Fashion Computing: Design Techniques And CAD |  | Author: Sandra Burke
Publisher: Burke Publishing
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 367100
Media: Paperback
Pages: 176
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 11.6 x 8.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 0958239134
Dewey Decimal Number: 746
EAN: 9780958239134
ASIN: 0958239134
Publication Date: April 30, 2005
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Product Description
This is the first book to comprehensively explain how to use fashion computing software to produce fashion designs. The book will take you through the following computing techniques: design clothing as flats/working drawings; create specification/technical sheets for samples and production; create fashion illustrations, and fabrics; create fashion presentations - moods/concepts, fabric, colour, design, illustration, forecasting etc; design promotional material for marketing/branding, business cards and letterheads; and, create designs for print or screen. The chapters have been set out in a logical learning sequence to guide you through the computerised fashion design and presentation techniques, together with self-explanatory worked examples. An instructor's manual with additional exercises and case studies can be downloaded free from the Internet. Computer generated images from designers and illustrators around the world have been included to inspire and demonstrate fashion computing techniques. Specific computer software includes: Photoshop, Illustrator, CorelDRAW, Freehand and Powerpoint.
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 Great book, easy to follow and inspirational! March 7, 2009
J Nester (Homer, AK)
I am thrilled I bought Fashion Computing. The visuals, techniques and exercises are incredibly easy to follow.
I urgently needed a book that got me up to speed very quickly with the basics of drawing flats using Illustrator and CorelDraw.
I have now started working through the Photoshop exercises to create my fashion presentations - this book makes it all so simple.
I love the way the book presents just the essential techniques and tools of the software and gets straight to the point. It is full of inspiring fashion illustrations, flats and presentation work. This book is one I will continue to use as a reference and inspiration! Well worth the money!
 worst book for fashion design using photoshop May 19, 2008
Francesca S. Kober
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book was a huge disappointment. I am so lucky I purchased a different book to teach me Illustrator (Creative Fashion Design with Illustrator by Kevin Tallon). Tallons book actually has extensive step by step tutorials where Sandra Burke simply skims over her exercises.Many of her exercises don't even work corrently. One could never master Photoshop or Illustrator using this book.
Fashion Computing: Design Techniques and CAD March 13, 2008
F. Bell (Melbourne, Australia)
Out of the 4 books that I have read so far teaching Adobe Illustrator this is the best - my graphics have improved immensely in the short time that I started using this book (and I'm only a third of the way through the book).
The only downside is that with the update in Illustrator (CS 3) some of the instructions for Illustrator do not work and I have had to search through the Illustrator Help menus to download updated instructions.
So the book needs a little updating, but generally I would recommend this book over others so far.
A good guidline for beginner July 23, 2007
Paurvi Pathak (New jersey, USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have started using Illustrator software recently and this book have served a good support for flat sketching the garments for women,men and kidswear.Is also gives tips to prepare portfolio, but you already should know basics of how to use Illustrator programme. It is nicely illustrated book and one can get ideas. But again its a basic book and does not cover all the aspects of flat sketching.
Inspiring and highly informative - excellent for fashion students and the fashion industry! May 3, 2007
R. Wolman (Los Angeles, CA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Great book! Even if you are a complete beginner you will find this book an informative and useful resource. It gets you up and running quickly with really simple, step-by-step, illustrated techniques for fashion computing using current software.
In my fashion design studio, we predominatly use CorelDraw, Illustrator and Photoshop, and found this book informative for each of these packages. It covers the basics - how to create flat drawings from vests, skirts, shirts, dresses to pants, and then moves on to producing mood and design boards, visualizing your design ideas using Photoshop. The section on creating a digital portfolio is also vital in todays digital world. Plus it covers womenswear, menswear and childrenswear.
It is well illustrated with great examples of flats, illustrations and fashion presentations from illustrators and designers in the fashion industry and from top fashion schools and universities globally.
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