Perspective Warps and Distorts with Adobe Tools: Volume 2: Putting a New Twist on Illustrator

This book teaches you how to use Illustrator's warping and distorting tools to enhance your designs. It covers vector graphics alteration, perspective, appearance panel, graphic styles, and symbols, and helps you understand how to work between Illustrator and Photoshop. It is for beginner- and intermediate-level readers interested in pursuing careers as graphic artists, photographers, or video artists/animators.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 1113 pages
Publication date: 30 December 2022
Publisher: APress

Are you looking to take your designs to the next level? Do you want to gain skills in illustration and logo manipulation that will enhance your designs and make them more appealing? Whether you're showcasing your portfolio or working on a graphic project for your clients, having a strong understanding of illustration and logo manipulation is essential.

Adobe's Photoshop and Illustrator have evolved significantly, offering a wide range of tools for warping and distorting graphics and shapes. For beginners and intermediate students or graphic artists, choosing the right distort or warp tool among the many available can be overwhelming and confusing.

That's where this book comes in! It primarily focuses on teaching you how to work with various warping tools and effect filters in Illustrator, while also using or comparing graphics from Adobe Photoshop. By understanding how to work between these two applications, you'll gain the skills to successfully manipulate your designs.

In Illustrator, you'll learn how to alter vector graphics using the Layers panel in non-destructive ways. Some of the tools mentioned in this book may be familiar to you, as you may have used them frequently. However, others are well-hidden, new, or perhaps you've never considered that you could use them to warp or distort your designs.

What you will learn:

Become proficient in using the warping and distorting tools and effects in Illustrator.
Discover how to add perspective to your design or make them look three-dimensional.
Work with the Appearance panel, Graphic Styles, and Symbols.
Combine older tools and newer, enhanced ones.
Who this book is for:

Beginner- and intermediate-level readers interested in pursuing careers as graphic artists, photographers, or video artists/animators.

So, whether you're a beginner or an experienced designer, this book will help you unlock the full potential of Illustrator and take your designs to the next level. Don't wait any longer—start your journey to becoming a master of illustration and logo manipulation today!

Weight: 2586g
Dimension: 254 x 178 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781484288283
Edition number: 1st ed.