The fastest, easiest, and most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Illustrator.

The Step-by-Step series, the most popular series of practical training books for software, offers something you won't find in any other book or training program — an official educational series from Adobe, developed with the support of Adobe product experts.

Adobe Illustrator Step-by-Step, Edition 2025, includes 17 lessons covering both basic and many advanced features, providing countless tips and techniques to help you use the program more productively. You can follow the book from start to finish or select only the lessons that interest you.

The book comes with a CD-ROM containing the lesson files you'll work with in this book.

What you need to use this book: Adobe Illustrator 2025 software, either for Windows or macOS. (Software is not included.)

Note: This book does not replace the documentation, support, updates, or other benefits associated with your Adobe Illustrator software license. This book only covers Illustrator on the desktop. It does not cover Illustrator on iPad or Illustrator on the web (beta version).

Immerse yourself in 17 realistic projects, from detailed drawings to expressive paintings, logos, illustrations, social advertisements, posters, and much more. Gain practical experience with a quick overview before diving into options, shapes, colors, and editing. Along the way, you'll explore gradient fills, layers, artistic brushes, creative effects, exporting elements, and much more. These step-by-step projects will help you develop essential graphic design skills at every stage.