Adobe(R) Photoshop(R) 6.0 and Illustrator(R) 9.0 Advanced Classroom in a Book (020172989X) - Reviews and Prices

Editorial Review:

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.

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

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 2.5 / 5.0

good but not great:

there are better books out there.

Some serious instruction deficiencies:

I really like the concept of what Adobe is doing in this book series. Yet, in Lessons on masking in lesson 4 and layering in Lesson 5 provided instructions that just did not work. This both surprised and obviously frustrated me. The other lessons worked fine - come on Adobe rework lessons 4 and 5 - you can do better than this!!!

Adobe Should Pull This Book or Give it Away for Free!:

This book seems to be missing about half of the functionality of these two applications. It does not flow well, and does not cover information for web developers. This is NOT one of the better reference materials produced by Adobe. You would do well not to waste your hard-earned money on this one.

Digression is a terrible thing...:

Adobe is great- we all know that. They also make some pretty rockin books for their products. THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM!! This is why-I used the Photoshop 5.5 & Illustrator 8.0 book in school, and its great, so I thought I would buy the new version, and even if only one or two lessons were updated or changed to reflect the new abilities of the two programs, I would be happy. Sure enough-FOUR LESSONS HAVE JUST BEEN DELETED!! Not replaced with anything!!! So, those of you that have Photoshop 6.0 CIB are... more info

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