The Design Collection Revealed provides comprehensive step-by-step instruction and in-depth explanation on three of today's most widely used design and layout programs: Adobe® InDesign® CS4, Adobe® Photoshop® CS4, and Adobe®Illustrator® CS4. Readers gain practical experience with the software as they work through end-of-chapter learning projects and step-by-step tutorials. An integration chapter demonstrates how to move from one application to the other. Full-color illustrations and a user-friendly design combine to create a solid learning experience that reveals how to master the latest features of this popular design suite....

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....

Get ready for Adobe Illustrator CS3, the latest version of the popular software and a major upgrade with essential feature changes. Adobe Illustrator CS3 Revealed offers a smart, thorough, and well-designed guided tour through this new release. The book begins with coverage of fundamental concepts and progresses to in-depth explorations of the software's full set of features, making this a turnkey solution that offers everything you need to know about Illustrator CS3. With added material on all the updates- including the enhanced Crop and Eraser tools, the improved color-handling abilities, and the revolutionary Live Color feature- this edition explores the new while retaining the step-by-step tutorials and user-friendly design that made previous editions so successful....