Adobe InDesign CS5 Revealed / Edition 1

by Chris Botello

Overview

Graphic design professionals and design students alike have embraced Adobe InDesign as the industry standard for page layout software--and they're mastering it with ADOBE INDESIGN CS5 REVEALED. A thorough, in-depth exploration of the latest release, this highly visual book covers all the fundamental concepts, starting with the workspace and proceeding logically and intuitively to more advanced topics. Chock full of new lessons covering new features, this edition retains its step-by-step tutorials and user-friendly design, resulting in a resource that is comprehensive, clear, and effective. Data files needed to complete the projects in the book are found on a CD located in the back of the book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781111130497
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	06/25/2010
Series:	Adobe Creative Suite Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	660
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 7.30(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Chris Botello began his career as print production manager for Premiere magazine, designed movie posters for Miramax Films, and served as the art director for Microsoft's launch of sidewalk.com/boston. He is the author of Revealed Series books on Advanced Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and InDesign Interactive and is the co-author of YouTube for Dummies. Chris commutes between Los Angeles, where he works as a designer and retoucher on movie campaigns, and Marion, MA, where he teaches computer graphics at Tabor Academy. Chris uses his own books - including Adobe Illustrator Creative Cloud Revealed - as the text for his classes.

Table of Contents

1. Getting to Know InDesign. 2. Working with Text. 3. Setting Up a Document. 4. Working with Frames. 5. Working with Color. 6. Working with Placed Images. 7. Creating Graphics. 8. Exploring Effects and Advanced Techniques. 9. Working with Tabs and Tables. 10. Making Books, Tables of Contents and Indexes. 11. Preparing, Packaging, and Exporting Documents for Print. 12. Creating Interactive Layouts.