Rendering Fashion, Fabric and Prints with Adobe Illustrator

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Rendering Fashion, Fabric and Prints with Adobe Illustrator is the first book of its kind to show how Adobe Illustrator can be used in the fashion, fashion illustration and textile industries. Developed as a companion book to Rendering Fashion, Fabric and Prints with Adobe Photoshop, ISBN: 0-13-049409-7, the book uses a simple step-by-step format to cover the complete digital rendering process–from concept to consumer. Readers will learn how to use the software to create story boards, mood boards, logos, hang-tags, flats, fabric repeats and more! Over 1,000 images to take the guesswork out of replicating industry information. Shows how to use Adobe Illustrator to render vector images specific to fashion such as illustrations, technicals, fabric repeats, logos and presentation boards. Provides more than just a computer manual by showing how to use the software during each stage of the design process. Covers all aspects including: storyboards, moodboards, logos, hang-tags, merchandise boards, flats, technical renderings, croquis etc. Discusses how to prepare images for digital portfolios, use online URL’s for locating jobs, etc. Provides background on the fundamental concepts that should be considered during the digital rendering process. Captures the flavor of the industry and keeps readers focused on how Adobe Illustrator can be used in the field. Anyone looking to get into the fashion industry. Prepares readers for the competitive job market by teaching them sought after technical skills and contemporary job search strategies.

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rendering fashion, fabric and print w/ adobe illustrator.......2007-08-10

the book is not well organized and for an experience designer not of any usage.

From Pencil To Pen Tool: Understanding and Creating The Digital Fashion Image

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almost a great tool
Fab!!! Worth the money

From Pencil To Pen Tool: Understanding and Creating The Digital Fashion Image
Jemi Armstrong , Lorrie Ivas , and Wynn Armstrong
Manufacturer: Fairchild Books & Visuals
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almost a great tool.......2007-08-01

The text, as the previous reviewer writes, is excellent. I love the preliminary chapters for content and ability to communicate various concepts of fashion thinking. However, in the tutorials there are enough missing or unclear steps to frustrate someone attempting to learn new software. It would be helpful if the reader/user has previous familiarity with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop in order to work past these issues. Needless to say, the text components that integrate Illustrator and Photoshop tools are quite helpful and promote realistic ways to use the software applications together. I am pleased with the text, but do look forward to a second edition.

Fab!!! Worth the money.......2006-08-11

Very insightful, very useful, easy to understand. Totally worth the money.

Fashion Computing: Design Techniques And CAD

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A good guidline for beginner
Inspiring and highly informative - excellent for fashion students and the fashion industry!
dissappointing
Top Marks!
Highly Recommended Fashion Design CAD Book

Fashion Computing: Design Techniques And CAD
Sandra Burke
Manufacturer: Burke Publishing
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A good guidline for beginner.......2007-07-23

I have started using Illustrator software recently and this book have served a good support for flat sketching the garments for women,men and kidswear.Is also gives tips to prepare portfolio, but you already should know basics of how to use Illustrator programme. It is nicely illustrated book and one can get ideas. But again its a basic book and does not cover all the aspects of flat sketching.

Inspiring and highly informative - excellent for fashion students and the fashion industry!.......2007-05-04

Great book! Even if you are a complete beginner you will find this book an informative and useful resource. It gets you up and running quickly with really simple, step-by-step, illustrated techniques for fashion computing using current software.

In my fashion design studio, we predominatly use CorelDraw, Illustrator and Photoshop, and found this book informative for each of these packages. It covers the basics - how to create flat drawings from vests, skirts, shirts, dresses to pants, and then moves on to producing mood and design boards, visualizing your design ideas using Photoshop. The section on creating a digital portfolio is also vital in todays digital world. Plus it covers womenswear, menswear and childrenswear.

It is well illustrated with great examples of flats, illustrations and fashion presentations from illustrators and designers in the fashion industry and from top fashion schools and universities globally.

dissappointing.......2007-02-27

This book has great pictures of fashion illustrations and is helpful because it gives instructions for 3 different CAD platforms, but as far as giving explicite directions on "how to", I found it lacking in substance. It seems that the really great stuff in the book was still hand drawn,scanned in and manipulated a bit with Photoshop. If you are absolutely brand new to these programs and need help gettting started it might help you. For me, it will be more of a pretty book to look at once in a while rather than a reference for problem solving.

Top Marks!.......2007-01-29

It is fantastic! Top Marks!
By following the easy steps laid out in the chapters, I cannot believe how simple it is to draw and color my flats, scan and manipulate my fashion drawings and then bring it all together to create my presentations in Photoshop.

