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Getting It Printed: How to Work With Printers and Graphic Imaging Services to Assure Quality, Stay on Schedule and Control Costs (Getting It Printed) 4th Edition
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Designers can save time, money and frustration with this essential guide to printing. Covering all of the topics that have made it a popular title for years, along with the latest developments in the industry, Getting It Printed features:
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Customer Reviews:
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nice.
Nicely put together and informative book for the serious graphic design student. If not and you are supposed to get it for a class, I really think you can skip it. Order it from the library.
Not what I expected...
I am a student and I'm currently almost done with my Master's degree in Publishing. This was a required book for one of my classes and I was incredibly disappointed with it. The design and layout (along with the font choice) make it physically hard to read more than a page or two at a time. The authors seemed pretentious and continually referred to the older edition of the book ("In this revised edition we decided to..."). I would expect that in a revised introduction, but not repeatedly within the body of the text. While there are few books available with this kind of information, I would suggest looking elsewhere.
From conception of the book up to the packing step by step
Strongly recomend this book to publishers, editors, designers, and everyone who is interested in printing a book. Annel Osorio (Printing Services Broker).
Worst Book Design EVER
The content of this book is excellent, but who cares? You can't read the stupid thing because the design is so bad it absorbs all your attention trying to ignore it. I would offer concrete examples of the design flaws, but there are so many it's overwhelming to even begin. Also, the organization of the book is haphazard. For example, the visuals seem to land anywhere but where you'd expect in relation to text flow. I would value this book much more if it were set in Courier and held together with a rubber band. The production team was definitely out to lunch when this monster made it through the approval process.
OW! It hurts my eyes! (4th Ed.)
They may know printing, but the 4th ed of this book is not readable.
Every single left and right page border contains CMYK registration marks. Cute idea, fine for a front page, but the stark color contrast is constantly distracting.
Chapter headings are migraine-inducing 3" x 7" YELLOW hyper contrasted with blinding full-on CYAN. Other headings are set off with CMYKCMYKCMYK color chunks that are twitchiness defined.
All the text is sans-serif font. Please have mercy on your readers!
This is exactly how not to design a book. A kids' cereal box, maybe... a book, no. The 3rd ed is much more refined and readable, why oh why did they assign this design to the amateurs?
My recommended antidotes: 1) anything by Edward Tufte. Start with "The Visual Display of Quantitative Information"; 2) Robin Williams' "The Non-Designer's Design Book".
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Designers can save time, money and frustration with this essential guide to printing. Covering all of the topics that have made it a popular title for years, along with the latest developments in the industry, Getting It Printed features:
* A comprehensive look at how to work with printers--everything from estimates, pricing and negotiating to trade customs and quality guidelines
* Easy-to-follow explanations of the top printing processes and techniques
* All of the information designers need to choose the right papers and inks for their projects
* Hard-to-find knowledge about proofing, output and color
Whether they're independent, in-house or students, designers will want to have this book at hand. It's the ultimate printing resource!
Related Products:
The All New Print Production Handbook
Official Adobe Print Publishing Guide, Second Edition: The Essential Resource for Design, Production, and Prepress
Pocket Pal: A Graphic Arts Production Handbook
Meggs' History of Graphic Design
Book Production Procedures for Today's Technology, 2nd ed.
Customer Reviews:
1 2 3 4 >
nice.Nicely put together and informative book for the serious graphic design student. If not and you are supposed to get it for a class, I really think you can skip it. Order it from the library.
Not what I expected...I am a student and I'm currently almost done with my Master's degree in Publishing. This was a required book for one of my classes and I was incredibly disappointed with it. The design and layout (along with the font choice) make it physically hard to read more than a page or two at a time. The authors seemed pretentious and continually referred to the older edition of the book ("In this revised edition we decided to..."). I would expect that in a revised introduction, but not repeatedly within the body of the text. While there are few books available with this kind of information, I would suggest looking elsewhere.
From conception of the book up to the packing step by stepStrongly recomend this book to publishers, editors, designers, and everyone who is interested in printing a book. Annel Osorio (Printing Services Broker).
Worst Book Design EVERThe content of this book is excellent, but who cares? You can't read the stupid thing because the design is so bad it absorbs all your attention trying to ignore it. I would offer concrete examples of the design flaws, but there are so many it's overwhelming to even begin. Also, the organization of the book is haphazard. For example, the visuals seem to land anywhere but where you'd expect in relation to text flow. I would value this book much more if it were set in Courier and held together with a rubber band. The production team was definitely out to lunch when this monster made it through the approval process.
OW! It hurts my eyes! (4th Ed.)They may know printing, but the 4th ed of this book is not readable.
Every single left and right page border contains CMYK registration marks. Cute idea, fine for a front page, but the stark color contrast is constantly distracting.
Chapter headings are migraine-inducing 3" x 7" YELLOW hyper contrasted with blinding full-on CYAN. Other headings are set off with CMYKCMYKCMYK color chunks that are twitchiness defined.
All the text is sans-serif font. Please have mercy on your readers!
This is exactly how not to design a book. A kids' cereal box, maybe... a book, no. The 3rd ed is much more refined and readable, why oh why did they assign this design to the amateurs?
My recommended antidotes: 1) anything by Edward Tufte. Start with "The Visual Display of Quantitative Information"; 2) Robin Williams' "The Non-Designer's Design Book".
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