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Summary: Adequate learning for Illustrator
Review: A well organized book that skims over a great deal of issues. The Illustrator 9 coverage is especially weak. The Illustrator Visual QuickStart Guide is better than this book for learning the basics of Illustrator (and that book isn't very good either).
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Summary: Good help
Review: but where are the color pictures. Many of the illustrations comment on differences that can only be viewed in color but all are in black and white. This I will never understand.
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Summary: This book should come with the software . . .
Review: I have been using Illustrator since version 5.5 and have always had difficulty understanding why it did some things differently from what I was expecting. I should have bought a Mordy Golding book years ago as it alone has given me the insight I needed to make this program do what I wanted it to do.Once you have this understanding then the other books will help but I've found that most of them don't help you get that basic user experience and understanding of this program. If Adobe wants users to switch from Freehand, it should be giving this book away with every crossgrade. It really is that good.
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Summary: This book should come with the software . . .
Review: I have been using Illustrator since version 5.5 and have always had difficulty understanding why it did some things differently from what I was expecting. I should have bought a Mordy Golding book years ago as it alone has given me the insight I needed to make this program do what I wanted it to do. Once you have this understanding then the other books will help but I've found that most of them don't help you get that basic user experience and understanding of this program. If Adobe wants users to switch from Freehand, it should be giving this book away with every crossgrade. It really is that good.
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Summary: Incredible Sam Will Change Your Life
Review: I have to say that for someone who has no illustrator skills and needs to learn illustrator for personal or professional purposes; This is the best way to start. It builds up your skills from going over the basic to explaining what every palette/window will do in a smart sequence. Other books are more like user guides that cover things without any order making it difficult to learn. After you read this book( it takes about a week to finish if you sit down everyday for a few hours) you will be able to start exploring how illustrator will benefit your needs. GOOD LUCK AND ENJOY THIS BOOK ITS LOTS OF FUN & EASY READING
SHIRLEY
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Summary: Incredible Sam Will Change Your Life
Review: I have to say that for someone who has no illustrator skills and needs to learn illustrator for personal or professional purposes; This is the best way to start. It builds up your skills from going over the basic to explaining what every palette/window will do in a smart sequence. Other books are more like user guides that cover things without any order making it difficult to learn. After you read this book( it takes about a week to finish if you sit down everyday for a few hours) you will be able to start exploring how illustrator will benefit your needs. GOOD LUCK AND ENJOY THIS BOOK ITS LOTS OF FUN & EASY READING
SHIRLEY
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Summary: The Best Entry Book on Illustrator
Review: I've taught Illustrator. I make my living using Illustrator. My artwork has appeared in the digital gallery on the Illustrator 8 CD. And for my money and time, Mordy Golding's book is the best. I have used it as a classroom text at The New School, and recommended it to my students at Parsons and at Syracuse University. The clear writing, logical progression through the features of the program, and the down home quality of the narrative (besides being pretty funny at times) sets this apart from most dry-as-a-bone treatments. If you are a high end user of Illustrator, this may not be the book for you, but I found it useful even as a review of features I was neglecting to utilize. Cheers to Mr. Golding.
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Summary: Excellent instruction for the Illustrator 9 beginner.
Review: If you've had no previous exposure to Illustrator at all, and want to find the quickest and easiest way to start learning the program from scratch, this is your book! The lessons are easy to follow, and give you a good grasp on how Illustrator's many tools and functions work. This is the best book I've found for getting an introduction to using the program. By the time you finish it, you'll have a good enough understanding of the program to begin learning Illustrator's more advanced features. This book is written for the complete Illustrator novice, so if you're looking for a more in depth guide to all of what Illustrator 9 has to offer, this book isn't what you're looking for. But if you want a fast, effective, and fun intro to the program, get yourself this book.
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Summary: Excellent instruction for the Illustrator 9 beginner.
Review: If you've had no previous exposure to Illustrator at all, and want to find the quickest and easiest way to start learning the program from scratch, this is your book! The lessons are easy to follow, and give you a good grasp on how Illustrator's many tools and functions work. This is the best book I've found for getting an introduction to using the program. By the time you finish it, you'll have a good enough understanding of the program to begin learning Illustrator's more advanced features. This book is written for the complete Illustrator novice, so if you're looking for a more in depth guide to all of what Illustrator 9 has to offer, this book isn't what you're looking for. But if you want a fast, effective, and fun intro to the program, get yourself this book.
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Summary: Just excellent!
Review: Illustrator was killing me at my classes at a design school. , the software is so powerful but difficult to master. Then I could buy this book ... and everything started to be clear and easy!
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