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Real World Adobe Creative Suite 2

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The table of contents tells you everything you need to know about the target audience. It's not divided into sections on Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, GoLive, and Acrobat. Instead, it deals with concepts; for instance, the chapter on "Type" discusses how each program in CS2 handles fonts and text options, which application is best at doing what, and how to use them in combination to do complicated tasks.

As such, this book is definitely not for beginners; it won't teach you how to use any of the individual programs. But if you're already familiar with Adobe's lineup, this will give you lots of ideas on how to integrate the different parts of CS2, as well as showing you a lot of really deep features that aren't obvious. The book's approach is to treat CS2 as one very large program, and by the time you get done with it, so will you.

As another reviewer noted, this is not a tutorial for beginners. It's an in-depth resource exploring the interaction of the CS2 products. On their own, the apps are powerful, but it's important to know how to take advantage of the ways they knit together. The authors are quite knowledgeable, and they impart a *ton* of priceless information in a very readable way. Even if you're just using, say, Photoshop and Illustrator, you'll discover valuable ways to make the most of the interaction between the two apps. I know all the CS2 apps very well (except GoLive), and I still learned a lot! And the content is *not* gimmicky "amaze your friends with silly tricks" stuff. It's practical and beneficial for users involved in production.

Creative Suite packs in many powerful programs: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat and GoLive: to understand how they work both individually and as a unit, Real World Creative Suite 2: Industrial-Strength Production Techniques teaches all the basics. Learn how to maintain consistency between applications, how to use special effects to maximum efficiency, how to work with style, colors and layers, and more with a title which focuses on seamless integration of processes for professional results.

Made by top gurus came from the publishing universe this books is the more extensive and well made to real manage InDesign world. Perfectly illustrated and written this edition covers CS2. Aditional chapters related to PDF or scripts amplify its scopes. Although some points should deserve more explanations in the future (align to grid, problems with styles) this book deserves the maximum awards.