Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium Classroom in a Book

✍ Scribed by Team, Adobe Creative;Team, Adobe Creative

• Publisher: Adobe Press
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 337
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This thorough, self-paced guide to Adobe Creative Suite 4 is ideal for users who want to learn the key features of Adobe's stellar collection of professional design tools. Readers are first given a brief program overview of the Design Suite that highlights common features and includes a section on cross-media workflows. Then readers will get up to speed with each software application using step-by-step, project-based lessons, with the lessons in each chapter building upon the reader's growing knowledge of the programs. Projects include designing a logo and creating basic assets, creating a brochure, prototyping a basic Website, creating interactive Flash and PDF documents, communicating through mobile devices, and submitting work for collaborative reviews. Review questions at the end of each chapter wrap up each lesson to help reinforce the skills learned in each chapter.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 5
Requirements on your computer......Page 14
Copying the Lessons files from the CD......Page 15
Adobe Certification......Page 16
ABOUT THE ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE 4 DESIGN PREMIUM......Page 17
Versatile workflows for multiple media......Page 19
Enhanced user interface......Page 20
Breaking down barriers between print and electronic publishing......Page 25
Discovering easy animation using skills you already have......Page 30
Prototyping and designing websites without being a code wizard......Page 31
Efficiently designing, previewing, and testing mobile content......Page 35
Using Creative Pro Online Services......Page 37
Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium......Page 39
Common Features......Page 40
FEATURE TOUR......Page 41
Exploring the new interface......Page 43
Creating a dynamic SWF presentation for client review......Page 44
Designing a print magazine......Page 46
Creating a rich interactive version of a print magazine......Page 54
PS: Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended......Page 57
Powerful new editing tools......Page 58
Enhanced productivity......Page 59
Workflow improvements......Page 61
Extended features......Page 62
Interface enhancements and multiple artboards......Page 65
The Blob Brush tool and Isolation Mode......Page 67
Gradients and transparency in gradients......Page 69
Clipping masks and Smart Guide enhancements......Page 70
Appearance panel and Graphic Styles......Page 71
Separations Preview and color variations with Adobe kuler and Live Color......Page 72
A refined and more efficient user interface......Page 74
Creating and editing an object-based animation......Page 75
Adding a professional touch with the Motion Editor......Page 76
Adding sophistication with 3D transformations......Page 77
Creating cool pattern art with the Deco tool......Page 78
Publishing content as an Adobe AIR application......Page 79
Designing, developing, and maintaining standards-based websites and applications......Page 80
Rendering and coding enhancements......Page 81
CSS best practices......Page 83
Photoshop Smart Objects......Page 86
HTML data sets......Page 87
InContext Editing......Page 90
SWF inserting......Page 91
New user interface......Page 93
Workspace improvements......Page 95
Adobe AIR export......Page 97
PDF export......Page 98
Photoshop import and CSS export......Page 99
Style improvements......Page 100
Adobe text engine......Page 101
New and enhanced commands......Page 102
Enhanced symbols......Page 103
Communicating and collaborating more easily and securely with Adobe PDF......Page 105
Easy access to all Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro features......Page 106
PDF Portfolios: addressing business opportunities and changing user expectations......Page 107
Creating your own PDF Portfolio......Page 108
Eliminating guesswork by synchronizing document views......Page 110
Conducting more effective shared document reviews......Page 111
Comparing documents at a glance......Page 112
Overprint Preview......Page 113
Output Preview with Object Inspector......Page 114
Color conversion......Page 115
Preflighting......Page 116
An end-to-end PDF workflow......Page 118
Adobe Device Central CS4......Page 119
About Adobe Device Central......Page 120
Exploring mobile devices......Page 121
Previewing and testing mobile content......Page 123
Publishing, collaborating, and pitching to clients......Page 126
