chickenfish13 Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 Hey Guys. Just got Illustrator CS4 for christmas. I'm excited, but don't really know how to tackle it. Whats the best way to get started? Any pointers for anything related would be helpful. Thanks, and Merry Christmas! dribbble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDX Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 http://www.adobe.com/support/illustrator/http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=adobe+illustrator+tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddball Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 Just play with it. Play with the pen tool by finding simple images and tracing them. Download simple logos from here and trace them using the pen tool. That's 90% of illustrator and all the others are just icing on the cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergeimakarenkov44 Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 oddball is right. There are tutorials to do once you learn everything, but for now just play with the program. Figure out where everything is and what it does, start drawing things, get used to the pen tool and then start doing fun tutorials. You're good with Inkscape already, if memory serves, so learning Illustrator shouldn't be too much trouble. It's all the fun, complicated stuff that takes some time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergeimakarenkov44 Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 double post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckymack Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Just play with it. Play with the pen tool by finding simple images and tracing them. Download simple logos from here and trace them using the pen tool. That's 90% of illustrator and all the others are just icing on the cake.Agreed. Once you get acquainted with the pen tool—which is the most useful tool, bar none—I'd recommend getting to know the Pathfinder Palette (which can be found via Window>Pathfinder). It makes making series of concise geometric shapes a breeze. To really get the 'oohs and ahhs' from people, you could check out the Gradient Mesh feature (Object>Create Gradient Mesh) and create some incredibly lifelike vector imagery. Sigs are for sissies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenfish13 Posted December 28, 2009 Author Share Posted December 28, 2009 OK, thanks for the help guys. I;ve come up with something, and was wondering whats the best way to export/save for web, from illustrator? I cant seem to figure it out. Thanks. dribbble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddball Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 OK, thanks for the help guys. I;ve come up with something, and was wondering whats the best way to export/save for web, from illustrator? I cant seem to figure it out. Thanks.Go to your file dropdown menu and then click on export. There you will find fun things such as jpg, gif, bmp, psd, and the always fun DWG file! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenfish13 Posted December 28, 2009 Author Share Posted December 28, 2009 Thanks, but I mean like once there, whats the best way to export it, and how do I export just a selection, or something like that? Sorry, should've elaborated a bit more. dribbble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDixonDesign Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Glad you picked it up! In the export menu once you click File>Export, there should be something similar to "Selected Only" or "Entire Document" to that effect... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenfish13 Posted December 28, 2009 Author Share Posted December 28, 2009 Thanks, I must be missing something because I still can't find anything... any more help? Sorry guys. dribbble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 I'd recommend you export any images you intend to post on the Internet in the .png format, to ensure that your exported images will maintain the proper color and transparency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasatch Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 What are some important features that CS4 has that CS2 doesn?t? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDixonDesign Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Here's some info worth reading on CS4: http://rwillustrator.blogspot.com/2008/09/illustrator-cs4-facts.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddball Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 The one new feature I use a lot is transparent gradient, which is great for shadows and highlights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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