Real World Adobe Creative Suite 2

Yes, there are a lot of choices to make based on many different things. Table 2-1 contains a summary of the projects and our choices for which software to use. The rating system we use is totally unscientific and based on our own opinions. Here's a guide to what the ratings mean:

  • Primary choice is the application we would use as our personal favorite. It is also the application that other people would expect us to use.

  • Secondary choice is the alternate for the primary choice. We would choose this application if we had a client who asked us to work in a specific application.

  • Satisfactory choice is an application that could be used for the project, but only with great difficulty and loads of workarounds. We wouldn't be thrilled working under these conditions, but we would do it if we absolutely had to for some very compelling reason.

  • Unsatisfactory choice means the application is the wrong one to choose. Choosing this application would be like using a screwdriver to hammer in a nail.

Table 2-1. A summary of the various projects and which Creative Suite software you should use.

Photographic Projects

Notes

Photo retouching

-

-

 

Photo enhancing

-

-

 

Special effects

-

-

 

Contact sheets

-

-

-

Access the Contact Sheet commands in Bridge or through Photoshop. Can be converted into PDF for presentations.

Layer Comps

-

-

-

-

Can be converted into PDF for presentations.

Duotones

-

-

 

Books

      

Novels

-

-

-

-

 

Simple textbooks

-

-

 

Complex textbooks

-

-

 

Art and picture books

-

-

 

Children's books

-

Use Acrobat to assemble.

Other Long Documents

      

Magazines

-

-

May need to be paired with InCopy.

Newspapers

-

-

May need to be paired with InCopy.

Annual reports

-

-

 

Catalogs

-

-

May need third-party plug-ins to work with database information.

Enterprise Documents

Notes

Stationery

-

-

 

Business cards

-

-

 

Price lists

-

-

 

Forms

-

Interactive features need to be added in Acrobat.

Postcards

-

-

 

Invitations

-

-

 

Design Projects

      

Ads

-

-

 

CD labels

-

-

 

CD covers

-

-

 

Brochures

-

-

-

 

Movie posters

-

-

 

Greeting cards

-

-

 

Outdoor posters

-

-

Check for the correct line screen for final resolution.

Book Covers

-

-

 

Matchbooks and promotional items

-

-

 

Logos and corporate identity

-

-

 

Calendars

-

-

See Adobe Studio Exchange for templates.

Packaging

-

-

May need additional bar-code software.

Fashion designs

-

-

-

 

Labels

-

-

-

 

Art and Illustrations

Notes

Art

-

-

-

 

Sketches

-

-

-

 

Watercolors

-

-

-

 

Painting

-

-

-

 

Collages

-

-

 

Photorealism

-

-

-

 

Technical drawings

-

-

-

-

 

Maps

-

-

-

 

Charts and graphs

-

-

-

 

Web Pages and Web Graphics

      

Web pages

-

-

 

Web images

-

-

 

Animations

-

-

-

-

 

Movies

-

-

-

 

Web comps

-

-

 

Primary Choice

Secondary Choice

Satisfactory Choice

Unsatisfactory Choice

Used for Images and Graphics

- Not Applicable

Although there aren't any hard-and-fast rules, we hope that this chapter will help you as you before you start working on your projects.

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