| A bestseller for sure! Believing is seeing and you'll certainly want to see Illustrator CS in action. In this new video-based DVD training series brought to you by Total Training and their top-notch presenter, Deke McClelland, long-time author in his own right and narrator for Total Training, you'll discover new and exciting ways to make Illustrator CS work for you. Deke aptly entertains one and all at the beginning of every lesson with his enduring wit and wry humor. Good fun! Once you have launched into Total Training for Adobe Illustrator CS, you'll discover files to download and use for your own training. You'll find bonus lessons covering a variety of projects including selecting points and paths, gradients & the gradient mesh, area text, color management, free distortions, brushing with vectors, liquefy and envelope, and opacity masks. The further into the program you get the more you realize how amazing and awesome Illustrator CS is compared to previous versions. I continue to review Total Training's videos and DVD's and I am always impressed how thoroughly every aspect of a program is covered. So, what can we expect to find in this series? Let me tell you... Program 1 introduces the fundamentals of drawing...guides and templates; fill, stroke, and stacking order; fun with curves; real-world reshaping; shape tools, rotate and scale. Program 2 gets into pen tools, pathfinders and more...how to use the pen tool, tracing scanned artwork, smooth points and cusps, pathfinder operations, and sculptural edge effects. Program 3 is about transparency, live effects and 3D (new)...blends and masks; the scribble filter (new); using transparency; using symbols; live effects; and 3D effects. Program 4 teaches us about text, export and publishing...working with type; type on a path; advanced formatting and open type; printing and exporting; special type treatments; and Flash animation. Deke will show you how to solve everyday problems and introduce you to bolder ways of illustrating by manipulating the program with his expertise and knowledge. There is so much to gain by watching these programs and learning the secrets quickly that I recommend everyone on the planet interested in using Illustrator CS to get this package, practice the techniques, and become an expert in a flash. Note: I did try playing this on my TV DVD player but it was difficult and so resorted to watching the series on the computer instead. |