Editorial Reviews
Product Description:Adobe’s Creative Suite is a tightly integrated, powerful, and cost-effective set of tools that gives you the power to create graphically rich content for print or the Web. Now, there’s an all-in-one resource that explains each component of the Suite in easy-to-understand language and gets you up and running in no time!
Loaded with invaluable tips from Adobe experts, Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium For Dummies shows you how to use the different software packages included in Adobe's Creative Suite to publish your own projects, in print or electronic form. You get seven minibooks that span more than 750 pages, giving you the lowdown on today’s hottest software tools — Acrobat, Flash, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, and Dreamweaver — and showing you how to integrate the Suite. Completely updated to cover the latest features and enhancements of all the tools, this friendly how-to guide explains in plain English how to:
- Install and set up each program
- Use common menus and commands
- Import and export files
- Work with graphics, text, and fonts
- Understand page layout
- Draw with InDesign and share your work
- Use layers, filters, and effects in Illustrator
- Save Photoshop images for print and the Web
- Create and modify PDF files in Acrobat
- Build a Web site in Dreamweaver
- Work with images and sound in Flash
- Tackle advanced concepts
- And much, much more!
Complete with a list of helpful resources, Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium For Dummies is your powerhouse guide to getting the most out of each program!
Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review
Pretty good but elementary, not intermediate, August 12, 2008
By
Kenneth Rippstein (Wichita, KS)
Good overall but too basic even for me who has virtually no experience with the Adobe suite. There are numerous editing mistakes as well. In one chapter the entire last half was missing the supporting screenshots.
perfect for beginners, August 1, 2008
By
Leoni (the Netherlands)
This book is perfect for beginning photoshoppers etc. all the important adobe programs are included (7 programs in contrary to the 6 in 1 the that the picture claims). I had photoshop classes a few years ago so it was good to refresh my memory. I had never worked with indesign or the other adobe programs but luckely it is not hard to figure out. The book does include some good tips but sometimes help of others is needed. Thank god for google :)!
I do recommend this book if you are a beginner like I am. It points you in the right direction. But if you want to create print ready documents a higher level of knowledge is required. But with a lot of patience and energy you'll get a long way with help of this book.
Over priced, May 29, 2008
By
Michael V. Mitchell (Seattle)
Are you kidding me! I spend $400 for a Kindle then get a $3 discount off the paperback version? No way!
All in One with LIMITED information, February 6, 2008
By
LEE (Le Château, USA)
We agree with the previous reviewer that mentioned the "lack of detail" in this text. This book may be useful for absolute beginners; however, we would NOT recommend it to those of us whom want a good reference text on Adobe's most powerful programs.
The Creative Suite 3 MAMMOTH is virtually impossible to discuss within a limited number of pages; not to mention that this book attempts to reference SEVEN giant programs in one book. If studying for an exam, we would recommend Cliffnotes; however, this book affords great limits to the rest of us! Better texts or alternative resources and tutorials should be considered.
TONS of great information for a complicated Suite...., November 23, 2007
By
Gilsbebe (Florida)
We'll never get through this book, it is huge! Whatever we need, it has something on it and good information. Well written with lots of pictures. Dig in and master the huge program CS3.
