For decades, graphic design and photography professionals have turned to Adobe Photoshop: Visual QuickStart Guide as the fastest, most practical way to start creating professional-quality images with Photoshop. Now, this full-color guide has been thoroughly revamped by a new author who's taught thousands of beginning Photoshop users. Nigel French combines expert, full-color introductions to the latest Photoshop features with new examples and projects, adding five full hours of new online video content that goes far beyond the contents of the printed book. Combining definitive reference information with concise, hands-on tutorials, French helps aspiring and current professionals gain deep mastery of Photoshop, whether they're working on their own or in a classroom environment. From the basics to advanced techniques, he guides you through everything from editing photos' tone and color to retouching blemishes, restoring old and damaged images to creating stunning composites, to preparing images for both digital and print delivery.
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- 2022
- 2020
The Type Project Book
- 288 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Whether you're a seasoned pro looking to brush up your portfolio, or a novice with a laptop full of design software you haven't yet mastered, this book has you covered. In dozens of projects, the authors guide you through the nitty-gritty details of book design, magazine layout, poster production, and all manner of print projects, from start to finish. The Type Project Book is loaded with tips and insider knowledge that will help you hone your design skills, deepen your type knowledge, and nerd out on the history of graphic design. Each section is a deep dive into real-world design projects from working a cookbook; a letterpress gig poster; an animated web banner; an infographic; even the humble business card is explored. Along the way, wisdom is offered, tips and time-saving tricks are shared, the secrets of working graphic designers are revealed―all with the requisite doses of wit one expects from seasoned professionals with decades of experience. THE TYPE PROJECT BOOK
- 2014
InDesign Type
- 298 pages
- 11 hours of reading
This guide is devoted exclusively to the myriad of typographic features of Adobe InDesign