The Design Collection Revealed: Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator CS6 (Adobe CS6) - Hardcover

Botello, Chris; Reding, Elizabeth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1133693237 ISBN 13: 9781133693239

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2012

Synopsis

The Design Collection Revealed provides comprehensive step-by-step instruction and in-depth explanation for three of today's most widely used design and layout programs: Adobe InDesign® CS6, Adobe Photoshop® CS6, and Adobe Illustrator® CS6. You will gain practical experience with the software as you work through end-of-chapter learning projects and step-by-step tutorials. An integration chapter demonstrates how to move from one application to the other. Full-color illustrations and a user-friendly design combine to create a robust learning experience. The Data Files used to complete the projects found in the book are now available online. For access information please refer to the directions available in the preface of the book.

About this title

About the Author

Chris Botello began his career as print production manager for Premiere magazine, designed movie posters for Miramax Films, and served as the art director for Microsoft's launch of sidewalk.com/boston. He is the author of Revealed Series books on Advanced Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and InDesign Interactive and is the co-author of YouTube for Dummies. Chris commutes between Los Angeles, where he works as a designer and retoucher on movie campaigns, and Marion, MA, where he teaches computer graphics at Tabor Academy. Chris uses his own books - including Adobe Illustrator Creative Cloud Revealed - as the text for his classes.

Ms. Elizabeth Eisner Reding has authored numerous books for Delmar and Course Technology on a variety of software programs, including Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office, and Microsoft Publisher. Living in New Mexico with her husband, Ms. Reding spends her free time grilling, water gardening, road and mountain biking, and collecting Southwestern art.

Review

INDESIGN. 1. Getting to Know InDesign. 2. Working with Text. 3. Setting up a Document 4. Working with Frames. 5. Working with Color. PHOTOSHOP. 1. Getting Started with Adobe Photoshop CS6. 2. Learning Photoshop Basics. 3. Working with Layers. 4. Making Selections. 5. Incorporating Color Techniques. 6. Placing Type in an Image. ILLUSTRATOR. 1. Getting to Know Illustrator. 2. Creating Text and Gradients. 3. Drawing and Composing an Illustration. 4. Transforming and Distorting Objects. 5. Working with Layers. INTEGRATION. 1. Integrating Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1133693237
• ISBN 13: 9781133693239
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 880