Adobe Indesign F/X and Design [With CDROM]
Elaine Betts · 1999
From the Publisher: Written for professional level desktop publishers who already know the basics of electronic page layout, but who want to know the advanced features a powerful new tool can offer them to take their abilities to a higher level. Uses actual, successful, professional layouts as examples readers can re-create to experience the power of InDesign first-hand. Quickly outlines the basic tools then takes readers through applicable, real-world exercises to yield top-notch results. Other books offer comprehensive, tool-by-tool descriptions of the program. Adobe InDesign f/x and Design gives readers project-format information to build their skills for specific, professional-level situations, such as repurposing print content for the Web and producing catalogs from databases. Plays to readers' comfort level with other Adobe programs by highlighting the powerful similarities and cross-functions between InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop, which are primary tools in most professionals' desktop publishing arsenal. The only book to speak the language of publishing professionals and take them to the heart of this new program by teaching them how to do their jobs better and more efficiently. An 8-page Color Studio supplies readers with the vital information they need to get the most out of the program for color application. Indispensable tutorial files readers can use to hone their skills by following the exercises in the book. Helpful scripts to link information between databases and layouts. Sample layouts for catalogs and broadsheets readers can play with and build on to learn critical, applicable features of a fledgling program. Third-party plug-ins to take InDesign beyond its built-incapabilities, such as complex table creation.