CHAPTER 1  

INPUT CONVERGENCE

The developer of the program to which this book is devoted, Adobe Systems Incorporated firm (fig. 1.1) is. It has been organized in 1982, its founders are doctor Charles Geshke (Dr. Charles Geschke) and doctor John Uornok (Dr. John Warnock). In 2000 there was a change of principals, at first has been declared assignment of the executive vice-president on products and Bruce Chizena's marketing (Bmce Chizen) on a post of the president of adobe (the former president of the company Charles Geshke remained the cochairman of board of directors), and then practically in the end of a year one of its founders John Uornok abandoned post ??? of the company and held a post new to firm HUNDRED (Chief Technology Officer), also remaining thus the cochairman of board of directors of adobe. The present president of the company Bruce Chizen became John Uornoka's successor.
 

Fig. 1.1. A firm logo   Adobe Systems Incorporated

 Originally development and advancement of software solutions with usage of page description language PostScript was the firm task. Further the area of interests considerably extended, and now the firm occupies one of leading places (on different sources the third or fourth place) among software developers and is the legislator of many standards in the field of computer graphics and polygraphy. In the nomenclature of software solutions the main groups of users for which the firm develops Applications are tracked some.
 

	Extremely broad range of the experts working with the image. The famous programs are intended for them vectorial, pointwise and presentation graphics.
	Experts of desktop publishing systems and ?????????? preparations of issuings. In 1994 there was a join of firms of adobe and Aldus, the developer of the famous programs PageMaker and Photostyler. Next year in the property of firm of adobe ? the program of class PageMaker, but with specialization towards the big scientific and technical documents and possibility of transfer of documents from one platform program FrameMaker of firm Frame Technology Corporation passed to another. At the moment firm new program InDesign strenuously moves ahead. Its assignment ? highly professional imposition and design, it claims to occupy that niche which till now program QuarkXPress undividedly owned.
	Experts in system integration of products of firm of adobe, and also, on join last with development of a similar class of other companies.

On the basis of language PostScript the firm developed the general-purpose format which is called Portable Documents Format (PDF). Format PDF is hardware-independent, it can include the text, the vectorial and pointwise drawing, supports technology of hypercommunications. Abundantly clear that this format is the considerable base of firm in the field of preparation of electronic documents and the further development firm connects to the market of programs for creation and propagation of documents in the electronic form, and first of all for WWW. Programs of group of adobe Acrobat can interact with browser Netscape Navigator and open documents in format PDF that translates graphic level of documents on much more high level.

The Adobe firm finished construction of a following level in the main base ? language PostScript, oriented also to no small degree on WWW, and let out version Level 3. In particular, each printer supporting this level, will have the built in Web server which allows remote users to address to the printer through Internet and directly to work with the formats used in Internet (HTML, PDF, GIF, JPEG, PNG). It testifies to serious intentions of firm to drift accent from reproduction of documents on their mailing and the press on demand (print-on-demand), saving thus the positions of the leader of a drawing and imposition.

Place Illustrator in family of programs of adobe

The Adobe firm aspires integration is system also to develop software solutions. More recently the firm advanced the products on three nominations which it defined by means of three concepts: CREATE to (create), ASSEMBLE to (unite) and DELIVER to (transfer), however during the present period (winter of 2001) she prefers to divide the production by technological criteria.

On the first place (as the most fashionable and roughly developing) the firm advances a direction connected to preparation of documents for web design. Following programs here turn on:

	Adobe GoLive ? the program intended for development of web sites, including electronic commerce, offers interactive (visual) creation of pages with the subsequent automatic generation of a HTML-code;
	Adobe LiveMotion ? the program intended for creation animated and graphical representations, allocated on web pages;
	Adobe Illustratorj ? the editor of vector graphics intended for creation of images which are used in polygraphy, in electronic presentations and web design, this program the given book is devoted;
	Adobe Photoshopj ? the most popular editor of a pointwise drawing who offers almost all possibilities on handling of the scanned drawing and creation of difficult graphic mounting.
	Adobes ImageReadyj ? the program intended for preparation of a pointwise drawing for web design, in particular, of typical types schedules (animated images, images-cards, ?????????? (rollover), images with the transparent background), at saving of images are used the optimized color tables and generating of the HTML-codes is provided;
	Adobe Streamline 4.0 ? the program-trassirovshchik intended for conversion of the pointwise drawing in vectorial.

