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About the Authors

Jennifer Smith is a designer, educator, and author She has authored more than 20 books on digitaldesign and creative software tools She provides consulting and training services across a widerange of industries, including working with software developers, magazine publishers, catalog and online retailers, as well as some of the biggest names in fashion, apparel, and footwear design Whennot writing and consulting you’ll often fi nd her delivering professional development workshops for colleges and universities

Jennifer also works extensively in the fi eld of web usability and user experience design Jennifer worksalongside application developers and web developers to create engaging and authentic experiences for users on mobile devices, tablets, and traditional computers She has twice been named a Most Valuable Professional by Microsoft for her work in user experience (UX), user interface (UI) design fi elds, and her leadership in educating users on how to integrate design and development skills

Jennifer Smith’s books on Photoshop, Illustrator, and the Creative Suite tools include the Photoshop

Digital Classroom, the Illustrator Digital Classroom, and the Adobe Creative Suite for Dummies, all

published by Wiley She has also authored Wireframing and Prototyping with Expression Blend &

Thanks to our many friends at Adobe Systems, Inc who made this book possible and assisted with questions and feedback during the writing process To the many clients of AGI who have helped us better understand how they use this software and provided us with many of the tips and suggestions found in this book A special thanks to the instructional team at AGI for their input and assistance inthe review process and for making this book such a team eff ort

Thanks to iStockPhoto (iStockPhoto.com) for their permission to use exclusive photographers for

Additional Writing

Christopher Smith, Michael Arguin, Greg Heald,

Chad Chelius

President, American Graphics Institute and

Digital Classroom Series Publisher

Graphics and Production Specialist

Jason Miranda, Spoke & Wheel

Media Development Project Supervisor

Starting up

About Digital Classroom xxxi

Prerequisites .xxxi

System requirements xxxiv

Starting the Adobe Creative Cloud applications xxxiii

Resetting Adobe Photoshop CC preferences xxxiii

A note about color warnings .xxxv

Resetting the Dreamweaver workspace .xxxv

Resetting the Flash workspace .xxxv

Resetting Adobe Illustrator CC preferences xxxvi

Resetting the InDesign workspace and preferences xxxviii

Fonts used in this book .xxxiii

Loading lesson files .xxxiii

Working with the video tutorials xxxix

Additional resources .xli Bridge Lesson 1: Organizing and Managing Your Files with Adobe Bridge Starting up 1

What is Adobe Bridge? .2

Navigating through Bridge 2

Using folders in Adobe Bridge .4

Making a Favorite .7

Creating and locating metadata .9

Using keywords .11

Creating a Metadata Template 12

Opening a file from Adobe Bridge .14

Searching for files using Adobe Bridge 14

Searching by name or keyword .15

Using the Filter panel 16

Saving a Collection .17

Automation tools in Adobe Bridge 19

Batch renaming your files 19

Additional Photoshop Tools 21

Changing the view 22

Self study .23

Review 23

Photoshop Lesson 1: Navigating Photoshop CC: Workspace, Tools, and Panels Starting up 25

