Adobe Illustrator CS5 One-on-One

Previous installments of One-on-One provided the video and practice files on

a DVD bound in the back of the book. I’ve made the decision to deliver video

and practice files online instead. It’s a more flexible, less wasteful approach

that gives you the same great One-on-One instructional experience. Plus, I’m

not limited with regard to sample file selection or video length—and I have

a place to post updates, bonus material, and anything else I might want to

share with you.

One-on-One Requirements

The main prerequisite to using Adobe Illustrator CS5 One-on-One

is having Illustrator CS5 installed on your system. You may have

purchased Illustrator CS5 as a stand-alone product or as part of

Adobe’s Creative Suite 5. You can work through many of the exer-

cises using an earlier version of Illustrator, but some steps will not

work as written. All exercises have been fully tested with Adobe

Illustrator CS5 but not with older versions.

Adobe Illustrator CS5 One-on-One is cross-platform, meaning that

it works equally well whether you’re using Illustrator installed on a

Microsoft Windows-based PC or an Apple Macintosh.

Any computer that meets the minimum requirements for Illustrator

CS5 also meets the requirements for using Adobe Illustrator CS5

One-on-One. Specifically, if you own a PC, you need Windows XP

with Service Pack 3, Windows Vista (Home Premium or better) with

Service Pack 1, or Windows 7. If you own a Mac, you need Mac OS

X version 10.5.7 or higher.

Regardless of platform, your computer must meet the following

minimum requirements:

• 1GB of RAM

• 2GB of available hard disk space

• 16-bit color graphics card

• Color monitor with 1024-by-768-pixel resolution

• Broadband Internet connection for sample files and videos

•

QuickTime Player software (if it is not already installed and

you want to watch downloaded versions of the videos offline;

available at www.apple.com/quicktime)

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How One-on-One Works