Customer Reviews

The Graphic Designer's Digital Toolkit

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4 star:		(3)
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1 star:		(4)

 

 

This book is good for some basics and it helps you get around your software.

I bought this as a textbook for a college course. While the intro to Mac was helpful, and the author sets up and goes through real-life type projects in a logical manner, the many errors in the book interfere with learning. For example, the reader is told to press 'm' to access the move tool when pressing 'm' really accesses the marquee tool. Often when the examples are worked step-by-step they don't look like the finished product as shown in the book, especially when using text. Overall disappointing. And I've only gone through the photoshop part so far. I would have given them 3 stars if there was an errata page online that could help me. But there's not.

I found this book to be very useful in the introduction to digital graphics I teach at a community college. Because we have to go over OS X, Photoshop, Illustrator and QuarkXpress in one semester, time is limited for each of these software programs. However, by choosing the tutorials in the book that address specific techniques needed to complete the semester projects, I can cover a lot of ground in a relatively short time. This procedure worked especially well in the Photoshop chapters.

I find that the accompanying CD is missing Chapter 7 data and Cengage had no information on the matter other than to refer me to Delmar-which then refers one back to Cengage.

Personal comments such as the one on page 133, number 5 'pretty nice, huh?' hardly seem professional.

And, since there is already a new version of this book out, I would not count on much support for this version.

this is the core syllabus for a class i'm taking. we complete the assignments that are in the book. the projects are useful and clearly explained and comes with all files on a cd.
after completeling the book, one should have a solid foundation of basic operations w/in photoshop, illustrator, indesign, etc.
i'm happy with it.

An poorly designed graphic design book is highly suspect. This book is not only ugly but completely uninspired. Perhaps a decent aide for those who have never used the programs at all and don't plan to do any professional design work, but not really a great resource. (You can find out as much or more through the programs' help sections and online forums). I wouldn't waste your money.

My book was in fine condition. A little bent on the corner but otherwise just fine. I did save $20.00!

This takes the basic information that can be found in the manual or anywhere on the 'net and repackages it as yet another How-to computer book.

Unfortunately, as mentioned above, it is full of errors and examples that make you cringe, both in taste and demonstrating the author doesn't really know how to do it.

When you are reading how to correct a photo in Photoshop, nothing puts you off more than that the example shown is badly corrected. The same goes for all the aesthetically challenged examples and the book itself.

How difficult is it to design and layout an attractive, easily navigated and organised book on graphic design if you are in fact a capable designer?

Unless ofcourse you are not.

When I purchased this item, I was not informed that there was a new edition of the book, I would have preferred to buy the latest ...

the book is new, and cost only 31 dollar compare to the local bookstore where cost 53 dollar.