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"Quark is big, it's mean and it doesn't like you." This is the statement I make at the beginning of my course on Quark XPress at JMU. It sort of scares the students -- but with good reason. It is big. It is mean, and it truly doesn't like you. If you're going to use it, you're going to need help. Lots of help. If you've been using Quark, then you might not need the help -- but you'll be thankful you've got it when you do need it.
Few designers have explored the intersecting worlds of design and QuarkXPress as thoroughly as best-selling author Michael Baumgardt. Luckily for us, he reveals his expertise here to show designers how they can create more effective designs using QuarkXPress. The focus in this volume is on the work, and indeed you'll find plenty of examples of other designers' work in these pages.
The first section of QuarkXPress 6 for Print and Web Design focuses on desktop publishing, tackling important topics such as working with text, preparing images, and choosing colors-all from a designer's perspective. The second section shows you how you can use QuarkXPress 6's powerful new Web capabilities to design great Web sites. Along the way you'll encounter interviews with top designers, numerous practical tips, and a chapter full of design tricks: Pick an effect (drop shadow, transparency, and more), and see how it was created. Essential reading for anyone who's interested in stretching their designs--and imagination--with QuarkXPress.
Quark is big, it's mean and it doesn't like you. But with this book, you'll gain the upper hand over it and whip it into doing what you want it to do
QuarkXPress 6 for Print and Web Design
by Michael Baumgardt - List Price: $39.99, Price: $27.99 You Save: $12.00 (30%) Paperback: 350 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.84 x 9.02 x 7.10; Publisher: Peachpit Press; 1st edition
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