Background
David Blatner was born on February 13, 1966, in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, United States. He is the son of Adam Blatner and Barbara Blatner-Fikes. His step-father is Richard Fikes.
Palo Alto, California, United States
David Blatner attended the Palo Alto High School.
Claremont, California, United States
In 1988 David Blatner graduated from the Pomona College with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Palo Alto, California, United States
David Blatner attended the Palo Alto High School.
Claremont, California, United States
In 1988 David Blatner graduated from the Pomona College with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
(A guide to desktop publishing includes a companion disk f...)
A guide to desktop publishing includes a companion disk full of clip art, helpful utilities, and other essential software, plus a tutorial and a text that points out critical technical issues.
https://www.amazon.com/Desktop-Publishers-Survival-Book-Disk/dp/0938151762?keywords=The+Desktop+Publisher%E2%80%99s+Survival+Kit&qid=1547711630&sr=8-2-fkmrnull&ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_2
1991
(This book has written in the straightforward writting sty...)
This book has written in the straightforward writting style, presenting QuarkXPress as a set of major concepts, such as printing, type, and typography.
https://www.amazon.com/Quarkxpress-Book-Macintosh-David-Blatner/dp/1566091292?keywords=The+QuarkXPress+Book&qid=1547711807&sr=8-6&ref=sr_1_6
1991
(With incisive historical insight and a refreshing sense o...)
With incisive historical insight and a refreshing sense of humor, David Blatner explores the many facets of pi and humankind's fascination with it–from the ancient Egyptians and Archimedes to Leonardo da Vinci and the modern-day Chudnovsky brothers, who have calculated pi to eight billion digits with a homemade supercomputer.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0802713327/?tag=2022091-20
1997
(This new edition is entirely updated to cover the new fea...)
This new edition is entirely updated to cover the new features of Photoshop 4, including Actions and Adjustment layers. Chapters include discussions on acquiring images from scanners, video, and Photo CD, correcting the color and enhancing the quality of scans, retouching images, preparing files to be printed, managing color, calibrating a system, reproducing images on press, and outputting images to paper, film, video, and the Web.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0201688883/?tag=2022091-20
1997
(Realizing that many of today's desktop publishers come to...)
Realizing that many of today's desktop publishers come to the task with no formal design or graphics training, authors David Blatner, Glenn Fleishman, Steve Roth, and Conrad Chavez, detail both the theory and practice of producing top-notch scans and halftones. Through tips, techniques, step-by-step instructions, and real-world examples, you'll learn how to scan, sharpen, and output your images as well as how to correct color and tone.
https://www.amazon.com/Real-World-Scanning-Halftones-3rd/dp/0321241320?keywords=David+Blatner&qid=1547710424&sr=8-14&ref=sr_1_14
1998
(This book offers a glimpse into the rituals, ideas, and t...)
This book offers a glimpse into the rituals, ideas, and terms that are woven into the history and everyday lives of Jewish people as near as our own neighborhoods and as far-reaching as across the world.
https://www.amazon.com/Judaism-Dummies-Ted-Falcon/dp/0764552996?keywords=David+Blatner&qid=1547710424&sr=8-9&ref=sr_1_9
2001
(Whether you fear, thrill at, or, like many, have never bo...)
Whether you fear, thrill at, or, like many, have never bothered to stop and think about the wonder of commercial flight, The Flying Book will inform, surprise, reassure, and entertain. David Blatner takes readers from the cockpit to the runway, the control tower, the baggage and security systems, the airplane manufacturing plant, and beyond, explaining the many factors that make airline travel possible.
https://www.amazon.com/Flying-Book-Everything-Wondered-Airplanes/dp/0802776914?keywords=David+Blatner&qid=1547710424&sr=8-10&ref=sr_1_10
2004
(This tightly focused guide details the most common tasks ...)
This tightly focused guide details the most common tasks and techniques you need to know to get your job done in InDesign CS. Clear, concise instructions enhanced by plenty of screen shots and sample layouts show you how to create and navigate documents, import and style text and objects, manage long projects, work with color, and more.
https://www.amazon.com/Moving-InDesign-About-QuarkXPress-PageMaker/dp/0321294114?keywords=David+Blatner&qid=1547710424&sr=8-16&ref=sr_1_16
2004
(In this copiously illustrated volume, best-selling author...)
