A celebration of the ever-popular Celtic visual arts, this design anthology offers an abundance of Vector-based interpretations of all the traditional motifs—interlacing patterns, intricate knot work, and imaginative animal forms. Graphics can be increased to very large sizes without the loss o... read more
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A celebration of the ever-popular Celtic visual arts, this design anthology offers an abundance of Vector-based interpretations of all the traditional motifs—interlacing patterns, intricate knot work, and imaginative animal forms. Graphics can be increased to very large sizes without the loss of any image quality. This CD-ROM and Book set includes 269 highly scalable, vector-based graphics saved in EPS and SVG formats and also saved as high-res JPEG files; 25 texture images; a Gallery section offering inspiring design ideas with JPEGs included for all Gallery graphics; tutorials on scaling, twisting, repetition, patterns, colors, fills, layers, compound paths, and other invaluable techniques.
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Includes 269 highly scalable, Vector-based graphics saved in EPS and SVG formats; also saved as high-res JPEG files. Also includes 25 texture images and JPEGs for all graphics in the Gallery section.
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