Although its name clearly implies a close relationship with photography, Adobe Photoshop is widely used as an illustration and design tool. Photoshop has also excelled as a color separation tool for prepress and photochromy jobs. Cartoonists and Illustrators find the possibility of using pressure sensitive tablets with Photoshop a huge asset. Architects use Photoshop to embellish their perspective drawings. Industrial designers and 3d artists can correct and enhance their 3d rendering. Pixel perfect images are created by icon and web designers. This section is a guide to different art and design resources, such as books, software, fonts, clipart and tutorials to help you to build a creative way of thinking and working.
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World Of Warcraft: The Art Of The Trading Card Game (World of Warcraft)With more than 300 pieces of art, this book is the first collection of the best paintings and drawings created for the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game.... |
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Before & After Page DesignBefore and After magazine's focus on clarity and simplicity and its insistence on approaching design not as mere decoration but as an essential form of communication have won it legions of fans. If you're among them, you'll welcome the first book from B and A's founder and publisher. John McWade walks his own talk, bringing you a beautifully clear, cohesive, and elegant primer on page design. You'll learn by example how to design single-page and multi-page publications, brochures, and advertisem... |
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Interior Design Visual Presentation: A Guide to Graphics, Models & Presentation Techniques, Second EditionThe new, updated edition of the successful book on interior design Interior Design Visual Presentation, Second Edition is fully revised to include the latest material on CAD, digital portfolios, resume preparation, and Web page design. It remains the only comprehensive guide to address the visual design and presentation needs of the interior designer, with coverage of design graphics, models, and presentation techniques in one complete volume. Approaches to the planning, layout, an... |
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Autodesk Inventor 2009 Essentials Plus (Autodesk Inventor)From basic sketching and modeling through advanced modeling techniques, more than 2,000 screen captures clearly illustrate and clarify essential Autodesk Inventor® concepts, making Autodesk Inventor 2009 Essentials Plus the definitive industry and classroom resource. Thoroughly updated to Inventor® 2009, this combination how-to and reference manual provides in-depth explanations of the user interface, toolbars, dialogue boxes, sketch tools, drawing views, assembly modeling, and more for learn... |
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Neubau ModulNeubau Modul gives graphic designers, architects and creatives from the fashionand textile industries a wide variety of patterns to use in their daily work.Previously, when designers needed patterned surfaces for their graphics, backgrounds,textures, wallpapers or moving images, they had to create them byhand in a time-consuming process. Now, with Neubau Modul, designers havea practical tool that gives them access to over 2,000 easy-to-edit and infinitelyrepeatable patterns that the Neubau Team,... |
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A Designer's Research Manual: Succeed in Design by Knowing Your Clients and What They Really Need (Design Field Guides)... |
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Best of Business Card Design 7 (Best of Business Card Design)... |
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Graphic Designer's Guide to Pricing, Estimating & Budgeting Revised Edition6 3/4 x 10 North American Distribution graphic design Whether you're a start-up business or an experienced owner, The Graphic Designer's Guide to Pricing, Estimating & Budgeting, Revised Edition, provides a one-stop source of indispensable, innovative methods for achieving productivity and profitability in every area of a graphic design business. This brand-new and completely updated edition offers practical guidelines for setting rates, dealing with clients' budgets, preparing an estimate, and ... |
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Design and Science: The Life and Work of Will BurtinWill Burtin pioneered important contributions to international typography and visual design. He is best known as the world leader in using design to interpret science; as a proponent of 'clean,' uncluttered sans-serif typography; and for his large-scale three-dimensional models, which carried the craft and the art of display to new heights. His walk-through models included a human blood cell (1958) and brain functions (1960).His major achievement: his clarity and ingenuity with models and graphi... |