CAD for Fashion Design and Merchandising

It takes more than raw talent and passion to make it in today''s global apparel and accessories markets¿excellent computer-aided design skills are a prerequisite. <i> CAD for Fashion Design and Merchandising</i> allows students to immediately begin creating digital fashion presentations using Adobe Illustrator¿ and Photoshop¿. This book takes an integrated approach, allowing students to master the three-dimensional benefits of combining the two software programs. Colorful illustrations accompany easy, step-by-step tutorials that are geared toward students at the beginner and intermediate levels. Because the book uses fashion photography rather than hand-drawn illustrations as a basis for demonstrating the proportion of fashion croquis, instructors will be able to evaluate students¿ mastery of digital illustration regardless of their hand-drawing skills, and students will benefit from a seamless transition from creative thought to digital rendering.Introducing CAD for Fashion Design and