Real World: Adobe Creative Suite 2

Adobe's Creative Suite offers a powerful unified design environment that includes Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS 2, InDesign CS2, GoLive CS2 and Acrobat 7.0. Problem is, you've still got to learn the thing, and learn it well: Your job, after all, depends on it. No one understands that better than the authors of this book, who draw on their own real-world professional knowledge to deliver all the industrial-strength production techniques and timesaving tips you need to start creating print and web projects with the Creative Suite 2 in record time. You'll find everything you need here to successfully master its advanced tools; working with the Adobe Bridge file browser, Stock Photos and more.

Most of the computer books we've read (and written) are application-specific books. Some books show loads of pictures of the tools and dialog boxes. Others inspire you with amazing artwork that professionals have created. Still others take you step by step through projects.

For all their differences, all those books have one important thing in common: they all deal with just that single application. Yes, every once in a while, a chapter might touch on a feature in another program, but for the most part Photoshop books stay on the topic of Photoshop. InDesign books stay on the topic of InDesign. And never the twain shall meet.

This book is not suitable if you're just starting out and need to learn one (or all) of the Creative Suite applications. We're not going to teach you how to draw frames in InDesign or set the brushes in Photoshop. There are much better books for that. The Visual QuickStart guides from Peachpit Press are a great way to learn. The Adobe Classroom in a Book series is another.

So, who is this book for? Well, most obviously, it's for someone who is using Adobe Creative Suite 2 either Standard or Premium. (If you have the first Adobe Creative Suite, some of the methods and techniques we show will work, and some will not.) But you want to learn more than one application: With the Suite, you can start with whichever of the applications you know, and use that knowledge to leverage learning the others and how they work together.

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About the Authors

Jennifer Smith is the founder and Vice President of American Graphics Institute (AGITraining.com). She has authored multiple books on Adobe products and is a technical writer for the Adobe Classroom in a Book series. Jennifer has worked in all aspects of graphic design and production including as an art director of an advertising agency. More than ten years ago, Jennifer took her experience and applied it to teaching. Under her leadership, AGI has grown into the largest training organization focused on print, Internet, video, and PDF publishing. Her teaching and writing style shows a clear direction that can only be achieved by someone who knows the industry and has expe­rienced the Adobe applications in a professional workflow. She lives in the Boston area with her husband (who co-authored this book) and children.

Christopher Smith is President of American Graphics Institute and oversees curriculum content and delivery for Adobe’s largest and oldest Certified Training Provider. An Adobe Certified Expert, he works as part of the Adobe Creative Team as the lead technical writer for the Adobe Classroom in a Book series for both Adobe Acrobat and Adobe InDesign. His more than ten other books include Moving to InDesign, Teach Yourself Adobe Acrobat in 24 Hours, and Real World Adobe Acrobat. Smith has served as an elected member of the School Board in his hometown in suburban Boston, Massachusetts, where he lives with his wife and children.

Authors’ Acknowledgments
Thanks to all of our friends and colleagues at Adobe Systems for their sup­port, encouragement, and faith in our work: Ali, Joe, Ron, Dave, Donna, Steve, Noha, Lynn, Adam, Christine, Jill, Jeffrey, Bagel, Carrie, and the many product team members who responded to our questions throughout the writing process.

Thanks also to the highly professional instructional staff at American Graphics Institute (AGI) who always provide great insight into the best ways to help people learn these software applications.

Thanks to all at Wiley Publishing. This book involves a lot of detail and infor­mation and it was up to acquisitions editor, Melody Lane and her “tough love” to make sure it got to the state it is now. Thanks to Colleen Totz and technical editor Cathy Auclair for the great insight.

Thanks to our family as they had to deal with parents who toiled away at the keyboard night after night.

Jennifer: thanks all the friends of my teenage daughter who gave rights for me to use their images.

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