In this copiously illustrated volume, best-selling authors David Blatner and Bruce Fraser offer scads of hands-on production techniques as well as clear explanations of the concepts that drive them, so that you can get the best results possible on your own Photoshop CS2 projects. You'll learn about managing color, getting great scans, correcting tones and colors, and more.
https://www.amazon.com/Real-World-Adobe-Photoshop-CS2/dp/0321334116?keywords=David+Blatner&qid=1547710424&sr=8-15&ref=sr_1_15
2005
(In this book, you'll learn how to peed up just about ever...)
In this book, you'll learn how to peed up just about every task with the new Measurements palette, apply sophisticated drop shadows to text, images, boxes, and more.
https://www.amazon.com/Real-World-QuarkXPress-David-Blatner/dp/0321350308?keywords=David+Blatner&qid=1547710424&sr=8-13&ref=sr_1_13
2007
(In Spectrums, David Blatner blends narrative and illustra...)
In Spectrums, David Blatner blends narrative and illustration to illuminate the variety of spectrums that affect our lives every day: numbers, size, light, sound, heat, and time. There is actually very little in this universe that we can feel, touch, see, hear, or possibly even comprehend.
https://www.amazon.com/Spectrums-Mind-boggling-Universe-Infinitesimal-Infinity/dp/1620405202?keywords=David+Blatner&qid=1547710119&sr=8-1&ref=sr_1_1
2012
David Blatner was born on February 13, 1966, in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, United States. He is the son of Adam Blatner and Barbara Blatner-Fikes. His step-father is Richard Fikes.
David Blatner attended Palo Alto High School. In 1988 he graduated from the Pomona College with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
David Blatner, a computer graphics consultant, is also the author of books about computer desktop publishing and graphics programs. In particular, he has produced books about the Quark desktop publishing package and the Photoshop graphics editing package. He has also written a well-received general guide to desktop publishing, "The Desktop Publisher's Survival Kit", first published in 1991.
Blatner has also penned an entertaining guide to pi-one of the most flamboyant numbers in all of mathematics. Blatner called upon his computer graphics skills in designing the book, "The Joy of Pi", using creative layout and, in some places, day glow colors. A review in Publishers Weekly pointed out that The Joy of Pi "is a book ideally suited to being left lying about, so that science buffs and aficionados of fine typography can peruse it at leisure."
David Blatner is the author or co-author of 15 books, including "Real World InDesign", "Real World Photoshop", and "Spectrums: Our Mind-Boggling Universe from Infinitesimal to Infinity", etc. He has spoken at conferences and workshops around North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and South Africa. Blatner lives outside Seattle, Washington, with his wife and children.
David Blatner is the author of 15 books, translated into 14 languages with over a half-million copies in print. He is also a co-founder of "InDesign Magazine" and co-publisher of CreativePro.com.
As an expert on digital publishing, he has lectured in five continents over the past two decades. He speaks at conferences and seminars around North America and Japan, including Seybold, Macworld, The Photoshop Conference, and The QuarkXPress Conference.
(With incisive historical insight and a refreshing sense o...)
1997(In this copiously illustrated volume, best-selling author...)
2005(Realizing that many of today's desktop publishers come to...)
1998(This book offers a glimpse into the rituals, ideas, and t...)
2001(A guide to desktop publishing includes a companion disk f...)
1991(Whether you fear, thrill at, or, like many, have never bo...)
2004(In Spectrums, David Blatner blends narrative and illustra...)
2012(In this book, you'll learn how to peed up just about ever...)
2007(This book has written in the straightforward writting sty...)
1991(This tightly focused guide details the most common tasks ...)
2004(This new edition is entirely updated to cover the new fea...)
1997In the late 1980s, Blatner was a member of the Palo Alto theatrical improvisation troupe Creative Mayhem.
In August, 1997 David Blatner married Debra Carlson. They have two sons.
