Adobe publishing is one of the world's premier publishers of software that helps you create visually compelling print and online communications. User-friendly, highly versatile, and affordable, Adobe software is a must-have for the print and electronic publisher and designer. Their products work for both Mac and PC computers.
Adobe's most popular software package is the Adobe Publishing Collection, which combines full versions of four powerful Adobe applications in one complete, affordable publishing tool kit. This Collection delivers everything you need to create, assemble, and deliver professional-quality business communications. It includes:
- Adobe Photoshop 7.0. Work efficiently to create original images and edit photos.
- Adobe Illustrator 10. Produce presentation graphics, logos, technical drawings, charts, and more.
- Adobe PageMaker 7.0. Arrange your artwork in sophisticated, eye-catching layouts.
- Adobe Acrobat 5.0. Preserve your completed layouts in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) for print or online distribution. With Acrobat, you can even add comments to documents online with markup tools such as electronic sticky notes.
Adobe's newest software package is the Adobe Creative Suite, which is a complete design environment that combines Adobe's leading professional tools--the latest versions of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and GoLive software and new Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional software - with innovative Version Cue file-management features to let you create and publish content for print and the Web faster, more easily, and more affordably than ever. Editing images, creating photo compositions, and drawing vector graphics has never been a more fluid and flexible process than in the integrated design environment of the Adobe Creative Suite.
An excellent guide available for Adobe software is the Official Adobe® Print Publishing Guide. This well-written, full-color guide from Adobe teaches managers and designers the relevant issues and problems that need to be considered with any professional-level print publishing job. It brings together the collective knowledge & wisdom of the experts at Adobe Systems in a simple, elegant presentation of the fundamental concepts & issues related to producing high-quality print output. Includes succinct, expertly illustrated explanations of the basic concepts & terminology of print production, along with Adobe's guidelines.
