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Master Design Skills with the Creative Core Series

The New Riders Creative Core series provides instruction on the fundamental concepts and techniques that all designers must master to become skilled professionals. Each book presents essential principles of design and art through equal parts text and images that visual learners will love. In his own humorous, offbeat, and irreverent style, author Jim Krause reveals just what you need to know to become a better designer.

Lessons in Typography: Must-know typographic principles presented through lessons, exercises, and examples
Color for Designers: Ninety-five things you need to know when choosing and using colors for layouts and illustrations
Visual Design: Ninety-five things you need to know. Told in Helvetica and Dingbats.

Classroom in a Book Helps You Learn Adobe Software Quickly and Easily: Creative professionals who seek the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe software choose this Classroom in a Book® from the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks. This series offers what no other book or training program does—an official training series from Adobe Systems Incorporated, developed with the support of Adobe product experts.

Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) Series

The Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) series from Adobe Press provides foundational learning, closely aligned with exam objectives. Titles present information in multiple ways—text, video, and assessment—to increase comprehension and reinforcement.