Designing for Print: An In-Depth Guide to Planning, Creating, and Producing Successful Design Projects - Softcover

Conover, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470905972 ISBN 13: 9780470905975

Publisher: Wiley, 2011

Synopsis

This book is a single-source guide to planning, designing and printing successful projects using the Adobe Creative Suite. Packed with real-world design exercises, this revised edition is fully updated to align with CS.

• Dozens of sidebars and step-by-step descriptions walk readers through the design process in the same order actual projects are implemented
• Content progresses from planning through execution

About this title

About the Author

Charles Conover is Director of the Digital Arts and Design Program at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, and former designer and associate art director of PC Magazine at Ziff-Davis Publishing.

From the Back Cover

A highly visual guide to designing for print media -- from project inception to final production -- now in full color

Packed with hundreds of informative, illustrated examples, Designing for Print, Second Edition demonstrates methods and techniques for creating top-quality print media projects. Carefully chosen real-world design exercises and problem-solving projects offer hands-on practice to help readers achieve strong designs.

Now presented in a stunning full-color format, this easy-to-use guide has been fully revised and updated for applications in the Adobe Creative Suite. It presents software tricks and tips, along with discussions on scanning, output, and other issues related to digital design for print and electronic media. Up-to-date coverage includes useful skills for getting the most out of the latest technologies. Dozens of sidebars and step-by-step descriptions walk readers through the design process in the same order actual projects are implemented. These steps include:

• Planning your design

• Designing with type

• Designing with photographs

• Advanced typography

• Preparing images

• Illustrating effectively

• Pre-press production

Filled with content that progresses from planning through execution, Designing for Print, Second Edition gives a peerless introduction to designing all types of print projects.

Packed with hundreds of informative, illustrated examples, Designing for Print, Second Edition demonstrates methods and techniques for creating top-quality print media projects. Carefully chosen real-world design exercises and problem-solving projects offer hands-on practice to help readers achieve strong designs.

Now presented in a stunning full-color format, this easy-to-use guide has been fully revised and updated for applications in the Adobe Creative Suite. It presents software tricks and tips, along with discussions on scanning, output, and other issues related to digital design for print and electronic media. Up-to-date coverage includes useful skills for getting the most out of the latest technologies. Dozens of sidebars and step-by-step descriptions walk readers through the design process in the same order actual projects are implemented. These steps include:

• Planning your design

• Designing with type

• Designing with photographs

• Advanced typography

• Preparing images

• Illustrating effectively

• Pre-press production

Filled with content that progresses from planning through execution, Designing for Print, Second Edition gives a peerless introduction to designing all types of print projects.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470905972
• ISBN 13: 9780470905975
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 256