Opening an existing document in Mini Bridge .26

Discovering the Tools panel 29

Selection, Cropping, and Measuring Tools 29

Retouching and Painting Tools .30

Drawing and Type Tools .30

Navigation Tools 30

Accessing tools and their options 31

Using panels 35

Putting the panel system to use .36

Choosing other panels .38

Expanding and collapsing your panels .39

Customizing your panels 40

Hidden tools 42

Navigating the image area .45

Using the Zoom tool .45

Using the Hand tool 47

Tabbed windows .48

Maximizing productivity with screen modes .49

Self study .51

Review .51

Photoshop Lesson 2: Introduction to Photoshop CC Starting up 53

Opening a file 54

Saving the work file .54

Cropping an image .55

Quick image correction 59

Increasing contrast using curves 60

Adjusting the neutral 61

Using the improved Smart Sharpen feature 62

A look back in History .64

Saving files 65

Understanding file formats .65

Choosing a file format 67

Saving a JPEG file 67

Saving for print 67

Changing the color settings .67

Adjusting image size 69

Saving a Photoshop PDF file 71

Self study .72

Review 72

Photoshop Lesson 3: Making Selective Changes in Photoshop CC Starting up 73

The importance of a good selection 74

Using the Marquee tools .74

Creating a square selection .78

Creating a selection from a center point 80

Changing a selection into a layer .82

Working with the Magic Wand tool 83

The Lasso tool .85

Adding to and subtracting from selections 86

Deleting from the selection 86

Adding to the selection 88

Saving a selection 89

Feathering the selection .89

Using the Quick Selection tool 91

Making difficult selections with the Refine Edge feature .92

Using Quick Mask .94

Saving selections 97

Copying and pasting a selection 99

Using the Pen tool for selections 100

Using the Pen tool to select an area of an image 103

More Pen tool selection techniques .105

Converting a path to a selection .109

Self study .110

Review 110

Photoshop Lesson 4: Painting and Retouching

Starting up 111

Setting up your color settings 112

Color primer 112

Understanding color gamut .112

The RGB color model .113

The CMYK color model 113

Working in the RGB mode .114

Editing color settings .115

Selecting colors 118

Starting to paint .120

Using the Color panel 121

Using the Brush tool .122

Changing opacity .124

Save time—learn the shortcuts .125

Using the Brush Presets 126

Using the Airbrush feature 128

Creating a Border using the Bristle brushes .130

Applying color to an image .131

Changing blending modes 133

The Eyedropper tool .134

Retouching images 137

Using the Clone Stamp tool 137

Repairing fold lines 139

The History panel .141

The Spot Healing Brush 142

The Healing Brush 142

Using the Patch tool 144

Using the Clone Source panel 145

Cloning from another source 148

Self study .150

Review 150

Photoshop Lesson 5: Color Correcting an Image

Starting up 151

Choosing your color settings .152

Opening the file .153

Why you should work in RGB 154

Reading a histogram 155

Making the Curve adjustment .156

Defining the highlight and shadow 158

Locating the White and Black Point 159

Inputting the white and black point values .159

Adjusting the midtones 165

Setting the neutral 168

Sharpening your image 171

Comparing your image with the original 173

Taking care of red eye .174

Using the Camera Raw plug-in .175

Using Camera Raw controls .179

Saving a DNG file 180

Reopening a DNG file 181

Self study .182

Review .183

Photoshop Lesson 6: Introduction to Photoshop Layers Starting up 185

Discovering layers 186

Getting a handle on layers 186

Creating a new blank file 186

Naming your layer .188

Selecting layers .191

Tips for selecting layers 191

Moving layers 193

Changing the visibility of a layer .194

Using masks in a layer .194

Preserve transparency 196

Creating a composition .200

Moving images in from other documents 200

Creating a layer maskk 202

Editing the layer maskk 204

Cloning layers 206

Aligning and distributing layers 207

Applying filters to layers 208

Creating a type layer 209

Applying a layer style 212

Creating a clipping maskk 213

Filtering your layers .215

Self study .216

Review .216

Dreamweaver Lesson 1: Dreamweaver CC Jumpstart Starting up 217

What is Dreamweaver? 218

Design and layout tools 218

Site management and File Transfer Protocol .219

Coding environment and text editor 219

Mobile design and development features .220

Who uses Dreamweaver? 221

Dreamweaver’s workspace features .221

Live View and Live Code 224

CSS Inspection and the Enable/Disable feature 224

Related files 225

Code Navigator 226

Photoshop smart objects .227

Support for Content Management Systems .227

HTML5, CSS3, and PHP code hinting 228

HTML and CSS Starter Pages 228

Subversion .228

Business Catalyst integration 229

How websites workk 229

A simple flow chart 229

Domain names and IP addresses 230

Servers and web hosts .230

The role of web browsers .230

An introduction to HTML 230

