Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Creative Suite All in One [Paperback]

Mordy Golding (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0672325918 | ISBN-13: 978-0672325915 | Publication Date: July 18, 2004

Today's world is all about convenience. Supercenters are popping up every day, selling everything from toothbrushes to clothing and from milk to tires for your car. Even software programs are sold in "supercenter" type packages, or "suites." That is why Sams Publishing has printed Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Creative Suite All in One, your one-stop-shop for learning the Adobe creative suite of programs. Learn to create professional graphics and designs with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, GoLive and InDesign through this all-inclusive reference guide. This book is sure to answer all of your current and future questions as you move towards software proficiency with each of these programs. Get up to speed quickly and easily with Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Creative Suite All in One.

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About the Author

Mordy Golding has played an active role in the design and publishing environment since 1990. A production artist for both print and the Web for many years, Mordy, an Adobe Certified Expert and Adobe Certified Print Specialist, has served as a hands-on trainer and has spoken at worldwide events and seminars including Macworld, Seybold, NAB, and PhotoshopWorld.

Mordy worked at Adobe as the product manager for Adobe Illustrator 10 and Adobe Illustrator CS, and is currently a consultant specializing in the Adobe Creative Suite and Mac OS X migration.

You can often find Mordy hanging around the Adobe User to User forums or the Print Planet forums online and you can reach him at [e-mail]. Other books published by Mordy Golding include The Web Designer's Guide to Color and Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Illustrator in 24 Hours.

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Introduction

Welcome to Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Creative Suite 2 All in One. This book is designed to give you a fast and easy start with Adobe's powerhouse of creativity, design, and production tools. Adobe Creative Suite brings together the industry-standard Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat software; the award-winning InDesign and GoLive software; an innovative file-management tool called Version Cue; and an image browser called Bridge. Together, these tools can create a smooth workflow for professional print or web design, taking into account all aspects of the design and production process.

A recent search at Amazon.com came back with several pages of books on Photoshop alone. Considering that Adobe Creative Suite contains the fully functional versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, GoLive, and Acrobat, it's a wonder this book is anything smaller than War and Peace. The goal of this book isn't to overwhelm you with needless information about every single feature in every application, but rather to help you learn how to use Adobe Creative Suite as a whole to get your work done.

I've broken the book down into three parts, each taking a different approach to Adobe Creative Suite 2:

Part I: The Creative Suite 2—An overall introduction to the different applications in the Creative Suite, as well as an overview of each application's strengths and weaknesses. You'll learn when to use which application, as well as get an understanding of how each application works with the others to pproduce a complete product. You'll also see how each application in the suite integrates with the others and how certain features are similar across the entire suite.

Part II: The Applications—An in-depth look at each individual application in Adobe Creative Suite 2. Part I of the book gave you an understanding of when to use a particular application, and now Part II goes into detail about the features, functionality, and uses for Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator, InDesign, GoLive, Acrobat, and Version Cue.

Part III: The Projects—A collection of projects you can re-create using all the tools in Adobe Creative Suite 2. After becoming familiar with the workflow process and the applications themselves in Part I and Part II, you will now create a series of projects that will not only give you real-world working experience with the Creative Suite, but also offer tips and tricks you can apply as you are working on the projects themselves. All art and files necessary to complete the projects are already installed with the Creative Suite, so you can follow along to create a corporate identity, a brochure, an ad campaign, a web banner, a website, and a business presentation.

If you have some familiarity with the applications in the suite, you can read Part I and then jump to Part III to work on the projects, using Part II as a reference when you need more information about a particular feature in an application. In either case, the three sections will present the Creative Suite in a way that is not overwhelming, and before you know it you'll be creating professional-quality art and having fun at the same time!

That said, we've got a lot of ground to cover, so let's get started using Adobe Creative Suite 2!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 768 pages
• Publisher: Sams (July 18, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672325918
• ISBN-13: 978-0672325915
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,663,016 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Since 1990, I have been using Adobe tools to help publish print and web content, and from 2001 through 2004, I was the product manager for Adobe Illustrator (versions 10 and CS). I've been publishing instructional content on the use of Illustrator for over 15 years, and in 2003, I was named a Champion of Graphic Design by Graphics IQ magazine. I'm also the author of over 15 video training titles at Lynda.com and regularly speak at seminars and conferences around the world.

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49 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Suite explained, October 4, 2004

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John Feld "Writer on graphics" (Berkeley, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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Someone had to do it, and it's Mordy Golding, one of the few people suited for the task. Educator, author, consultant, and guru, Golding has written the first decent all-in-one Creative Suite book. Although there are other books, none probably have the scope and breadth of this one.
Adobe Creative Suite All in One is divided into three parts:
The first deals with the Suite as a whole and discusses the creative process and how this unified set of tools can be a complete solution for multipurpose design.
The second section explains the applications, giving each about 100 pages to describe the basic functions and review the programs' capabilities.
The last part applies the knowledge to several projects, all centered around an imaginary business, outlining how to use the applications to create a corporate identity, a brochure, an ad campaign, Web banners, Web pages, and a business presentation. There's also an appendix that covers getting your work to a printer.
The section on Version Cue is perhaps the most extensive review of this small utility, while the InDesign section is perhaps the lightest section of the book. It is a formidable task to write such a book, making it relevant and informative, while not just rewriting the manuals. Mordy Golding has stepped up to the task, and done a smashing job. I highly recommend this book.
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent choice for newcomers to Adobe products, September 18, 2005

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Ricardo Barcellos "mountain art" (Banff, AB Canada) - See all my reviews
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If you always wanted to know more about Adobe amazing applications but were afraid to ask your geek friends, this is the book you were waiting for. It doesn't go deep into every possibilities those programs can achieve - after all it covers the entire Creative Suite package! - but it's absolutely perfect for Adobe newbies who need to be introduced to that awesome world of digital imaging, website design and desktop publishing. Mordy Gording's sense of humor is another asset. Must have!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 5 Stars no Doubt, December 5, 2006

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Mohammed Ahmed Altharwa - See all my reviews
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Thank you Mordy Golding for making this Huge package from adobe so easy, This Book is a "Must Read", there is nothing left to discuss after reading the book, every Question you have ever thought off regarding the suite and those many applications is covered in detail.

i read the book in 4 days, the minute i wake up i go stright to where i fell asleep reading last night, it was a joy.

Photoshop CS2, Illustraitor CS2, Indesign CS2, GoLive CS2, Acrobat Professional, etc.. are all covered, and what i really like about that is you know what to use and how to use it for a certain task, i used to do everything in Photoshop, i was wrong!

Now, i am able to use every application in the suite to accomplish stunning results, you cant go Wrong buying this book, youll wish you never get to page 744.

Thanks again Mordy Golding