Digital Layout Using Adobe InDesign CS5: Tutorials and Techniques Book/DVD Package

Description

Along with the other two titles in the series ( Pixel Graphics Using Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Vector Graphics Using Adobe Illustrator CS5 ), this book has an accompanying DVD that shows step-by-step tutorials in conjunction with in-text projects and demonstrates the numerous characteristics and techniques of InDesign CS5. The tutorial disc provides the reader with a 'how-to' narration, beginning with basic technical skills for using the program, creating book and magazine layout & design, brochures, business cards, posters, and more. The package shows the reader how to conquer the technical aspects of design theory as you watch the tutorials and listen to the concepts as they are presented. Learn publishing/commercial printers' terms, typesetting styles, fonts, copy fitting, and figure sizing & placement. Additional project files, tutorials, and lesson plans available to instructors for use as a textbook. This title covers a step- by-step 'how-to' narration on beginning aspects of Adobe InDesign with both the manual and DVD. It teaches the basic technical skills for creating book & magazine layout, brochures, posters, and more. Learn publishing/commercial printers' terms, typesetting styles, fonts, copy-fitting, and figure-sizing & placement. Easily followed chapters are organized for effective learning using the manual and DVD following the same structure. This title is designed for anyone just opening the program for the very first time or for experienced designers.


Contents:

Part 1: 1

Workspace.
- 2

Custom.
- 3

New Document.
- 4

The Page.
- 5

Guides.
- 6

Navigation
- 7

Frame - Selection Tools.
- 8

Direct Tool - Anchor Points.
- 9

Pencil - Line Tools.
- 10

Type Tool.
- 11

Frames.
- 12

Color.
- 13

Text Frame.
- 14

Text Flow.
- 15

Multiple Pages.
- 16

Rotation.
- 17

Levels - wraps.
- 18

Images.
- 19

Effects.
- 20

Styles.
- 21

Tables - Tabs.
- 22

Edit Tools.
- 23

Save - Prepress.
- 24

Interactive Design with InDesign

About the DVD.