Full Description
Computer technology has revolutionized the work of graphic designers, printers, and print production professionals. To keep up with these far-reaching changes, Alan Pipes' Production for Graphic Designers enters the digital age. This revised third edition covers the most up-to-date technological advances in graphics and print production, fully explaining all the standard prepress and printing processes, including coverage of the latest digital direct-to-plate offset and on-demand color printing. It also provides an authoritative guide to web production, showing the exciting opportunities that going online offers designers.
Contents
Introduction; Text & Type; Illustration; Prepress; Computers and Their Peripherals; On Press; The Internet; Appendix A: Standard sizes for paper, books, and envelopes; Glossary; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Further Reading; Organizations, Websites, Magazines, and Journals; Picture Credits; Index
