Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Acknowledgements
Contents
Introduction
SECTION 1: BITS, PIXELS, VECTORS, AND DESIGN
CHAPTER 1: THE DOT, THE PATH, AND THE PIXEL
Paths and Vector Graphics
Pixels and Bitmap Graphics
Exercises
1. File Presets in Illustrator
2. Shapes, Fills, and Strokes
3. Figure and Ground with Repeated Dots
Screencast 1โ1: The Pattern Brush
4. Grouping and Alignment
5. A Figure and Ground or โOnโ and โOffโ Study
Lab Challenge
CHAPTER 2: DRAWING EXPRESSIVE LINES
Saving and Sharing Files
Exercises
1. Place and Lock an Image
2. Understand Layers
3. Create Lines with the Pencil Tool
4. Duplicate the Composition
5. Add a Gradient Background
6. Create Depth with Contrasting Values
Screencast 2โ1: Add the โSwooshโ at the Horizon
7. Use Master Files and Shared Files
Lab Challenge
CHAPTER 3: MODIFY BASIC SHAPES
Signs and Logos
Vector Curves
Exercises
1. Create a Document with One Artboard and Set Guides
2. Combining Shapes
3. Duplicate the Artboard and Add Anchor Points
4. Convert Anchor Points from Straight Edges to Curves
Screencast 3โ1: Modify Paths with the Pen and Direct Selection Tools
5. Reflect and Copy a Shape
6. Save a Multi-page PDF
Lab Challenge
SECTION 2: DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
CHAPTER 4: CREATING AND ORGANIZING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS
Measuring Light
Rule of Thirds
Adobe Bridge
Exercises
1. Camera Mechanics
2. Camera Settings
3. Bracketing
4. Before You Shoot
5. Rule of Thirds
6. Bridge Workspaces
7. Batch Rename
Screencast 4โ1: Renaming and Ranking Files in Bridge
8. Generate a PDF to Showcase Your Files
Lab Challenge
CHAPTER 5: RESOLUTION AND VALUE
Redistributing and Resampling Pixels via Resolution
Value and the Tonal Range
Zone System Redux
Exercises
1. Redistribute Pixels for Print Resolution
2. Resample Pixels for Screen Resolution
3. Analyze a Photograph Using the Zone System
Screencast 5โ1: Use the Info Panel to Check Your Eye Against Image Data
4. Modify the Tonal Range with a Levels Adjustment Layer
Lab Challenge
CHAPTER 6: COLOR MODELS
Subtractive Processes
Additive Processes
Exercises
1. Harmony in Rectangles with Adjustment Layers for Hue/Saturation
2. Simultaneous Contrast in Circles
3. Color Comparison
4. Color Correction with Adjustment Layers for Levels and Curves
Screencast 6โ1: Applying Color to a Black-and-White Photograph
5. Color Correction in Adobe Lightroom Classic
Lab Challenge
SECTION 3: DIGITAL MANIPULATION AND FREE FAIR USE
CHAPTER 7: REPAIRS AND HOAXES
Digital Repairs
Creating a Hoax
Exercises
1. Remove Dust and Heal JFKโs Blemishes with the Develop panel in Adobe Lightroom Classic
2. JFKโs Eyes: Tonal Repairs with Dodge and Burn
Screencast 7โ1: Adding and Deleting within Selections
3. Itโs a Hoax! Adding an Extra Mummy Finger
4. Softening Cloned Edges
Lab Challenge
CHAPTER 8: SELECT, COPY, PASTE, COLLAGE
Precision Selecting with the Pen Tool
Non-destructive Editing
Exercises
1. Set Up the Collage Workspace
2. Trace an Image Contour with the Pen Tool
Screencast 8โ1: Tracing with the Pen Tool
3. Modify Paths
4. Convert a Path to a Selection to a Layer Mask