I use Illustrator and Photoshop primarily at fashion school, and the other books I own do not explain the tools and techniques as simply as this one does...plus the examples are all fashion and textiles based! For the price it's great value.

Highly Recommended Fashion Design CAD Book.......2006-02-10

This book is absolutely fantastic, it is easy to follow and inspiring. It shows simple techniques to create flats and fashion presentations using Illustrator and Photoshop. It even showed me how to create my flats using CorelDRAW. The techniques are simple and relevant and very well explained. It includes inspiring images and artwork by other designers and illustrators. It also explains how to create a digital portfolio. I found it very useful on my Fashion Design CAD course and will continue to use it even when I graduate.

Rendering Fashion, Fabric and Prints with Adobe Photoshop

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Rendering Fabric and Prints in Photoshop
A BIG MESS!
a necessary evil
Very Basic Instruction NOT Inspiration
Excellent book!!

Rendering Fashion, Fabric and Prints with Adobe Photoshop
M. Kathleen Colussy , and Steve Greenberg
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Rendering Fabric and Prints in Photoshop.......2007-03-12

Okay, this book has some great bits in it, but it's also full of a lot of "fluff." I wish it was more concise. I don't think it's worth what I paid for it. I can't say I would recommend it unless you are completely lost and want sections devoted to definitions, the textile industry, other printing methods, etc. I'm a Fibers student looking to go into the textile industry as a repeat artist, and I was hoping this book would cover more computer/program techniques. I learned better shortcuts and methods on my own than I did from this book. Do yourself a favor and find someone (or another book) that can cover Photoshop for you.

A BIG MESS!.......2005-03-24

Absolutely not worth the price it is being sold for. i agree with other reviewers that half of the information is totally not required.Plus the CD's are a mess as half of your time is wasted in searching the relative images in the CD for the excercises and some of them are completely missing!!! I could not render half of the fabrics as per the instructions since as they are very unspecific & confusing.So many pages have been wasted in giving a brief of textiles which is a different subject altogether and the one who would want to use this book has to be thorough with textiles. The information on textiles also is too brief & confusing.Aslo there were too many examples & mini biographies of people who are successful CAD/Textile designers which was totally not required.I hopped & jumped & skipped throughout the book expecting something useful but in vain.I finally gave up and returned it.Please do not waste money on this book.I really would like someone to come up with a more specific and useful book for using such important softwares like Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop specifically for rendering fashion as I desperately want to learn this. I expected that this book would be a good substitute (as this is the only book i hv found till now that uses photoshop to render textiles) for the highly expensive CAD courses here in NY. But unfortunately i was thouroughly disappointed. Can someone please suggest me any other good books related to Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop for rendering fashion, textiles & prints?????Suggestions are welcome - nins25@gmail.com

a necessary evil.......2005-01-24

this is one of only two refrences currently avlaible on the subject. (a third is coming soon)
there are a lot of editing problems, and missing files. extremly frustrating when you are trying to work thorugh the exercises.
but, i took the basics that it offered and ran with it.

it is a pricy book, but i would recommend it (as it's cheaper then the other book available) as of now, and seen the new book. hopefully a new addition will be released minus the mistakes. so that it can be more useful refrence for those of us intrested in this subject.

i'd also like to see some information on advanced techniques. and more info on using a drawing tablet.

the title is also misleading, as all you learn is how to render textiles.