Tag structure and attributes .231

The structure of an HTML document 233

Placing images in HTML .233

Colors in HTML .235

Case sensitivity and whitespace rules 236

Element hierarchy 238

HTML5 .238

Explorations in code .238

A look at the Welcome Screen .239

Creating, opening, and saving documents .240

Creating new documents .240

Self study .242

Review .242

Dreamweaver Lesson 2: Setting Up a New Site Starting up 243

Creating a new site .244

Advanced site-creation options .247

Adding pages 249

Saving a page to your site .252

Defining page properties .253

Work views 259

A deeper look into the Files panel 261

Viewing local files 262

Selecting and editing files 262

Self study .264

Review .264

Dreamweaver Lesson 3: Adding Text and Images Starting up 265

Typography and images on the Web 266

Adding text 266

An introduction to styles 272

Previewing pages in a web browser 277

Understanding hyperlinks 279

Creating hyperlinks 280

Relative versus absolute hyperlinks 282

Linking to an e-mail address 284

Creating lists .284

Using the Text Insert panel 286

Inserting images 288

Image resolution .288

Image formats 288

Creating a simple gallery page .289

Linking images .292

Editing images 293

Adjusting brightness and contrast .293

Optimizing images .294

Updating images .295

Self study .296

Review 296

Dreamweaver Lesson 4: Styling Your Pages with CSS Starting up 297

What are Cascading Style Sheets? 298

CSS replaces inefficient HTML styling 299

The benefits of CSS styling .300

How do you create CSS rules in Dreamweaver? .302

Understanding Style Sheets .306

Understanding why they’re called Cascading .309

Creating and modifying styles .310

Creating a class style with the CSS Designer panel .313

Creating and modifying styles 316

Advanced text formatting with CSS .319

Fine-tuning page appearance with contextual and pseudo-class selectors 322

Div tags and CSS IDs .325

Internal versus external style sheets 327

Attaching an external style sheet to your page 329

Modifying attached style sheets 330

Creating a new css file (external style sheet) 332

Self study .334

Review .334

Dreamweaver Lesson 5: Managing your Website: Reports, Optimization, and Maintenance Starting up 335

Working with the Files panel .336

Creating a remote connection .336

Viewing files on a remote web server 340

Transferring files to and from a remote server with Get and Put 341

Using Check In/Check Out and Design Notes .343

Check In and Check Out .343

Checking files in and out 345

Using Design Notes 346

Sharing Design Notes 347

Displaying Design Notes in the Files panel 348

Testing site integrity .349

Checking links sitewide 349

Generating site reports .351

Understanding report results .353

Addressing a listed item 354

Optimizing pages for launch .355

Search engine visibility and Search Engine Optimization 355

Titling your documents with the <title> tag 355

Adding meta keywords and descriptions 358

Launching your site .359

Site launch checklist 359

Uploading your site .360

Getting help 361

Suggested next steps 362

Website design resources 363

Self study .364

Review .364

Flash Lesson 1: Getting Started with the Drawing Tools

Starting up 365Drawing in Flash 366Using the Merge Drawing mode 366Creating artwork in Merged Drawing mode .367Working with Drawing objects .369Putting it all together 372Using the Line tool 374Using the Pen tool .377Using the Add and Delete Anchor Point tools .379Using the Combine Objects menu .381Using the Primitive tools (Smart Shapes) .384Using the Oval Primitive tool .384The Rectangle Primitive tool 387Adding text to your artworkk 390Adding filters .392Working with colors 394Getting set up .394Creating gradients .395Using opacity with gradient colors 397Creating custom colors .398Saving a custom color set 398Organizing and layering graphics .399Working with layers .399Arranging, locking, and hiding layers .401Creating layer folders 402Transforming graphics .404The Transform menu and Free Transform tool .404The Transform panel .407Transforming gradients 408Self study .410Review .410

Flash Lesson 2: Creating Basic Animation

Starting up 411Introducing keyframes and the Timeline 412Layers .412Frames and keyframes .412Building animation: enter the tween 416Tween layers and automatic keyframing .416Tweening multiple objects .420Previewing animation with Test Movie 422Moving and transforming tween paths .423Incorporating color effects and scaling .424Tweening rotation 426Controlling animation paths 428Where did Motion Guide layers go? 430What happens to my existing Flash files

that use Motion Guide layers? 430How do I create a motion guide if I still want to? 431Morphing graphics and colors with shape tweens .431Shape tween basics .431Legacy techniques: creating classic tweens .435Classic tween rules 438Adding color effects and scaling to a classic tween 438(Re)creating motion guides for classic tweens 439Troubleshooting Motion Guides .441Adjusting animation with onion skinning 442Self study .444Review .444

