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Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator are two of the most widely-used and powerful image-editing and illustration programs available. Graphic designers, illustrators, artists, and Web gurus often turn to both products in tandem to create professional-quality graphics for print and the Web.
Design Essentials, which has been called "the Joy of Cooking for designers," is part tutorial, part inspirational resource for graphic designers and illustrators who are familiar with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator and want to produce superb graphics. Perhaps you need to create text effects, patterns, textures, or transparent shadows? Look up the technique you want to learn, and this book leads you through the paces. Concise two-page spreads let readers digest the information quickly and easily--just follow the step-by-step text and four-color graphics. Readers will discover operations and techniques that open up new avenues of creativity.
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Design Essentials, 4th Edition, for Adobe Photoshop 6 and Illustrator 9 by Luanne Seymour Cohen is part tutorial, part inspirational resource for graphic designers and illustrators who are familiar with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator and want to produce superb graphics. Need to create text effects, patterns and textures, or transparent shadows? Look up the technique you want to learn, and this lay-flat book will lead you through the steps.
Concise two-page spreads let readers digest the information quickly and easily-just follow the step-by-step, full-color graphics and text. Those readers already familiar with these Adobe products will discover operations and techniques that open up new avenues of creativity. By combining the productivity tools of Adobe's design programs, readers learn how to use them together for maximum results.
- All-new illustrations featuring dozens of design techniques.
- Addresses both Macintosh and Windows users.
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