By Design is the sequel to MAC-graphics Interactive Workshop which was published in 1990 and has since gone through four revisions with localized versions in English, Chinese (simplited and unsimplified), Japanese, and Thai. By Design is an interactive workshop aimed at reaching a wider audience who are using PC and MAC and whose jobs require a quick refresher course in publishing newsletters, brochures and catalogs. The sequel is a virtual workshop that guides you through the processes in design and print production using applications like Photoshop,FreeHand, PageMaker and QuarkXPress. ...

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Following the success of MAC-graphics in 1992, which sold more than 30,000 copies worldwide, Octogram publishing is releasing a sequel.By Design is a professional gallery of designers' work,popular techniquesand designers' templates and is one of the Quick Series of guide books with CD-ROMs. The book includes new graphics and techniques. These are the use of type, tint, image and color, elements critical in effective communication. The accompanying two CD-ROMs contain the three key sections as highlighted below as well as useful Web links and free tryout software for designers and students.

Typography

Serif / sans serif

Slab / decorative

Parts of a newsletter

Type color

Type condensed / size

Type-manipulation A-Z

Type and tints

Positive / negative type on tints

Tint type on positive / negative

Type on different tint background

Tyne and imaoe

Type on halfto n e image

Tint type on halftone spread

Rules and shapes

Rules/borders

Rules on tints

Changing geometric Shapes / tint

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Line screen

Line art

Halftone image

Designers' templates

Color combination

Process color

Digital imaging

Step-by-step tutorial

Designers' gallery

Designers' lingo