Synopses & Reviews
Built from the ground up for designers by designers, the Expression Design application is a professional illustration and graphic design tool that lets you build compelling elements for both Web and desktop application user interfaces.
In this Visual QuickStart Guide, filled with friendly prose, task-based instruction, step-by-step explanations, and visual aides, readers will have everything they need to know about the key features of Expression Design right at their fingertips. Expert authors Jeff Carlson and David Blatner walk readers through Expression Design’s easy-to-use professional interface, and guide readers through all the key features. Users will learn how to: create compelling graphic designs and illustrations; apply high-quality effects and filters; bring existing vector-based artwork from other popular graphic tools into Expression Design; export into a wide variety of formats; and use the created elements with Expression Blend. Microsoft Expression Design for Windows Visual QuickStart Guide will have users up and running quickly and building awesome graphic assets in no time!
About the Author
David Blatner is the author of 14 books on topics such as digital imaging, desktop publishing, aviation, and pi. Known internationally as a “page-layout guru,” his computer books include
Real World Photoshop,
Real World InDesign,
Adobe InDesign CS/CS2 Breakthroughs, and
Real World QuarkXPress. Blatner is also the editorial director of InDesign Magazine.
Jeff Carlson (www.jeffcarlson.com) divides his time between his Seattle design company, Never Enough Coffee Creations, and writing for publications such as Macworld and HOW. He is the author of all editions of iMovie and iDVD: Visual QuickStart Guide and iMovie and iDVD: Visual QuickProject Guide. Jeff is managing editor of TidBITS (www.tidbits.com), the weekly electronic newsletter on Mac technology, and is a columnist for The Seattle Times.