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Projects at a Glance
Projects at a Glance
Projects at a Glance
Against The Clock’s The Professional Portfolio Series teaches Letterhead Design
graphic design software tools and techniques entirely
within the framework of real-world projects; we introduce project 1 o Setting up the
and explain skills where they would naturally fall into a Workspace
real project workflow.
The project-based approach in The Professional o Creating Basic Page
Portfolio Series allows you to get in-depth with the Elements
software beginning in Project 1 — you don’t have to read o Placing External
several chapters of introductory material before you can Images
start creating finished artwork.
Our approach also prevents “topic tedium” — in o Creating and
other words, we don’t require you to read pages and pages Formatting Basic Text
of information about text (for example); instead, we
explain text tools and options as part of larger projects (in o Printing InDesign Files
this case, beginning with placing text on a letterhead).
Clear, easy-to-read, step-by-step instructions walk
you through every phase of each job, from creating a new
file to saving the finished piece. Wherever logical, we also
offer practical advice and tips about underlying concepts Festival Poster
and graphic design practices that will benefit you as you o Building Graphic Interest
enter the job market. project 2
The projects in this book reflect a range of different o Importing and Formatting Text
types of InDesign jobs, from creating a client letterhead o Working
to implementing a newsletter template to compiling a
multi-chapter book. When you finish the eight projects with Text as
in this book (and the accompanying Portfolio Builder Graphics
exercises), you will have a substantial body of work that o Outputting
should impress any potential employer. the File
The eight InDesign projects are described briefly
here; more detail is provided in the full table of contents
(beginning on Page viii).

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