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by Jennifer Smith, Christopher Smith, Jen DeHaan, and Fred Gerantabee

Creative Cloud ™ Design Tools

A L L - I N - O N E

Adobe ® Creative Cloud ™ Design Tools All-in-One For Dummies ®

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Contents at a Glance

Introduction 1

Book I: Getting Started with Adobe Creative Cloud 7

Chapter 1: Introducing Adobe Creative Cloud 9

Chapter 2: Using Common Menus and Commands 17

Chapter 3: Exploring Common Panels 29

Chapter 4: Using Common Extensions and Filters 35

Chapter 5: Importing and Exporting Files 41

Chapter 6: Handling Graphics, Paths, Text, and Fonts 55

Chapter 7: Using Color 67

Chapter 8: Printing Documents 75

Book II: InDesign CC 87

Chapter 1: Introducing InDesign CC 89

Chapter 2: Working with Text and Text Frames 109

Chapter 3: Understanding Page Layout 135

Chapter 4: Drawing in InDesign 155

Chapter 5: Understanding Color 175

Chapter 6: Clipping Paths, Alignment, and Object Transformation 181

Chapter 7: Exporting to PDF, Flash, and Printing 191

Chapter 8: Creating Digital Documents Using HTML and EPUB 205

Book III: Illustrator CC 213

Chapter 1: What’s New in Illustrator CC 215

Chapter 2: Discovering Illustrator CC 229

Chapter 3: Using the Selection Tools 249

Chapter 4: Creating Basic Shapes 261

Chapter 5: Using the Pen Tool and Placing Images 271

Chapter 6: Using Type in Illustrator 287

Chapter 7: Organizing Your Illustrations 313

Chapter 8: Using Layers 325

Chapter 9: Livening Up Illustrations with Color 333

Chapter 10: Using the Transform and Distortion Tools 359

Chapter 11: Working with Transparency and Special Effects Tools 373

Chapter 12: Using Filters and Effects 385

Chapter 13: Using Your Illustrator Images 399

Book IV: Photoshop CC 415

Chapter 1: Exploring New Features in Photoshop CC 417

Chapter 2: Getting into Photoshop CC Basics 427

Chapter 3: Messing with Mode Matters 439

Chapter 4: Creating a Selection 449

Chapter 5: Using the Photoshop Pen Tool 469

Chapter 6: Thinking about Resolution Basics 481

Chapter 7: Creating a Good Image 489

Chapter 8: Working with Painting and Retouching Tools 503

Chapter 9: Using Layers 523

Chapter 10: Saving Photoshop Images for Print and the Web 541

Book V: Acrobat XI 553

Chapter 1: Discovering Essential Acrobat Information 555

Chapter 2: Creating PDF Files 567

Chapter 3: Adding Interactivity to PDF Files 579

Chapter 4: Editing and Extracting Text and Graphics 587

Chapter 5: Using Commenting and Annotation Tools 595

Chapter 6: Securing Your PDF Files 611

Book VI: Dreamweaver CC 617

Chapter 1: Introducing Dreamweaver CC 619

Chapter 2: Understanding the Dreamweaver Workspace 627

Chapter 3: Creating a Website 637

Chapter 4: Working with Images 649

Chapter 5: Adding and Formatting Text 663

Chapter 6: Linking It Together 679

Chapter 7: Creating Tables 687

Chapter 8: Creating CSS Layouts 699

Chapter 9: Publishing Your Website 709

Book VII: Flash Professional CC 719

Chapter 1: Getting Started in Flash CC 721

Chapter 2: Creating Artwork and Text 737

Chapter 3: Symbols and Animation 755

Chapter 4: Applying Advanced Animation 771

Chapter 5: Adding Graphics, Audio, and Video 791

Chapter 6: Lights, Camera, Movie Clips! 811

Chapter 7: Controlling Your Movie with ActionScript 823

Chapter 8: Getting into the (Work)Flow 843

Chapter 9: Publishing and Final Delivery 855

Book VIII: Fireworks CC 873

Chapter 1: Introducing Fireworks CC 875

Chapter 2: Free to Create 883

Chapter 3: Livening Up Your Artwork with Color 893

Chapter 4: Creating Text in Fireworks 903

Chapter 5: Getting Images In and Out of Fireworks 913

Chapter 6: Hotspots, Slices, and CSS Layouts 925

Chapter 7: Using Buttons and Symbols 939

Chapter 8: Don’t Just Sit There — Animate! 949

Chapter 9: Building a Wireframe Using Fireworks 961

Index 969

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Why Is It Important? 2

About This Book 2

Foolish Assumptions 4

Icons Used in This Book 4

Beyond the Book 5

Book I: Getting Started with Adobe Creative Cloud 7

Chapter 1: Introducing Adobe Creative Cloud 9

Introducing InDesign CC 10

Using Illustrator CC 10

Getting Started with Photoshop CC 11

Working with Acrobat XI 12

Introducing Dreamweaver CC 13

Moving into Flash Professional CC 14

Welcoming You to Fireworks CC 14

Crossing the Adobe Bridge 15

Integrating Software 15

Acquiring Assets for this Book 16

Chapter 2: Using Common Menus and Commands 17

Discovering Common Menus 17

Using Dialog Boxes 19

Encountering Alerts 20

Getting to Know Common Menu Options 21

About Contextual Menus 22

Using Common Keyboard Shortcuts 23

Changing Your Preferences 25

Chapter 3: Exploring Common Panels .29

Understanding the Synchronized Workspace 29

Using Panels in the Workspace 31

Moving panels 32

Looking at common panels 33

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Chapter 4: Using Common Extensions and Filters .35

