A thorough reference to design and production techniques using the popular graphics software. Organized in four parts--starting, creating, changing, and coloring--it covers the simple to the complex in extensive detail. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Real World Illustrator 8 (2nd Edition)

Computers & Technology

McClelland, Deke

McClelland, Daniel

Programming

Peachpit Pr

Once the domain of professional photographers and designers, digital photography is making inroads into businesses everywhere as prices drop and image quality rises. Whether you plan to use digital imagery for fine art, illustration, or documentation--in print or on the Web--Real World Digital Photography is your industrial-strength reference guide to this exciting and evolving technology. 
Written by two nationally recognized experts in digital imaging, the book is chock-full of hands-on production techniques designed specifically for working professionals. It also includes advice on how to choose a camera that fits your needs and your budget, a full-color portfolio that beautifully illustrates the creative potential of digital photography, and the accumulated wisdom of artists and others who use the technology in their daily work.

Real World Digital Photography

Arts & Photography

Eismann, Katrin

Photography & Video

Real World Illustrator 7 examines in detail every tool and feature in Illustrator, providing helpful tips and hints for both novice and experienced users. Dozens of step-by-step techniques are provided and thoroughly illustrated, making it possible for the reader to work along with the book, gaining a better understanding and experiencing features and techniques first-hand. Once a groundwork has been established with Illustrator's basic capabilities, advanced capabilities-patterns, transformations, imported graphics, etc.-plus a plethora of real-world tips and techniques, are fully discussed.

Real World Illustrator 7 (Real World Series)

Offers students and professionals techniques and timesaving tips for using their software every day. This book is intended for any beginner to advanced level course in Computer Graphics, Web Graphics, Graphic Design, Digital Imaging, or Visual Communications.

Real World Adobe Illustrator 9

Cohen, Sandee

Software

In June 2001, Adobe Systems, Inc., invited a handful of leading graphicartists to the Adobe campus for two days of fun and inspiration. Theirassignment? To create original pieces of print, Web, and video artworkshowcasing Adobe products. Adobe Master Class: Design Invitational documents the artistic fruit of their labor and the nuts-and-bolts techniques that went into each design.
Author Deke McClelland recognizes that great design is not abouttools, but about ideas and the talent to execute them. Throughout the book,Deke--a leading writer in the graphics community--reveals the actualthought processes of the designers as they work. Both inspiring and informative, Adobe Master Class: Design Invitational features galleries of each artist's work, along with practical, professional advice and tips. Contributing artists include Craig Frazier, Louis Fishauf, Michael Elins, Bart Marable, David Gare, Ian Kovalik, and Michael Mabry.

Adobe Master Class Designer's Invitational (Master Class (Adobe))

Adobe Press

Entertaining, up-to-date, and comprehensive, Real World AdobeIllustrator 10 is the definitive, everything-you-need-to-know guide tothe world's leading vector-based illustration program. Go under the hood ofIllustrator 10 with veteran author Deke McClelland, as he covers every tooland feature--and shares his hard-won tips and shortcuts each step of theway. 
Written expressly for designers and artists who use Illustrator on the job,the book's industrial-strength production techniques give you new andconcrete solutions for streamlining your work and conquering commonIllustrator dilemmas. Thoroughly updated for Illustrator 10, this editionincludes insightful how-tos on new symbols and slicing options for Webgraphics; enveloping, warping, and liquefying distortion tools; anddynamic, data-driven graphics.

Real World Adobe Illustrator 10

New and experienced users alike will find this book to be the most comprehensive, friendly, and up-to-date guide to Adobe Illustrator on the market. Veteran author Deke McClelland has completely reorganized this best-seller to provide hands-on explanations to every tool and feature of Illustrator, including the latest additions and enhancements to version 6. Whether you're looking to create simple drawings or sophisticated color illustrations, the step-by-step instructions will make you a graphics expert in no time. You'll also appreciate the light-hearted tips, hints, warnings, and notes. The Illustrator 6 Book is the next best thing to having your own on-call graphics guru.

The Illustrator 6 Book

Adobe InDesign is widely regarded as the page layout/publishing program for the new millennium. It gives you precise creative control over the layout and design of your pages and documents, and its latest release, InDesign CS, is becoming wildly popular with users of many backgrounds, levels, and needs--from small DTP shops to graphics professionals to large corporations.Unlike any other InDesign book, the colorful Adobe InDesign CS One-on-One delivers a one-of-a-kind learning experience much like having private lessons with author Deke McClelland, an Adobe Certified Expert and professional trainer with nearly 20 years of experience.There's no better master than McClelland to show you how to master InDesign. He's a highly regarded expert and frequent lecturer on Adobe Photoshop, computer graphics, and design. He hosts the interactive Best of Photoshop CD that ships with Photoshop, and he has written more than 70 books. One of the most award-winning writers in the business, McClellenad is a member of the PhotoshopWorld Instructor Dream Team and a contributing editor for Macworld and Photoshop User magazines. In 2002, he was inducted into the National Association of Photoshop Professional's Photoshop Hall of Fame.Under McClelland's seasoned guidance, you will proceed at your own pace through twelve step-by-step lessons packed with entertaining and informative real-world projects. More than 500 full-color photos, diagrams, and screen shots walk you through InDesign's many features, and multiple-choice quizzes following each lesson let you test your knowledge--and serve as an exceptionally practical tool for classroom instructors. Extra credit sections deliver tips and tricks for tapping into InDesign's most powerful capabilities.This unique, hands-on book comes with two hours of video instruction (hosted by McClelland himself) on CD to get you working with InDesign right away, building relevant, real-world projects while mastering fundamental and advanced concepts, theory, best practices, and techniques for making the most of InDesign--to make the most of your page designs.

