Review: Adobe Creative Cloud All-in-One For Dummies

A comprehensive guide to the basics, written by designers for designers.

Our Verdict

A comprehensive guide by two people who really know their stuff. This book is invaluable for those starting out and getting to know the ropes across the Adobe suite. Not so great for those familiar with the basics, but still helpful lessons to be found.

For

  • Available in Kindle and paperback
  • Helpfully divided into different programs

Against

  • Ugly design
  • Potentially a little basic

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Hey, it’s OK to be a dummy sometimes; especially when it comes to the complexities and nuances of the increasingly vast Adobe Creative Cloud suite. So as a creative (or indeed anyone whose career or hobbyist interests rely on making things with image and text that look clear and pretty) what better gift than the power of mastering these essential tools?

What’s great about this particular well-known brand of reference guides is that it’s written by experts, rather than writers speaking to experts (so in this case, designers). As such, the tips and guidance are spelled out in a way that’s not only comprehensible to those in the design industry, but in a way that is tailored to those looking to work in it. 

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The Verdict
8

out of 10

Review: Adobe Creative Cloud All-in-One For Dummies

A comprehensive guide by two people who really know their stuff. This book is invaluable for those starting out and getting to know the ropes across the Adobe suite. Not so great for those familiar with the basics, but still helpful lessons to be found.

Emily Gosling

Emily Gosling is a freelance art and design journalist currently writing for titles including Creative Review, Eye on Design, Creative Boom and People of Print. She’s previously worked at Elephant magazine, It’s Nice That and Design Week, and was editor of Type Notes magazine. Her book Creative Minds Don’t Think Alike was published by Ilex Press in 2018, and she also plays bass as one-quarter of the eight-titted beast, Superstation Twatville.