AdobeTM Illustrator Paths and Curves

Kenneth Batelman

Unleash the full power of the world's number one illustration software.

Creating paths and curves is one of the most difficult tasks in Adobe Illustrator. Yet there are only a scant ten pages on it in the documentation!

Help is here. Adobe Illustrator Paths and Curves shows you just how easy it can be to construct beautiful, technically sound paths and curves, every time! That means no more choppy, irregular lines and no more fatal technical errors.

Written by an illustrator for illustrators, this book approaches the subject from an artist's—not a programmer's—point of view. Working from the "inside out," Ken Batelman first introduces you to the basic science of curves as they occur in art and nature. Next, in down-to-earth, jargon-free language, he tells you what makes Illustrator tick—how the program interprets the data and transforms it into the images you see. Then, step-by-step, he shows you how to apply that knowledge to solve design and illustration problems as they occur and to get the most out of Illustrator's rendering features. Even if you've never used Illustrator before, by following Ken's carefully paced approach, in no time you'll:

  • Create beautiful, smooth curves using the least number of points
  • Connect curves to straight lines
  • Connect one curve to another
  • Combine paths to create images
  • Avoid print errors and crashing your output devices
  • Master all of Illustrator's amazing drawing capabilities!

And since a picture's worth at least a thousand words, Adobe Illustrator Paths and Curves includes hundreds of professional-quality figures and illustrations that help bring the concepts and techniques discussed into sharp focus.

KENNETH BATELMAN is a professional illustrator with more than eight years' experience with Adobe Illustrator. He also teaches courses in Adobe Illustrator at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Table of Contents

  • What You Need to Know.
  • Lines and Curves in Real Life.
  • Points.
  • Line Segments.
  • Paths.
  • Curves.
  • Single Ideal Curve.
  • More About Curves.
  • Drawing Consecutive Straight and Curved Line Segments.
  • Working with Templates.
  • Constructing Complex Paths.
  • Advanced Path Manipulation.
  • Combining Paths to Create Images.
  • Index.

Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Wiley Computer Books

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$24.95
ISBN 0471120278
324 pages
September, 1995
Paperback
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