AdobeCreative Suite Bible

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 1224 pages
• Published by: Wiley September 17, 2004
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0764571559
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0764571558
• Book Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 2 inches
• Weighs: 3.4 pounds

Product Description

• One of the first comprehensive books to cover Photoshop cs (image-editing), Illustrator cs (drawing), InDesign cs (layout and graphic design), GoLive cs (Web design), Acrobat Professional (document distribution), and Version Cue (the new file management application) all in one volume
• Tackles issues that arise every day for a designer, showing how to manage workflow among these integrated applications
• Topics covered include developing consistent color-managed workflows, moving files among the cs applications, preparing files for print or the Web, repurposing documents, and much more
• Ted Padova is an internationally known author, speaker, university instructor, and service-bureau owner who has become an expert with Adobe software during the past sixteen years

Back Cover Copy
If Adobe Creative Suite can do it, you can do it too

Photoshop® CS, Illustrator® CS, InDesign® CS, GoLive® CS, Acrobat® Professional, and Version Cue, the new file management application, are designed to work together as a fully integrated suite of tools. As a design professional, youre no doubt proficient in one or more of them already. This is the "big picture" book that teaches you how to move among the applications and use them as intended. Youll learn to integrate and manage workflows that will make you not only a better designer, but a more productive one.

Inside, youll find complete coverage of Adobe Creative Suite

• Build a design workflow that meets your objectives
• Use new tools for versioning documents and creating consistent color across the CS programs
• Create objects in Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop, or edit images in Photoshop and import them into other applications
• Implement new CS features for setting and using type
• Work with files that originated in MS Office programs and were imported into the CS applications
• Develop consistent color-managed workflows that involve colleagues and clients in project review
• Rework or "repurpose" documents created in one CS application for use in others
• Manage file delivery issues related to digital rights, Web hosting, and replicating CD-ROMs
• Prepare files for commercial prepress or printing to composite printers

Reader Reviews
This book is an overview of some of the most complicated software on the market. Photoshop alone deserves a book this large. There's no way the authors could hope to do much more than skim the surface of each of these powerful programs, so they focus on how they work together. As far as that goes, they're moderately successful. However, like Adobe Systems, they focus on a tiny segment of the market: graphics designers. They provide useful workflow ideas to independent graphics designers and to graphics studios. But those are hardly the only people who shell out nearly $1000 for Creative Suite. To read this book, one would think that nobody bought this suite in order to produce a book, technical manual, catalog, or anything else longer than a brochure or magazine. If you're looking for a way to get InDesign to behave like a grown-up publishing platform, get a book dedicated to InDesign and cross your fingers. InDesign, as of CS 1, is still not in a class with Quark and Frame. Its major competitive edge over these workhorses of technical publishing is a) ease of integration with the other members of the "suite", which Padova, et al cover fairly well, and b) ease of use in importing MS Word files. But it still falls short in quintessential tasks such as heading numbering, list numbering, indexing and cross-referencing. However, if your document can live without these elements, InDesign's integration with deployment tools such as Acrobat and GoLive is extremely useful. In short, consider carefully what you plan to produce before you shell out nearly fifty bucks for this book. If you're creating a book longer than, say fifty pages, with illustrations, tables of contents, numbered paragraphs, or an index, spend your money on a book devoted to InDesign. If all you need is a quick overview, refresher course, or an idea of how all these powerful programs work together, this book would be a good buy.