Looking at Common Extensions and Filters 35

Plugging in to InDesign 36

Adding on to Photoshop 37

Using Illustrator plug-ins 37

Adding capabilities to Acrobat 38

Extending Dreamweaver 38

Using Filters and Plug-Ins 39

Chapter 5: Importing and Exporting Files 41

Discovering the Adobe Bridge Application 41

Accessing the Bridge software 42

Navigating in Adobe Bridge 43

Managing color 45

Importing Files into a Document 46

Placing content in InDesign 46

Adding content to a Photoshop file 47

Placing files into Illustrator 48

Adding to Acrobat 49

Importing into Dreamweaver 50

Exporting Your Documents 51

Exporting from InDesign 51

Exporting content from Photoshop 52

Exporting Illustrator files 52

Exporting Acrobat content 52

Exporting Dreamweaver content 53

Chapter 6: Handling Graphics, Paths, Text, and Fonts .55

Using Graphics in Your Documents 55

Working with bitmap images 56

Discovering vector graphics 56

Working with Paths and Strokes 58

Adding Text 59

Using fonts 60

Discovering types of fonts 61

Using text and fonts on the web 61

The Fundamentals of Page Layout 62

Deciding which Creative Cloud programs to use 62

Designing a layout for print 63

Choosing a web page layout 64

Chapter 7: Using Color 67

Looking at Color Modes and Channels 67

Using RGB 68

Working with CMYK 68

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Saving in grayscale 69

Looking at color channels 69

Choosing Colors 70

Using swatches 70

Mixing colors 71

Using Color on the Web 71

Chapter 8: Printing Documents .75

Choosing Printers 75

Using consumer printers 75

Looking at professional printers 76

Buying a Printer 76

Printing Your Work 77

Choosing where and how to print 77

Looking at paper 78

Saving files for a professional printer or service provider 79

Printing to standard PDF format 81

Book II: InDesign CC 87

Chapter 1: Introducing InDesign CC .89

Getting Started with InDesign CC 89

Creating a new publication 90

Opening an existing publication 92

Looking at the document setup 93

Touring the Workspace 93

Tools 95

Menus 96

Panels 97

Contextual menus 99

Setting Up the Workspace 100

Showing and hiding grids and guides 100

Snapping to a grid or a guide 101

Using Smart Guides 101

Customizing menus 102

Customizing the interface appearance 103

Saving a custom workspace 104

Working with Documents 104

Importing new content 105

Viewing content 106

Saving your publication 106

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Chapter 2: Working with Text and Text Frames 109

Understanding Text, Font, and Frames 109

Creating and Using Text Frames 110

Creating text frames with the Type tool 110

Creating text frames with the Frame tool 111

Creating text frames from a shape 111

Adding Text to Your Publication 112

Importing text 112

Controlling text flow 113

Adding placeholder text 113

Copying and pasting text 114

Looking at Text Frame Options 115

Changing text frame options 115

Using and modifying columns 116

Modifying and Connecting Text Frames on a Page 118

Resizing and moving the text frame 118

Threading text frames 119

Adding a page jump number 122

Understanding Paragraph Settings 124

Indenting your text 124

Text alignment and justification 125

Saving a paragraph style 125

Editing Stories 126

Using the story editor 126

Checking for correct spelling 128

Using custom spelling dictionaries 128

Using Tables 129

Creating tables 129

Editing table settings 130

Creating table styles 132

Looking at Text on a Path 132

Chapter 3: Understanding Page Layout .135

Importing Images 135

Importing PDFs 137

Importing other InDesign documents 137

Linking and Embedding Images 138

Setting Image Quality and Display 139

Selecting Images 140

Manipulating Text and Graphics in a Layout 142

Page orientation and size 142

Margins, columns, and gutters 142

Using guides and snapping 143

Locking objects and guides 145

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Merging Text and Graphics 146

Wrapping objects with text 146

Modifying a text wrap 148

Working with Pages and the Pages Panel 149

Selecting and moving pages 150

Adding and deleting pages 150

Numbering your pages 150

Using Master Spreads in Page Layout 151

Creating a master spread 152

Applying, removing, and deleting master pages 152

Changing individual page sizes 153

Chapter 4: Drawing in InDesign 155

Getting Started with Drawing 155

Paths and shapes 155

Points and segments 157

Getting to Know the Tools of the Trade 158

The Pencil tool 158

The Pen tool 158

Basic shapes and frame shapes 158

Drawing Shapes 159

Creating a shape with exact dimensions 160

Using the Polygon tool 160

Editing Basic Shapes 161

Changing the size with the Transform panel 162

Changing the size with the Free Transform tool 162

Changing the stroke of a shape 163

Changing the shear value 164

Rotating a shape 164

Drawing Freeform Paths 164

Using the Pencil tool 165

Using the Pen tool 165

Editing Freeform Paths 166

Modifying Frame Corners 167

Using Fills 168

Creating basic fills 168

Making transparent fills 169

Looking at gradients 170

Removing fills 172

Adding Layers 172

Creating QR Codes 173

Chapter 5: Understanding Color 175

Selecting Color with Color Controls 175

Understanding Color Models 176

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Using Color Swatches and Libraries 177

