Topic awaiting preservation: Adobe Illustrator... What do you know?

I recently got the latest edition of Adobe Illustrator, and I have no idea how to use it in any good context (making sigs, ps pong, etc.). Could someone give me a few pointers?

Cheers.

Arr... maybe you could RTFM

Rameses Niblik the Third: See:
www.gurusnetwork.com/tutorials/illustrator/aibasics/aibasics_shapes_01.html
http://development.gurusnetwork.com/links/75/

:FAQ:

Anything specific?

Remember there is also an Illustartor/2D Vector Graphics forum at the GN:
http://development.gurusnetwork.com/discussion/forum/16/

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Emps

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What do you need to know? If it's operation of the software, then I would really suggest the "Adobe Illustrator Classroom in a Book" text. Walks you through step by step in projects that introduce the fundamentals of the program. This is the main workbook text I give my students when teaching Illustrator. If it's something specific, post away.


It's only after we've lost everything...
That we're free to do anything...

No offense RN3, but Illustrator is as complex a program as Photoshop. You might as well have come in here and asked:

"I just installed Photoshop for the first time, what do you know about using it?"

Since I do a lot of flash and logo work, I use Illustrator more than I use Photoshop.Here is a good start. If you have specific problems, post, and I would be glad to help you out.

--tiki

[This message has been edited by tikigod (edited 05-26-2003).]

Thanks for all this info, you guys. It'll be a while before I'm making new sigs, but at least now I've been pointed in the right direction.

Cheers.

P.S. Dracusis, I'll be going to Brisbane in the Xmas holidays. Do you want to meet or something?

[This message has been edited by Rameses Niblik the Third (edited 07-11-2003).]

Yeah, I'm always looking to sink my teeth into a good Illustrator problem as well. (Hey, got a link in my sig that might interest you...)

Cell 1250 :: alanmacdougall.com :: Illustrator tips

PT: Anymore AI tutorials up your sleeve?

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Emps

FAQs: Emperor

I've kept meaning to do two or three, but it's quite a process. I'm doing some fairly intensive Illustrator work right now, so I might at least drop a mini-tutorial (a quick tip, if you will) on how to churn out fully-tweakable line-art from a photograph by pure manual tracing. Perhaps that'll get me in the groove for the Appearance palette tutorial I've been meaning to essay. (And from there, it's a short step to advanced shading, something I can teach but not really do very well.)

Cell 1250 :: alanmacdougall.com :: Illustrator tips