* 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
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
Not very useful for writers:
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... more info
master of none:
Kind of silly I suppose, expecting a single book to give a decent overview of all the aspects of te creative suite, but that's what I was hoping for. It's basically an introduction to the adobe creative suite, rather than a 'bible'. I have to say, I find it rather ineffective, trying to learn all these things at once, and the basic theme of the book, 'interconnectivity' is simple enough that you really don't need a book.
I'm also a bit bothered by how much they seem to want to sell the idea of the... more info
A "suite" book for CS!:
In addition to giving a great overview of how the six CS programs function independently, this book really shines in showing you how to work seamlessly between the various apps. The part on using CS with Microsoft Office files was worth the price of admission alone. This book is a great timesaver if you regularly work with several CS applications.
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