Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Creative Suite 4 All in One (4th Edition) [Paperback]

Mordy Golding (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0672330431 | ISBN-13: 978-0672330438 | Publication Date: November 2009 | Edition: 4

In one big, easy-to-use book, Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Creative Suite 4 All in One brings together all the answers beginning users need to succeed with Adobe's flagship Web development and graphic design products. Unlike some competitive books, this one recognizes that you don't want to learn only one product: you want to draw on tools from the entire suite to handle real projects and solve real problems. Thoroughly updated for the new Adobe Creative Suite 4, this book offers thorough, step-by-step coverage of the new versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, InDesign, Flash, and Dreamweaver. It also shows you how to take full advantage of the rich integration features Adobe has built into each Creative Suite application. You will gain real-world mastery through a series of professionally developed projects that illustrate each lesson: projects covering both print and Web assignments. This edition's fresh, full-color, wide-trim design makes it even more visually appealing, and its new layout and organization makes its content even easier to understand and use.

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From the Back Cover

In one big, easy-to-use book, Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Creative Suite 4 All in One brings together all the answers beginning users need to succeed with Adobe's flagship Web development and graphic design products. Unlike some competitive books, this one recognizes that you don't want to learn only one product: you want to draw on tools from the entire suite to handle real projects and solve real problems. Thoroughly updated for the new Adobe Creative Suite 4, this book offers thorough, step-by-step coverage of the new versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, InDesign, Flash, and Dreamweaver. It also shows you how to take full advantage of the rich integration features Adobe has built into each Creative Suite application. You will gain real-world mastery through a series of professionally developed projects that illustrate each lesson: projects covering both print and Web assignments. This edition's fresh, full-color, wide-trim design makes it even more visually appealing, and its new layout and organization makes its content even easier to understand and use.

About the Author

Mordy Golding has played an active role in design and publishing since 1990. An Adobe Certified Expert and Adobe Certified Print Specialist, he was product manager for Adobe Illustrator 10 and Adobe Illustrator CS. The founder of Design Responsibly LLC, a company focused on consulting and training professionals on the Adobe Creative Suite, he was named a Champion of Graphic Design by Graphics IQ. John Ray is an award-winning Web application and network developer whose clients have included Ohio State University, the FCC, Xerox, and the State of Florida. His other books include Sams Teach Yourself Mac OS X Leopard All in One, and Mac OS X Unleashed.

Product Details

• Paperback: 450 pages
• Publisher: Sams; 4 edition (November 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672330431
• ISBN-13: 978-0672330438
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,010,169 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.