Title:
Graphic design essentials : skills, software and creative solutions
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New Jersey, NJ : Laurence King Publishing, 2009
Physical Description:
192 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
ISBN:
9780136052357
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Summary
Summary
This book combines beginning design principles with design skills and software instruction. Using a hands-on approach, ideal for the introductory student in graphic design, the book starts each chapter with a design "masterwork" by a well known graphic designer then walks the reader through the concepts being covered and shows them how to use the appropriate software to produce their work.
Table of Contents
| 1 Introduction |
| Design Concepts + Examples + Analysis + Software Skills + Projects |
| Design Analysis: Environmental Graphics |
| Introduction to Adobe Photoshop |
| Design + Software Skills 1.1: Photoshop Lasso, Layers, and Cloning |
| Major Points |
| Summary |
| Software Skills |
| Recommended Readings |
| 2 The Elements of Design |
| Design Analysis: Elements in Designs |
| Color |
| Introduction to Adobe Illustrator |
| Design + Software Skills 2.1: Illustrator Drawing |
| Design + Software Skills 2.2: Photoshop Bitmaps and Filters |
| Design Analysis: Complementary Color Grids |
| Bitmap Images |
| Vector Graphics |
| Design + Software Skills 2.3: Illustrator Hue Analysis and Drawing |
| Major Points |
| Summary |
| Software Skills |
| Summary |
