Chapter 11: Extending Illustrator Through Third-Party Tools and the iPad

By now, I hope you are getting more comfortable with your skills in Adobe Illustrator and gaining lots of valuable knowledge. As you continue to use what you have learned, you should see a marked improvement in your skill set. The best tool I can recommend to you is time. With time, your skills will continue to grow, and you will become more efficient using techniques, shortcuts, and additional tools.

Illustrator is already a great tool for creating vector artwork, but when we leverage the benefits that Illustrator offers us with additional tools, it gets even better. Whether it is through powerful third-party plugins, keyboard shortcuts, or even the iPad app, the benefits will be similar. Having these additional options will allow you to extend the capabilities of the software and break out from the rest that use Illustrator. This chapter is loaded with additional resources that can allow you to extend the...