Programs of a pointwise drawing, or as the firm defines this direction are included in the following set, ? digital imaging (numeral ?????????????????). Following programs Here enter:

	Adobe Photoshopj ? see the summary above;
	Adobe Photoshopj Limited Edition ? the facilitated variant of the program of the pointwise drawing, intended for mastering of basic functions of the editor and methods of operation with the images received as a result of scanning and shooting by numeral photocameras;
	Adobe PhotoDeluxej of a Home Edition and adobe PhotoDeluxej Business Edition ? the simple editors of a pointwise drawing intended for performance of some standard operations (for example, a retouch and correction) with the scanned images and calculated for the unprepared user or the business user;
	Adobe ActiveShare ? the simple and elegant program intended for operation with photos in house conditions, namely: Imports images from the scanner and a numeral photocamera; Allows to create "a family album" and to deliver photos on electronic mail.

Further the extensive list of programs for graphic design and polygraphy follows:

	Adobe Illustratorj ? see the summary above;
	Adobe Photoshopj ? see the summary above;
	Adobe InDesign ? the modern professional program of imposition with diversiform characteristics of typographics and developed system ?????????? preparations.
	Adobe InCopy ? the program of preparation of publishing originals which gives the chance to authors, to editors and ????????????? to arrange professional grade documents;
	Adobe Acrobat InProduction ? the program which is a link between actually design and document printing in Adobe Portable Document Format format (PDF), in particular, it provides processes ?????????? checks, color separations, ????????? and other major problems of preparation of the document for printing;
	Adobe InScope ? the publishing system providing resource management and forming the difficult and multi-level environment with open architecture. The program urged to increase labor productivity, to refine quality and to cut expenditures at each stage of publishing manufacture. The program has the full integration with all programs of imposition and a drawing of firm of adobe;
	Adobe PageMakerj ? the program of imposition of the polygraphic and electronic issuings, translated in discharge of business applications. It is accompanied by hundreds various templates of documents, illustrations and the numeral photos which usage as a basis repeatedly reduces time of creation of the documents which are not claiming for especially refined design;
	Adobe FrameMakerj ? the program of imposition of the volume, reticulated and often updated documents to what the firm documentation which without the considerable and basic changes can be used for polygraphic execution, for printout on office printer, for layout on web pages or propagations on CD-ROM disks concerns, for example;
	Adobe FrameViewerj ? the program which provides dynamic navigation, numerous adjustments and ?????????????????? compatibility of documents of the program of adobe FrameMakerj;
	Adobe PressReady ? the program which is ensuring functioning of color inkjet printers of the last generation on the basis of a page description language of adobe PostScriptj 3 and check of documents before printing in order to avoid superfluous expenditures of materials;
	Adobe Streamline ? see the summary above;
	Printer drivers of firm of adobe ? the program decisions, set standards in the field of the high-quality seal and polygraphy.

In separate group of applications the programs concerning technologies of saving of the information, a color separation and printing of polygraphic documents are selected:

	Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) ? the open standard de facto for electronic issuings, a format provides saving of all parameters of a font, formatting, colors of images, thus is is exceptional compact;
	Adobe PostScriptj ? a world famous format and a programming language which is used both in computer graphics, and in polygraphy. This technology is licensed by all vendors of high-quality printing devices and integrated into very wide spectrum of exterior devices;
	Adobe® Extreme ? architecture of systems of the press, intended for usage in a service bureau, studios ?????????? preparations and the polygraphic enterprises. This technology represents the fastest and floppy embodiment of printing technologies of firm of adobe and provides the integrated working flow for automation ?????????? preparations, optimization of speed and quality with usage of formats PDF and JT (Job Tickets ? "tickets of jobs");
	Printer drivers of firm of adobe ? see the summary above;
	Adobe SVG Viewer ? the program-browser of the scalable vector graphics allocated on web pages, a format is developed and supported ???????????? W3C.

The Adobe firm still advances a series of the programs directed on creation of presentations, the animation rollers following under a signature stamp "motion" (driving):

	Adobe After Effectsj ? the program intended for creation of difficult documents with usage of animated images, video frames, multimedia elements. This program is tightly connected to other programs which objects serve as elements, ? adobe Photoshopj, adobe Illustratorj and adobe Premierej;
	Adobe Premierej ? the program intended for operation with video mounting, is used in manufacture of films, video films, multimedia products and web sites;
	Adobe Dimentionsj ? enough simple editor of a three-dimensional drawing (it is developed only for computers Macintosh). The program transforms any vectorial object in three-dimensional (more precisely, in pseudo-three-dimensional) with possibility of the subsequent output on PostScript-devices;
	Adobe ImageReadyj ? see the summary above;
	Adobe Photoshopj ? see the summary above.

