Adobe Creative Suite Bible [Paperback]

Ted Padova (Author), Kelly L. Murdock (Author), Wendy Halderman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 17, 2004 | ISBN-10: 0764571559 | ISBN-13: 978-0764571558 | Edition: 1

• 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

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

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, you’re 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. You’ll learn to integrate and manage workflows that will make you not only a better designer, but a more productive one.

Inside, you’ll 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

About the Author

Ted Padova is the author of more than a dozen computer books, the most recent include: Adobe Acrobat PDF Bible (John Wiley & Sons) versions 4, 5, & 6; Adobe Acrobat 6 Complete Course; Creating Adobe Acrobat Forms; and Teach Yourself Visually Acrobat 5. He is the host for Total Training Systems Total Acrobat 6 series of seven videos on Acrobat Standard and Acrobat Professional.
Ted has been involved in PostScript imaging for over a decade and started a computer service bureau in 1990 in Ventura, California. He is the CEO and managing partner of The Image Source Digital Imaging and Photo Finishing Centers of Thousand Oaks and Ventura California.
For sixteen years, he has been a university instructor, teaching classes in Adobe Photoshop; Adobe InDesign; Adobe Illustrator; Adobe PageMaker; QuarkXPress; HTML and Web page design, Scanning and Calibrations; and Adobe Acrobat at the University of California, Santa Barbara and UCLA. He is an internationally recognized expert on Adobe Acrobat, PDF, and digital imaging, speaking nationally and abroad at many computer conferences.

Kelly Murdock has been authoring computer books for several years now and still gets immense enjoyment from the completed work. His book credits include various Web, graphics, and multimedia titles, including four previous editions of the book, 3ds max 6 Bible. Other major accomplishments include Master VISUALLY HTML and XHTML, JavaScript Visual Blueprint, Adobe Atmosphere Bible, and co-authoring duties on two editions of the Illustrator Bible (for versions 9 and 10).
With a background in engineering and computer graphics, Kelly has had many opportunities to flex his design muscles from Web site creation and design to freelance 3D design projects. In his spare time, Kelly enjoys the outdoors and loves rock climbing, mountain biking or skiing. He has recently formed a design company with his brother, Chris, called Logical Paradox Design.

Wendy Halderman is an award-winning typographer, graphic designer, and fine artist. As both a staff and freelance designer, she has produced a wide variety of marketing communication materials for clients in the financial, retail, IT, media, educational, and non-profit industries. Her 14-year-old company, Halderman Graphic Design, is based in Ventura, California, and serves clients nationwide.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1224 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (September 17, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764571559
• ISBN-13: 978-0764571558
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,602,336 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

37 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A "suite" book for CS!, February 7, 2005

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Joe (Paso Robles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Adobe Creative Suite Bible (Paperback)

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.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars master of none, January 26, 2006

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Artist (Oakland, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Adobe Creative Suite Bible (Paperback)

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 adobe creative suite. There is no mention of other tools available in places where they admit adobe's products have shortcomings.
Also, the paper is poor quality (what did I expect for the price?!).
That said, if you're looking for a generalist, get your feet wet kind of hand-holding book, this could be a good one to buy, the examples are clear and easy to follow.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not very useful for writers, September 6, 2006

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Sarah Stegall "Munchkyn" (California USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adobe Creative Suite Bible (Paperback)

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.