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Adobe InDesign Creative Cloud Revealed
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 CREATIVE CLOUD. 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.
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548 pages, Hardcover
First published July 11, 2014
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May 1, 2015
This was my textbook for a recent class in Adobe InDesign, at a local Community College. I liked the textbook, and I've bought two more in the series. The book starts with the very basics of InDesign - the workspace and adaptable panels, and precedes, chapter by chapter, to go through major features. Each chapter includes numerous project-type examples you can do with the software (if you have it) and learn along with the book. The end of each chapter has a Skills Review - usually assigned as homework in my class, for practicing the skills explained in the chapter, a Project Builder one or more more involved exercises, that can be added to a student portfolio, and the Design and Portfolio Project which are further examples for building a portfolio or discussion-provoking questions about a design. In order to successfully complete any of the skills reviews, Design Projects, Portfolio Projects, or Project Builders, you must be able to download and access the data files for the textbook. For me, these were found on the school server, from the path my instructor gave me. However, going from the other books in the series, there are publicly-accessible websites from the publisher for downloading zip files of the data files.
The chapters included good information, and the skills review and other exercises reinforced the knowledge of each chapter.
There were a few things to watch out for, however.
1. Sometimes instructions referred to skills one hasn't learned yet, and were in the subsequent chapters - this happened rarely, but was annoying when it did.
2. Following the skills reviews step-by-step often involved using different methods to accomplish the exact same goal. Though I understand why multiple techniques towards the same end might be taught, it often became either annoying or boring (who wants to do the same thing three times using slightly different methods?); on rare occasions it even became confusing (I thought I did X by using tool Y - now you're telling me to use tool C?)
3. Format of the book/skills review. Sigh. It's a rectangler book, which opens on the skinny side - depending on your desk, it can be hard to work with, compared to a standard portrait-style book. (Try picturing a landscaped Excel spreadsheet verses a standard Word doc). The font in the skills review sections is a bit too small to read comfortably.
4. Every once in awhile the printed instructions and the pictures did not match. My guess is the text was revised but some illustrations weren't updated.
Finally, just for me, personally, I would have liked at least some chances to do more creative things, rather than blindly following instructions. I mean, I did try various things out anyway, but when someone hands you a playbox - it's a shame when you can't creatively use the toys.
Overall, a great textbook, and, like I said - I ordered two other books in the series. Recommended.
The chapters included good information, and the skills review and other exercises reinforced the knowledge of each chapter.
There were a few things to watch out for, however.
1. Sometimes instructions referred to skills one hasn't learned yet, and were in the subsequent chapters - this happened rarely, but was annoying when it did.
2. Following the skills reviews step-by-step often involved using different methods to accomplish the exact same goal. Though I understand why multiple techniques towards the same end might be taught, it often became either annoying or boring (who wants to do the same thing three times using slightly different methods?); on rare occasions it even became confusing (I thought I did X by using tool Y - now you're telling me to use tool C?)
3. Format of the book/skills review. Sigh. It's a rectangler book, which opens on the skinny side - depending on your desk, it can be hard to work with, compared to a standard portrait-style book. (Try picturing a landscaped Excel spreadsheet verses a standard Word doc). The font in the skills review sections is a bit too small to read comfortably.
4. Every once in awhile the printed instructions and the pictures did not match. My guess is the text was revised but some illustrations weren't updated.
Finally, just for me, personally, I would have liked at least some chances to do more creative things, rather than blindly following instructions. I mean, I did try various things out anyway, but when someone hands you a playbox - it's a shame when you can't creatively use the toys.
Overall, a great textbook, and, like I said - I ordered two other books in the series. Recommended.
September 6, 2016
Excellent way to get familiar with software. Great lessons!
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