Total Training for Adobe Illustrator CS5 Essentials will teach you all you need to know to get up to speed quickly and easily with this powerful vector design tool. Join award-wining designer Steve Holmes as he shows you how to wield the sheer power of this incredible design and artwork program. Learn real-world techniques and solid processes for creating stunning artwork and layouts for print and digital media, utilizing the biggest and best tools Illustrator has to offer.

Create distinctive vector artwork for any project. Used by design professionals worldwide, Adobe Illustrator CS5 software provides precision and power with sophisticated drawing tools, expressive natural brushes, a host of time-savers, and integration with Adobe CS Live online services.

Total Training for Adobe Illustrator CS5: Essentials DVD Price: $99.99 Presenter: Steve Holmes Runtime: Approx 7 Hours Format: Total Training Online & DVD-ROM will ship approx. May 19th.

Illustrator CS5 Highlights

• Creating, Using & Updating Graphic Styles
• Building Intricate Logos with the new Shape Builder Tool
• Making Artwork Pixel-Perfect for Web Export
• Insanely Accurate Layout Techniques—no excuses!
• Live Trace & Pantone Colors for T-Shirt Design
• Take Illustrator designs into Flash Catalyst and create interactive experiences without writing code.
• Fully control variable-width strokes, arrowheads, dashes, and art brush scaling along a path.
• Paint with vectors that resemble natural-media brush strokes, controlling bristle characteristics and paint opacity.
• Intuitively combine, edit, and fill shapes directly on your artboard without accessing multiple tools and panels.
• Work on up to 100 artboards of varying sizes in one file, organized and viewed the way you want.
• Work faster with everyday tools. Join paths with a keystroke, draw behind, and draw inside.
• Apply raster effects, such as drop shadows, blurs, and textures, that maintain a consistent appearance across media.

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