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Adobe Indesign CS4 Revealed
Graphic design professionals and design students alike are discovering the smart, sophisticated approach of Adobe's page layout software, InDesign; and they're mastering it with Adobe InDesign CS4 Revealed, a thorough overview of the latest release of the software. This highly visual book begins by covering the workspace and other fundamental concepts. Each subsequent chapter delves into new features, offering more in-depth coverage as the book progresses. With new material on the improved interface and features of CS4, this edition retains its step-by-step tutorials and user-friendly design, resulting in a resource that is comprehensive, clear, and effective.
544 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 2009
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September 20, 2010
This book was a chore to struggle through–and I'm a pretty quick learner of software!
Even as early as the exercises in Chapter 2, I was noticing errors or instructions that could be interpreted more than one way. By the end of the book I was exasperated by the ease in which you could do the exercises without truly understanding the concepts, and that larger concepts such as multiplying, were not adequately explained.
The book also uses lengthy, confusing names to describe basic functions, like accessing a command that is in one of the menu bar files. Once you're about 3/4 through the book they start to come easier, but before then I wish you luck trying to decipher many of the instructions.
Used as a text in a class that was also pretty unremarkable, I found my familiarity with the book to be better in a reference context...as I was working on my final project for the class, I could refer back to it so I'd *really* learn the concepts, as they were much more important to me to complete a project that had personal relevance.
Even as early as the exercises in Chapter 2, I was noticing errors or instructions that could be interpreted more than one way. By the end of the book I was exasperated by the ease in which you could do the exercises without truly understanding the concepts, and that larger concepts such as multiplying, were not adequately explained.
The book also uses lengthy, confusing names to describe basic functions, like accessing a command that is in one of the menu bar files. Once you're about 3/4 through the book they start to come easier, but before then I wish you luck trying to decipher many of the instructions.
Used as a text in a class that was also pretty unremarkable, I found my familiarity with the book to be better in a reference context...as I was working on my final project for the class, I could refer back to it so I'd *really* learn the concepts, as they were much more important to me to complete a project that had personal relevance.
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