The Swatches panel 177

Swatch libraries 178

Chapter 6: Clipping Paths, Alignment, and Object Transformation 181

Working with Transformations 181

Looking at the Transform panel 182

Using the Free Transform tool 183

Rotating objects 184

Scaling objects 185

Shearing objects 185

Reflecting objects 186

Understanding Clipping Paths 187

Arranging Objects on the Page 188

Aligning objects 188

Distributing objects 189

Chapter 7: Exporting to PDF, Flash, and Printing .191

Preflight: Preparing Your Documents for Printing 191

Packaging Your Documents 192

Understanding File Formats 193

Exporting Publications 195

Exporting PDF documents for printing 195

Exporting EPS files 198

Exporting JPEG and PNG files 199

Exporting to Flash 200

Exporting text files 201

Printing Your Work 202

Understanding bleed 202

Doing it yourself: Printing and proofing at home or the office 202

Chapter 8: Creating Digital Documents Using HTML and EPUB .205

Adapting Content for Digital Distribution 206

Creating Digital Documents 206

Creating alternate layouts 207

Creating liquid layouts 207

Other digital document features 208

Exporting HTML 208

Exporting EPUB 209

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Book III: Illustrator CC 213

Chapter 1: What’s New in Illustrator CC .215

New Features for Placing Images 215

Unembedding an Image 219

Packaging Your Illustrator File 220

Improvements in Color Features 222

Discovering the improved Kuler panel 222

Using the Separations Preview panel 225

Guides Enhancements 226

Chapter 2: Discovering Illustrator CC 229

Deciding When to Use Illustrator CC 229

Creating a New Document 231

Need a Design Boost? Try a Template 233

Opening an Existing Document 234

Taking a Look at the Document Window 234

Taking Advantage of Artboards 236

Creating multiple artboards 236

Exploring enhanced artboard features 238

Printing a document with multiple artboards 238

Becoming Familiar with the Tools 240

Checking Out the Panels 242

Changing Views 244

Navigating the Work Area with Zoom Controls 246

Chapter 3: Using the Selection Tools 249

Getting to Know the Selection Tools 249

Anchor points 249

Bounding boxes 251

Selection tools 251

Working with Selections 252

Creating a selection 252

Selecting an anchor point 253

Using a marquee to select an object 254

Selecting multiple objects 255

Saving a selection 255

Grouping and Ungrouping 255

Creating a group 256

Using Isolation mode 256

Manipulating Selected Objects 257

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Chapter 4: Creating Basic Shapes 261

The Basic Shape Tools 261

Creating rectangles and ellipses 262

Using the Rounded Rectangle tool 262

Using the Polygon tool 263

Using the Star tool 263

Resizing Shapes 264

Tips for Creating Shapes 266

Creating advanced shapes 266

Using the Pathfinders 267

Using the Shape Builder tool 268

Chapter 5: Using the Pen Tool and Placing Images 271

Pen Tool Fundamentals 271

Creating a straight line 272

Creating a constrained straight line 274

Creating a curve 274

Reconnecting to an existing path 275

Controlling curves 277

Creating a corner point 278

The Hidden Pen Tools 279

Adding tools to help make paths 280

Using the Eraser tool 280

Tracing Artwork 281

Creating a template layer 281

Using Image Trace 282

Changing the View 285

Other Details You Should Know about Placing Images 285

Using Photoshop Layer Comps 286

Chapter 6: Using Type in Illustrator .287

Working with Type 287

Creating text areas 288

Creating a line of text 288

Flowing text into an area 289

Dealing with text overflow 289

Creating columns of text with the Area Type tool 289

Threading text into shapes 291

Wrapping text 292

Outlining text 294

Putting text on a path, in a closed shape, or on the path of a shape 295

Assigning Font Styles 297

Using the Character Panel 300

Using the Control Panel 301

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Using the Paragraph Panel 302