Adobe Indesign CS One-On-One

O'Reilly Media

If you work with Adobe Photoshop, you've already tasted how powerful a graphics tool it can be. Universally recognized as the standard for image editing and production, Photoshop is used by close to 20 million people worldwide. But how many can say they've fully tapped its vast functionality?
Whether you're a first-timer looking to learn Photoshop, or a seasoned Photoshopper interested in the cool new features of CS2, Deke McClelland's Adobe Photoshop CS2 One on One will have you completing rewarding projects in no time at all. A Photoshop expert, sought-after computer graphics and design lecturer and author of over 70 books, Deke brings his passion and easy, conversational style to the new edition of his bestselling Photoshop tutorial, updated for CS2.
A straightforward, step-by-step guide to the features and functions of Photoshop-with plenty of real-world projects and insider tips applied along the way-Adobe Photoshop CS2 One on One also covers the new features of CS2 in depth, including Adobe Bridge, the new file browser that makes it possible to process multiple images at once. Learn how to use new workflow and file handling features, how to batch process digital camera raw files, search metadata, quickly review images in Slideshow mode, and much more. 
If that sounds like Greek to you, don't worry. Deke uses highly effective One-on-One teaching methods and creates a classroom environment that combines written instruction with more than two hours of video training (provided on DVD). As host of the "Best of Photoshop" disk that ships with every Photoshop order, he's uniquely qualified to present the material in this dynamic, interactive format. Whatever your skill level, Adobe Photoshop CS2 One on One will soon have you speaking fluent Photoshop CS2.

Adobe Photoshop CS2 One-on-One

Deke Press

Digital publishing guru Deke McClelland has written over 80 books on computer design and imaging that have won numerous industry awards. An Adobe Certified Expert, Deke is a featured speaker at The InDesign Conference and a member of the PhotoshopWorld Instructor Dream Team. Deke hosts the exhaustive and entertaining DVDs Total Training for Adobe Photoshop and QuarkXPress to Adobe InDesign CS-Making the Switch. In 2002, Deke was inducted into the National Association of Photoshop Professionals' Photoshop Hall of Fame. Nothing speeds up learning like personal training from a skilled tutor. Adobe InDesign CS2 One-on-One delivers that invaluable learning experience by giving you the closest thing possible to private lessons with author Deke McClelland, a world-renowned expert on digital graphics and design. You can proceed at your own pace, working on relevant, real-world projects, while mastering fundamental and advanced concepts, theories, techniques, and best practices for making the most of InDesign. With over two hours of Deke's professional instruction and advice, and 600 full-color images, diagrams, and screenshots to illustrate every key step, you'll soon be on the fast track to becoming a real InDesign expert. This comprehensive multimedia training solution shows you how to: <li>Create professional-looking documents with InDesign's powerful text and graphic tools</li> <li>Import text from a word processor, move and scale existing text frames, and check spelling</li> <li>Use the line, pen, and geometric shape tools to draw complex graphic objects</li> <li>Apply fill and stroke, specify process and spot colors, and design custom rules</li> <li>Use the new Adobe Bridge to organize and manage your digital assets</li> <li>Import and modify layered artwork from Photoshop and Illustrator</li> <li>Create inline graphics and anchored objects that move automatically with your text from one page to the next</li> <li>Create, edit, and link paragraph styles, complete with nested character styles</li> <li>Apply a sequence of style sheets to format an entire document in one operation</li> <li>Build object styles with embedded paragraph styles in order to format entire frames at a time</li> <li>Use master pages to automate repeating page features</li> <li>Automatically generate a table of contents</li> <li>Compose a fully interactive document-with bookmarks, hyperlinks, buttons, sounds, and movies-and export your creation to a PDF file that can be played on most computers</li> When you're finished with Adobe InDesign CS2 One-on-One, you'll use InDesign smarter, faster, more creatively, and more efficiently than you ever thought possible. "The combination of hands-on lessons and video demonstrations is invaluable. Deke really brings InDesign to life." -David Blatner, coauthor of Real World Adobe InDesign CS2

Adobe InDesign CS2 One-on-One

Web Development & Design

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