Exploring Indesign Cs 2

In the real world, page layout projects don't come with directions and the ?recipe book? approach of most software books does little to prepare designers for the demands of a highly competitive industry. Exploring InDesign. CS2 takes a different approach. With an emphasis on typography and critical thinking, the book transforms the novice into a professional typesetter'one who is grounded in industry-standard design principles. In addition to gaining professional proficiency while using the new features of Adobe. InDesign CS2, users learn to begin a project while visualizing the end design, to identify the project pitfalls and challenges, and to independently strategize the best production sequence. Chapters and projects are carefully ordered to move readers from basic operations to creating complex documents using multiple master pages and paragraph and character styles, with each chapter building upon the skills presented in the previous chapter. As in industry, the emphasis throughout is on productivity, including preplanning and utilizing keyboard shortcuts.

Offers a tutorial exploring the updated features of Adobe InDesign CS2, explaining how to create and manipulate type, photographs, layers, and Web graphics in a professional environment.

InDesign CS2 is more than just a powerful page layout tool: As part of Adobe's new Creative Suite 2 (which includes Photoshop, Illustrator, GoLive, and Acrobat), it's a key component of an overall design workflow that lets users work seamlessly among all of their graphics applications to create spectacular layouts. This info-packed guide lets you get right down to work by focusing on just the InDesign CS2 features you're most likely to use and showcasing each in a stand-alone tip--complete with a relevant hint or two and a graphic example. In this fashion, you learn as you go, exploring the program in a way that makes sense to you. Before you know it, you'll be using the Bridge to manage your files, object styles to format your images, and snippets to save layout parts for reuse and much, much more!

In the real world, page layout projects don't come with directions, and the “recipe book” approach of most books does little to prepare designers for the demands of a highly competitive industry. Exploring InDesign® CS takes a different approach. With an emphasis on typography and critical thinking, the book transforms the novice into a professional typesetter — one who is grounded in industry-standard design principles. In addition to gaining professional proficiency with Adobe® InDesign CS, users learn to begin a project while visualizing the end design, to identify the project pitfalls and challenges, and to independently strategize the best production sequence. Chapters and projects are carefully ordered to move readers from the tools palette to multiple master pages, with each chapter building upon the skills presented in the previous chapter. Supplemental projects require users to identify production steps and apply the necessary skills, reinforcing key concepts and teaching how to work independently in document construction. Similar to the industry, the emphasis throughout the book is on productivity, including preplanning and utilizing keyboard shortcuts.

Now fully updated to the new release of Adobe's Creative Suite, Exploring Illustrator CS2 shows designers how to turn a great software tool into great design. Written by an experienced designer and workshop leader known for her user-friendly style, Exploring Illustrator CS2 teaches the must-have software skills and how to use those skills to create exceptional design. The book examines the tools and features of Adobe Illustrator's newest release and shows how to create vector graphics and drawings for both print and the Web. Extensive artwork is expertly woven throughout the information-packed format to drive home key design concepts and show the way to great digital illustration.

Over the last few years, Adobe InDesign has made significantinroads against QuarkXPress, with adoptions by major mediacompanies such as Meredith Corporation and Hearst Magazines; it isnow the only desktop publishing program taught at many artschools Shows graphic designers how to get up to speed quickly on thelatest InDesign release, make the most of program tools, creategreat page designs, add sparkle, and output to a variety ofmedia The authors, both Quark experts who've converted to InDesign,offer special tips and insights to Quark users who are making (orthinking of making) the switch to InDesign

"Covers Adobe InDesign CS2"--P. [4] of cover.