PagePlus X3 Publisher Professional

December 3rd, 2009

PagePlus X3 Publisher Professional

PagePlus X3 Publisher Professional is Serif’s award-winning Vista certified, desktop publishing powerhouse. With outstanding graphic design tools, professionally-produced business templates, flexible layout capabilities, full PDF-editing and high-end output options, PagePlus X3 is the ideal solution for creating eye-catching, quality designs for desktop and professional printing. PagePlus X3 brings the power of a professional design studio to any business, organization, or club, with an unrivalled range of design and layout features alongside user-friendly tutorials, on-screen guidance, and a customizable interface. It’s never been easier to produce stunning professional business stationery, brochures, newsletters, posters, flyers, labels, marketing materials, and even books in-house. PagePlus X3 consistently excels against its competitors, offering unrivalled power and flexibility while remaining easy to use–and affordable. PagePlus X3 proves it is perfect for everything from simple flyers and posters to multi-chapter books. The professional desktop publishing solution. Click to enlarge. 1. Select template–Use a professional template or open a PDF file. Click to enlarge. 2. Edit template–Easily customize and edit to suit your individual needs. Click to enlarge. 3. Print/email/PDF–Print or email your publication, even save as a PDF. Click to enlarge. The Professional Desktop Publishing Solution Perfect results within minutes Get high quality results–fast–with over 2500 professional templates, logos, and gallery graphics. New Design Packs give your document range a full style makeover! Unrivalled PDF editing Beating other desktop publishers at all price points, you can open and fully edit PDFs from anywhere just as if they were regular PagePlus documents. Powerful graphics Correct and enhance your images, design outstanding graphics, add impact with galleries of effects, or use class-leading drawing tools. In-house design studios PagePlus’s unique Image Cutout Studio and Logo Studio make it easy to make your publications stand out from the crowd. Publishing power Create almost anything…

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Adobe Photoshop CS3 One-On-One (Paperback)

December 3rd, 2009

Adobe Photoshop CS3 One-On-One

The DVD videos are available on Safari. Please click here. Pioneering computer graphics author Deke McClelland updates his bestselling hands-on tutorial for Adobe Photoshop CS3, the latest version of this industry-standard image editing and production program. As with previous editions, Photoshop CS3 One-on-One guides readers step by step through the program’s features and functionality. A key appeal of the One-on-One series is the two hours of DVD-video material included. Once you read about a particular technique, you can see how it’s done first hand in the video. The combination is uniquely effective. And hugely popular. Whether you’re a first-timer looking to learn Photoshop, or a seasoned user interested in the groundbreaking features of CS3, Deke’s conversational style and carefully structured lessons guide you through everything you need to know to get up and running, and then takes you well into mastery. You’ll learn to: Grasp fundamental and advanced concepts and theory Use best practices, and techniques for making the most of Photoshop CS3 Build relevant, real-world projects Use Photoshop’s workflow and file handling features Use the combined power of Bridge + Camera Raw to process your digital photos Choose the right technique for converting your images to black & white Create beautiful multilayered documents including posters and flyers And much moreA Photoshop expert, sought-after computer graphics and design lecturer and author of over 70 books, Deke creates a classroom environment in Photoshop CS3 One-on-One with written instruction and video training — except that you get one-on-one attention as you proceed from lesson to lesson at your own pace. It’s like having private lessons with the author. Whether you’re an enthusiast, prosumer, creative pro, technical pro, or newcomer, Deke’s book will have you speaking fluent Photoshop CS3 in no time.

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Electronic publishing pioneer Deke…

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The Big Book of Graphic Design (Big Book (Collins Design)) (Hardcover)

December 3rd, 2009

The Big Book of Graphic Design (Big Book (Collins Design))

The Big Book of Graphic Design is the independent, international, and indispensable collection of graphic design from around the world. The work is grouped into seven categories: Corporate design Design for the arts Design for music Design for education Editorial design Self promotion Unpublished. So, if you’re looking for some ideas when designing a company brochure, go to Corporate Design. Need a theater poster? Look in Design for the Arts. Got a new band that could use some CD packaging? Browse through the wealth of design work for the music industry. But why stop there? Have a look at everything. You might find someone’s educational design solution shows an approach that could work on your editorial project. Or how about some unfettered self-promotion? Bound to be something there! In a hurry? Go straight to the illustrated index at the back for stamp-sized snapshots of every piece of work in the collection, cross-referenced to the page on which they appear in the book. Each entry is listed with the designer’s names, so you can check the index for contact details. It’s that easy! So, who is this book for? It’s for you! You who take inspiration from cutting edge examples of work, you who want to find a designer, you who just can’t get enough of that international, independently sourced, and indispensable graphic design! So, take a look. Go on. Don’t be shy. Enjoy!

About the Author

Roger Walton is currently art director of acclaimed illustrated Book publishers Duncan Baird Publishers, London (www.Dbp.Co.Uk). He has lectured on design at several major art colleges in the uk.

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