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Graphics Masters Seven
A workbook of planning aids, reference guides and graphic tools for the design, planning, estimating, preparation and production of typography, electronic prepress imaging, printing, print advertising and desktop publishing.

Adobe Acrobat 5.0 Classroom in a Book
This hands-on workbook takes a building-block approach to teaching Acrobat's key features and possibilities. Each lesson builds on the knowledge you've gained in previous sections, starting with the basics: creating and editing PDF files. From there, you can skip straight to the lessons that address your particular needs, such as how to make PDF files available as Web pages. Adobe Acrobat 5.0 Classroom in a Book doesn't limit itself to what's new and specific to Acrobat 5.0; it also provides basic page-design principles, tips, and techniques. The accompanying CD-ROM contains all the files you need to complete the projects.

Platform: MAC WIN

Adobe Illustrator 10 Classroom in a Book
Adobe Illustrator 10 Classroom in a Book delivers what no other book can promise: official training from Adobe, tested in the company's own classrooms and labs. This comprehensive workbook is structured as a series of lessons, with a companion CD containing all the necessary files. Each chapter is a hands-on project, and each project builds on your growing knowledge of Illustrator. Review questions wrap up every lesson to reinforce the concepts you've just put into practice. With Adobe Illustrator 10 Classroom in a Book, you'll learn how to manipulate type, blend colors, apply special effects, and prepare your work for printing and other output in record time.

Platform: MAC WIN

Adobe In Design 2.0 Classroom in a Book
Adobe In Design 2.0 Classroom in a Book is a hands-on workbook structured as a series of lessons tested in Adobe's own classrooms and labs that you can follow on your own time, at your own pace. For beginners, there are step-by-step lessons that cover the fundamental concepts and features you need to master the program. If you've been using In Design, you can skip straight to the many sections on advanced features. Every chapter is sprinkled with professional tips and techniques and ends with a review section that reinforces what you've just put into practice; a CD full of project files provides everything you need to complete the lessons. Adobe In Design 2.0 Classroom in a Book covers what's new and improved in In Design 2.0: XML import and export, transparency, table creation, long document support, a superior printing interface, native Mac OS X support, and tighter integration with Adobe Live Motion, Photoshop, Illustrator, and more.

Platform: MAC WIN

Adobe PageMaker 7.0 Classroom in a Book
Each chapter is a self-paced lesson, based on real-world design projects and each project builds on the skills you learn in previous lessons. For example, you may start by creating a single-page, black-and-white flyer, then quickly progress to more challenging projects, such as designing
professional-quality letterhead, an eight-page CD booklet, a sports catalog, a Web-based newsletter, and more. Along the way, you’ll learn to take advantage of version 7.0’s new features, including its seamless integration with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, its ability to merge text and images from database and spreadsheet programs, and the way it now allows you to view and create PDF's, as well as open and edit QuarkXpress documents.

Adobe Photoshop 6.0 Classroom in a Book
Adobe Photoshop is like having a darkroom right inside your computer. And now, with Photoshop Classroom in a Book, created by Adobe's own training experts, it's like having an expert tutor in your own book. Photoshop Classroom in a Book gives you a comprehensive set of Photoshop lessons to teach you everything you need to know to use this powerful image-editing software. And best of all, you can learn at your own pace. Start with the basics of Photoshop, from navigating the interface to creating layers and selections to working with Photoshop tools, then move on to more complex Photoshop features, like masks, channels, retouching techniques, and special effects. In no time flat, you'll master these skills like a grade-A student, and you don't even have to bring an apple for the teacher.

Platform: MAC WIN

The Official Adobe Electronic Publishing Guide
Why does the color in that printed image look so different online? Why is electronic type fuzzy, broken, or hard to read? This book tackles these and many other fundamental issues essential to ensuring quality online publications. Using simple, expertly-illustrated explanations, the design and publishing pros at Adobe tell you how to design electronic publications for maximum speed, legibility, and effectiveness.

Platform: MAC WIN

Pocket Guide to Digital Prepress by Frank J. Romano
This book provides comprehensive, up-to-the-minute coverage of today's digital tools from scanners to sophisticated software for preparation of artwork to film and plates for printing. A broad overview of the reproduction process introduces the many other integral variables as they relate to production. Topics such as camera-ready and computer-ready art, pagination, color reproduction, hardware and software, press technology, work flow issues, output and service bureaus, on-demand technology and the latest applications of media technology are discussed and placed into this logical approach to prepress processes.

The Basics of Print Production by Mary Hardesty
In the printing industry, many elements of production are often taken for granted as basic to the process but just because they're primary concepts doesn't mean they're common
knowledge. Walking you through the process of transforming a creative concept to a delivered, printed piece, this handy manual explores the fundamental elements and processes in all facets of the graphic arts. Each step (and the variety of options available
with new technology) is examined as equally important in its impact on the final budget, timeline, and ultimate quality of the finished product. Visual aids and samples make this handbook useful as an introduction or training tool to improve communication and ultimately limit errors, misunderstandings,
and delays.

Understanding Digital Imposition by Hal Hinderliter
An introductory level text not only covers the basics of conventional image assembly, or stripping, but also focuses on state-of-the-art electronic image assembly practices and procedures.

