Adobe Creative Suite 2 Workflow: Integrating the Tools, Increasing Your Productivity

by Shari Nakano, Jennifer Alspach, Steve Samson

Adobe CS2 makes it easy to work smarter. Why not take advantage of all it has to offer?

Odds are you already use Adobe's Creative Suite. Maybe you use some of its features all of the time, but you know it also includes other powerful tools you have yet to explore, because you just don't have the time. The irony is that the whole design of Creative Suite is intended to save you time--the applications and tools included in the product work...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0596102364
• ISBN13: 9780596102364
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Length: 634 Pages
• Weight: 2.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

One of the best, more comprehensive CS2 workbooks on the market today

Jennifer Alspach, Shari Nakno and Steve Samson's Adobe Creative Suite 2 Workflow is no light manual on CS2: it's for the active user who suspects there are more functions and features than meets the eye. From tips on how to use CS2 more effectively to determining which applications fit specific tasks and how to handle illustrator techniques, one big advantage here is a powerful visual approach which packs color screen shots, diagrams, and examples on each page. It's one of the best, more comprehensive CS2 workbooks on the market today and lends particularly well to seasoned users who wish to get more from the program.

Wrong Title for Book

If I had gone strictly with the title of the book, I might have not given this one 5 stars at all. It's not about creating workflows between Adobe applications and doing projects. More than that, this book is about experiences from the authors about how one can do small tasks more efficiently by using the CS2 applications together. Think of this as a book that's left next to your desk that you can pick up and read when you have 5 minutes to spare. That's the way this book will benefit. So if you think that the term "workflow' in the title means that you're going to do great things, then you got it all wrong. This book is about those little things that make great differences. Geetesh Bajaj/Indezine.com

Practical recipes for real world problems

This book presents a set of recipes for using the Adobe product suite. The recipes are well chosen and are described in a terse style that works for this type of content. My only gripe is that the examples could have been a little better. With books that cover products like Photoshop I like to not only learn the techniques, but be inspired by the example material in the book itself. And that's why I rate this book a 4 and not a 5.

Back to basics

Full of the basics to get any soon-to-be Photoshoper off the ground with CS2. Lots of examples on virtually every page, step you through real-world situations, clearly and quickly. A few good sections on Bridge, Version Cue and Searching right at the beginning ensure you don't make a mess later on as you wade through all the chapters devoted to Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator, GoLive, and Acrobat. While it does cover Photoshop basics such as removing color casts, red eye, setting up printers and placing text on paths...it also details how it efficiently ties into all the other Adobe applications found in CS2. And how to make the most of your time - a good general book for beginners but even advanced users may glean new insights if they haven't tried CS2's new features.