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Jeff Witchel is a self-taught computer artist with over 24 years of experience. His initial introduction to the computer was with PageMaker, but he switched to Quark 1.0 when it was first introduced in 1987. Having arrived on the desktop publishing scene so early, Jeff became a go to guy for answers when others started getting into computer graphics. As an Adobe Certified Expert, hes provided online support for Adobe and is now an Adobe Certified Training Provider for both Adobe Illustrator CS5 and Adobe InDesign CS5. Jeff is one of just a handful of Adobe Certified Instructors for InDesign CS5 in the New York metropolitan area. He also is a Quark Certified Expert as well as a master of Adobe Photoshop and related applications. He counts among his training clients advertising agencies, design studios, marketing departments, magazines, newspapers, illustrators, and photographers. Jeff has written literally thousands of tips for Layers Magazine Tip of the Day over the past 4 years. He also produces online video tutorials for the Layers Magazine website (http://layersmagazine.com/category/tutorials) and writes articles for InDesign Magazine (http://www.indesignmag.com/default.asp).

Typography is the foundation of graphic design, and the most effective way to be a better designer is to understand type and use it confidently and creatively. This fully updated third edition is a comprehensive guide to creating professional type with Adobe InDesign. It covers micro and macro typography concepts, from understanding the nuance of a single spacing width to efficiently creating long and complex documents. Packed with visual examples, InDesign expert and acclaimed design instructor Nigel French shows not just how to use InDesign’s extensive type features, but why certain approaches are preferable to others, and how to avoid common mistakes. Whether you’re creating a single-page flyer or a thousand-page catalog, whether your documents will be printed or viewed on screen, InDesign Type is an invaluable resource for getting the most out of InDesign’s typographic toolset.

Adobe InDesign is the clear software of choice for designers in desktop publishing and typesetting. With it, designers create professional, eye-catching posters, flyers, brochures, magazines, newspapers, presentations, books, and ebooks. Because it has so much power and depth, sometimes the things you need are…well…kinda hidden or not really obvious. There will be a lot of times when you need to get something done in InDesign, but you have no idea where Adobe hid that feature, or what the “secret handshake” is to do that thing you need now so you can get back to working. That’s why this book was created: to get you to the technique, the shortcut, or exactly the right setting, right now. Here's how it works: When you need to know how to do a particular thing, you turn to the chapter where it would be found, find the thing you need to do (it’s easy—each page covers just one single topic), and designer and author Dave Clayton tells you exactly how to do it just like he was sitting there beside you, using the same casual style as if he were telling a friend. That way, you get back to working in InDesign fast.< This isn’t a book of theory, full of confusing jargon and detailed multi-step concepts. This is a book on which button to click, which setting to use, and exactly how and when to use it, so you’re never “stuck” in InDesign again. This will be your “go to” book that sits within reach any time you’re working in InDesign, and you are going to love having this type of help right at your fingertips.

A step-by-step guide to the fundamental principles and techniques of the digital photography editing process using Photoshop CS2 covers everything from color correction and digital body-sculpting to organization and output.

Typographer, translator, cultural historian, poet, and linguist Robert Bringhurst presents a taxonomic study of the many iterations of the typeface Herman Zapf's Palatino, along with a broader overview of the cultural history of type design. This is an important book, writes David R. Godine, "that argues, as eloquently and as convincingly as has ever been argued, that type design belongs squarely in the humanist tradition, that it is as much a member of the fine arts as painting and printmaking and calligraphy."

In today's economy, time is money. Creative Suite 2 Killer Tips is all about speed, showing users how to get more work done in less time. Through its tight integration with Adobe Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS2, and InDesign CS2 software, the Creative Suite 2 helps readers unleash their Creativity in one unified design environment. This book is here to help increase productivity (and even quality) by providing shortcuts, tips, and little-known tricks that will surprise even the most experienced Creative Suite user. Built on the premise that "Speed Kills", readers will get faster at manipulating CS2 and have more time to be creative in their projects.