Alignment 302

Indentation 303

Text Utilities: Your Key to Efficiency 303

Find and Replace 303

Spell checker 304

The Hyphenation feature 304

The Find Font feature 305

The Change Case feature 306

Text styles 307

Chapter 7: Organizing Your Illustrations .313

Setting Ruler Increments 313

Using Guides 314

Creating a ruler guide 314

Creating a custom guide 315

Using the Transform Panel for Placement 315

Changing the Ruler Origin 315

Thinking about Object Arrangement 316

Hiding Objects 317

Locking Objects 319

Creating a Clipping Mask 320

Creating a Clipping Path Using the Draw Inside Button 322

Chapter 8: Using Layers 325

Creating New Layers 325

Using Layers for Selections 329

Changing the Layer Stacking Order 330

Moving and Cloning Objects 330

Hiding Layers 331

Locking Layers 331

Chapter 9: Livening Up Illustrations with Color .333

Choosing a Document Profile 333

Using the Swatches Panel 335

Applying Color to the Fill and Stroke 336

Changing the Width and Type of a Stroke 337

Using the Color Panel 339

Saving Colors 340

Building and using custom libraries 341

Using the Color Guide and color groups 341

Adding Pantone colors 343

Editing Colors 344

Building and Editing Patterns 345

Advanced Pattern Editing 347

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Working with Gradients 351

Using the Gradient tool 353

Apply a gradient to a stroke 355

Using transparency in gradient meshes 355

Copying Color Attributes 356

Painting Made Easy: The Live Paint Feature 357

Chapter 10: Using the Transform and Distortion Tools .359

Working with Transformations 359

Transforming an object 360

Aligning to the Grid using the Transform panel 363

Using the Transform tools 364

Creating Distortions 366

The Liquify tools 366

Using the Envelope Distort Command 369

Chapter 11: Working with Transparency and Special Effects Tools 373

The Mesh Tool 373

The Blend Tool 377

Creating a blend 377

Setting Blend options 378

The Symbol Sprayer Tool 379

Exploring the symbol tools 379

Creating and spraying symbols on the artboard 381

Transparency 382

Blend modes 382

Opacity masks 383

Chapter 12: Using Filters and Effects .385

Working with Effects 385

Understanding the Appearance panel 385

Applying an effect 386

Adding a Drop Shadow effect 387

Saving Graphic Styles 390

Creating 3D Artwork 391

Adding Multiple Fills and Strokes 394

Using the Perspective Grid 397

Chapter 13: Using Your Illustrator Images 399

Saving and Exporting Illustrator Files 399

The native Adobe Illustrator file format 400

Saving Illustrator files back to previous versions 402

The EPS file format 402

The PDF file format 404

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Saving Your Artwork for the Web 405

Flattening Transparency 408

Flattening a file 409

Using the Flattener Preview panel 411

Printing from Illustrator 411

Book IV: Photoshop CC 415

Chapter 1: Exploring New Features in Photoshop CC 417

Scaling Up with Better Quality 417

New Methods for Managing Layers 419

Using Camera Raw as a Filter 420

Shake Reduction 422

Live Shape properties 424

Chapter 2: Getting into Photoshop CC Basics 427

Getting to Know the Tools 427

Navigating the Work Area 429

Docking and saving panels 430

Taking advantage of workspace features 430

Zooming in to get a better look 430

Choosing Your Screen Mode 432

Getting Started with Basic Tasks in Photoshop CC 433

Opening an image 433

Creating a new file 434

Cropping an image 435

Using grids as you crop 436

Saving images 436

Chapter 3: Messing with Mode Matters .439

Working with Bitmap Images 439

Choosing the Correct Photoshop Mode 440

Bitmap 441

Grayscale 441

Duotone 442

Index color 444

RGB 445

CMYK 446

LAB color 446

Multichannel 446

Bit depth 446

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Chapter 4: Creating a Selection 449

Getting to Know the Selection Tools 449

The Marquee tool 450

The Lasso tool 452

The Quick Selection tool 453

The Magic Wand tool 454

Painting a selection with the Quick Mask tool 454

Manipulating Selections with Refine Selection 456

Transforming selections 456

Feathering 456

Tweaking the edges of a selection with the Refine Edge feature 460

Saving Selections 464

Preserving Corrective Perspective with the Vanishing Point Feature 464

Chapter 5: Using the Photoshop Pen Tool .469

Selecting the Right Pen Tool for the Task 469

Using a Path as a Selection 470

Creating Curved Paths 471

Clipping Paths 473

Using Shape Layers 476

Creating and using a custom shape 477

Changing the color of the shape 479

Removing a shape layer 480

Chapter 6: Thinking about Resolution Basics 481

Creating Images for Print 481

The resolution formula 482

Changing the resolution 483

Determining the Resolution for Web Images 485

Applying the Unsharp Mask Filter to an Image 486

Chapter 7: Creating a Good Image 489

Reading a Histogram 489

Breaking into key types 491

Setting up the correction 492

Creating a Good Tone Curve 493

Finding the highlight and the shadow 494

Setting the highlight and shadow values 497

Adjusting the midtone 498

Finding a neutral 499

Editing an Adjustment Layer 500

Testing a Printer 501

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Chapter 8: Working with Painting and Retouching Tools .503

Using the Swatches Panel 503

Choosing Foreground and Background Colors 504

The Painting and Retouching Tools 505

Changing the brush 505

The Spot Healing Brush tool and Content-Aware feature 506

The Healing Brush tool 508

The Patch tool 509

The Red Eye tool 510

The Brush tool 510

The Clone Stamp tool 513

The History Brush tool 515

The Eraser tool 515

The Gradient tool 516

Blending Modes 517

Painting with color 519

Filling selections 520

Saving Presets 520

Chapter 9: Using Layers 523

Creating and Working with Layers 523

Duplicating a layer 525

Selecting a layer 525

Controlling the visibility of a layer 526

Rearranging the stacking order 526

Creating a Text Layer 526

Warping text 527

Fine-tuning text 527

Using Layer Masks 528

Creating a layer mask from a selection 528

Creating a vector mask from a pen path 530

Organizing Your Layers 531

Activating multiple layers simultaneously 531

Auto-Align Layers tool 532

Layer groups 533

Duplicating a layer group 533

Using Layer Styles 534

Applying a style 534

Creating and saving a style 535

Thinking about opacity versus fill 535

Smart, Really Smart! Smart Objects 536

Experimenting with 3D Files 537

Filter Capabilities in the Layers Panel 539

Merging and Flattening the Image 539

Merging 540

Flattening 540

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Chapter 10: Saving Photoshop Images for Print and the Web 541

