Re: Software

[mclaughlin@infostrat.net]

>Mike Slusher <mslusher@bright.net> wrote:
> Has anyone used Ultimate Knockout or Mask Pro? I finally went out and
bought
> Adobe PS 5.5 , Illustrator, PageMaker, StreamLine, and After Effects.
>

Where did you get win 2000?  Is it released?  I use MaskPro & PS5.02
with win nt4.0. MP is relatively easy to  use but the documentation is
is not very well organized nor is it easy to follow.  But before you get
into mask pro, better get familiar with ps tools, layers and channels.   

Re books, you didn't say what kind of work you intend to be doing with
this package, but that said, here are my favorite books.:  I have half a
dozen PS5.0 books,  the best IMHO are "inside adobe PS5" by gary and
barbara bouton, a good beginning reference and "Real World PS 5" by
DAvid Blatner, a little more advanced but an indispensable reference. 
The WAite Group "Adobe PS5 How to" by Richard Lynch  (this is published
by SAMS) is also pretty good except that the images on the cd do not use
pS extensions and you have to manually change the extension of each
image to .psd in order to view it. this is just a simple screw up on the
part of the publisher.  I emailed the author to inquire about this and
received a very nice reply. If you live near a compusa, they have pretty
good introductory courses on PS & Illustrator.  Plan to spend at least a
month (depending upon how much time you have and how dedicated you are)
to get familiar with PS basic functions if you have never used a
sophisticated imaging pgm. Same for Illustrator.  As for pagemaker, it
is a program with many limitations.  I have recently purchased Adobe
InDesign which promises to be more feature rich than PM and also, more
like Illustrator & PS in form and function. One final word, all of the
books I mentioned are version 5.0. Blatner has a little sticker on the
cover that says 5.5, but  read the fine print.

Good Luck
Gene McLaughlin
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