The Tutorials

[montrealf]

Good day everyone. I am a memeber of the PS elementsuser.com forum in which there are over 150 video tutorials that teach various things about elemnts. For that reason alone, it as well worth spending $49 to become a memeber. However, I downloaded the trial version of Illustrator and realized it's what I really need to help me create the kind of web graphics that I'm really looking for. (I say try because I can barely draw a stickman, let alone operate Illustrator) I was wondering if there is a significant amount of video tutorials to not only justify spending $500+ on Illustrator, but another $80 to become a member on top off additional books Im sure I'll need to really learn how to use Illustrator as best as I can. Thanks! :cool:

PS....I'd also appreciate any information on a good "Illustartor For Dummies" book(s) that anyone can recommend for me. :confused:

1 question down....hundreds more to come.

[rookie]

Well, speaking as a dummy... Adobe Classroom in a Book is a good place to start... to learn the basics. As far as the expense goes... let your conscience... and your wallet be your guide.

[MKO]

You can sign up for a free 7 day pass to the Lynda.com Online Training Library at Mordy Goldings Blog at http://rwillustrator.blogspot.com/ (4th link on the right side). If you like it its only $25 for another month of excellent Illustrator video tutorials.

[montrealf]

Thanks for the information!



You can sign up for a free 7 day pass to the Lynda.com Online Training Library at Mordy Goldings Blog at http://rwillustrator.blogspot.com/ (4th link on the right side). If you like it its only $25 for another month of excellent Illustrator video tutorials.

[Paths]

You can sign up for a free 7 day pass to the Lynda.com Online Training Library at Mordy Goldings Blog at http://rwillustrator.blogspot.com/ (4th link on the right side). If you like it its only $25 for another month of excellent Illustrator video tutorials.

Super cool! Thanks!

[Brice]

Adobe Illustrator CS2 WOW , which is actually a intermediate to advanced book and Real World Adobe Illustrator CS2 (the beginner to intermediate tome) are my recommendations. Listed in this order because its the order I bought them in...

Brice

[montrealf]

Hmmm, its funny you mentioned that. I ordered the WOW Book from Amazon on Monday. It should be here on Tuesday. I looked at it in B&N locally and it does seem like an intermediate level book, but hopefully I can grasp it in a reasonable amount of time. It was the only Illustrator book with a perfect 5 star rating with more than 10 reviews.

Adobe Illustrator CS2 WOW , which is actually a intermediate to advanced book and Real World Adobe Illustrator CS2 (the beginner to intermediate tome) are my recommendations. Listed in this order because its the order I bought them in...

Brice

[davecross]

... I am a memeber of the PS elementsuser.com forum in which there are over 150 video tutorials that teach various things about elemnts.

We're just starting out, but like the Elements site, new tutorials are always been added here. Before we know it, we'll have 150 too ;)
If you like DVDs, Matt has a beginner's DVD that is excellent (photoshopvideos.com)

[Amusedesigns]

Thea Peachpit Press visual quickstart guides are nice to have if you are just learning the program. They walk you through the functions and the general idea of how to use them, plus they have a reference of hotkeys in the back. If you are looking for more detailed explinations, I would highly reccomend taking a class at a local college or something. I did that and the hands on application you get there is more valuable than reading a book.

[montrealf]

Yeah, I looked into that, but the classes are just too expensive in my area. Dave, thanks for the input.


Thea Peachpit Press visual quickstart guides are nice to have if you are just learning the program. They walk you through the functions and the general idea of how to use them, plus they have a reference of hotkeys in the back. If you are looking for more detailed explinations, I would highly reccomend taking a class at a local college or something. I did that and the hands on application you get there is more valuable than reading a book.