Illustrator® CS2 Killer Tips
by Dave Cross

Tips for Everybody
It's over 300 productivity-enhancing secrets you need to know about Illustrator CS. Fully illustrated, stand-alone tips reveal the hidden features and productivity-enhancing tricks that allow you to accomplish more in less time with Illustrator CS2. Easy-to-browse format lets you find and apply information instantly and includes many tips and techniques that focus on Illustrator CS2's new features: Converting bitmaps into vectors with Live Trace, Painting with the new Live Paint tool, creating Custom Workspaces, and more.

Cut to the Chase!
Skip the lengthy theory and discussions and get right to the meat of the matter. This book is packed with cover-to-cover, wall-to-wall tips—the cool tips that appear as an afterthought in other books, combined with many other "tricks of the trade." No matter who you are, you're going to find tips and shortcuts you never knew existed (or just plain forgot about).

Nothin' but Tips!
Don't expect many step-by-step instructions or tutorials (although we included a few). Instead, you'll see how to create illustrations more quickly and accurately. You'll be using effects, making compound paths, copying appearances, and moving files between Illustrator and Photo-shop like there's no tomorrow! Productivity, efficiency, accuracy, and creativity—that's what these tips are all about!

About the Authors
Dave Cross is Senior Developer, Education and Curriculum, for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. He is an Adobe Certified Instructor in Photoshop CS2 and Illustrator CS2, has written books on both, and is a Certified Technical Trainer. He also writes for Photoshop User magazine, is the Graphics Editor for Layers magazine, teaches at the Photoshop World Conference & Expo, is the Lead Instructor for the Photoshop Seminar Tour, and is featured on a series of training DVDs.

Matt Kloskowski is the Education and Curriculum Developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. He has written 4 books on Photoshop and Illustrator, is featured on training DVDs, and writes for Photoshop User and Layers magazines, and the Photoshop Elements Techniques newsletter. He is an instructor at Photoshop World, teaches Photoshop classes for sessions.edu, is an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop, and a Macromedia Flash Certified Developer.

Product Details
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: New Riders Press (Sept. 23, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 032133065X
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.6 inches