Synopses & Reviews
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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, 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 this one - as the text for his classes. Elizabeth Eisner Reding has authored many books for Cengage Learning on a variety of software programs, including Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office, and Microsoft Publisher. Living in New Mexico with her husband, she spends her free time grilling, water gardening, road and mountain biking, and collecting Southwestern art.
Table of Contents
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.