Choosing a File Format for Saving 542Wonderful and easy Photoshop PSD 542Photoshop EPS 542Photoshop PDF 543TIFF 543DCS 543Saving for the Web 543GIF 544JPEG 548PNG 550WBMP 551Matte 551Saving Settings 552

Book V: Acrobat XI 553

Chapter 1: Discovering Essential Acrobat Information 555

Working with PDF Files 555Knowing When to Use Adobe PDF Files 557Introducing the Adobe Acrobat Workspace and Tools 558Toolbars 559Changing page magnification 562Viewing modes 563Additional viewing options 564Navigation panels 564

Chapter 2: Creating PDF Files 567

Creating PDF Files from Microsoft Office 567PDF conversion options 568PDF conversion options from Microsoft Word and Excel 569Converting PowerPoint files to PDF 570Creating PDF Files from Adobe Creative Cloud Applications 571Converting Photoshop and Illustrator files to PDF 572Converting InDesign documents to PDF 572Converting Other Electronic Documents to PDF 573Creating PDF Files from Paper Documents and the Web 575Converting paper documents to PDF 575Converting web pages to PDFs 576

Chapter 3: Adding Interactivity to PDF Files .579

Adding Bookmarks to Create Easy PDF Navigation 579Creating bookmarks that link to a page 580Creating bookmarks that link to a website 581

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Using bookmarks 581Editing bookmarks 582Adding Interactive Links 583Adding Buttons to Simplify Your PDF Files 584

Chapter 4: Editing and Extracting Text and Graphics .587

Editing Text 587Using the Edit Text & Images tool to manipulate text 588Using the Edit Text & Images tool to edit graphics 590Exporting Text and Graphics 591Exporting text with Select, Copy, and Paste 592Exporting text with Save As Other 592

Chapter 5: Using Commenting and Annotation Tools .595

Creating Comments with the Comment Panel 595The Add Sticky Note tool 597The Text Edit tools 597The Add Stamp tool 597The Highlight Text tool 599The Attach File tool 599The Drawing Markup tools 600The Add Text Box tool 601The Add Text Callout tool 602The Pencil tool 603Managing Comments 603Viewing comments 603Changing a comment’s review status 604Replying to a comment 604Showing and hiding comments 604Sharing comments 605Summarizing comments 605Enabling commenting in Adobe Reader 606Reviewing PDF Documents 606Using Shared Reviews 607Using Email Reviews 608

Chapter 6: Securing Your PDF Files .611

Understanding Password Security 611Applying Password Security to Your PDF Documents 612Limiting Editing and Printing 613Removing Sensitive Data 615

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Book VI: Dreamweaver CC 617

Chapter 1: Introducing Dreamweaver CC .619

Exploring the CC Interface 620Taking Advantage of HTML5 and CSS3 Support 620Bringing Your Pages to Life with CSS Transitions 622Working with Fluid Grids 623Exploring Mobile Authoring Options and Tools 623

Chapter 2: Understanding the Dreamweaver Workspace .627

Getting to Know the Workspace 627The Insert panel 628The Document toolbar 630Using the panel groups 632Saving your workspace 632Creating a Site 633Checking Out the Property Inspector 634Previewing Your Page in a Browser or with Live View 635Understanding Dreamweaver Preferences 636

Chapter 3: Creating a Website 637

Website Basics 637Starting a New Site 639Creating a New Page for Your Site 640Adding an Image to Your Page 641Managing Your Website Files 643Delving into HTML Basics 644What Is HTML5? 646

Chapter 4: Working with Images 649

Creating Images for the Web 649Putting Images on a Page 650Inserting an image 650Dragging and dropping an image 652Getting to Know the Property Inspector 652Placing Photoshop Files 654Photoshop Smart Objects 654Updating Photoshop Smart Objects 655Aligning an Image 656Using an Image as a Background 657Creating Rollovers 659Inserting Media 661

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Chapter 5: Adding and Formatting Text .663

Adding Text 664Formatting text 664Using the Property inspector to style text 666Spell-checking your text 669Understanding Cascading Style Sheets 670Using CSS for text 671Creating a new type selector 672What is a style sheet? 675Creating a new class selector 676

Chapter 6: Linking It Together .679

The Basics of Linking 679Creating Internal Links 680Using the Hyperlink dialog box to create a link 680Using the Property inspector to create a link 681Creating hyperlinks with Point to File 681Creating ID Attributes 682Linking to Pages and Files Outside Your Website 683Linking to E-Mail 684Linking to a PDF File 684Resolving Link Errors 684

Chapter 7: Creating Tables 687

Working with Tables 687Editing table attributes 690Adding and deleting rows and columns 690Merging and splitting cells 692Selecting a Table and a Cell 692Changing the Color and Alignment of Table Cells 694Applying Table Formatting with CSS 695Adding and Importing Content 696

Chapter 8: Creating CSS Layouts 699

Using CSS Starter Pages 699Modifying a New Layout 701Controlling Elements with ID Styles 702Creating Relatively Positioned DIVs 702Styling DIV Elements 705Using Behaviors with Boxes 706Using CSS Transitions 707

Chapter 9: Publishing Your Website 709

Clean Up after Yourself! 709Running Site Reports 710

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Getting Connected 712Your website — live! 714Synchronizing your site 715Improving Your Site 716

