Adobe Indesign CS One-On-One [Paperback]

Deke McClelland (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0596007361 | ISBN-13: 978-0596007362 | Publication Date: September 2004

Adobe InDesign is widely regarded as the page layout/publishing program for the new millennium. It gives you precise creative control over the layout and design of your pages and documents, and its latest release, InDesign CS, is becoming wildly popular with users of many backgrounds, levels, and needs--from small DTP shops to graphics professionals to large corporations.

Unlike any other InDesign book, the colorful Adobe InDesign CS One-on-One delivers a one-of-a-kind learning experience much like having private lessons with author Deke McClelland, an Adobe Certified Expert and professional trainer with nearly 20 years of experience.

There's no better master than McClelland to show you how to master InDesign. He's a highly regarded expert and frequent lecturer on Adobe Photoshop, computer graphics, and design. He hosts the interactive Best of Photoshop CD that ships with Photoshop, and he has written more than 70 books. One of the most award-winning writers in the business, McClellenad is a member of the PhotoshopWorld Instructor Dream Team and a contributing editor for Macworld and Photoshop User magazines. In 2002, he was inducted into the National Association of Photoshop Professional's Photoshop Hall of Fame.

Under McClelland's seasoned guidance, you will proceed at your own pace through twelve step-by-step lessons packed with entertaining and informative real-world projects. More than 500 full-color photos, diagrams, and screen shots walk you through InDesign's many features, and multiple-choice quizzes following each lesson let you test your knowledge--and serve as an exceptionally practical tool for classroom instructors. Extra credit sections deliver tips and tricks for tapping into InDesign's most powerful capabilities.

This unique, hands-on book comes with two hours of video instruction (hosted by McClelland himself) on CD to get you working with InDesign right away, building relevant, real-world projects while mastering fundamental and advanced concepts, theory, best practices, and techniques for making the most of InDesign--to make the most of your page designs.

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About the Author

Deke McClelland is a popular expert and lecturer on Adobe Photoshop and the larger realm of computer graphics and design. He serves as host to the interactive "Best of Photoshop" CD that ships with Photoshop, and has written more than 70 titles (including Photoshop Bible and Photoshop 7 for Dummies) translated into 25 languages with 3 million copies in print. One of the most award-winning writers in the business, Deke has received a total of seven honors from the Computer Press Association. He is an Adobe Certified Expert, a member of the PhotoshopWorld Instructor Dream Team, and a contributing editor for Macworld and Photoshop User magazines. In 2002, Deke was inducted into the National Association of Photoshop Professional's Photoshop Hall of Fame.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media (September 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0596007361
• ISBN-13: 978-0596007362
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #790,024 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #54 in Books > Computers & Technology > Graphic Design > Adobe InDesign

More About the Author

Deke McClelland is a popular lecturer on Adobe Photoshop and the larger realm of computer graphics and design. He has hosted the interactive "Video Workshop" CD that shipped with Photoshop Versions 7, CS, and CS2, as well as hundreds of hours of tutorial-style video training for industry leaders lynda.com and Total Training. In addition to his video work, Deke has written 84 books translated into 24 languages, with more than 4 million copies in print. One of the most award-winning writers in the technology market, Deke received the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Computer Book in 1989. Since then, he has garnered more than 20 honors, including seven independent citations from the Computer Press Association. In 2002, he was inducted into the Photoshop Hall of Fame.

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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Instructive in form and content, November 6, 2004

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Jack D. Herrington "engineer and author" (Silicon Valley, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adobe Indesign CS One-On-One (Paperback)

I was very impressed and happy with this book. Not only is the content of the book an excellent introduction to InDesign, the book itself is also wellspring of layout ideas. It gives you some perspective on what can be done with InDesign as the book itself is laid out with the tool.

This is not a course book with questions at the end of each chapter. It's a introductory book that starts with the basics of creating documents, and finishes with the management of large documents, like books. Chapters include text layout, importing graphics, using transparency. The full spectrum of what's available to you in the application is described in full color with illustrative examples.

This is an excellent book. It gets my full recommendation for users of InDesign.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Deke to the rescue, April 4, 2005

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DJD "Graphic Designer" (The East Coast, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Adobe Indesign CS One-On-One (Paperback)

So this local guy who has seen some of my work approaches me and asks if I could do illustrations, photo's and layout for a jazz guitar instruction book. Now I don't know about you but if there is one thing I have learned in this business is that the answer is always "of course" to whatever I am asked to do.

When PhotoShop went CS I bought the whole CS professional package. I knew that Indesign was there, but since I always used either PageMaker or Illustrator to do my layouts, InDesign was just a little too alien to me.

Could I have done the book in PageMaker? Maybe, but figured it must be easier in InDesign considering that that is it's purpose in life. As I have always considered the owner manuals useless, I hit Amazon.com and found Deke had a book on InDesign. Who would have thought that? I have always enjoyed his books on PhotoShop, so I had the book over-nighted.

Long story short, plowed through the book (excellent book I might add), did a few mock-ups, sent them to the author and got the gig! It's going to be a lot of work (Illustrations, Photo's, CD, etc) but I really feel that I can concentrate on all of that creative end now because I have the confidence that I can put it all together in InDesign. My copy now has about 100 flags sticking out of the pages where I found items I can use for the book.

Really, guys, this book is a home run. I did watch all of the videos but the lessons were so well written I really didn't need them (but I did like the fact that they were there just in case).

I can't recommend this book highly enough. You will just be amazed at the power this software has and the ease in which this book lets you master it. An absolutely stunning tutorial.

25 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, October 16, 2004

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Eric Wuehler (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adobe Indesign CS One-On-One (Paperback)

Of all the applications in the Creative Suite, InDesign is the one I have the least experience with. After acquiring the Adobe Photoshop CS one-on-one book (and loving it) I thought I would get a hold of this book to see if it could help me become, at least, comfortable with InDesign - and possibly help with putting it to good use rather than be the application I ignore from the Creative Suite.

For all the reasons people like the Photoshop book in this series, people are going to like this one as well. It is visually elegant, bright, and colorful. The same "Pearls of Wisdom" break up the text to provide you with various insights and "Oh, by the way"s. As a novice InDesign user, I can't really speak to the content and coverage of InDesign, but it was plenty for me to familiarize myself with the features and functions.

I also enjoy the author's relaxed tone and humor, which makes the book a lot easier to read than the stiff "Do A, then B, then C" voice of some tutorials. Be warned, some of the jokes will elicit a groan - but you'll be smiling when you do. =)

I now have a great book to help me out when the time comes to fire up InDesign. =)