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Taking Your Talent to the Web: Making the Transition from Graphic Design to Web Design

This is an explicit and detailed guide, an intelligent how-to book for professionals. It lays the groundwork and creates context by exploring essential concepts, defines terms that may be new or unfamiliar, and then moves forward with practical software techniques. All the while it is building on the existing knowledge and experience of its professional design audience. Taking Your Talent to the Web is based on the Populi Curriculum in Web Communications Design, developed by Jeffrey Zeldman in cooperation with Populi, Inc., (www.populi.com) and the Pratt Institute. The books purpose is to guide traditional art directors and print designers as they expand their existing careers to include the new field of professional Web Design.

Audience
adult
Length
long · 448 pages

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