Adobe Illustrator CS4 1st Edition

Ever since I got my hands on Adobe products, I find that Adobe's Classroom in a Book (CIAB) series always delivery quality instruction that would bring me from any level to at least intermediate level. The latest Illustrator CS4 is no exception.I bought this book for a user who has never had any experience with Adobe products, within hours, the user was able to finish the tutorials without breaking a sweat. I further assigned the user some tasks, and the results were quite to my satisfaction.Before CIAB, I borrowed "Illustrator CS4 for Dummies", honestly, the book has made both the user and I dumber. The author has spent lengthy time discussing various different concepts in chapter 1, the information has nothing to do with getting hands on with the software. In fact, the information is way too technical to be suitable for its "Dummies" title.I would recommend this book to those who wish to get hands on with Illustrator, which is an excellent piece of software to learn after you have reasonable skill with Photoshop.

I've read many books in the Classroom in a Book series for Adobe Creative Suite 4. And I must say that this book was well worth the money. It provides enough detail and good examples to get you started with Illustrator. You will not be disappointed.It guides you step by step from selecting, aligning, transforming and editing objects to drawing with the pen and pencil tools. Then you begin working with color, type and layers, all very good chapters. Then you start the more advanced topics, blending colors and shapes, working with brushes, and applying effects, which was my favorite topic. Moving on you will apply appearance attributes, work with symbols, learn to integrate with other Adobe products and finally consider output to printers.Once you've finished this book, I recommend you build your knowledge with a more detailed book called "Real World Adobe Illustrator CS4" by Mordy Golding.

I downloaded the trial version of AI CS4 and ordered this book to see if I (a non-artist with no experience with this software) could learn to use it well enough to create decent looking covers for work projects.The book is well laid out and got me up and working right away. The directions are clear and easy to follow. It is also lots of fun to see what I can do with this program.As a complete novice, I cannot assess how helpful this book would be to an experienced user, but it does a first-class job of making an extremely complicated program usable by a beginner.

I love this series of books - they are so helpful and easy to use. However, I bought this on kindle and although the content is great, there's no accompanying CD so the exercises aren't easy to do. Recommend the book, but get the real thing in print. Shame as kindle books are so easy to have with you..Would be nice if the publishers made the digital material available on a web site - you could have a code or something to prove we bought the book.

This is a good book if you are a learn by doing type person. I like the layout of the book,easy to follow. The pictures are in color. You get an introduction at the beginning of each lesson. In the introduction, you are given a time estimate of how long it will take to complete each lesson. At the end of each lesson is a review of what was taught in the lesson. I am nearing the halfway point of the book, and I am stilling enjoying it. My money was well spent.

I'd give this product 5 stars, except I can't seem to find the lesson files as mentioned. Are all the kindle editions entitled to the lesson files? Are they all peachpit books? I wrote peachpit and asked if they can send me a link to the files. No word yet (only a few days). I finished the Adobe Photoshop CS4 and their lessons, so I know that I love the format and the lessons were excellent. I'm not a "digital native", meaning I didn't grow up with this stuff (hint, older)so I need the hand holding of the lesson files. I could buy the book, I guess. Do you ship to Malaysia?

I tend to learn better with an instructor, so I was a little apprehensive about the classroom in a book series. But I was very impressed. Lesson are planed and mapped out very well and it's easy to fallow along with the lessons on the disc. I have some other books that are more like user manuals. They're great, but they couldn't help me figure out how to get started. I would highly recommend this book for someone who has no experience with the software and is ready to learn.

OMG!!! I was taking an online class and I was struggling and not doing well. Now that I have this book and DVD, I can start from the beginning and take my time! Secondly, it's like a book for(dummies)LOL!!! It really is a classroom in a book! Great Product!!!