Graphic Design to Beat the Clock

Time-saving software secrets, online resources, and desktop tips

Stephen Beale (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

198 Seiten

2013
Focal Press (Verlag)
978-0-240-82422-2 (ISBN)

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Increase your productivity with this guide to the most efficient techniques for integrated use of the CS toolset. Navigational techniques, keyboard shortcuts, widgets, and batch actions are just the beginning. You'll master scripts, plug-ins, and customized settings that suit your particular working practices; and you'll discover a host of online resources for matching and identifying colors, fonts, and print specs, as well as best-practice advice for setting up style-sheets, files, and print presets.

Introduction: Why you need this book and how to use it

Section 1: Quick Shortcuts: (1-30 seconds)

Adobe Acrobat shortcuts

Adobe InDesign shortcuts

Adobe Illustrator shortcuts

Adobe Photoshop shortcuts

Adobe Bridge shortcuts

Adobe Flash shortcuts

Adobe Dreamweaver shortcuts

Adobe Fireworks shortcuts

Desktop shortcuts

Record and use actions

Batch actions

Using common symbols from the glyphs panel

Photoshop droplets

Widgets

Section 2: Where to find things: (1-5 minutes)

Software guides

Adobe Acrobat

Adobe InDeisgn

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Bridge

Adobe Flash

Adobe Dreamweaver

Adobe Fireworks

Desktop guides

Mac

PC

Scripts and plugins

Wordcounters and spell checks

Typography preview and testing tools for web designers

Section 3: Resources and customization (10-60 minutes)

Online resources

Color resources

Print resources

Font resources

Storage resources

Dictionaries and grammar resources

Customizing your workspace

Customizing your preferences

Currency and measurement conversions

Create custom swatch libraries

Organizing your common graphics

Optimize and format CSS

CSS Sprites

Gradient image makers

Resizing and renaming images

Image processing

Data-Merge

Section 4: Working practice: (2-24 hours)

Setting up files

Creating character styles

Creating paragraph styles

Creating your own templates

Grid builders for web design

Organizing layers

Print presets and prepress tips

Filing

Index

Glossary

Erscheint lt. Verlag	10.1.2013
Zusatzinfo	300 Illustrations, color
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	590 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Grafik / Design
Themenwelt	Informatik ► Web / Internet ► Web Design / Usability
ISBN-10	0-240-82422-9 / 0240824229
ISBN-13	978-0-240-82422-2 / 9780240824222
Zustand	Neuware