Book VII: Flash Professional CC 719

Chapter 1: Getting Started in Flash CC 721

Creating Your First Flash Document 721Getting Familiar with the Workspace 722The Tools panel 723The Timeline 725The Property inspector 726Panels (right side) 727Creating and Saving Workspaces 729Changing General Preferences 729Saving and Opening Documents 730FLA versus XFL File Format 730Getting to Know Flash Player 731Talking about Layers 731Importing Files 733Exporting Files from Flash 733Publishing Your Movie 734

Chapter 2: Creating Artwork and Text .737

Drawing Shapes and Lines 737Drawing basic shapes with the shape tools 738Merging shapes 738Creating perfect lines with the Line tool 738Creating lines and curves with the Pen tool 739Drawing freehand with the Pencil tool 740Selecting and Editing Shapes 740Modifying fill and stroke colors 741Merge versus Object Drawing mode 742Splicing and Tweaking Shapes and Lines 743Tweaking a shape with the Selection and Subselection tools 743Editing a shape with the Lasso tool 744Modifying artwork created by using the Pen and Pencil tools 745Transforming Artwork and Shapes 745Using the Free Transform tool 745Using the Transform panel 746Skewing your artwork 747Working with Text 747Adding filters to text 748Transforming type 749Distorting and modifying character shapes 749

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Creating Colors and Gradients 749Creating and adding colors from the Color panel 750Creating gradients 750Applying and transforming gradients 751Working with the Brush Tool 752

Chapter 3: Symbols and Animation 755

Visiting the Library 755Creating and Modifying Graphic Symbols 756Adding symbols to the stage 758Modifying symbols 758Sorting symbols 761Organizing symbols with folders 761Duplicating symbols 762Getting Started with Animation: Frames and Keyframes 763Creating Animation with Motion and Shape Tweens 764Creating a motion tween 764Resizing tween spans 766Creating a Shape Tween 766Tweened versus Frame-by-Frame Animation 768Understanding Frame Rate 769

Chapter 4: Applying Advanced Animation 771

Creating Transformations 771Joining Motion 773Creating Fade-Ins and Fade-Outs 774Copying and Pasting Motion 775Creating and Using Motion Presets 776Creating a Motion Preset 777Applying a Motion Preset 777Animating along a Path with Motion Guides 778Affecting Rate of Speed with Easing 781Fine-Tuning Shape Tweens with Shape Hinting 783Using Mask Layers 786Previewing Your Movie 788

Chapter 5: Adding Graphics, Audio, and Video 791

Bitmap versus Vector Artwork 791Importing Other File Formats 792Importing Bitmap Images 793Converting bitmap images to symbols 794Applying motion tweens 795Importing Photoshop and Illustrator Files 795Importing Photoshop (.psd) files 795Importing Illustrator (.ai) files 796

A Note about Illustrator Symbol Libraries 800

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Importing Sounds 800Placing sounds on the Timeline 801Editing sounds 803Adding Video to Your Flash Movie 804

To embed or not to embed? 805Working with the FLVPlayback component 808Embedding Video on the Timeline 808

Chapter 6: Lights, Camera, Movie Clips! .811

Discovering Movie Clips 811Creating and Placing Movie Clips 812Previewing Movie Clip Animation 815Modifying Movie Clip Instances 816Combining Movie Clips 816Rendering and Animating Movie Clips in the 3D Realm 818Using the 3D Rotation tool 818Using the 3D Translation tool 819Animating 3D properties 820

Chapter 7: Controlling Your Movie with ActionScript 823

Getting to Know ActionScript 823The Code Snippets panel 824The Actions panel 824Previewing ActionScript 824ActionScript 3.0 versus ActionScript 2.0 825Creating ActionScript with the Actions Panel 826Adding a stop() 826Using goto: gotoAndPlay() and gotoAndStop() 828Using frame labels 829Creating Button Symbols 831Creating a new button 832Understanding button states 832Adding content to button states 833Enabling simple buttons 834Modifying button instances 834Putting It All Together: Creating a Simple Photo Viewer 835Applying Code Snippets 836Stopping the main Timeline 836Creating the Previous and Next buttons 838Linking to a website or web page 839

Chapter 8: Getting into the (Work)Flow .843

Using Workspace Layouts 843Creating new layouts 844Managing layouts 844

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Fine-Tuning with Grids and Guides 845Enabling rulers and guides 845Enabling the grid 847Aligning Artwork 848Distributing to the stage 849Using Match Size options 850Experimenting with Animation Helpers 851Using Keyboard Shortcuts 853

Chapter 9: Publishing and Final Delivery 855

Getting Familiar with the Publish Process 855Selecting Your Formats 856Previewing Your Settings 857Publishing for the Web 857Selecting Publish Settings 858Publishing for Desktop and Flash-enabled Mobile Browsers 859Choosing settings for Flash (.swf) files 859Choosing settings for HTML Wrapper files 861Publishing your movie 862Publishing Desktop Applications with Adobe AIR 863Publishing an AIR application 863Installing and running your new AIR application 867Publishing for Mobile Devices 868Creating Publish Profiles 871

Book VIII: Fireworks CC 873

Chapter 1: Introducing Fireworks CC .875

Why Use Fireworks? 875Working in Fireworks CC 876Using the tools 877Understanding the views 879Investigating the panels 881Working with Basic Selection Tools 881Making a selection in a bitmap image 881Making a selection in a vector image 882

