Learning by doing is the best way to get to grips with new ideas, and graphic design is no different. Weaving together creative strategies and design principles with step-by-step Adobe software guidance, this unique book helps you to immediately put into practice the concepts as you’re learning them so they become second nature.

Covering all the introductory topics a designer needs to know - from working with colour and layout, to editing images and designing apps - this fully updated edition of the hugely popular Graphic Design Essentials includes plenty of hands-on instruction and real-life examples to give you a thorough grounding in the fundamentals.

This new edition includes:

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Coverage of Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign

Examples of designs from the UK, US, Canada, Europe, Hong Kong, China, the Middle East and Australia -

Smaller supporting activities alongside major project exercises -

New design formats, including apps and infographics -

Downloadable resources to use within the software instruction