The Designer's Apprentice Automating Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign in Adobe Creative Suite 3

by Ralston, Rick

• ISBN13: 9780321495709
• ISBN10: 0321495705
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-08-13
• Publisher: Adobe Press

Summary

Let your computer do the graphics grunt work: Use the automation tools in Adobe Creative Suite 3 to work faster and more accurately.

Author Biography

Rick Ralston started his graphic design career 15 years ago with The
Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta. He now develops automated systems and
provides technical support for the company's packaging graphics
group. He lives with his partner Julie and more animals than seems
strictly necessary in the beautiful wilds of Georgia. He also writes
an automation blog at www.theAutomatist.com.

Table of Contents

Of mice and brooms : an informal introduction to automation	p. 3
I, automated animal : the robot within us	p. 11
A call to actions : Creative Suite's native automation tool	p. 21
Behind the curtain : scripting in Creative Suite	p. 41
Robot with a pipe : Mac's automator	p. 65
From one, many : data-driven publishing with Creative Suite	p. 95
Mixed bag of tricks : auxiliary tools	p. 107
Automatic for the people : server-based applications	p. 121
Thinking in pictures : the Photoshop projects	p. 133
Beautiful geometry : the Illustrator projects	p. 155
The art of composition : the InDesign projects	p. 179
A symphony of automations : the system project	p. 209
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