Adobe Publishing Collection 11.0 [Old Version]

by Adobe

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 7.6 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00005RHDR
• Item model number: 27550214
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 10, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #35,147 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #59 in Software > Web Development > Internet Utilities > Electronic Publishing
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Adobe's Publishing Collection bundles Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe PageMaker, and Adobe Acrobat software into one comprehensive publishing tool kit. Tight integration between the products ensures efficient, streamlined completion of projects. Whether you're creating documents for print or the Web, Adobe Publishing Collection offers a complete tool kit for producing, assembling, and delivering professional-quality communications.

Create images and edit photos using Adobe Photoshop's image editing tools. Adobe Illustrator produces presentation graphics, logos, technical drawings, charts, and more. Arrange artwork with one of Adobe PageMaker's hundreds of professionally designed templates or use an eye-catching layout of your own design. You can also convert completed layouts to Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) with Adobe Acrobat software. Distribute PDF files in print, or via the Web, e-mail, or your network server. Send files to printers in Adobe PDF to keep layout, fonts, and high-resolution images intact. Reviewers can even comment on PDF documents from within their Web browsers.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Adobe Publishing Collection---The Ultimate Solution, January 23, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Adobe Publishing Collection 11.0 [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

Over the last several years I have had experience with Corel Draw, Photo Paint, & Ventura. I have also slugged it out with Paint Shop Pro 3.x,4.x,5.x &7.x, and Photoshop LE.

I tried the rest, but was driven to the best. The Adobe Publishing Collection does it all. Photoshop is the standard. Paint Shop Pro is a marvel for the Price, but Photoshop's interface is the clear winner if you are working with large numbers of images. So, too, the filters run immesurably faster in Photo Shop. On my machine, the Salt & Pepper filter in Paint Shop Pro takes 4,5,6 minuets in a large file (28 meg). In Photoshop (even LE), the filter runs in less than a minute.

Then there is PageMaker. This is the only way to do lay out. Working in layers, it is even possible to print your file as "text only" for proofing. Linked images work flawlessly. The commands and tools are simple and intuitive. Ventura is a nightmare by comparison....don't try it one without a manual. PageMaker also writes clean HTML and PDF files that may be all you need.

Still, Acrobat works tightly with MS-Word, Excel, etc. It even installs itself on the Word toolbar, ready to dump your Word Doc into a PDF file. I write my own HTML, converting lots of long doccuments. Often, an Acrobat file is just as efficient, preserves layout, and gives ultimate control. I have the feeling I might be writting less and less HTML code.

Illustrator? I have limited experience here, but am told my someone I trust that its capabilities are at least as great as Draw, and Draw is good.....this one, I am told, may be too close to call, but we are talking a "collection" here, with four great programs made greater by their collective strength.

Finally, the Publishing Collection is the real deal from Adobe. $600.00 for PhotoShop, $500.00 for PageMaker, $250.00 for Acrobat, $400.00 for Illustrator. Or-----buy the Publishing Collection and get them all for $999.00 or there abouts. The collection is the only way to fly!

If you are into digital photography, web publishing & print, or combinations of all of the above, it is a superb, cost efficient way to go.