Ted LoCascio - Adobe Muse on Demand

Ted LoCascio

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Adobe Muse on Demand

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Editor-in-Chief
Greg Wiegand

Acquisitions Editor
Laura Norman

Development Editor
Todd Brakke

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First and foremost, I must thank everyone at Que Publishing and Pearson Education for making this book possible. Thanks to associate publisher Greg Wiegand and to acquisitions editor Laura Norman for sharing my vision on this project and for being as genuinely enthusiastic about Adobe Muse as I am. Thanks also to Christine Ricks for acting as my technical editor and making sure every step, shortcut, and tip is correct.

Special thanks to my copy editor, Karen Gill at Gill Editorial Services, for making this book read as well as it does. I must also thank my project editor, Jovana Shirley, for working with me on the books schedule and keeping everything on track.

Loving thanks to my wife, Jill, and to my sons, Enzo and Rocco, for being so patient while I was busy writing this book. Thanks also to Mom, Dad, Val, Bob and Evelyn Innocenti, and the rest of my extended family for being so supportive.

And of course, thanks to the Adobe Muse development team for making such great software to write about.

To my wonderful wife, Jill, and our two sons Enzo and Rocco, for their never-ending love and support.

Ted LoCascio is a professional graphic designer, author, and educator. He served as senior designer at the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) for several years and has created layouts, graphics, and designs for many successful software training books, videos, websites, and magazines. Ted is the author of numerous graphics software training books and videos and has contributed articles to Photoshop User magazine, Creativepro.com, the Quark Xtra newsletter, PlanetQuark.com, indesignsecrets.com, and InDesign Magazine. He has also taught at the Adobe CS Conference, the InDesign Conference, the Pixel Conference, the Vector Conference, and PhotoshopWorld. A graphic designer for more than 15 years, Teds designs and illustrations have been featured in several national newsstand and trade magazines, books, and various advertising and marketing materials. For more about Ted LoCascio, please visit tedlocascio.com.

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How Youll Learn

Welcome to Adobe Muse on Demand, a visual quick reference book that shows you how to work efficiently with Muse. This book provides complete coverage of basic to advanced Muse skills.

You dont have to read this book in any particular order. Weve designed the book so that you can jump in, get the information you need, and jump out. However, the book does follow a logical progression from simple tasks to more complex ones. Each task is presented on no more than two facing pages, which lets you focus on a single task without having to turn the page. To find the information that you need, just look up the task in the table of contents or index, and turn to the page listed. Read the task introduction, follow the step-by-step instructions in the left column along with screen illustrations in the right column, and youre done.

This book provides concise step-by-step instructions that show you how to accomplish a task. Each set of instructions includes illustrations that directly correspond to the easy-to-read steps. Also included in the text are timesavers, tables, and sidebars to help you work more efficiently or to teach you more in-depth information. A Did You Know? provides tips and techniques to help you work smarter, whereas a See Also leads you to other parts of the book containing related information about the task.

The Workshops section of this book uses exercise files that are available to you. You can locate these files on the Web by navigating to www.queondemand.com. By following along with the exercise files, you wont waste time looking for or creating your own assets. Note that not every task requires an exercise file, and some require the use of your own images.