Introducing Aviary [Paperback]

The world is changing. Where before you needed to purchase and install big and expensive programs on your computer in order to create stunning images, you can now do it all online for free using Aviary. Aviary is an online collection of applications that enable you to upload and modify your own photographs and images, and create new imagery from scratch. It includes a powerful photo-manipulation tool called Phoenix, a vector-drawing application called Raven, an effects suite for creating eye-watering image effects called Peacock, and much more. Introducing Aviary takes you through all of these tools, showing you how to use each tool individually and also how to combine the tools across the suite to create some truly stunning artwork.

• Get familiar with the Aviary suite of applications.
• Follow friendly, detailed instructions for creating and manipulating artwork in each application.
• Manage your creations online to get the most out of Aviarys features.

Getting StartED with Aviary introduces Aviarys suite of imaging tools and provides the instruction you need to get started. Focusing on individual tools and application options, this volume gives you the guidance needed to create some truly stunning artwork.

Aviary is an incredible service. I was hooked as soon as I started using it. It wasnt nessisarilly the applications that impressed me at first; it was the idea that anyone who had a computer could create and edit images. It was a game-changing idea. No longer did you have to buy expensive desktop applications. Oh sure, there are great open source alternatives, but the learning curve of those application is steep. Aviary's applications, which have to run in a users browser, are pared down to the base features that a graphic editor needs. This has wonderful side effects: The applications are straight forward, and the l³$