Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Illustrator 10 in 24 Hours

Sams Teach Yourself Series

by Mordy Golding, Peter Bauer

This step-by-step tutorial uses a friendly, conversational, and non-condescending approach to teach readers the basics of Adobe Illustrator. The book's tone is one of a teacher sitting with you explaining how to use the program. With examples from both the Macintosh and Windows platforms, Sams Teach Yourself Illustrator in 24 Hours covers the following topics and the interface, tools, and palettes; setting preferences; drawing and editing objects; layers; working with selections; Bezier paths; and masks, transformations and color.

576 pages, Paperback

First published October 16, 1998

About the author

Mordy Golding, Director of Content at LinkedIn, is a five-time Adobe MAX Master presenter who has published over 50 online video courses and books covering Adobe software and related design topics. Mordy was the Illustrator product manager at Adobe from 2001–2004. With a background in typesetting, art production, and graphic design, Mordy has traveled the world helping creative professionals use tools and technology to help them express their creative vision. As a consultant, Mordy worked with Nike, the New York Times, Random House, Cabela's, Victoria's Secret, Sesame Workshop, Coach, the NBA, Scientific American, and USA Today, among others. Mordy was named a Champion of Graphic Design by Graphics IQ (formerly Publish! Magazine), and a Road Warrior MVP by American Way magazine.