Kategoria BISAC: Computers >> Design, Graphics & Media - Graphics Tools

The Web Designer's Roadmap is a full-color book about the creative process and the underlying principles that govern that process.

While other books cover the nuts 'n' bolts of how to design the elements that make up websites, this book outlines how effective designers go about their work, illustrating the complete creative process from start to finish.

As well as how-to content, the book draws on interviews with a host of well-known design gurus, including Shaun Inman, Daniel Burka, Meagan Fisher, Donald Norman and Dan Rubin.

A non-academic book, this is a...

The must-have book on the leading suite of software for graphic and web designers

Fully revised and updated this hands-on resource offers a one-stop learning opportunity through eight minibooks dedicated to each product inside Adobe's Design & Web Premium Suite. The minibooks include Adobe Creative Suite Basics, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks. The book contains information on new image enhancements to After Effects, 64-bit versions of Illustrator and Flash Professional, and a new tool, dubbed Helium, that will enable designers to...

Whether you're a photographer, scrapbooker, or aspiring graphic artist, Photoshop Elements is an ideal image-editing tool--once you know your way around. This bestselling book removes the guesswork. With candid, jargon-free advice and step-by-step guidance, you'll get the most out of Elements for everything from sharing and touching-up photos to fun print and online projects.

The important stuff you need to know:

• Get to work right away. Import, organize, and make quick fixes with ease.
• Retouch any image. Repair and restore old and damaged...

Photoshop CS6 is truly amazing, but it can also be overwhelming if you re just getting started. This book makes learning Photoshop a breeze by explaining things in a friendly, conversational style without technical jargon. After a thorough introduction to the program, you ll delve deep into Photoshop s secrets with expert tips and practical advice you can use every day.

The important stuff you need to know:

• Learn your way around. Get a guided tour of Photoshop s beautiful new workspace.
• Unlock the magic. Discover the most practical ways to use...

Elements 9 offers much of Photoshop's power without the huge price tag. It's an ideal tool for most image-editing buffs -- including scrapbookers, photographers, and aspiring graphic artists. But Elements still doesn't come with a decent manual. This bestselling book will help you get the most out of the program, from the basics to advanced tips for both Windows and Mac.

• Quickly learn your way around. Customize Elements to suit your working style.
• Get to work right away. Import, organize, and make quick image fixes with ease.
• Retouch any...

The tutorials in the first half of the book walk you through essential GIMP skills, like resizing and cropping images, touching up spots and scratches, and customizing your work area. Illustrated, step-by-step instructions show you how to:...

Produce mind-blowing visual effects with Autodesk Maya. Gain the practical skills and knowledge you need to recreate phenomena critical to visual effects work, including fire, water, smoke, explosions, and destruction, as well as their integration with real-world film and video.

In Creating Visual Effects in Maya, Maya master Lee Lanier has combined the latest studio techniques with multi-chapter, hands-on projects and professionally-vetted workflows to bolster your CG toolkit. Engaging, full-color tutorials cover:

• Creating foliage, fire, and smoke with...

Provocative yet sober, Digital Critical Editions examines how transitioning from print to a digital milieu deeply affects how scholars deal with the work of editing critical texts. On one hand, forces like changing technology and evolving reader expectations lead to the development of specific editorial products, while on the other hand, they threaten traditional forms of knowledge and methods of textual scholarship.

Using the experiences of philologists, text critics, text encoders, scientific editors, and media analysts, Digital Critical Editions ranges from...

Nach einer kompakten Darstellung der Grundlagen der Pressearbeit arbeiten die Autoren die besonderen Aspekte der IT-Pressearbeit heraus. Schwerpunkte des Buches sind der Aufbau der Pressearbeit, die Darstellung moglicher Aktivitaten und der Instrumente und Strategien, die zur Realisierung zur Verfugung stehen. Ebenso kommt der Einsatz von Presseagenturen und Aufbau und Pflege von Presseportalen zur Sprache. Zahlreiche Beispiele erfolgreicher Presseaktivitaten runden dieses Werk ab.

Der Leser erhalt mit diesem Buch einen konkreten Leitfaden zum Aufbau der Pressearbeit und ein...

Die digitalen Medien gewinnen immer starker an Bedeutung. Dabei andern sich im Vergleich zu den traditionellen Medien nicht nur die Rezeptionsbedingungen fur die Nutzer, sondern auch die konzeptionellen und gestalterischen Rahmenbedingungen fur Autoren und Produzenten. Im vorliegenden Buch werden Designkriterien fur die wichtigsten Kommunikationsmittel in den neuen Medien diskutiert.

Ausgangspunkte sind zunachst die traditionellen Gestaltungsprinzipien fur Text, Bild, Bildzeichen und Bewegtbild, wie wir sie aus den Print- und elektronischen Medien kennen. Denn die grundlegend neuen...