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November 26, 2009

The Complete Technical Illustrator

Les writes in to suggest The Complete Technical Illustrator by Jon Duff and Greg Maxson.

It covers detailed step-by-step information on how to go about creating technical illustrations in Adobe Illustrator […] using standard isometric, dimetric, trimetric, and perspective views, using step-by-step details about how to setup the view and how to create and position ellipses and other object correctly based on the view. The book covers how to create correct and compelling line illustrations, and later, how to apply color and shading for realistic looks. The book also covers illustration techniques using 3ds Max and AutoCAD, but most of the book is focuses on Adobe Illustrator.

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November 24, 2009

More Javascripts for Adobe Illustrator

Sato Hiroyuki offers some useful scripts for Adobe Illustrator.

Adjust Dashes script

Particularly handy are Common Tangents which creates paths between tangents of the selected objects, and Adjust Dashes which fixes glaring shortcomings of dashed strokes (above).

Hiroyuki posts scripting experiments on his blog.

November 18, 2009

JS4AI: Javascripts for Adobe Illustrator

John Wundes develops scripts for Adobe Illustrator that range from practical to abstract.

SharpenCorners, DivideTextFrame and VaryHues have each saved me from tedium more than a few times, and I think the DeleteFluff action should run automatically on new documents.

He also maintains a blog for scripts in development and develops custom solutions.