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This book is made for students who would like tolearn the basics of the three primary Adobe designapplications.The way the book does this is by introducing and explainingthe applications in a logical way that buildsupon what is previously learned. These applicationspresent a bewildering array of buttons and gadgetsthat are overwhelming to the new user. This bookmakes sense of it all, not showing how everythingworks, but instead giving a foundation and a path tolearn about all those bewildering buttons and gadgets.The steps in this book look a bit like tutorials. Likewith tutorials, you should work in the applicationsas you follow along with the reading, even when notspecifically instructed to do so. Unlike tutorials, thesteps in this book present the information in a waythat is geared to having you actually learn the material,not just a list of steps to get something thatlooks decent.