Chapter 2: Free to Create 883

Understanding What Happens in Layers 883Choosing Vector or Bitmap Graphics 884Creating with Bitmap Tools 885Selecting pixels 885Moving pixels 886

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Changing the way pixels appear 886Using additional bitmap tools 887Creating with Vector Tools 888Using shape tools 888Creating a path 889Changing an existing path 889Working with type 890Masking: Going Beyond Tape 890

Chapter 3: Livening Up Your Artwork with Color 893

Choosing Web Colors 893Finding Colors in Fireworks 894Types of fills 894Alignment of strokes 894Applying Colors to Vector Objects 896Adding Colors to Fireworks 896Adding a color with the Eyedropper tool 897Adding a color with the Color Palette panel 897Creating Gradients 899Changing the type of gradient 900Adding a pattern 901

Chapter 4: Creating Text in Fireworks .903

Creating Text 903Setting Text Attributes 904Fine-Tuning Spacing, Alignment, and Orientation 904Adding Effects 905Giving Your Text Some Style 907Applying an existing style 907Creating your own style 908Spell-Checking Your Text 908Attaching Text to a Path 909Outlining Text 910

Chapter 5: Getting Images In and Out of Fireworks 913

Getting Images into Fireworks 913Editing Images 915Scaling 916Cropping 917Painting 918Cloning 919Filtering 920Optimizing Images for the Web 922Previewing web settings 922Working with the Optimize panel 923Exporting for the Web 923

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Chapter 6: Hotspots, Slices, and CSS Layouts .925

Understanding Layers 925Navigating the Layers panel 925Working with the Layers panel 926Creating Hotspots 926Defining a hotspot 927Linking a hotspot 927Working with Image Maps 928Creating an image map 929Linking an image map 929Testing and exporting an image map 930Slicing Up Your Art 932Creating the basic image 932Adding text 933Doing the actual slicing and dicing 934Exporting Slices 936Exporting slices as tables 936Changing the export format from table to CSS 936

Chapter 7: Using Buttons and Symbols .939

Using States in Fireworks 939Making a Rollover Button 940Creating the basic art 940Adding rollover behavior 941Testing and exporting the button 943Discovering Fireworks Symbols 943Working with a precreated symbol 944Converting artwork to a symbol 945Editing a symbol 946

Chapter 8: Don’t Just Sit There — Animate! 949

Getting Started with Animation 950Creating an animation 950Onion skinning 951Making the animation move 952Testing the animation 952Adjusting Playback 954Changing the frame rate 954Playing it again: Looping 955Tweening in Fireworks 955Creating a symbol 955Cloning the symbol 956Tweening the symbols 957Animating with Masks 957Creating an image and a mask 958Animating the mask 958Exporting an Animation 960

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Chapter 9: Building a Wireframe Using Fireworks .961

Starting a Wireframe 962Creating a Master Page 962Creating Clickable Regions 965Sending Your Wireframe to Others 966

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Adobe software has always been highly respected for creative design

and development Adobe creates tools that allow you to produce amazing designs and creations with ease The Adobe Creative Cloud is the company’s latest release of sophisticated and professional-level software that bundles many separate programs as a suite Each program in the Creative Cloud works individually, or you can integrate the programs by

using Adobe Bridge, an independent program that helps you control file

management with thumbnails, metadata, and other organizational tools.With Adobe Creative Cloud a simple monthly membership gives you the entire collection of Adobe tools and more Love print? Interested in web-sites and iPad apps? Ready to edit video? You can do it all Plus, Creative Cloud members automatically get access to new products and exclusive updates as soon as they’re released And, with cloud storage and the abil-ity to sync to any device, your files are always right where you need them Creative Cloud is available for individuals or teams

The first is Creative Services, which are hosted services that you can use in your production work, in the delivery of your content This includes a font service like Typekit, which Adobe recently acquired, and which enables the use and delivery of a broad foundry of cloud fonts across all of your work

A second area is Digital Publishing, which enables publishing rich media

to tablets via the cloud And the third category is Business Catalyst, which supports designing and operating websites for small businesses, with pre-built services for things like handling e-commerce, doing customer relation-ship management, and integrating with social networks More services will

be added over time

The second pillar is Creative Community, which is the community of creative people (like you!) around the world and which enables you to connect more easily with other creative people — it’s a place to share, to communicate, and to inspire each other with your work The community is a critical part of our whole ecosystem, and it’s a critical part of the cloud At the center of this

is the web presence of the Creative Cloud, which is creative.adobe.com And one of the great things there is it will understand all the formats you’re using in your creative work — PSD files, InDesign files, and Illustrator files Where other cloud services might show you an icon describing the file type, this shows you the actual content, and you can interact with it in a context-sensitive way It’s a much deeper understanding of creative content

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And lastly, the third pillar is Creative Applications — and these are enabling you to create not only on personal computers, but also wherever you are with mobile devices, all connected through the Creative Cloud This includes a whole new collection of Adobe touch apps to run on tablets and other mobile devices, including Proto, Kuler, Debut, Collage, Carousel, Ideas, and Photoshop Touch In addition, membership also includes access

to all Adobe creative desktop products you know and love, including

Photoshop, Illustrator, and Dreamweaver and Premiere and InDesign, sibly Lightroom, more You can download and install any of these applica-tions you choose as part of your membership, and these are all connected to Creative Cloud via desktop sync They also interact with the touch apps, and you can move files between desktop and touch as you’re working

pos-Why Is It Important?