Flash Lesson 3: Delivering Your Final Movie

Starting up 445The publishing process .446Publishing to the Web 446Customizing the Publish settings 447Publishing for the Desktop with Adobe AIR .453About Digital Certificates .458Installing your new AIR application 458

Publishing for mobile devices 460Publishing for iOS .460Publishing for Android OS .462Exporting PNG sequence 465

An overview of FTP .467Self study .468Review .468

Fireworks Lesson 1: Adobe Fireworks Jumpstart

Starting up 469About Fireworks .470Working with vector and bitmap objects .470Optimizing graphics interactive 470Optimizing and exporting graphics .470Website and mobile application prototyping 470Vector and bitmap graphics .470About vector graphics 470About bitmap graphics .471The startup screen 472Creating a new Fireworks document 473Workspace basics .474Fireworks workspace overview 474Other Fireworks panels .476Working with bitmaps 476Creating bitmaps 476Importing a bitmap .477Cropping a bitmap 478Applying a filter 479Working with vector objects 480Drawing and editing basic shapes 480Drawing a rectangle .480Resizing a rectangle 481Auto Shapes 482The Auto Shape tools 482

Working with text 483

Creating and moving text blocks .483

Formatting and editing text .484

Applying color 485

Applying a sampled color 485

Applying a swatch color to text .485

Using the Color Mixer 486

Using Layers 486

The Layers panel 486

Activating a layer 487

Organizing layers 488

Naming layer objects .488

Moving a layer object 488

Protecting layer objects .489

Showing or hiding objects and layers 489

Merging objects in the Layers panel .490

Deleting a layer object .491

About the Web layer .491

Creating slices for interactivity 492

Creating rectangular slices .492

Resizing one or more slices 493

Viewing and selecting slices .493

Naming slices .494

Making slices interactive .494

Creating master pages .494

Linking the slices to your pages .497

Optimizing and exporting in Fireworks .497

Using Image Preview .498

Setting export options 499

Optimizing in the workspace 502

Saving optimization settings .504

Exporting selected slices 505

Self study .506

Review 506

Illustrator Lesson 1: Illustrator CC Essentials

Starting up 507Using the shape tools 508Repositioning and visually resizing the rectangle 510Finding or changing the shape’s dimensions using theTransform panel .511Rotating and shearing using the Transform panel 512Constraining a shape .513Entering exact dimensions .514Selecting artwork .516Helpful keyboard shortcuts for selections 516The selection tools 516Using shape and transform tools to create artwork .521Using the transform tools 521Adding a fill color .523Entering a shape size in the Transform panel .524Viewing in Outline view .525Rotating the shape .525Changing the color of the triangles 527Using layers when building an illustration .528Creating a new blank layer .529Cutting and pasting objects .529Creating bubbles .531Cloning the bubble group 532Repeating a resize transform .533Moving objects from one layer to another 535Self study .536Review .536

Illustrator Lesson 2: Adding Color

Starting up 537Basics of the Appearance panel .538Changing colors .539Adding Effects 540Creating a colorful illustration 542Using Live Paint .542

Converting the artwork to a Live Paint group .545Applying Live Paint to the group .545Adding a symbol to your artwork .546Expanding the symbol .549Saving swatches .549What is a Global Color? 551Selecting the Same color 551Saving a set of colors as a group .553Creating a color group from selected colors .553Using the Color panel 554Adding Pantone (Spot) Colors 556Adding Pantone colors 557Taking advantage of the new and improved

Kuler panel 559Self study .562Review 562

Illustrator Lesson 3: Working with the Drawing Tools

Starting up 563Working with the Pen tool 564Drawing straight lines 565Drawing curved lines .567Drawing hinged curves .568Drawing curved lines to straight lines .570Drawing straight lines to curved lines .572Tracing images .573Placing an image as a template 573Placing an image using Image Trace 576Working with the new Image Trace Method option .581Other drawing tools 584Using the Line Segment and Arc tools 584Using the Pencil, Smooth, and Path Eraser tools 586Using the Eraser tool 588Editing existing paths .588Adding and removing points 588Refining a curve 590Cutting and joining paths 591

