Adobe Creative Suite 5 Web Premium How-Tos 100 Essential Techniques

by Karlins, David

• ISBN13: 9780321719867
• ISBN10: 0321719867
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-08-17
• Publisher: Adobe Press

Summary

The essential techniques for creating and enhancing Web sites with Adobe Creative Suite CS5 Web Premium. bull; bull;Concise, economical, easy-to-use guide gives readers immediate access to the features they need to know to get results. bull;Written by an expert Web designer who teaches Adobe Creative Suite and knows the way people like to learn it. bull;Teaches readers how to integrate Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash to create cutting-edge Web sites. Adobe Creative Suite CS5 Web Premium How-Tos: Essential Techniques is a concise, economical, current, and informed guide to the key techniques for creating inviting and accessible Web sites using Adobe Creative Suite CS5. Readers choose the How-Tos guide when they want immediate access to just what they need to know to get results. This book shows readers the Dreamweaver CS5 features they need to manage Web sites; design page layout with CSS styles; and generate menu bars, tabbed panels, tooltips, datasets, and forms with validation scripts. It gives readers the Photoshop CS5 skills to prepare photos and thumbnails for the Web. It teaches Illustrator CS5 techniques to create Web banners, navigations icons, and scalable graphic elements. It shows how to create scrollbars and buttons in Flash Catalyst CS5. Readers can learn to generate animation in Flash Professional CS5, and they can discover ways to integrate Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash to create cutting-edge Web sites with custom video players, animation, and interactivity.

Author Biography

David Karlins is the author of over 30 books on graphic, Web, and interactive design. He teaches Web design at San Francisco State University Multimedia Studies Program and at 3rdWard in New York City, and his tutorials and Web design videos can be found at davidkarlins.com and peachpit.com.

Table of Contents

(ch 1) CREATING A WEB SITE IN DREAMWAVER
(ch 2) DESIGNING WEB PAGES IN DREAMWEAVER WITH CSS STYLES
(ch 3) FORMATTING TEXT AND EMBEDDING IMAGES
(ch 4) COLLECTING INPUT WITH FORMS IN DREAMWAVER
(ch 5) INTERACTIVITY WITH DREAMWEAVER SPRY AND JAVASCRIPT
(ch 6) EMBEDDING MEDIA IN DREAMWEAVER
(ch 7) Working with HTML5 Pack Extensions in Dreamweaver CS5
(ch 8) PREPARING PHOTOS FOR THE WEB IN PHOTOSHOP
(ch 9) PREPARING ARTWORK AND ANIMATION IN PHOTOSHOP
(ch 10) USING PHOTOSHOP FOR WIREFRAMING AND TEMPLATES
(ch 11) CREATING ARTWORK FOR THE WEB IN ILLUSTRATOR
(ch 12) DESIGNING WEB PAGES IN ILLUSTRATOR
(ch 13) EXPORTING ILLUSTRATOR VECTORS TO THE WEB
(ch 14) DESIGNING INTERACTIVE ELEMENTS IN FLASH CATALYST
(ch 15) CREATING ANIMATION IN FLASH PROFESSIONAL
(ch 16) CREATING SLIDESHOWS IN FLASH PROFESSIONAL
(ch 17) USING CREATIVE SUITE CS5 TOOLS FOR THE WEB