Author › Ted LoCascio
Ted LoCascio has been a professional graphic designer for more than ten years, and is an expert in Photoshop, Elements, InDesign, Illustrator, and QuarkXPress. He served as senior designer at KW Media and the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) for several years, and has created layouts and designs for many successful software training books, videos, and magazines, as well as for advertising and marketing materials.
Ted is the author of InDesign CS2 at Your Fingertips; The InDesign Effects Book; and Combining Images with Photoshop Elements: Selecting, Layering, Masking, and Compositing. He has contributed articles to Photoshop User magazine and InDesign Magazine, and his designs and illustrations have been featured in several national magazines, including Photoshop User, Mac Design (now Layers), Nikon's Capture User, Great Output, AAA Going Places, and Florida Trend. Ted has taught at Photoshop World, and also teaches a digital graphics course at St. Petersburg College in Seminole, Florida.
A Chicago native (born a hopeless Cubs fan) and Columbia College alumnus, Ted relocated to the Tampa Bay area in 1994. He currently resides in Tarpon Springs, Florida, with his wife Jill and their son Enzo.
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Go beyond the basics of Adobe Muse.
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Create custom collages, photo montages, scrapbooks, type effects, and shape effects.
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Ted LoCascio teaches casual photographers how to organize, edit, and share their digital image libraries.
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Teaches graphic designers how to effectively use Photoshop for image manipulation and processing.
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Teaches CS3 users how to use Bridge and Version Cue to manages files for individual and group projects.
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Demonstrates how to create multimedia presentations in the versatile SWF format with Quark Interactive Designer.
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An exploration of font types, where to download fonts, and how manage fonts manually and with third-party applications.
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Tricks and techniques for creating imaginative and inventive effects and projects.
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How to use Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat Professional, and Adobe Bridge together effectively and efficiently.
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Covers all the basic principles of InDesign CS2, from getting to know the workspace and tools to using advanced new features.
