Real World Print Production
with Adobe Creative Suite Applications
Claudia McCue
Nonfiction 352 pages
Peachpit Press. 2009
When there’s a lot at stake and it’s got to be
right, a little know-how goes a long way. I wrote “Graphics Essentials for
Small Offices” to help beginners learn the basics of design. Claudia McCue
takes the process much further. The digital revolution has simplified designers’
prepress tasks in many ways, but there are still numerous gotchas that they
need to be aware of. Too many books treat the graphics applications they
discuss as if their solutions can be poured, like breakfast cereal, straight
from the box. McCue knows better. She knows the pre-digital history of
graphics, the challenges designers used to face preparing work for print, and the
challenges that remain. This book provides the knowledge that designers need to
guide their work process toward problem free print outcomes. This book covers a
lot, but it really excels in providing the kind of knowledge designers get on
the job rather than in art school.