Combining shapes using the Shape Builder tool .593Combining the shapes .596Subtracting with the Shape Builder tool 596Creating the fish eyes 598Self study .600Review 600

InDesign Lesson 1: InDesign CC Essential Skills

Starting up 601InDesign tools .602The InDesign workspace .603The document window 603Using guides .605Viewing modes .606Working with panels 607The Tools panel .607Managing panels 609Saving your workspace .611Working with the Control panel 612Navigating through an InDesign document 613Using the Pages panel 613Changing the magnification of your document .614Working with type 616Entering and formatting type 616Placing and formatting type 618Flowing type .619Using styles 620Applying paragraph styles .621Applying character styles 622Apply styles across a story using Find/Change 622Applying object styles .624Working with graphics 626Placing graphics .626Positioning graphics within a frame 628Applying text wrap 631Understanding layers 632

Applying effects .634Resources for additional help .635DigitalClassroomBooks.com 635In-product help .636Online help .636Forums .636Conferences, seminars, and training 636Self study .637Review 637

InDesign Lesson 2: Working Smarter with Master Pages

Starting up 639Planning your document 640Creating custom page sizes .640Creating a new custom-sized document .640Creating and formatting master pages 643Formatting master pages 645Adding automatic page numbers .645Using text variables .648Basing master pages on other master pages 652Overriding master page items .653Adding layout pages 658Placing formatted text .663Creating the classified page 665Adding images and text to the master frames .667Applying master pages to multiple pages .669Self study .670Review 670

InDesign Lesson 3: Working with and Formatting Text

Starting up 671Adding text to your document .672Creating a text frame .672Changing character attributes .674Changing font and type styles using the

new font search feature .674

Setting a font favorite .676Adjusting size 676Adjusting Leading .676Adjusting character spacing: kerning and tracking 677Using a baseline shift .678Changing paragraph attributes .679Horizontally aligning text .679Changing the spacing before and after paragraphs .679Using tabs .680Adding rules above or below paragraphs .683Changing text color .685Creating drop caps 687Finding and changing text .687Finding and changing text and text attributes 687Finding and changing text using GREP 690Checking and correcting spelling 692Checking spelling .693Adding words to the dictionary .694Checking spelling as you type .695Automatically correcting spelling .696Editing text using the Story Editor 698Using Track Changes .699Drag-and-drop text editing 701Special characters and glyphs 703Using the Glyphs panel and glyph sets 706Text frame options 707Adjusting text inset 707Vertically aligning text .708Importing text 709Flowing text manually 709Threading text between frames 711Using semi-autoflow to link several text frames 712Changing the number of columns in a text frame .714Baseline grid .716Viewing and changing the baseline grid .717

Adding story jumps .718Using styles to format text .720Creating a headline and applying a style 720Importing styles from other documents 722Redefining styles 722Placing text on a path .724Importing text from Microsoft Word 727Missing fonts 730Finding and fixing missing fonts 730Self study .732Review .732

InDesign Lesson 4: Using Styles to Save Time

Starting up 733Style types .734Paragraph styles 735Defining paragraph styles .735Applying paragraph styles 737Character styles 738Defining character styles 738Applying character styles 740Using nested styles 740Updating styles .742Loading styles from another InDesign document .743Quick Apply 745Organizing styles into groups 748Object styles .749Creating object styles .749Applying an object style .751Changing an object style 751Finishing up .753GREP Styles .753Self study .756Review .756

InDesign Lesson 5: Designing with Graphics

Starting up 757Understanding how InDesign handles graphics 758Locating missing images 758Working with the Links panel and the Link badge 759Customizing the Links panel 763Adding graphics to your layout 764Fitting an image within an existing frame .768Auto Fitting 771Using Adobe Bridge to import graphics .772Placing multiple graphics using Mini Bridge .774Using object styles for images .777Wrapping text around images 781Wrapping text around the bounding box 781Using graphics with clipping paths and alpha channels 782Removing an image background using InDesign .785Using anchored objects .788Advanced importing 792Importing layered Photoshop files .792Importing InDesign layouts as graphics 794Adding a QR Code to a layout .795Self study .797Review .797

