Special Edition Using Photoshop CS and Illustrator CS [Paperback]

Peter Bauer (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0789730413 | ISBN-13: 978-0789730411 | Publication Date: February 13, 2004

Peanut butter and jelly. Time and money. Photoshop CS and Illustrator CS. Some things just go hand-in-hand, which is why Que has created the ultimate reference guide for graphic and web designers: Special Edition Using Photoshop CS and Illustrator CS. This comprehensive book and CD-ROM package will teach you everything you need to know to create visually stunning graphics, websites and publications. The CD-ROM includes trial versions of the software, so you can try out your new skills before investing in the CS upgrade, as well as images, plug-ins and additional Illustrator references. Just like peanut butter and jelly, you and Special Edition Using Photoshop CS and Illustrator CS go together!

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About the Author

Peter Bauer is the help desk director for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP). An Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) in both Photoshop and Illustrator, he is also a contributing editor for Photoshop User magazine and a contributing writer for Mac Design magazine.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1248 pages
• Publisher: Que (February 13, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789730413
• ISBN-13: 978-0789730411
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,231,285 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Peter Bauer is an award-winning photographer, a member of the Photoshop Hall of Fame, and the author or co-author of a dozen major titles on Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and digital photography. (Watch for the forthcoming update to his Photoshop for Dummies.) As the Help Desk Director for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP), he and his staff answer tens of thousands of e-mail questions annually about Photoshop and computer graphics. In his role as NAPP Help Desk Director, Pete has contributed to and assisted on such projects as feature film and television special effects, major book and magazine publications, award-winning Web sites, and fine-art exhibitions. Pete received the NAPP Pioneer of Photoshop award in September 2005, and is a Photoshop Hall of Fame nominee. He is a regular contributor to Photoshop User and Layers magazines, hosts video training titles for Lynda.com, and produces on-line tutorials for both InformIt.com and PlanetPhotoshop.com. He has taught computer graphics at the university level and produce portraiture and fine art prints for a select clientele. Pete appears regularly as a member of the Photoshop World Instructor Dream Team and has been a featured speaker at Professional Photographers' and Photoshop conventions in both the US and Canada.

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Two in one for specialists ,a good bargain!, July 13, 2004

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Pierre Willemsens (Antwerp Belgium) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Special Edition Using Photoshop CS and Illustrator CS (Paperback)

Peter Bauer has done a tremendous job in this double volume book and if you own the Adobe Creative Suite ,he will guide you torough all the secrets of Photoshop & Illustrator in a great time consuming book !
This was my first buy to learn the PS and ILL techniques and I read it whith enthusiasm(honestly I jumped over the different paragrahps to have an overall impression from the several techniques explained)
Bauer knows it all,his books is fully detailed and he explains also the why's behind PS,Image Ready an Illustrator plus a lot of tips and tutorials.This book is NOT for beginners but it has a real treasure on guidelines and practical tips for the most advanced user of the Creative Suite.It's more like a Bible!
The first part of the book is dedicated in 217 pages to the Creative Suite Concepts.Part two tells you the fundamentals of PCS(page 271-481)
In part three Bauer leads you trough the Power of PS(channels,manipulating color & tonality,mastering blending modes,repairing and enhancing images with the production filters,adding special effectsa and preparing for print(513-671)
Part four:image ready gives you Web and Image optimization and creating rollovers & adding animation(695-733)
Illustrator starts at page 761 and learn you all the tech ;creating and editing paths,shape,drawing,graph tools,brushes,type and text,transforming,distorting,creating blends,layers,sublayers and groups;defining patterns,style palettes,gradients and meshes,masks,transparency;effects and filters,linking and embedding images&fonts;illustr and the web and finally moving artwork between Illustr and PS(page 1133)
Hell of a job !!Bauer's style is well explanatory and detailed.
On the companion CD you'll find color images from the book examples and demo versions of PS and Illustr plug-ins and tools.
This is a reference guide for Specialists but if you put this book away a while and learn the basics in other books I assure you that after a few months or even sooner you'll come back to this Bible and take the time to improve your skills refering to Peter's stellar job!!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the missing Adobe manual!, March 14, 2005

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This review is from: Special Edition Using Photoshop CS and Illustrator CS (Paperback)

I am an avid reader of Photoshop books. This one is incredible. It is a detailed, comprehensive look at all the functions of Photoshop. It is written in plain, simple language in a manual style but I never found it boring or tedious. This is a must have for anyone serious about learning Photoshop to its core. (I do not own Illustrator so I skipped the last 250 pages which are devoted to Illustrator)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book!, September 11, 2007

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N.C. Stoan - See all my reviews

This review is from: Special Edition Using Photoshop CS and Illustrator CS (Paperback)

I bought this photoshop book not having very much knowledge about it or other books. I read some reviews and thought maybe this was the best choice. I'm very glad I made that decision. This book was pretty good and I learned a lot. Although it is a thick book and looks intimidating to read, it carries a lot of useful information. My only complaint is the seller I bought it from apparently smokes so my book, although in perfect condition, smelled like a cigarette. But this book is very good for those of you who want to learn photoshop, don't get discouraged by the size!