Very Basic Instruction NOT Inspiration.......2005-01-02

This book should have been 1/2 the size and 1/2 the price. I nearly returned it, but since there are so few instructional books on Photoshop geared towards textile/surface design available on the market, I stuck it out.
I'd throw out half the content. Too much text is spent explaining the textile industry. While it is important to understand the textile trade/printing process, that's not what I wanted when I bought this book. Much of the book focuses on "Basic Design" principles, putting together a portofolio, presentation boards, the future of digital printing etc... like a Textile Design 101 class. Some people might find this helpful ... I found it infuriating.
This book is NOT about inspiration. The exercises are drab, the illustrations and sample files are plain and artless. Sometimes key information about where to look for tools is missing or mis-labeled. One section refers to a Demo plug-in to use, but it doesn't name the plug-in and there are no plug-ins found on the CD. There are product placement "advertisements" that annoy me. And the author assumes from the get-go that the "student" has access to a flatbed scanner and other expensive hardware; clearly a textbook geared towards a shared studio/lab classroom situation.
The CD is a disaster. NONE of the file folders or names referenced in the text relate to the CD content. Most of the files are there, but not in any logical order and with different file names. When the author references a file in an exercise, you can spend more time looking for the file than actually performing the exercise. There are multiple copies of some files and it's missing other files altogether. Chapter 3 is the first chapter where exercises with CD files begin, but the Chapter 3 folder is empty! There are tons of images of "Student" work that is completely uninspired and seems more like a way to get the author's favorite student "published".
This is an unsophisticated and horribly uninspired text. I kept it because there is so little available geared towards textile design.
My background is in Fine Arts with an advanced understanding of textiles including weaving, sewing, handprinting textiles and traditional croquis painting. I am very computer literate and am not afraid of software. I've never been able to merge my hands on painting etc to the digital realm and have been looking for instructional aids to help with that. I had high expectations and wanted a fairly sophisticated reference book. I feel like I'm sifting through a lot of chaff for a meager meal. I guess I'm hungry.
I'm determined to break through to learn to utilize a very sophisticated product (Photoshop) for my needs. I'll get my inspiration elsewhere. I gave this book 2 stars only because there is some value in working through the exercises which are specifically geared towards pattern and textile design.
> If you are looking for inspiration, don't buy this book.
> If you know you'll be dissuaded and frustrated by disorganized and missing references to files and tools - don't buy this book.
> If you're new to design and don't understand textiles, I'm not sure you will be well-served by the presentation of the "Basics".
> If you buy this book, glean what you can and ignore the discouraging mediocrity.

Excellent book!!.......2004-08-02

Excellent Textile and Fashion Textbook
A must buy for anyone in the textile or fashion industries. Beginners will find all the info they need to begin a career in fashion textiles and advanced users of textile cad will find techniques to solve many fabric related issues of CAD design.

The book has been fantastic insight to using Photoshop as textile design software. The enclosed CD has many easy to follow examples that are outlined in the text and a second CD has a 30 day evaluation version of Photoshop.

The portfolio and resume tipsalone are well worth the $60!

Creative Fashion Design with Illustrator

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Great
I liked it
A rare find
Great for beginner
Not bad but...

Creative Fashion Design with Illustrator
Kevin Tallon
Manufacturer: Batsford
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In today’s fashion world, companies want creative people who can meet the challenge of using computers to deliver original ideas on a tight schedule. This guide is one of the first to show both students and professionals how to take full advantage of the Adobe Illustrator vector-based design package—the most established application in the industry. It starts with the basics, showing how to create flat drawings of simple items such as vests, skirts, and shirts, and gradually moves on to more advanced skills that a studio designer has to know, from producing mood boards to building a library of trims to visualizing design ideas.

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Great.......2007-09-06

Although I don't have the patience to actually sit down for the whole book....I did about half and feel that was a better education than what The Fashion Institute of Technology could have given me. Very well written... step by step is explained thoroughly....the ONLY book you need to learn this program.

I liked it .......2007-05-25

I thought this book was very useful, i haven't had a chance to read the whole book. But on the section I did love which was the trims it was very helpful to have pictures and step by step directions

A rare find.......2007-02-13

I have been searching for a book that teaches Illustrator from this perspective. It is a great teaching tool that teaches Illustrator for the specific use I needed. Great for anyone in the fashion industry needing to learn Illustrator. I have already recommended it to a few friends who have been as thrilled with it as I was!

Great for beginner.......2006-12-30

I'm familiar with other drawing programs but illustrator was the only one available where I worked. I had to get up to speed quickly (as in over the weekend!)for a presentation the next week. This book saved me. It is very detailed and is perfect for a beginner. I was able to get right to the specifics of fashion design without learning other features that may not be applicable to fashion. Thanks, Kevin, for writing this book!

Not bad but..........2006-10-06

This book may prove exceedingly helpful to designers who are not well acquainted with Adobe Illustrator but the more seasoned CAD artists and design assistants will find very little value in it.

Yes, there are some great time-saving tips and some that could serve as a refresher on creating custom brushes and fills, etc. Overall, if you're well versed in Adobe Illustrator, you will not find this book to be nearly as valuable as you might think.

If you're just beginning your career or are wary of Illustrator, by all means, buy it. It is easy to follow and well illustrated.

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fashion rendering with color
Great Reference Book
Childish illustrations
Great for starters
A Reference to help teach the Designer

Fashion Rendering with Color
Bina Abling
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
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fashion rendering with color.......2007-01-16

Would have been useful if 98 % of the book was actually in color, not black & white. Was extremely expensive for such a short book printed in this way.

