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Re: can you recommend a good book on the mysteries of Illustrator and graphic file formats in general?
Subject:Re: can you recommend a good book on the mysteries of Illustrator and graphic file formats in general? From:"Ed Wurster" <eawurster -at- hotmail -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 12 Feb 2004 10:39:06 -0500
> One problem that keeps biting me (not just graphics stuff) is
> that, yes, I can learn by eventually generalizing from a
> series of cookbook experiences, to extrapolate some rules
> and underlying hypotheses, but those extrapolations can
> be wrong or incomplete, and I won't know it. I may not be
> doing something that breaks what I'm working on, but I may
> be doing unnecessary things or counter-productive things
> because I generalized improperly from earlier trial-and-terror
> learning.
Your way is the right way.
When there were publication departments, and enough time, you would find a
mentor who would help you along.
Now you have the internet, thousands of suspect answers to your questions,
and too much pressure.