Order	Qty	Price	Description	Cover
		$89.00	Graphics Masters Seven A workbook of planning aids, reference guides and graphic tools for the design, planning, estimating, preparation and production of typography, electronic prepress imaging, printing, print advertising and desktop publishing.
		$45.00	Adobe Acrobat 5.0 Classroom in a Book This hands-on workbook takes a building-block approach to teaching Acrobat's key features and possibilities. Each lesson builds on the knowledge you've gained in previous sections, starting with the basics: creating and editing PDF files. From there, you can skip straight to the lessons that address your particular needs, such as how to make PDF files available as Web pages. Adobe Acrobat 5.0 Classroom in a Book doesn't limit itself to what's new and specific to Acrobat 5.0; it also provides basic page-design principles, tips, and techniques. The accompanying CD-ROM contains all the files you need to complete the projects. Platform: MAC WIN
		$45.00	Adobe Illustrator 10 Classroom in a Book Adobe Illustrator 10 Classroom in a Book delivers what no other book can promise: official training from Adobe, tested in the company's own classrooms and labs. This comprehensive workbook is structured as a series of lessons, with a companion CD containing all the necessary files. Each chapter is a hands-on project, and each project builds on your growing knowledge of Illustrator. Review questions wrap up every lesson to reinforce the concepts you've just put into practice. With Adobe Illustrator 10 Classroom in a Book, you'll learn how to manipulate type, blend colors, apply special effects, and prepare your work for printing and other output in record time. Platform: MAC WIN
		$45.00	Adobe In Design 2.0 Classroom in a Book Adobe In Design 2.0 Classroom in a Book is a hands-on workbook structured as a series of lessons tested in Adobe's own classrooms and labs that you can follow on your own time, at your own pace. For beginners, there are step-by-step lessons that cover the fundamental concepts and features you need to master the program. If you've been using In Design, you can skip straight to the many sections on advanced features. Every chapter is sprinkled with professional tips and techniques and ends with a review section that reinforces what you've just put into practice; a CD full of project files provides everything you need to complete the lessons. Adobe In Design 2.0 Classroom in a Book covers what's new and improved in In Design 2.0: XML import and export, transparency, table creation, long document support, a superior printing interface, native Mac OS X support, and tighter integration with Adobe Live Motion, Photoshop, Illustrator, and more. Platform: MAC WIN
		$45.00	Adobe PageMaker 7.0 Classroom in a Book Each chapter is a self-paced lesson, based on real-world design projects and each project builds on the skills you learn in previous lessons. For example, you may start by creating a single-page, black-and-white flyer, then quickly progress to more challenging projects, such as designing professional-quality letterhead, an eight-page CD booklet, a sports catalog, a Web-based newsletter, and more. Along the way, you’ll learn to take advantage of version 7.0’s new features, including its seamless integration with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, its ability to merge text and images from database and spreadsheet programs, and the way it now allows you to view and create PDF's, as well as open and edit QuarkXpress documents.
		$45.00	Adobe Photoshop 6.0 Classroom in a Book Adobe Photoshop is like having a darkroom right inside your computer. And now, with Photoshop Classroom in a Book, created by Adobe's own training experts, it's like having an expert tutor in your own book. Photoshop Classroom in a Book gives you a comprehensive set of Photoshop lessons to teach you everything you need to know to use this powerful image-editing software. And best of all, you can learn at your own pace. Start with the basics of Photoshop, from navigating the interface to creating layers and selections to working with Photoshop tools, then move on to more complex Photoshop features, like masks, channels, retouching techniques, and special effects. In no time flat, you'll master these skills like a grade-A student, and you don't even have to bring an apple for the teacher. Platform: MAC WIN
		$35.00	The Official Adobe Electronic Publishing Guide Why does the color in that printed image look so different online? Why is electronic type fuzzy, broken, or hard to read? This book tackles these and many other fundamental issues essential to ensuring quality online publications. Using simple, expertly-illustrated explanations, the design and publishing pros at Adobe tell you how to design electronic publications for maximum speed, legibility, and effectiveness. Platform: MAC WIN
		$45.00	Pocket Guide to Digital Prepress by Frank J. Romano This book provides comprehensive, up-to-the-minute coverage of today's digital tools from scanners to sophisticated software for preparation of artwork to film and plates for printing. A broad overview of the reproduction process introduces the many other integral variables as they relate to production. Topics such as camera-ready and computer-ready art, pagination, color reproduction, hardware and software, press technology, work flow issues, output and service bureaus, on-demand technology and the latest applications of media technology are discussed and placed into this logical approach to prepress processes.
		$75.00	The Basics of Print Production by Mary Hardesty In the printing industry, many elements of production are often taken for granted as basic to the process but just because they're primary concepts doesn't mean they're common knowledge. Walking you through the process of transforming a creative concept to a delivered, printed piece, this handy manual explores the fundamental elements and processes in all facets of the graphic arts. Each step (and the variety of options available with new technology) is examined as equally important in its impact on the final budget, timeline, and ultimate quality of the finished product. Visual aids and samples make this handbook useful as an introduction or training tool to improve communication and ultimately limit errors, misunderstandings, and delays.
		$75.00	Understanding Digital Imposition by Hal Hinderliter An introductory level text not only covers the basics of conventional image assembly, or stripping, but also focuses on state-of-the-art electronic image assembly practices and procedures.