Page 11 - Demo

ixAgainst The Clock%u2019s The Professional Portfolio Series teaches graphic design software tools and techniques entirely within the framework of real-world projects; we introduce and explain skills where they would naturally fall into a real project workflow. The project-based approach in The Professional Portfolio Series allows you to get in-depth with the software beginning in Project 1 %u2014 you don%u2019t have to read several chapters of introductory material before you can start creating finished artwork. Our approach also prevents %u201ctopic tedium%u201d %u2014 in other words, we don%u2019t require you to read pages and pages of information about text (for example); instead, we explain text tools and options as part of a larger project (in this case, as part of a set of promotional pieces). 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 and graphic design practices that will benefit students as they enter the job market.The projects in this book reflect a range of different types of design jobs, from designing a complete ad layout to building a Web page with CSS. When you finish the projects in this book (and the accompanying Portfolio Builder exercises), you will have a substantial body of work that should impress any potential employer.The nine projects are described briefly here; more details are provided in the full table of contents (beginning on Page x). project 9Museum CSS Layouto Creating Layouts with Style Sheetso Working with a Templateo Using CSS to Control Contentproject 8Arts Council CSS Websiteo Placing Static Foreground Imageso Controlling Backgrounds with CSSproject 7HTML Book Chaptero Preparing the Workspaceo Working with Semantic Markup o Working with Special Characterso Creating Listso Attaching an External CSS Fileproject 6Bistro Site Organizationo Exploring Site Structureo Organizing the Site Navigationo Naming and Titling Documents