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Resources for users of Adobe Illustrator including tutorials, plug-ins, actions, brushes, templates, training and support resources, patches and updates, FAQs, tips and tricks, and more.
How to Make Christmas Place Cards in Adobe Illustrator
Personalize your holiday table with Christmas placecards created in Adobe Illustrator. This tutorial starts with a template for placecards to brighten your holiday table. We will make holly leaves and Christmas lights to use to decorate the placecards.
Making Party Invitations in Adobe Illustrator
Fall brings brightly colored leaves, cooler weather and Halloween parties! Here's a quick way to make your own invitations. The layout used for these invitations is easily used for thank you notes or invitations to any event, as well as for note cards. They fit two to a letter size page, and use invitation size envelopes, also known as A2 size, which you can buy at any stationery or offic…
Creating a Popup Gift Box
This tutorial shows you how to create a unique gift box for small gifts using Adobe Illustrator. These gift boxes are suitable for small gifts and gift cards and can be personalized for the occasion and recipient. Best of all, once you create one you can use it as a template any time you need a small gift box.
Drawing a Wineglass in Adobe Illustrator
Learn to use the vector drawing tools in Adobe Illustrator 10 and up to draw a wine glass.
Drawing 3D Easter Eggs in Illustrator
Use the 3D Revolve filter in Adobe Illustrator to create 3D Easter eggs, then decorate them with your own art work using symbols and the map art tool.
How to Make Christmas Place Cards in Adobe Illustrator
Personalize your holiday table with Christmas placecards created in Adobe Illustrator. This tutorial starts with a template for placecards to brighten your holiday table. We will make holly leaves and Christmas lights to use to decorate the placecards.
Making Party Invitations in Adobe Illustrator
Fall brings brightly colored leaves, cooler weather and Halloween parties! Here's a quick way to make your own invitations. The layout used for these invitations is easily used for thank you notes or invitations to any event, as well as for note cards. They fit two to a letter size page, and use invitation size envelopes, also known as A2 size, which you can buy at any stationery or offic…
Creating a Popup Gift Box
This tutorial shows you how to create a unique gift box for small gifts using Adobe Illustrator. These gift boxes are suitable for small gifts and gift cards and can be personalized for the occasion and recipient. Best of all, once you create one you can use it as a template any time you need a small gift box.
Drawing a Wineglass in Adobe Illustrator
Learn to use the vector drawing tools in Adobe Illustrator 10 and up to draw a wine glass.
Drawing 3D Easter Eggs in Illustrator
Use the 3D Revolve filter in Adobe Illustrator to create 3D Easter eggs, then decorate them with your own art work using symbols and the map art tool.
Adobe Illustrator CS2 Overview
This is an overview of Illustrator CS2 designed to help you get started with Adobe's top layout program.
Biography of Sara Froehlich, Guest Contributor
Biography of Sara Froehlich, guest contributor of Adobe Illustrator tutorials for the graphics software site.
Product Summary: Adobe Illustrator 10 (Win/Mac)
An overview and feature highlights of this industry-standard application for vector-based drawing and illustration.
Book Review: The Illustrator 10 Wow! Book
This is not your basic Illustrator book, but if you are a novice and are willing to spend the time required going through this book you will become a very competent Illustrator user.
Review: Adobe 'Classroom in a Book' Series
These training books from Adobe staff are a great way to learn any Adobe software, including Adobe Illustrator.
Adobe Illustrator ACE Exam Aid (Win/Mac)
The program was designed to help you pass the Adobe Certified Expert exam for Illustrator. It is laid out in a similar style to the actual Adobe exam and contains 250 questions and answers plus references to help you expand your knowledge. A demo version is available for download. Full version can be purchased for $40 USD.
Why and How to Become an Adobe Certified Expert
Adobe Certified Expert Shangara Singh tells you the who, what, where, how, and why of becoming an ACE.
Illustrator Templates
Desktop Publishing Guide Jacci Howard Bear has compiled these links to templates for business cards, labels, cd inserts, newsletters, and more.
alt.graphics.illustrator
Browse the alt.graphics.illustrator newsgroup via Google.

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