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Adobe(R) Photoshop(R) 6.0 and Illustrator(R) 9.0 Advanced Classroom in a Book
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by Adobe Creative Team
Sales Rank: 765931
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$1.12
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Paperback: 360 pages
Publisher: Pearson Education June 20, 2001
Language: English
ISBN-10: 020172989X
ISBN-13: 978-0201729894
Product Dimensions:
9.1 x 7.4 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
Product Review
This book is part of Adobe's official training and certification program and assumes readers have completed Adobe Photoshop 6.0 and Adobe Illustrator 9.0 Classroom in a Book, or have an equivalent skill level. Like the other books in the series, it comprises a set of step-by-step intensive and detailed tutorials meant to be carried out on the computer as the reader follows the text (lesson files are on the CD-ROM). The more advanced skills covered include compositing and masking, mastering pen tools, typography and layout, and preparing art for print or the Web. By including both Photoshop and Illustrator projects in one book, readers can learn the pros and cons of using either one for different tasks.
Each project begins with a list of goals, what skill level is preferred, and roughly how long the tutorial should take to complete. Despite the preferred skill prerequisites, one of the advantages of this carefully written Classroom in a Book is that less advanced readers will still be able to follow along with the deliberately paced projects. The rationale behind each step is clearly explained, and sidebars go into even greater detail on related issues (for example, "Specifying knockout options" appears alongside the lesson on working with masks).
For readers who prepare art for offset printing, this book explains how the new color management in Photoshop 6 works by going over the production workflow for a hypothetical printed postcard. Choosing a color profile; soft-proofing and color separating an image; and working with an embedded profile--not to mention preparing Illustrator artwork for print--can all be daunting topics to those who just want to create the visuals. But by learning it all correctly, straight from the team at Adobe, readers will acquire the necessary skill sets to prevent those embarrassing errors that sometimes are discovered only after the job has already been printed. --Angelynn Grant
Book Info
A training workbook designed to help advanced Adobe Photoshop 6.0 and Illustrator 9.0 users get the very most out of the advanced features of the software. Contains accompanying CD-ROM. System requirements: Adobe Photoshop 6.0 or later and Adobe Illustrator 9.0 for Windows or Mac, and CD-ROM drive. Softcover.
Customer Reviews & Comments
This is an excellent resource for anyone wanting to learn how to use Illustrator and Photoshop together to produce complex graphics. The is an "advanced" Classroom In A Book, so you better know your tools and terminology before starting in on these exercises. But that just leaves more space for the multiple authors to demonstrate advanced techniques and ways to use and combine tools that may not seem obvious. The "sidebar" features provide great explanations of some of the more complicated features, such as Photoshop's knockout options for layer blending. As with all the Classroom In A Book titles, you are taken through the exercises step by step, in great detail. All the supporting image files are provided on the CD that comes with the book, in "before" and "after" formats, so you can go through the exercises over and over, and see the effects of each step as you work through the exercise. I noticed a couple of minor editing errors, probably made in the transition from the Photoshop 5/Illustrator 8 version of this book to the current version. (On p. 41 you are referred to a discussion on memory requirement on p. 2 - but there's no mention of memory on page 2). All in all, a very worthwhile investment for anyone wanting to get the most out of these two great software packages.
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