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From Design Into Print: Preparing Graphics and Text for Professional Printing

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Good book. Only covers the very basics. You won't be a print design expert after reading it.

I agree that this book is a "must have" for all but the most experienced professional graphic designers. I promise that the rest of us will learn useful concepts and facts. You may also learn the reasons behind other concepts that you thought you already understood. This book will be a quick reference for me -- within arm's reach in my studio.

As you can see from the Table of Contents, the scope of this book is rather broad but it is very readable and authoritative. It is beautifully produced (of course!) and engaging. For instance, the quizzes are practical and often fun. My favorite quiz was matching ten CMYK values with ten named colors -- sort of a crossword puzzle for colorists. How you use the book will depend upon your own experience. You mileage may vary but you will enjoy the ride.

This is a great introductory book for this subject.
Fairly easy reading, can serve as a reference book.
Highly recommended for newcomers to the subject.

I got a bit frustrated with this book. There are even parts where the author inflicts fear on the readers, so they dont even try doing something. I didnt like that approach at all. Its a very very basic book and I wouldn really recommend it, unless you know absolutely nothing at all on printing. Im even thinking about returning it.

Thanks goodness for this book. I have had many questions regarding the process of preparing digital images for print. I have had some conversations with printers in the past that left me feeling like I really needed to be more informed about this process. This book answers so many questions and gives advice on preventing some common mistakes designers make.

Having only had one or two forays into designing artwork for professional printing, I must say that I felt completely overwhelmed when confronted by the task of doing a large print project for a client. Sure I knew a lot about the technical aspects of creating a good looking design, but making sure that design worked for the professional printer I was working with was the most daunting part of the job. I bought and read this book in about two days, and almost immediately felt entirely confident in my abilities to finish the client's job; everything turned out great, the client loved the finished pieces!

Flash forward about two years, I landed an interview at a large printing company. My knowledge of not only design, but also my understanding of the technical information, and specifically the professional printing terminology allowed me to land the job immediately after my initial interview. Having worked at this job for over a year I must say, the things I learned in this book helped me immensely in not only getting the job, but also assisting other designers who have very little experience setting up artwork files for print. I just wish I could share this wonderful book with the rest of the non-designers, if only they understood things like bleeds, gutters, resolution, etc, my job would be so much easier!

If you are a novice designer who has good design skills, but lacking any experience in specifically designing for print, get this book! It will be a great asset to your career.

I truly love this book. It explains everything I needed to know in simple explanations. I'm a graphic design student and it often confuses me when my instructors explains about print - terms I'd often mix up and forget about. It's thanks to this book that I finally got most of my questions answered in just a few paragraphs. :D I highly recommend this for students who are having a difficult time understanding print.

The book is great and covers most things you will need to know about the printing process. i would recommend it for the amateur designer or anyone in the design world that just needs a little reminder of certain procedures. However, this review is not for the book itself, but for the way it was shipped. The book was crammed into a box that was probably about an inch too small for it, causing a crack in the spine. i've worked in the book world for many years, and know that it's not that easy to snap a books spine the way it was snapped. whoever packed it, forced it to fit. i purchased from amazon and not a market place seller. in the future i will purchase items from independent sellers who take better care of their products. perhaps you should as well.