I am looking for text to use as reference while learning Photo Shop, Illustrator, etc. The tutorials assume a level of expertise already...and you can't go back to them when you get stuck...without a lot of problems. I want a manual of sorts...any ideas?
Not sure if you already looked at these but here are links to various sections of the product help
http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/topics.html
http://helpx.adobe.com/content/help/en/illustrator/topics.html
-Dave
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