Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Design Standard
Ease of Use
Adobe Design Standard is one of the best graphic design suites that the
software giant offers. And, like other graphic design software, this
suite comes with an overwhelming arsenal of features, functions and
tools. Yes, there is a steep learning curve. Yes, it may take you a few
weeks or months (if you are new to design software) to understand how to
use the tools to create amazing designs. But yes, it is totally worth
the effort a million times over. The Adobe Creative Design Standard
suite is powerful and wonderful and amazing. Ahem, now that we've got
that gushing out of the way, let's talk about the features that do make
the applications a bit easier to use.
Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator all have intuitive user
interfaces. What we love the most is, although these three applications
serve different purposes, their workspace and
creative layout is basically the same. You have your toolbar menu to the left, your palettes to the right and the rest of the feature tabs on top. Simple. Streamlined.
creative layout is basically the same. You have your toolbar menu to the left, your palettes to the right and the rest of the feature tabs on top. Simple. Streamlined.
InDesign has done a stellar job of making page layout a simple
process (once you get over that learning hump). When you're creating a
multiple-page document, you can use Master Pages. When you are ready to
print your document, you can use the preflight and package production
tools. During this process, InDesign will list all of the errors in your
document, including unlinked layers and images, as well as textural and
color management errors.
Digital Imaging Features
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Whether
you’re a designer or photographer, Adobe Photoshop CS5 is the
undisputed champion of photo editing and retouching. This application
has a clean interface and a no-hassle workspace, which allows you to
fiddle, fuss and tweak your photos with ease. Photoshop also offers a
deluge of features and tools that elevates CS5 well above the rest. Some
of the more powerful tools include:
HDR imaging – A photo is
no longer just a photo with HDR imaging. You can merge layers, remove
the "ghosts," and increase the edge glow, tone, exposure and detail to
create an image that will look like a professional took it, even if
you're not one.
360-degree panorama –
Panoramas are ideal for scenery photographs. You can take a shot-by-shot
view of the landscape and then, in Photoshop, stitch them together,
creating one beautiful image. The 360 panorama allows you, if you
choose, to wrap your image around a sphere to create quite the
conversation piece.
Filters and effects –
With hundreds of filters and effects, from the basic filters like
Artistic and Blur to the more advanced painting effects and Puppet Warp,
you have the power to totally alter any image. Puppet Warp, for example
allows you to reposition elements in your photos. Adobe gives the
example of an arm or flower stem. Using this tool, you can straighten
the limbs to make the picture more aesthetically pleasing.
Mobile support – Adobe has a Lava Color Mixing app, an Eazel painting app and a Nav Productivity app all available for the iPad.
Content-aware fill – The
park, your little girl's dance recital, a trip to the ocean, every
photograph that you take has sentiment and beauty. You can customize
these images by removing unwanted items, details or objects. The
Content-Aware Fill tool, according to Adobe "matches lighting, tone and
noise, so it looks as if the removed content never existed."
Black-and-white conversion
– Add drama to any photo by converting it from color to black and
white. The Lab B&W Action tool can be combined with HDR imagery to
create stunning results.
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