The Designer's Desktop Manual (Paperback)

by Jason Simmons (Author)

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Product Description
The best practice, technical desk reference for all professional designers and aspiring pros.

Perfect for professional designers, aspiring pros, and design students alike.

The Designer's Desktop Manual explores, topic by topic, the essential aspects of key areas of print and screen based design-type and typography; color; imaging; layout; and printing, from the most basic, introductory techniques and principles, to more advanced practices, via step-by-step projects and inspirational examples. This in-depth guide offers insight into the technological issues and step-by-step skills needed to bring design to a professional standard. Readers will also find historical background on key topics, allowing them to put up-to-date techniques into context with the evolution of design.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: How (September 26, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 160061017X
• ISBN-13: 978-1600610172
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #98,489 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars best instructional graphics design book around!, June 30, 2008

By	E. Harrigan (Reno, Nv USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Thanks to the author!!! amazing, amazing, amazing! This book has helped me finally grasp the principles of Adobe Indesign. I have been slowly teaching myself the program and have more than a few instructional books. Concepts that I have previously thought diffictult to understand are now clear! This book is so clear and concise that it makes learning a breeze. It covers information about photoshop, illustrator, web design, Quark, and dreamweaver. It is very well written and the directions for applications are easily understood. I love this book! I give it a 10! If I would have had this book to begin with, I would have learned how to manipulate the program a long time ago...

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Helpful tips!, February 13, 2008

By	kendallm - See all my reviews

I'm fairly new to many of the topics discussed in the book, including color, photoshop tips, etc. It was quite helpful. It is also helpful for designers going between windows and os x- it gives basic differences and how to deal with that.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worthwhile Desktop Resource, May 22, 2009

By	R. Johnson "Page Composer" (Milton, VT United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is packed with information for graphic designers, desktop publishers and even small businesses. It's not a book you would sit down and read cover to cover, rather one that you flip to for specific information (paper size, specific printing information, etc.).