About Digital Classroom

Adobe Creative Cloud is the leading set of apps for creating print, web, and interactive

content It includes the perfect creative tools for designing and manipulating images,

creating print and digital layouts, building and maintaining websites, and creating

interactive and animated content The Adobe Creative Cloud includes the tools you need

to express your creative ideas

The Adobe Creative Cloud Design Tools Digital Classroom helps you to understand the

capabilities of these tools so you can get the most out of your applications and get

up-and-running right away You can work through all the lessons in this book, or complete

only specifi c lessons that you need right now Each lesson includes detailed, step-by-step

instructions, along with lesson fi les, useful background information, and video tutorials

Adobe Creative Cloud Design Tools Digital Classroom is like having your own expert

instructor guiding you through each lesson while you work at your own pace This book

includes 24 self-paced lessons that let you discover essential skills, explore new features,

and understand capabilities that save you time You’ll be productive right away with

real-world exercises and simple explanations Each lesson includes step-by-step instructions,

lesson fi les, and video tutorials, all of which are available on the included DVD The Adobe

Creative Cloud Design Tools Digital Classroom lessons are developed by the same team of

Adobe Certifi ed experts that have previously created many of the offi cial training guides

for Adobe Systems

The lessons in this book cover the essential skills for using the key design applications that

are part of the Adobe Creative Cloud To gain a more in-depth understanding of any of

these software packages, turn to these Digital Classroom titles:

• Dreamweaver CC Digital Classroom

• Photoshop CC Digital Classroom

• InDesign CC Digital Classroom

• Illustrator CC Digital Classroom

• Advanced Photoshop CC Digital Classroom

The Adobe Creative Cloud video applications are not covered in this book and are covered

in the Adobe Premiere Pro Digital Classroom and the Adobe After Eff ects Digital Classroom books.

Prerequisites

Before you start the Adobe Creative Cloud Design Tools Digital Classroom lessons, you should

have a working knowledge of your computer and its operating system You should know

how to use the directory system of your computer so that you can navigate through

folders You also need to understand how to locate, save, and open fi les, and you should

also know how to use your mouse to access menus and commands

Starting up

Before starting the lessons fi les in the d b Adobe Creative Cloud Design Tools Digital Classroom, l d l l l

make sure that you have installed Creative Suite 6 Design Premium The software is soldseparately, and not included with this book You can use the free 30-day trial version of

the Adobe Creative Cloud Design Tools Digital Classroom applications available at the adobe.com

website, subject to the terms of its license agreement

System requirements

Before starting the lessons in the Adobe Creative Cloud Tools Digital Classroom, make sure

that your computer is equipped for running Adobe Creative Cloud, which you mustpurchase separately These are the minimum system requirements for using most of the Adobe Creative Cloud applications For the most current system requirements for each of

the Creative Cloud applications, visit http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/tech-specs.html.

Windows

• Intel®Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor (2GHz or faster)

• Microsoft® Windows® 7 with Service Pack 1 or Windows 8

• 1024 × 768 display (1280 × 800 recommended) with OpenGL 2.0, 16-bit color, and

Resetting Adobe Photoshop CC preferencesStarting the Adobe Creative Cloud applications

As with most applications, Adobe Creative Cloud is launched by locating the application in

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your Programs folder (Windows) or Applications folder (Mac OS) If you are not familiar with

starting the program, follow these steps to start the desired Adobe Creative Cloud application:

Windows

1 Choose Start > All Programs > Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Flash,

Fireworks, or Illustrator CC If you have a Creative Suite installed, you will navigate

to that folder to locate the Photoshop, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Flash, Fireworks, or

Illustrator CC folder If you are using Windows 8, you might need to switch to the

Desktop to view your Start menu and launch the Creative Cloud applications

2 Close the Welcome Screen when it appears

Mac OS

1 Open the Applications folder, and then open the Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver,

InDesign, Flash, Fireworks, or Illustrator CC folder If you have a Creative Suite

installed, you will open that folder to locate the Photoshop, Dreamweaver, InDesign,

