illustrator worth it?

ast3r3x

i got a copy of illustrator 10, i use photoshop, and honestly i love it, is it worth taking the time to learn illustrator, i've check it out occationaly but never been able to pick anything up without reading anything, photoshop i learned alot just from playing around but illustrator seems to be harder to do that. how hard is it to learn illustrator?

majormatt

Illustrator is a great Adobe deal. I'm not that great, and have been using it for a while...but stick with it, and soon you will be able to make more than circles and squares

ast3r3x

[quote]Originally posted by MajorMatt:

<strong>Illustrator is a great Adobe deal. I'm not that great, and have been using it for a while...but stick with it, and soon you will be able to make more than circles and squares </strong><hr></blockquote>



haha thanks





could somone suggest a book or just use the tutorial that comes with it (i assume there is a PDF file with it?)

logan cale

Illustrator is the most amazing program ever.

satchmo

[quote]Originally posted by Logan Cale:

<strong>Illustrator is the most amazing program ever.</strong><hr></blockquote>



Yup, belongs in the Software Hall of Fame.

Used it since v1.0 and haven't ever considered any other draw program.

torifile

[quote]Originally posted by ast3r3x:

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haha thanks





could somone suggest a book or just use the tutorial that comes with it (i assume there is a PDF file with it?)</strong><hr></blockquote>



Didn't it come with a manual?

ast3r3x

[quote]Originally posted by torifile:

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Didn't it come with a manual? </strong><hr></blockquote>



dont you worry about that haha



i like books, i didnt' learn photoshop with the manual, i used it and read photoshop 7 down and dirty tricks later which just added to knowledge

kali

This is a very interesting question to me.



On my old Mac, I was using an old version of FreeHand (version 3.1), which was perfect. However, my drawings cannot be read by FreeHand 10 ! My files are too old. Even copying and pasting them into FreeHand 10, from FreeHand 3.1, doesn't work



So I was considering another drawing program. Illutrator 10 may be it, but I find it so complex (FreeHand 10 too, anyway), I don't know if I'll use it.



I have a very tough problem because of this. Which drawing program should I use for scientific schematics ? Should I learn Illustrator with a book, or just by playing with it ?

failedmathematician

Yes-- I've been a big fan of illustrator for many years now. Unfortunately I'm stuck with version 9 until I can afford an upgrade. All of these programs have gotten intimidating now with so many features, but the core tool is still the pen. I would suggest just messing around with the program, drawing things, learning shortcuts and advanced features only as needed. Adobe has done a pretty good job of making the work flow of Illustrator and Photoshop similar, so if you know Photoshop, you can guess a lot of Illustrator (such as layers).

ti fighter

Illustrator is the standard just like photoshop. There is no other option imo. I really dig the Visual QuickStart Guide books, they are a little on the basic side, but perfect for getting you up and running in a program simply, cuz they are written so well. They have them everywere



<a href="http://www.peachpit.com/books/product.asp?product_id={FDFEE40B-E8E0-4028-974A-250AF5D7674A}" target="_blank">click here</a>



Edit: I fixed your URL. It was so long it was screwing up the page formatting -- Brad



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