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project 7 Letterhead Design project 10 Combined Brochure
o Setting up the
o Controlling Color
for Print
Workspace
o Creating Basic
Page Elements o Working with
Linked Files
o Placing External o Fine-tuning Text
Images
o Creating and
Formatting Basic
Text
o Printing InDesign Files
project 8 Festival Poster Against The Clock’s The Professional Portfolio Series teaches
o Building Graphic Interest
graphic design software tools and techniques entirely
within the framework of real-world projects; we introduce
o Importing and Formatting Text
o Working with Text as Graphics and explain skills where they would naturally fall into a
real project workflow.
o Outputting the File The project-based approach in The Professional
Portfolio Series allows you to get in-depth with the
software beginning in Project 1 — you don’t have to read
several chapters of introductory material before you can
start creating finished artwork.
Our approach also prevents “topic tedium” — in
other words, we don’t require you to read pages and pages
of information about text (for example); instead, we
explain text tools and options as part of larger projects.
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
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project 9 o Working with and graphic design practices that will benefit you as you
offer practical advice and tips about underlying concepts
enter the job market.
Templates
The projects in this book reflect a range of different
o Working with Styles
Photoshop, and InDesign. When you finish the ten
o Working with types of print design jobs using Adobe Illustrator,
Tables projects in this book (and the accompanying Portfolio
Builder exercises), you will have a solid foundational
o Preflighting knowledge of the three most popular applications in the
and Packaging print design market — and have a substantial body of
the Job work that should impress any potential employer.
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