The designer's apprentice : automating Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign in Adobe Creative Suite 3

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ralston, Rick, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adobe Photoshop.

Adobe Illustrator (Computer file).

Adobe InDesign (Electronic resource).

Computer graphics--Design.

Computer graphics.

Web sites.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Designer's apprentice

Designer’s Apprentice

Designer’s Apprentice

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Adobe Press 2008

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Adobe Creative Suite 3 has fantastic tools for minimizing the drudgery of graphics production work: The key is to make your computer and Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign do rote tasks for you. And although the concept of automation may sound intimidating, it doesn’t have to be. Learn what automation is, why it’s as natural as breathing, and how it can take over routine work, freeing you up to be creative. · Combine customer data with graphics for personalized communications · Customize hundreds or even thousands of illustrations or layouts in one pass · Record tasks with macro-like Actions in Photoshop and Illustrator, then reuse them with multiple files · Learn how scripting languages like AppleScript and JavaScript can automate complex workflows, even ones with varying conditions

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Contents

Introduction

I. Concepts

1. Of Mice and Brooms: An Informal Introduction to Automation

2. I, Automated Animal: The Robot Within Us

II. Tools

3. A Call to Actions: Creative Suite's Native Automation Tool

4. Behind the Curtain: Scripting in Creative Suite

5. Robot with a Pipe: Mac's Automator

6. From One, Many: Data-Driven Publishing with Creative Suite

7. Mixed Bag of Tricks: Auxiliary Tools

8. Automatic for the People: Server-Based Applications

III. Projects

9. Thinking in Pictures: The Photoshop Projects

10. Beautiful Geometry: The Illustrator Projects

11. The Art of Composition: The InDesign Projects

12. A Symphony of Automations: The System Project

Appendix: Resources

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780132701396

0132701391

OCLC:

172622133