustrator/ The Adobe Community Help search engine will return results on the requested topic from internal Adobe documentation as well as third-party information in the form of published articles,... tutorials These resources are moderated (I happen to be a moderator for the Illustrator content) and are constantly updated to offer the most useful and accurate information • Adobe Illustrator user-to-user forum An extremely valuable resource, Adobe s user-to-user forum is a great place to ask questions, get advice from other Illustrator users, and share your own knowledge The forum has a search function... comfortable with Illustrator, you’ll easily be able to look at any project and know how to go about implementing it WHAT ’S NEW IN A DOBE ILLUSTR ATOR CS4? Every time Adobe ships a new version of Illustrator, users get that mixed emotion of yearning for new cool and timesaving features while simultaneously worrying about what Adobe has changed about their favorite graphics program Illustrator CS4 certainly... favorite graphics program Illustrator CS4 certainly doesn’t disappoint in either department, especially considering how Adobe has given Illustrator (and all the Adobe Creative Suite components, for that matter) a much-needed face-lift in the form of a new user interface Overall, you’ll find that Adobe has made many changes throughout, and therefore, I cover all the new CS4 features in the context of this book... of these and more are created with the help of Illustrator Illustrator is used by creative individuals who want to express their creativity in print, on the web, in video, and on wireless devices The program is distributed in many different languages, and you can find millions of Illustrator users across the globe Of course, with such a diverse user base, Illustrator is used and applied in many ways To... computer Its ability to repurpose art for almost any need makes Illustrator the perfect environment for creating animations and illustrations Adobe didn’t name its product Illustrator without reason Artists create illustrations for children’s books, magazine covers and articles, packages, and a variety of other products, and they use Illustrator to take advantage of the high quality and precision available . division of Pearson Education. Real World Adobe Illustrator CS4 is published in association with Adobe Press. For the latest on Adobe Press books, go to www.adobepress.com. Copyright ©2009 by Mordy.