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Besides, I like to be able to look at a page. I've been using Illustrator off and on for a few years, and increasingly so over the past year, but I still come across pretty basic stuff that I don't know.
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So I'm somewhere between absolute beginner and intermediate, but I can use something pretty foundational. Additionally, I'm still using CS3, so although I will likely upgrade at some point, I don't want a resource that spends half its time on CS5 features.
It's much more important for me to get help learning and mastering the more legacy tools. I know I could buy a zillion books, but don't have that kind of time or money, so want to focus on one or two that would meet my needs.
CS4 Bible by Alspach: Of the above, I'm leaning most toward the Visual QuickStart Guide a series I've used with profit before and Real World the description and reviews sound promising but would like others to weigh in. This book also sounds like something I could use, but hesitate to get it unless I can find one Illustrator-centric book that pretty much meets my needs by itself:. Vector Basic Training by Glistschka: I haven't found anything better than the Visual Quick Start Guides.
I have other books for fancy stuff, but don't use them much. I'm surprised to see how difficult it is for people to offer suggestions for books.
I've asked this question elsewhere too and got no response. Given the number of Illustrator books out there, I know somebody must be buying them and presumably using them.
You're right, somebody must be buying all those books. But the gurus seem disinclined to reveal the source of their secrets. I only know one of the books mentioned above, which is the Real World one. I can very much recommend it, because it teaches the basic principles of Illustrator, but I can't compare it to the other ones.
As for the versions: I wouldn't recommend using a CS5 book to learn CS3. In this fashion, readers learn as they go, exploring the program in a way that makes sense to them.
Before they know it, users will be using the Bridge to manage their files, object styles to format their images, and snippets to save layout parts for reuse. Features new to InDesign CS4 that are covered include: Working with Documents Chapter Three: Working with Text Chapter Four: Typography and Tables Chapter Five: Drawing Lines and Shapes Chapter Six: Working with Graphics Chapter Seven: Working with Objects Chapter Eight: Working with Color Chapter Nine: Preflight and Output Index.