Flash, Fireworks, or Illustrator CC folder

2 Double-click the Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Flash, Fireworks, or

Illustrator CC application icon

3 Close the Welcome Screen when it appears

Menus and commands are identifi ed thro ug hout the book by usi ng the g reater-than sy mbol (>)

For example, the command to print a document is identifi ed as File > Print

Resetting Adobe Photoshop CC preferences

When you start Adobe Photoshop, it remembers certain settings along with the

confi guration of the workspace from the last time you used the application It is important

that you start each lesson using the default settings so that you do not see unexpected

results when working with the lessons in this book The method described in the

following steps restores Photoshop back to the original setting If you have made changes

to your Colors Settings and want to maintain them, follow the steps in the section, “Steps

to reset default settings, but keep color settings.”

Steps to reset Adobe Photoshop CC preferences

1 If Photoshop is open, choose File > Exit (Windows) or Photoshop > Quit (Mac OS)

2 Press and hold the Ctrl+Alt+Shift keys (Windows) or Command+Option+Shift keys

(Mac OS) simultaneously while launching Adobe Photoshop CC

3 A dialog box appears verifying that you want to delete the Adobe Photoshop settings fi le

Release the keys, and then click OK

Resetting Adobe Photoshop CC preferences

Steps to reset default settings, but keep color settings

As you reset your preferences to the default settings, you might want to keep your color settings This is important if you have created specifi c color settings, or work in a color-calibrated environment

Use the following steps to reset your Adobe Photoshop CC preferences and save your color settings

2 Choose Edit > Color Settings, and then click the Save button The Save dialog box opens Enter an appropriate name for your color settings, such as the date Leave the destination and format unchanged, then click the Save button The Color Settings Comment dialog box opens

3 In the Color Settings Comment dialog box, enter a description for the color settings you are saving and then click OK Click OK again in the Color Settings dialog box to close it You have saved your color settings so they can be accessed again in the future

4 Choose File > Quit to exit Adobe Photoshop CC

keys (Mac OS) simultaneously when launching Adobe Photoshop CC A dialog box appears verifying that you want to delete the Adobe Photoshop settings fi le Release the keys and then click OK

6 After Adobe Photoshop CC launches, choose Edit > Color Settings The Color Settings dialog box appears

7 From the Settings drop-down menu, choose your saved color settings fi le Click OK Your color settings are restored

Resetting the Flash workspace

A note about color warnings

Depending upon how your Color Settings are confi gured, there might be times when you

will receive a Missing Profi le or Embedded Profi le Mismatch warning If you do receive

Missing Profi le and Embedded Profi le Mismatch warnings, choose the Assign working

option, or Convert document’s colors to the working space What is determined to be

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your working space is what you have assigned in the Color Settings dialog box Color

Settings are discussed in more detail in Photoshop Lesson 4, “Painting and Retouching”

and in Photoshop Lesson 5, “Color Correcting an Image.”

Missing color profi le.

Mismatched color profi le.

Resetting the Dreamweaver workspace

When you get to the Dreamweaver section of this book you can make certain that your

panels and working environment are consistent Do this by resetting your workspace at the

start of each Dreamweaver lesson To reset the Dreamweaver workspace, choose Window

> Workspace Layout > Compact

Resetting the Flash workspace

When you get to the Flash section of this book you can make certain that your panels and

working environment are consistent Do this by resetting your workspace at the start of each

Flash lesson To reset the Flash workspace, choose Window > Workspace > Reset ‘Essentials.’

