InDesign CC Digital Classroom

by Christopher Grant Smith

Learn the newest version of Adobe's premiere page design software—InDesign CC— with this complete package Written by a team of expert instructors, this complete book-and-DVD package teaches even the most inexperienced beginner how to design eye-popping layouts for brochures, magazines, e-books, and flyers. Step-by-step instructions in the full-color book are enhanced by video tutorials on the companion DVD. Thirteen self-paced lessons let you learn Adobe InDesign CC (Creative Cloud) at your own speed; it's like having your own personal tutor teaching you the hottest new version of this leading page layout software. • Includes 13 self-paced lessons that take you from InDesign basics through intermediate-level skills, allowing you to learn at your own speed • Explores the new features and capabilities of InDesign CC, the leading Adobe page design software • Features members of the AGI Creative Team who walk you through the latest version of Adobe InDesign • Contains step-by-step instructions in the full-color book and video tutorials on the DVD, which work together to provide a clear understanding of the topic InDesign CC Digital Classroom is the ideal book-and-DVD training package to get you up to speed on InDesign so you can create designs that dazzle. DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of the e-book file, but are available for download after purchase.

463 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 1, 2013

About the author

Christopher Grant Smith is the president of AGI Training (www.agitraining.com) and the author and editor of more than twenty books on creative technology and software from Adobe, Microsoft, and Apple applications in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Orlando, and on-line. He is the creator of the Digital Classroom book series published by AGI and Wiley: www.digitalclassroombooks.com.

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Reviews

[Kimber · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read and used this book for a class I recently took at my nearby state university. It's a textbook that instructs on the use of a graphic design program called InDesign. The university library offered an on-line version of the textbook for free, but I had a very difficult time toggling between the online textbook and the actual design program, so I bought the textbook in paper form so that I could flip pages and use it while designing flyers, brochures, newsletters, business cards, etc., in the InDesign program on the computer.

I did better in the class because I had this textbook that includes step-by-step instructions for everything you need to know as a beginner in the graphic design world. The chapters are well-organized and the instructions are clear. The instructions include visual designs for reference. The book gives you lessons to try at the end of each chapter, and also provides a disc with images and other files in order to complete the lessons.

Overall, I felt this textbook was well worth what I paid for it (which was under $20, unlike many textbook prices that I'd describe as highway robbery).