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Last updated 8/12/2006

Real World Adobe Creative Suite 2

Real World Adobe Creative Suite 2
Authors: Sandee Cohen and Steve Werner
Publisher: Adobe Press / Peachpit Press
694 pages ... $49.99
ISBN 0-321-33412-4
Industrial Strength Production Techniques
How to manage, integrate, and synchronize all of the applications in the Suite

In Real World Adobe Creative Suite 2, you'll learn how to:

  • Choose the right program for any creative project
  • Use Adobe Bridge to browse and manage files
  • Use Adobe Bridge to browse and manage files
  • Master the intricacies of transparency effects and flattener settings
  • Use Smart Objects, Symbols, and Styles to work more efficiently
  • Automate your work through powerful actions, batch sequences, scripts and plug-ins
  • And much more!

This is an attempt to tell you a little about this book without a review, and the best way I can think of is to present an example.

Chapter 10 is about colors and color management in the Adobe Creative Suite 2. So it includes calibration in Macintosh and Windows, and color modes in Photoshop, in Illustrator, in InDesign, in Acrobat, and in GoLive. It goes on to show you how to get professional results using color in all parts of the creative suite. When more than one program in the suite can do the same thing, it tells you which is better for what you want to do, and why.

If you want or need to know how Levels are used within and between the programs in the Suite, or whether duotones are better in Photoshop or InDesign, you will find it in Real World Adobe Creative Suite 2.

Get more information or use your user group coupon to buy a copy of Real World Adobe Creative Suite 2 at:

http://www.peachpit.com