The InDesign Effects Book [Paperback]

Ted LoCascio (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0782144454 | ISBN-13: 978-0782144451 | Publication Date: December 13, 2005 | Edition: 1

• With its intuitive interface and seamless integration with other Adobe software, InDesign is rapidly gaining ground on QuarkXPress in the page layout and desktop publishing market
• The only InDesign book that shows designers step by step how to produce amazing effects and cool tricks that they can immediately incorporate into their own work
• A stunning full-color guide that offers a highly visual, spread-based interior design
• Includes cross-platform Mac and Windows coverage

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From the Back Cover

Make Complex Effects a Snap

The strength of InDesign's layout and design capabilities already make it a top choice among professionals. But even experienced users will be amazed by the visual and text effects that are possible entirely within InDesign. Using step-by-step instructions and engaging examples, expert author Ted LoCascio shows you dozens of breathtaking effects that you can make a vital part of your everyday work, including:

• Making images pop out of their frames
• Creating 3D looks like spheres, shadows, and text wraps
• Designing cool effects with transparency and blending modes
• Using Feather to add highlights and shadows to InDesign illustrations
• Creating and applying custom gradients—even within text!
• Adding glow effects to editable text
• Jazzing up mundane layout elements such as sidebar heads and bursts
• Skewing type on a path
• And much more!

Includes Coverage of Effects Newly Possible With CS2

These stunning, easy-to-achieve effects will help users of every level tap the full creative potential of InDesign.

Visit this book's companion website (www.wiley.com/go/indesignfx) to download all the materials you'll need to complete the book's projects.

About the Author

Ted LoCascio is a professional graphic designer and an expert in InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and QuarkXPress. He served as senior designer at KW Media and the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) for several years, and has created layouts and designs for many successful software training books, videos, and magazines. He is the author of InDesign CS2 at Your Fingertips, has contributed articles to Photoshop User magazine, and has taught at PhotoshopWorld.

Product Details

• Paperback: 260 pages
• Publisher: Sybex; 1 edition (December 13, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0782144454
• ISBN-13: 978-0782144451
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,563,394 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ted LoCascio is a professional graphic designer and an expert in Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, InDesign, Illustrator, and QuarkXPress. He served as senior designer at KW Media and the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) for several years, and has created layouts and designs for many successful software training books, videos, and magazines. He is the author of InDesign CS2 at Your Fingertips, The InDesign Effects Book, and Combining Images with Photoshop Elements. He has contributed articles to Photoshop User magazine and InDesign magazine, and has taught at PhotoshopWorld. Ted is also the video author of InDesign CS2 Essential Training, and Creative Suite 2 Integration: Print Project Workflow, both available at www.lynda.com. He also teaches a Digital Graphics course at St. Petersburg College, in Seminole FL.

A graphic designer for more than ten years, Ted's designs and illustrations have been featured in several national newsstand and trade magazines, such as Photoshop User, Mac Design, Nikon's Capture User, Great Output, AAA Going Places, and Florida Trend. As a professional designer, he has used Adobe software to create layouts for magazines, books, and various advertising and marketing materials, including brochures, product packaging, posters and signs, and interactive PDFs.

A Chicago native (born a hopeless Cubs fan) and Columbia College alumnus, Ted relocated to the Tampa Bay area in 1994. He currently resides in Tarpon Springs, Florida with his wife Jill and their son Enzo.

Customer Reviews

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22 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars How to use InDesign where Photoshop will do, January 19, 2006

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John Harpur (Trim, Meath, IRELAND) - See all my reviews
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I dislike giving any book a negative review but this book is really misleading in subject matter. It should be titled along the lines of: How to use InDesign where Photoshop will do the job as well if not better. The vast bulk of the book is taken up with producing artefacts (buttons, icons, text, etc) that are much more commonly fabricated in Photoshop. In the Introduction the author states that he has "always been a Photoshop guy". Ok I can live with that, but then he adds further down that "the book does not contain any page-size projects such as sample brochures or mock advertisements". Sorry, I can't live with this. I bought the book because I assumed that it would help me do layout with text and artwork for just these kind of jobs. If your needs are similar to mine (learning InDesign rather than QuarkXpress), this is almost certainly not the book of first choice.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BETTER THAN I EXPECTED, March 28, 2006

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Claudia Miranda Monroy "Tatiette" (Metepec Mexico) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The InDesign Effects Book (Paperback)

This is my first indesign book and it is one of my favorites now, It is a visual and easy to follow book.

The author knows exactly what we are looking for to make our work better looking and to make it look very professional, you won't believe how easy is to do that, and having this book by your side is a great time saver. Ted Locascio (the author) also offers himself for you to write him for further assistance, but believe me you are not going to have a problem in my point of view it covers most of the great things you can do with indesign. Of coarse this are just ideas and your creativity has no limits.
Oh I also want to say that if you are getting started with indesign CS2 (this book works perfcetly for CS2) that if you want to practice first the author has his webpage where you can download the images.

Believe me this is worth to buy you will be surprised of how much effects with types and paragaraphs you can do.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book!, January 23, 2006

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Pamela Langan "writer" (Clearwater, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The InDesign Effects Book (Paperback)

I'd recommend this book, it reminds me of the Photoshop tips and tricks books out there. I have a few of those and thought this was an interesting take in that its Indesign. Its definitely not a layout instruction book or anything like a Bible how-to though. Its more a "fun things you can do in Indesign" thing. The coffee text effect - I forget what it's called - is really cool. I used it in a postcard I just did for a client. They loved it.