Graphic Design to Beat the Clock: Time-saving software secrets, online resources, and desktop tips - Brossura

Beale, Stephen

 
9780240824222: Graphic Design to Beat the Clock: Time-saving software secrets, online resources, and desktop tips
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ISBN 10: 0240824229 ISBN 13: 9780240824222
Casa editrice: Focal Press, 2013

Sinossi

Increase your productivity with this guide to the most efficient techniques for integrated use of the CS toolset. Navigational techniques, keyboard shortcuts, widgets, and batch actions are just the beginning. You'll master scripts, plug-ins, and customized settings that suit your particular working practices; and you'll discover a host of online resources for matching and identifying colors, fonts, and print specs, as well as best-practice advice for setting up style-sheets, files, and print presets.

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Contenuti

Introduction: Why you need this book and how to use it

Section 1: Quick Shortcuts: (1-30 seconds)

  • Adobe Acrobat shortcuts

  • Adobe InDesign shortcuts

  • Adobe Illustrator shortcuts

  • Adobe Photoshop shortcuts

  • Adobe Bridge shortcuts

  • Adobe Flash shortcuts

  • Adobe Dreamweaver shortcuts

  • Adobe Fireworks shortcuts

  • Desktop shortcuts

  • Record and use actions

  • Batch actions

  • Using common symbols from the glyphs panel

  • Photoshop droplets

  • Widgets

Section 2: Where to find things: (1-5 minutes)

  • Software guides

    • Adobe Acrobat

    • Adobe InDeisgn

    • Adobe Illustrator

    • Adobe Photoshop

    • Adobe Bridge

    • Adobe Flash

    • Adobe Dreamweaver

    • Adobe Fireworks

  • Desktop guides

    • Mac

    • PC

  • Scripts and plugins

  • Wordcounters and spell checks

  • Typography preview and testing tools for web designers

Section 3: Resources and customization (10-60 minutes)

  • Online resources

    • Color resources

    • Print resources

    • Font resources

    • Storage resources

    • Dictionaries and grammar resources

  • Customizing your workspace

  • Customizing your preferences

  • Currency and measurement conversions

  • Create custom swatch libraries

  • Organizing your common graphics

  • Optimize and format CSS

  • CSS Sprites

  • Gradient image makers

  • Resizing and renaming images

  • Image processing

  • Data-Merge

Section 4: Working practice: (2-24 hours)

  • Setting up files

  • Creating character styles

  • Creating paragraph styles

  • Creating your own templates

  • Grid builders for web design

  • Organizing layers

  • Print presets and prepress tips

  • Filing

Index

Glossary

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Editore
Focal Press
Data di pubblicazione
2013
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0240824229
ISBN 13 
9780240824222
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
208
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
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