Great Reference Book.......2006-02-22

I just started learning how to render with markers, and this book comes in handy everyday! Great, but simple explanations on how to render different fabrics. Never confusing. A must for every beginning fashion illustrator!

Childish illustrations.......2005-01-19

I bought this book because it had such good reviews, but I was very disappointed with the contents. The title is fashion rendering with color, but most of the illustrations are black and white (very misleading). Plus the illustrations don't look very professional in my opinion. If you have no drawing skills but want to become a fashion designer, then this is the right book for you. Otherwise, don't buy it.

Great for starters.......2004-07-22

Bina Abling's Fashion Rendering with Color is a great source of information and consultation for starters on fashion design, and drawing in general. I've just started fashion design lessons, and I do not have many resources regarding this specific subject in my country, so I turned to Amazon.com to find the best, and I did. I've presented a collection of 30 dolls, using some of the styles on this wonderfull book, and I'm doing great, so I recommend this book to anyone who is starting, or just wants to know how to render with markers, and other materials.

I hope you find this review helpful, and have a nice day!

A Reference to help teach the Designer.......2000-09-08

Rendering with Fashion by Bina Albing is a very descriptive and helpful illustrated book for all students. This book has proved to be extremly helpful to the new student in drawing and finishing a fashion product. It gives prompt examples to the learning with colorful examples to help one learn. Idealy all students should get this book for future no matter the experience already learned.

Adobe Illustrator: A Fashion Designer's Handbook

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Adobe Illustrator: A Fashion Designer's Handbook
Marianne Centner , and Frances Vereker
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This book provides easy to understand, step-by-step instructions and diagrams showing how to use Adobe Illustrator to create flat drawings, working drawings and storyboards for the fashion industry. Hand drawings are no longer good enough for an industry which demands increased productivity, profitability and accuracy. Adobe Illustrator enables the user to create clear and detailed drawings that satisfy the industry 's needs. Adobe Illustrator has become the industry standard, taking over from other software packages.Although Adobe Illustrator is a powerful CAD program, it is difficult to grasp quickly. This book provides the building blocks which enable fashion students and designers to get started quickly while learning the more sophisticated facilities as they become more fluent. Here they are shown simply, concisely and in a highly practical way all that new users need to know to begin to create acceptable work.

The Real World Guide to Fashion Selling And Management

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The Real World Guide to Fashion Selling And Management
Gerald J. Sherman , and Sar Perlman
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Adobe Photoshop CS: The Art of Photographing Women

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Excellent and clear
A must have
Good Photoshop book
Very amusing..
Excellant Book

Adobe Photoshop CS: The Art of Photographing Women
Kevin Ames
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make your photographs of women look better than their best

As every professional photographer knows, there is work to be done after the shoot wraps. Photographer and digital magician Kevin Ames takes you behind the scenes of his fashion work to reveal his thinking behind the camera as well as in front of the computer. Using full-color examples, he shows you step by step how to use Photoshop to digitally refine beauty and fashion photos, from correcting color and smoothing skin to sculpting bodies and removing blemishes, and much more. Whether you're shooting high fashion, portraits, lingerie, or swimsuits, in the studio or on location, Photoshop CS: The Art of Photographing Women is your secret assistant.

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Excellent and clear.......2007-05-22

This book is beautifully presented and laid out and printed on quality paper. Most of the chapters have exercises with step-by-step instructions which are clearly presented and illustrated. The actual image files used in the book are available for download on the author's website and are used in the exercises. What you'll learn isn't just applicable to photographing women, but very useful for editing photos in general and for getting to grips with Photoshop. The next best thing to having a live teacher.

A must have.......2007-03-23

This book is a must have for professional and who want to edit in Photoshop like one. I can say that this is the best book.

Good Photoshop book.......2006-08-11

A possibly better title would be "The Art of Retouching Women" as this book concentrates on the use of Photoshop to fix photographs that need drastic correction rather than the actual photography of women. Even so, it's Kelby's usual entertaining beginner Photoshop book with lots of cool graphics and tips that work, even if they are sometimes convoluted. If the photographs you take of women could use some repair and retouching, this book offers lots of good advice.

Very amusing.........2006-08-08

Well, this book is worth owning for amusement value. While there are some overly complex methods of achieving a result that works, most of the information is simply beginner jargon. How to make a girl into a barbie chapter is simply a must see for laughs.

Excellant Book.......2006-02-25

A great learning tool. Easy to follow directions, well illustrated and clearly written.
Advice about taking your best image and tweaking it to make it even better.