So why should you care, if you’re quite happy with your current set of manent desktop Adobe products, and less interested in services or tablet apps?

per-Well, because this looks to be a key direction Adobe is going in, a new (additional) model for offering its software and how it is used The company started off with a toe in the water with CS5.5 software subscriptions, but

is expanding that option substantially here Creative Cloud membership is essentially a broader subscription-based program — in other words, renting the software that’s used, which works so long as the monthly payments are made To quote a press release yesterday, “Adobe’s Digital Media growth strategy revolves around its recently announced Creative Cloud and will enable the company to rapidly deliver new product capabilities and ser-vices, penetrate untapped market segments, and increase overall engage-ment with customers.”

You can use the Adobe Creative Cloud programs to create a wide range of products, from illustrations, page layouts, websites, photographic composi-tions, video, and 3D images Integrating the CC programs extends the pos-sibilities for you as a designer Don’t worry about the programs being too difficult to figure out — just come up with your ideas and start creating!

About This Book

Adobe Creative Cloud Design Tools All-in-One For Dummies is written in a

thor-ough and fun way to show you the basic steps of how to use each program included in the Creative Cloud package You find out how to use each program individually and how to work with the programs together, extending your

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projects even further You find out just how easy it is to use the programs by following simple steps so that you can discover the power of the Adobe soft-ware You’ll be up and running in no time!

Here are some things you can do with this book:

✦ Create page layouts with text, drawings, and images in InDesign

✦ Make illustrations using drawing tools with Illustrator

✦ Manipulate photographs by using filters and drawing or color correction

tools with Photoshop

✦ Create PDF (Portable Document Format) documents with Adobe Acrobat

or other programs

✦ Create web pages and put them online with Dreamweaver

✦ Create animations and videos with Flash

✦ Create web images, rollovers, image maps, and slices with Fireworks

You discover the basics of how to create all these different kinds of things throughout the chapters in this book in fun, hands-on examples and clear explanations, getting you up to speed quickly!

Adobe Creative Cloud works for both Windows and the Macintosh We cover both platforms in this book When the keys you need to press or the menu choices you need to make differ between Windows and the Mac, we let you know by including instructions for both platforms For example:

✦ Press the Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac) key

✦ Choose Edit➪Preferences➪General (Windows) or InDesign➪

Preferences➪General (Mac)

The programs in Creative Cloud often require you to press and hold down

a key (or keys) on the keyboard and then click or drag with the mouse For brevity’s sake, we shorten this action by naming the key you need to hold down and adding a click or drag, like this:

✦ Shift-click to select multiple files

✦ Move the object by Ctrl-dragging (Windows) or ⌘-dragging (Mac)

This book is pretty thick; you may wonder whether you have to read it from cover to cover You don’t have to read every page of this book to discover how to use the programs in the Creative Cloud package Luckily, you can choose bits and pieces that mean the most to you and will help you finish

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a project you may be working on Perhaps you’re interested in creating a technical drawing and putting it online You can choose to read a couple chap-ters in Book III on Illustrator and then skip ahead to Book VI on Dreamweaver and just read the relevant chapters or sections on each subject Later, you may want to place some associated PDF documents online, so read a few chapters in Book V on Acrobat or Book II on exporting InDesign documents Find out how to create animations for the web and video in Book VII covering Flash

You don’t have to read everything on each page, either You can treat many

of the icons in this book as bonus material Icons supplement the material

in each chapter with additional information that may interest or help you with your work The Technical Stuff icons are helpful if you want to find out

a bit more about technical aspects of using a program or your computer, but don’t feel that you need to read these icon paragraphs if technicalities don’t interest you

is your imagination and creativity — we show you how to get started with the rest

Icons Used in This Book

What’s a For Dummies book without icons pointing you in the direction of

truly helpful information that’s sure to speed you along your way? Here we briefly describe each icon we use in this book

The Tip icon points out helpful information that’s likely to make your job easier

This icon marks a generally interesting and useful fact — something you may want to remember for later use

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The Warning icon highlights lurking danger When we use this icon, we’re telling you to pay attention and proceed with caution

When you see this icon, you know that there’s techie-type material nearby If you’re not feeling technical-minded, you can skip this information

Beyond the Book

Adobe Creative Cloud Design Tools All-in-One For Dummies is designed so

that you can read a chapter or section out of order, depending on what jects you’re most interested in Where you go from here is entirely up to you!Book I is a great place to start reading if you’ve never used Adobe products

sub-or if you’re new to design-based software Discovering the common ogy, menus, and panels can be quite helpful for later chapters that use the terms and commands regularly!

terminol-You can find tips and tricks and more files for you to experiment with and investigate at www.agitraining.com/dummies

Occasionally, we have updates to our technology books If this book does have any technical updates, they’ll be posted at www.dummies.com/go/adobecs7aiofdupdates

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Book I Getting Started with Adobe

Creative Cloud

Contents at a Glance

Contents at a Glance

Chapter 1: Introducing Adobe Creative Cloud 9Chapter 2: Using Common Menus and Commands 17Chapter 3: Exploring Common Panels 29Chapter 4: Using Common Extensions and Filters 35Chapter 5: Importing and Exporting Files 41Chapter 6: Handling Graphics, Paths, Text, and Fonts 55Chapter 7: Using Color 67Chapter 8: Printing Documents 75