DescriptionThis category is specifically reserved for sites pertaining to the digital creation and production of visual communications on desktop computer systems. Desktop publishing is normally considered to be a "closed-system" approach to producing printed or online publications, using a turn-key process that allows one to produce a graphic product, from concept to production, on a single computer system. In many cases, this form of graphic and textual content creation is achieved in a small scale environment, perhaps using computer components and peripherals that would fit on a single desktop, hence the name. (A simple system may consist of a desktop computer, laser printer, and scanner, for example.) The desktop publishing process may require several knowledge areas, including word processing, writing and editing, typography, page layout, design principles and elements, image editing, digital imaging, and printing. Related to the graphic design and visual communications disciplines, desktop publishing product examples include videos, websites, logos, letterhead, magazines, newsletters, flyers, brochures and more.
Desktop Publishing
- Computer Information Center: Desktop Publishing (Site) - Browse DTP resources including a listing of sites, newsgroups, FAQs, magazines, papers, user groups, and organizations.
- Logic Arts Corporation: Ideabook (Site) - Find tutorials on design, page layout, the use of color, illustration, photography, typography, print and web design, and the business of design.
- Business Card Specialists (Site) - Find business card design tips, templates, backgrounds, software reviews and advice.
- Accurate Image Manipulation (Site) - Learn the technical details of how to control and improve color and tone in digital photography. Calibrate, evaluate, and build a system for digital image editing. Read Adobe Photoshop articles and reviews of digital cameras.
- Wikipedia: Page Layout (Site) - Read an open-source article from this reference guide including information about page elements and composition.
- Design Tools Monthly (Site) - Monthly newsletter summarizing stories from trade publications and web sites. Provides updates, bug fixes, shareware, plug-ins, fonts and utilities for Macintosh users.
- Prepressure (Site) - Read topics that relate to design techniques, fonts, prepress, printing, PDF and PostScript.
- Cleveland Digital Publishing Users Group (CDPUG) (Site) - A non-profit organization's site for monthly meetings, bimonthly publications, special events, and competitions. Located in northeast Ohio.
- HistoryLink: Paul Brainerd (Site) - Read an essay about the founder of the company responsible for naming and starting the DTP industry.
- About: Computing & Technology: Desktop Publishing (Site) - Review articles, newsletters and links to other sites in this categorical directory organized by topics ranging from software and fonts to prepress and printing.
- Printfree.com (Site) - Find templates for calendars, cards, signs, flyers, and forms.
- Desktop Publishing (Site) - Find news, software tips and downloads, forums, clipart, fonts, and design templates.
- Daddy Desktop (Site) - Creative help for in-house desktop publishers.
- StockLayouts (Site) - Offers for purchase customizable design templates for producing print marketing materials, including stock photographs and artwork.
- Xerox: Small Business Resource Center (Site) - Find articles and templates for color, marketing, sales, management and design strategies at the office.
- StarrTech Computing: Keyboard Help (Site) - Learn how to create international language accent marks and diacriticals on a QUERTY keyboard layout. Change keyboards and alphabets to create special symbols, characters and math terms.
- Robin Williams (Site) - Visit the home page of this teacher and author who writes helpful and concise guides for users of personal computers.
- EServer Technical Communications Library: Document Design (Site) - Browse a reviewed collection of resources related to document design. Part of a community-based library hosted by Iowa State University.
- Desktop Publishing Forum (Site) - Participate in an exchange of information on aspects of publishing in print or on the web.
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company: Activity Center (Site) - Get templates and print projects including cards, invitations, stationery, calendars, labels, covers, gift wrap, stickers, toys, puzzles, sewing patterns, iron-ons, picture frames, scrapbooks and decorations.
- Wikipedia: Aldus Corporation (Site) - Read an open-source article from this reference guide including the story behind the company that started the DTP field.
- Wikipedia: Desktop Publishing (Site) - Read an open-source article from this reference guide including a history and comparisons with similar disciplines.
- eHow: Desktop Publishing (Site) - Offers instructional DTP articles ranked by readers.
- Design Libraries (Site) - Browse graphic design tips, articles, software and other resources, including library sections on photography, color choices, and web design.
- Effective Scientific Electronic Publishing (Site) - Tips for using LaTeX and PDF to make electronically published papers more useful for readers.
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