Exploring the user interface......Page 127
Browsing files......Page 128
Multiple file format support......Page 129
Workflow enhancements......Page 130
Adobe Bridge Home......Page 131
Lesson Overview......Page 133
Adding folders to your Favorites......Page 135
Adding metadata......Page 136
Marking your files with ratings and color labels......Page 137
Synchronizing color management......Page 138
Bitmap versus vector graphics......Page 139
Refining a vector graphic with the Blob Brush tool......Page 140
Setting up multiple artboards......Page 142
The Illustrator Libraries......Page 144
Generating color themes with Adobe kuler......Page 146
Verifying your document’s quality settings......Page 148
Working with a 3D image in Photoshop......Page 149
Painting directly onto 3D objects and applying 2D graphics......Page 152
Showing your design explorations via Share My Screen......Page 153
Review answers......Page 156
Lesson Overview......Page 159
Using Bridge to select an InDesign template......Page 161
Viewing the reference document......Page 163
Placing an Illustrator file with multiple artboards......Page 164
Selecting and repositioning frames that are stacked behind other frames......Page 166
Placing a Photoshop file with Layer Comps......Page 167
Applying paragraph styles......Page 170
Working with Raw format images......Page 171
Importing and styling text......Page 175
Wrapping text around frames......Page 178
Working with transparency......Page 181
Checking the effective resolution of linked images......Page 183
Performing a preflight check......Page 184
Exporting to PDF......Page 185
Creating hyperlinks......Page 186
Exporting in SWF (Shockwave Flash) format......Page 188
Placing movies......Page 192
Editing movies in Photoshop......Page 193
Review answers......Page 196
Lesson Overview......Page 197
A typical workflow......Page 199
Previewing the assets in Bridge......Page 200
Setting the stage......Page 201
Placing images......Page 203
Organizing objects in the Layers panel......Page 207
Working with layer comps and flattening images during import......Page 209
Adding a navigation bar......Page 211
Using a master page......Page 213
Defining hotspots and linking pages......Page 216
Previewing web pages in a web browser......Page 217
Detaching shared layers......Page 218
Creating disjoint rollover behaviors......Page 219
Presenting the prototype website to the client......Page 227
Creating a new site......Page 231
Creating new pages with CSS styles......Page 233
Inserting Fireworks HTML pages......Page 234
Roundtrip editing between Dreamweaver and Fireworks......Page 236
Wrapping up......Page 239
Review answers......Page 245
Lesson Overview......Page 247
Viewing the complex sample document......Page 249
Creating a Flash document......Page 252
Placing images......Page 253
Nesting movie clips inside movie clips......Page 254
Working with timelines......Page 257
Creating motion tweens......Page 258
Adding ActionScript commands......Page 260
Creating symbols......Page 262
Animating symbols......Page 263
Defining a button behavior......Page 265
Defining behaviors for movie clips......Page 266
Triggering behaviors by events......Page 268
Copying library assets between documents......Page 269
Exporting SWF (Shockwave Flash) files......Page 270
Publishing for playback in a web browser......Page 272
Publishing for Adobe AIR......Page 274
Review answers......Page 276
Lesson Overview......Page 277
Designing for mobile devices......Page 279
Organizing the device library......Page 280
Scanning through the device specifications......Page 282
Setting up to create mobile content......Page 283
Previewing and optimizing your mobile content......Page 285
Refining your Photoshop artwork......Page 288
Taking snapshots......Page 291
About automated testing......Page 293
Previewing a mobile Flash Lite website......Page 297
Review answers......Page 300
Lesson Overview......Page 301
Introducing the different types of review......Page 303
Collaborating in an e-mail based review......Page 304
Viewing comments......Page 305
Attaching a file for an e-mail based review......Page 306
Replying to a comment......Page 309
Customizing the appearance of your notes......Page 310
Marking up a document......Page 311
Protecting your work......Page 313
Working with the Tracker......Page 314
Initiating a shared review......Page 315
About approval workflows......Page 316
Working with Share My Screen and ConnectNow......Page 317
Troubleshooting checklist......Page 321
Attending an online meeting......Page 323
Review answers......Page 326
A......Page 328
D......Page 329
K......Page 330
P......Page 331
S......Page 332
Z......Page 333