Adobe^? Creative Suite All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies^?

by Jennifer Smith; Jen deHaan

• ISBN13: 9780764569531
• ISBN10: 0764569538
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2004-04-01
• Publisher: For Dummies

Summary

If you're responsible for producing quality printed materials or creating great-looking Web pages for your business or organization, Adobe's new Creative Suite has just what you need. This complete set of integrated graphics, design, and Web page creation tools will help you produce professional quality brochures, flyers, and newsletters as well as dynamic Web pages-as soon as you get familiar with all the parts!Well, relax. Adobe Creative Suite All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummiesr has you-and all those programs-covered. Five minibooks walk you through setting up and using the tools, while the sixth shows you how they all work together. And this single volume will remain a handy reference long after you gain proficiency with the entire suite: InDesign for page layout Illustrator for creating art and graphics Photoshop, the world's favorite image editing program Acrobat, to share files across different operating systems and develop interactive forms GoLive for building innovative Web pagesEven if you plan to use only one or two of these elements now, Adobe Creative Suite All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummiesr is an outstanding resource. Find out what you need to know today, and when you're ready to tackle the next tool, just turn to that minibook and away you go. These are only a few of the skills you'll discover: Create a professional-looking page with InDesign, import Photoshop and Illustrator graphics to enliven it, and preserve it in a PDF file Design a logo for your business with Illustrator and give it 3D effects Save Illustrator files in a variety of Web-compatible formats, including GIF, HTML, and even Macromediar Flash SWF Correct photo color and edit your images in Photoshop Plan an entire Web site for maximum impact, then save hours of work by using GoLive's templates, components, and libraries Use Acrobat to create PDFs that include MP3 audio, video or SWF filesWhether your goal is to design newsletters, a full-size book, an e-commerce Web site, or just about anything else, Adobe's Creative Suite plus Adobe Creative Suite All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummiesr will help you get the job done.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Adobe Creative Suite Basics

Introducing the Adobe Creative Suite

Using Common Menus and Commands

Using Common Palettes

Using Common Plug-Ins

Importing and Exporting

Handling Graphics, Paths, Text, and Fonts

Using Color

Printing Documents

InDesign CS

Introducing InDesign CS

Drawing in InDesign

Working with Text and Text Frames

Understanding Page Layout

Clipping Paths, Transforming Objects, and Alignment

Understanding Color and Printing

Exporting Your Work

Integrating InDesign

Illustrator CS

Discovering the Basics of Illustrator CS

Using the Selection Tools

Creating Basic Shapes

Creating with the Pen Tool

Using Type in Illustrator

Organizing Your Illustrations

Using Layers

Livening Up Illustrations with Color

The Transform and Distortions Tools

Transparency and Special Effects Tools

Using Filters and Effects

Using Your Illustrator Image

Photoshop CS

Photoshop CS Basics

Mode Matters

Creating a Selection

Using the Photoshop Pen Tool

Resolution Basics

Creating a Good Image

Painting and Retouching Tools

Using Layers

Saving Photoshop Images for Print and the Web

Acrobat 6.0

Discovering Essential Acrobat Information

Creating PDF Files

Adding Interactivity to PDF Files

Editing and Extracting Text and Graphics

Using Commenting and Annotation Tools

Securing Your PDF Files

GoLive CS

Introducing GoLive CS

Creating a Web Site

Working with Images

Text and CSS

Tables and Frames

Links

Layers

Forms

Multimedia

Publishing Your Web Site

Index

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