Group of programs for creation of electronic issuings (ePAPER) and electronic document circulation are based on format PDF and packet Acrobat. Following programs Here turn on:

	Adobe Acrobatj Reader ? free of charge spread program for review and printing of documents in Adobe Portable Document Format format (PDF);
	Adobe Acrobatj Business Tools ? the program of document handling on the basis of an electronic marking and format PDF. Allows to convert any web page or as a whole the web site in a compact file of format PDF and to deliver on electronic mail to colleagues and clients;
	Adobe Acrobatj Capturej ? the optical character recognition program (OCR) represents the bridge between paper and numeral forms of representation of documents and connects the scanner and the converter of documents in format PDF;
	Adobe Acrobatj Distillerj Server ? the program, reformative the document in format PostScript in the document of format PDF and, besides possibility to see result of the press, provides preprinting check of the document. This program is necessary for all who uses highly professional output PostScript-devices in the operation;
	Adobe Acrobatj Messenger ? the program uniting possibilities of the scanner and numeral ??????, provides creation of numeral documents and propagation by their means of electronic mail. Internet and a fax;
	Adobe PDF Merchant ? the program using advantages of Internet-business and providing control by intellectual property. It is integrated with all known systems of electronic trade and servers of electronic transactions with support of necessary security clearance;
	Adobe Document Server ? the program providing review of documents of format PDF by means of web browsers without necessity of reversal to the program of adobe Acrobatj Reader. The program allows to fulfill converting of documents of format PDF in images in formats GIF or JPEG with saving of control items and navigatings. The program allows to transform also to the document of format HTML with the greatest possible saving of visual formatting.

And at last, the Adobe firm supports and advances the programs intended for operation with fonts. This group includes following programs and font libraries:

	Adobe Type Managerj (ATM®) Deluxe ? the program providing control by fonts in formats PostScript® Type I, OpenType and TrueType;
	Adobe Font Folio ? contains more than 2500 fonts from firm library and a control facility fonts, in particular, adobe Type Managerj Deluxe;
	Adobe Type Library ? library of firm fonts.

The firm combines the specified programs in some packets ? "collections" in firm terminology:

	Adobe Web Collection
	Adobe Dynamic Media Collection
	Adobe Design Collection
	Adobe Publishing Collection

Adding stated above, it is possible to state that Adobe Illustrator program is included into some collections though its principal assignment consists in creation of vector images which can be used as in "native" documents of the program, and to export to other formats.

Therefore Adobe Illustrator program can serve both a source of an illustrative material, and the program creating an end-product (for example, dummy layouts and color-splitted bands).

Following pages of the web site of firm of adobe to the address are devoted Adobe Illustrator program: http://www.adobe.cofn/pfvclucts/illustrator/mam.html (fig. 1.2).

Rice 1.2. Page of the web site of firm of the adobe, devoted Illustrator

Experts for whom this program is necessary

Adobe Illustrator program is intended mainly for any operations connected to creation and handling of vector graphics which can be used further and for the polygraphic press, both for multimedia applications, and for network World Wide Web. To images with which the program initially works, it is possible to carry various signs, logos, technical illustrations, circuits, both etc. and etc.

	The main experts for whom the program is intended, artists-designers are. Appearance of programs of vector graphics lifted graphic design on new level and gave possibilities to the creative person to work with the graphic form and with a font similarly (ease of transformations of forms and a font can play even the negative role: it became too easy to create the bad design).
	The program equally can be used by illustrators of the technical book.
	Images which form in Adobe Illustrator program, are easily integrated into multimedia programs (for example, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects and many other things), therefore experts in manufacture of multimedia products can use it.
	Experts of the newest direction of design ? web designers also can apply the program for development of an illustrative material with success, including there is a possibility to create the image-card for web pages.
	To the printer occupied ??????????? with processes, the program provides a color separation, control in parameters of rasterization and obtaining of color-splitted bands.

To the person who for all life did not draw also a direct line, but thus feels in itself presence of taste and a chasm of ideas, this program helps to compensate absence "?????????????" skills and with brightness to implement the intentions.