

Series: On Demand
Paperback: 560 pages
Publisher: Que Publishing; 1 edition (July 15, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 078975164X
ISBN-13: 978-0789751645
Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 0.9 x 9.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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I have this book for class, and even the teacher agrees that it's not good for a textbook. Students complain regularly. Most classes we're learning things the book doesn't cover at all or for more than one small page. It's extremely dry and very technical. Hard to follow for a beginner or a creative type. I don't recommend this unless it's required for a class, leaving you with no choice, and i encourage teachers to write their own class guides and definition lists instead of using this. I find the Illustrator website to be pretty much the same thing, but easier to follow and more user friendly. If teacher and students hadn't voiced the same concerns, I might think maybe it just wasn't my learning style and was just too technical for me. And some may like that judging by the number of stars this has. This is one book I won't be keeping, especially when the Adobe site can cover it all with just a few words typed into the search area.
Great reference book, I feel a little pricy for what you get.
I knew very little about Illustrator and now, after using this book, am able to do things I would have never been able to do.
My wife loves it.
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