Author › Nigel French

Learn to toggle between Illustrator and Photoshop and take advantage of the strongest features in each program.

Design a stylish and professional photo book to preserve your memories.

Explore the components of an elegant and readable book design, and the setup and strategy for designing a book in Adobe InDesign.

Teaches designers how to maximize the potential of filters with use of Smart Objects, blending modes, and filter masks.

Learn how to approach the challenges presented when creating a logo for a media company.

Learn to create an eye-catching and welcoming invitation using the Adobe Creative Suite.

Explains the components that make an instructive style guide, and the elements that create a strong brand identity.

Examine all the components of a magazine cover—the page that brands and sells a magazine to readers.

Dissects the anatomy of a typeface and defines the vocabulary of typography, using practical, real-world examples in InDesign.

Describes various approaches to illustrating concepts with type, translating them into digital techniques in Photoshop and Illustrator.

Shows how to create cost-effective, elegantly styled menus with Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator.

Focuses on the different tools and features in Photoshop designed for choosing, applying, and editing color.

Create textures that create visual interest, heighten realism, and add dimension to Photoshop artwork.

Covers the ins and outs of creating professional designs and artwork using crisp, scalable vector graphics in Photoshop.

Explains the fundamental concepts and techniques for working with type in Photoshop.

Create editable, non-destructive effects such as shadows, glows, textures, and much more with layer effects in Photoshop.

Shows how to design a CD package using a combination of Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Bridge, and Acrobat.

A step-by-step approach to creating professional book covers using Adobe Creative Suite applications.

Uses real-world examples to explain the purpose of the typographical features in InDesign CS4, and describes the conventions for how to use them.

How to build an eye-catching newsletter with an efficient workflow integrating text and images using Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.

Effective design and production techniques utilizing the best features of InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop.

Explores the creative process, giving designers options for producing brochures that are both stylish and cost-effective.

Explores the creative process through a variety of approaches, generating over a dozen poster designs.

Learn to make a business card professional and functional.

Discusses the principles and techniques of what makes a logo work, type-only designs, type treatments, and logo symbols.

Focuses on workflow automation and how to complement these workflows with other applications.

Explores how to begin a successful InDesign layout with the smart use of typography.

Covers the basics of character and paragraph formatting, paragraph and character styles, nested styles, and baseline grids.