Create illustrations, maps, logos, CD covers, animation objects, fine art, and more with help from this full-color guide. Illustrator expert David Karlins’ clear, step-by-step instruction will help you quickly grasp—and easily master—the fundamental and advanced features of this vector graphics tool. You’ll also learn the techniques professional artists apply to their work in a special “Behind the Scenes” section. Whether your goal is to create graphics for professional or personal use, you’ll find what you need in How to Do Everything with Illustrator CS.

• Understand Illustrator’s capabilities in drawing and design
• Gain total control over lines, curves, fills, and color effects
• Draw with objects, shapes, intersections, and cutting, and many other techniques
• Add and alter type, edit colors, sizes, fonts, and more
• Use new, advanced tools for paragraph formatting
• Master fills and effects—even integrate bitmap images
• Work with layer, style, and action strategies
• Venture into 3-D effects, warps, and envelopes
• Manage Illustrator’s many color palette options for Web and print
• Export to GIF, JPEG, PNG. SVG, PDF, and Flash files for Web use