5. Scale, Adjust, and Organize
6. Copy a Layer to an Open Document
7. The Magic Wand
8. Select, Copy, Paste, Repeat
Screencast 8โ2: Duplicate, Transform, Burn, Organize, and AdjustโAnts in the Hand
Lab Challenge
CHAPTER 9: PROTOTYPING EXPERIENCES FOR MOBILE AUDIENCES
Screen Resolution
Getting Started with XD
Exercises
1. Articulate the Design Challenge
2. Set Up Artboards
3. Additional Visual Design
4. Connect the Prototype Screen
5. Test and Share
Lab Challenge
SECTION 4: TYPOGRAPHY
CHAPTER 10: TYPE AND IMAGE
Contrast and Rhythm
Text Boxes
Text Adjustments: Kerning and Leading
Exercises
1. Define a Color Mode, then Place and Relink an Image
2. Add a Text Box
3. Resize and Kern Display Type
4. Replace Type with an Image
5. Add Vector Shapes to Frame the Composition
6. Final Design Adjustments
Screencast 10โ1: Hiding Page Elements with a White Shape or a Clipping Mask
Lab Challenge
CHAPTER 11: THE GRID
Gestalt
Swiss International Style
Sentences and Paragraphs
Exercises
1. Alternative Paper Sizes
2. Guides and the Grid
3. Create Your Own โVirtual Leadingโ Spacers
4. Using Your Virtual Leading
5. Placing Another Guide on the Grid
Screencast 11โ1: Using the Grid
6. Use the Grid
7. Save a PDF with Trim Marks
Lab Challenge
CHAPTER 12: CONTINUITY
The Gestalt Laws of Similarity and Continuity
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Reading on the Screen
Inspiration Everywhere, Even Right at Home
Exercises
1. Video Terminology and the Adobe Premiere Pro Workspace
Screencast 12โ1: Create a New Premiere Pro Project and Import Media
2. Build a Composite Sequence with Images and Sound
Screencast 12โ2: Exporting Still Images from a Sequence in the Timeline Panel and Import Files to a Bin
3. Adjusting Clips in the Timeline
4. Adding Effects and Sharing Attributes
5. Adding Type with Adobe Fonts
6. Working with Keyframes
7. Add New Tracks
Screencast 12โ3: Modifying Keyframes
8. Your Turn!
9. Fade to Black and Export
Lab Challenge
CODA: REVISION PRACTICES
Clear, Open Communication and Accessibility
Pencilbox Studios: Mission Hospital
riCardo Crespo: Hot Wheels and Standing Meetings
Michael Demers: The Sky Is Falling (A Day in the Lifeโฆ)
The League of Imaginary Scientists: In League with an Institution
Jovenville: Boardstorming
Conclusion
INDEX
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F
G
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BONUS CHAPTERS
SECTION 5: EFFECTIVE WORK HABITS
AUTOMATION
PRINTING
REVISION
CHAPTER 13: AUTOMATION
ARTIFICIAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
READY, SET, ACTIONS!
EXERCISE 1 CREATE AN ACTION
EXERCISE 2 PLAY AN ACTION
EXERCISE 3 BATCH RENAME REVISITED
EXERCISE 4 FLOAT FILES IN WINDOWS
EXERCISE 5 NONPROGRAMMABLE MODIFICATIONS
EXERCISE 6 WATCH THE SEQUENCE PLAY IN BRIDGE
LAB CHALLENGE
CHAPTER 14: PAGINATION AND PRINTING
COLORS, RESOLUTION, AND CALIBRATION
PAGINATION AND BINDING
EXERCISE 1 REVISIT THE ACTIONS PANEL
EXERCISE 2 APPLY A BATCH ACTION FROM BRIDGE
EXERCISE 3 TWO OPTIONS FOR PRINTING AND BINDING
EXERCISE 3A OPTION A: SINGLE PAGES AND EASY BINDING
EXERCISE 3B OPTION B: PAGINATING FACING PAGES FOR A SADDLE-STITCHED BINDING
LAB CHALLENGE