Resetting Adobe Illustrator CC preferences

Resetting Adobe Illustrator CC preferences

When you start Adobe Illustrator, it remembers certain settings along with the

confi guration of the workspace from the last time you used the application It is useful for y

you to start each of the Adobe Illustrator lessons in this book using the default settings so that you do not see unexpected results You can use the following steps to reset the Adobe Illustrator CC preferences

In order to reset your preferences you will need to quit Illustrator and locate the

preferences In Windows and the Mac OS these are in two separate locations If you are working on a Windows system you might need to change the folder’s view settings in order to fi nd the preferences Keep in mind that when you reset your preferences you lose saved colors, styles and other preferences that might be important to you If you wish to save your preferences, rename them instead of deleting them; Illustrator will create all new preferences if it cannot locate the appropriately named folder

Steps to resetting Windows preferences

1 Quit Adobe Illustrator CC

2 In Windows, verify that you can fi nd the hidden AppData folder by opening your Control Panel and typing Folder Optionsinto the search text fi eld in the upper-right

of the Control panel dialog box

3 When Folder Options appears, click Show hidden fi les and folders

4 In the View tab of Folder Options click the radio box to select Show hidden fi les,folders and drives Click OK

Resetting the InDesign workspace and preferences

6 Select the folder named Adobe Illustrator CC Settings If you want

to save custom settings to restore at a later time, rename this fi le

Adobe Illustrator CC Settings folder_old

7 If you want to delete the preferences and start with new clean preferences, delete the

entire Adobe Illustrator CC Settings folder

8 Relaunch Adobe Illustrator CC Your preferences are back to the original settings

Steps to resetting Mac OS preferences

1 Quit Adobe Illustrator CC

2 Choose User > Library > Preference and select the Adobe Illustrator CC Settings

folder

3 Select the folder named Adobe Illustrator CC Settings If you want

to save custom settings to restore at a later time, rename this fi le

Adobe Illustrator CC Settings folder_old

4 If you want to delete the preferences and start with new clean preferences, delete the

entire Adobe Illustrator CC Settings folder

5 Relaunch Adobe Illustrator CC Your preferences are back to the original settings

To restore custom settings, Quit Adobe Illustrator, and then delete the new AIPrefs fi le

and restore the original name of the previous AIPrefs fi le

Resetting the InDesign workspace and preferences

To make certain that your panels and working environment are consistent, you should reset

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your workspace at the start of each lesson To reset your workspace, choose Window >

Workspace > Typography The selected workspace determines which menu items display,

which panels display, and which options display within the panels If menu items that are

identifi ed in the book are not displaying, choose Show All Menu Items from the menu in

which you are working to locate them, or choose Window > Workspace > Advanced to

show all panel options

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You can reset the settings for InDesign at the start of each lesson to make certain

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you match the instructions used in this book To reset the InDesign preferences,

start Adobe InDesign, and immediately press Shift+Alt+Ctrl (Windows) or

Shift+Option+Command+Control (Mac OS) In the dialog box that appears, press OK to

reset the preferences

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Fonts used in this book

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Adobe Creative Cloud Design Tools Digital Classroom includes lessons that refer to fonts that

were installed with your copy of the Adobe software If you did not install the fonts,

or have removed them from your computer, you might substitute diff erent fonts for theexercises or re-install the software to access the fonts

If you receive a Missing Font warning, replace the font with one available on your computer and

proceed with the lesson.

Register your book

By registering your book you gain access to the most current lesson fi les, online access tothe video tutorials contained on the DVD, and can receive notifi cations of updates You

can register your book at http://www.DigitalClassroomBooks.com/CC/DesignTools.

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The Adobe Creative Cloud Design Tools DVD includes fi les that accompany the exercises for

each of the lessons You can copy the entire lessons folder from the supplied DVD to your hard drive, or copy only the lesson folders for the individual lessons you wish to complete

If you have a computer without a DVD player, or wish to watch the videos on a tablet or mobile device, you can download the lesson fi les and watch the videos by registering the

Copying the lesson fi les to your hard drive:

1 Insert the Adobe Creative Cloud Design Tools DVD supplied with this book If prompted,

choose Open folder to view fi les (Windows)

2 On your computer, navigate to the DVD and locate the folder named CClessons

3 You can install all the fi les, or just specifi c lesson fi les Do one of the following:

• Install all lesson fi les by dragging the CClessons folder to your hard drive

• Install only some of the fi les by creating a new folder on your hard drive namedCClessons Open the CClessons folder on the supplied DVD, select the lesson you wish to complete, and drag the folder(s) to the CClessons folder you created on your hard drive