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Adobe Creative Suite 6 Design and Web Premium Digital Classroom
โ Scribed by Jennifer Smith, Jeremy Osborn, AGI Creative Team
- Publisher
- Wiley
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- 2012
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โฆ Synopsis
Expert book-and-video package gives you complete training on Creative Suite 6 Design Premium!
The next best thing to having your own private instructor guiding you through Adobe Creative Suite 6 Design and Web Premium at your own pace is this terrific book-and-video training tool from the expert instructors at AGI. More than 25 self-paced lessons teach you the basics of page layout, vector graphics, photo editing, document management, web design, animation, file management, and much more. Each step-by-step lesson is accompanied by exercises and video tutorials to make the concepts and techniques crystal clear.
You'll find instruction for the complete suite, including InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, and Adobe Bridge.
- Features full-color, step-by-step instructions that make even the most complicated tasks easy to understand, while the video training enhances the content covered in the book
- Combines an 800+- page full-color instructional book along with lesson files and video training from expert instructors
- Covers each component of the complete Adobe Creative Suite 6 Design and Web Premium package, including InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, and Adobe Bridge
Adobe Creative Suite 6 Design and Web Premium Digital Classroom is an effective way to master all the powerful tools in Adobe Creative Suite 6 Design and Web Premium at your own pace.
Note: The DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of the e-book file. These materials are available for download upon purchase.
โฆ Table of Contents
Adobe Creative Suite 6 Design & Web Premium Digital Classroom
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Credits
Contents
Starting up
About Digital Classroom
Prerequisites
Adobe Photoshop CS6 versions
System requirements
Starting the Adobe Creative Suite 6 Design & Web Premium applications
Resetting Adobe Photoshop CS6 preferences
A note about color warnings
Resetting the Dreamweaver workspace
Resetting the Flash workspace
Resetting Adobe Illustrator CS6 preferences
Resetting the InDesign workspace and preferences
Fonts used in this book
Loading lesson files
Working with the video tutorials
Additional resources
Bridge Lesson 1: Taking Advantage of Adobe Bridge
Starting up
What is Adobe Bridge?
Navigating through Bridge
Using folders in Adobe Bridge
Making a Favorite
Creating and locating metadata
Using keywords
Creating a Metadata Template
Opening a file from Adobe Bridge
Searching for files using Adobe Bridge
Searching by name or keyword
Using the Filter panel
Saving a Collection
Automation tools in Adobe Bridge
Batch renaming your files
Additional Photoshop Tools
Automated tools for Photoshop: Web Photo Gallery
Saving or uploading your Web Gallery
Automated tools for Photoshop: PDF contact sheet
Changing the view
Self study
Review
Photoshop Lesson 1: Exploring Photoshop CS6
Starting up
Taking a look at the final project
Experimenting with new Vector capabilities
Filling a vector shape with a pattern
Adding a mask to a Vector layer
Using the new brush tips
Saving the new Brush
Adding strokes to vector images
Cloning your new snowflake
Adding Text layers from another document
Updating text styles
Cropping an image
Self study
Review
Photoshop Lesson 2: Getting to Know the Workspace
Starting up
Opening an existing document in Mini Bridge
Discovering the Tools panel
Selection, Cropping, and Measuring Tools
Retouching and Painting Tools
Drawing and Type Tools
Navigation Tools
Accessing tools and their options
Using panels
Putting the panel system to use
Choosing other panels
Expanding and collapsing your panels
Customizing your panels
Hidden tools
Navigating the image area
Using the Zoom tool
Using the Hand tool
Tabbed windows
Maximizing productivity with screen modes
Self study
Review
Photoshop Lesson 3: Photoshop Basics
Starting up
A look at the finished project
Opening an existing document
Understanding document settings
Viewing an imageโs size and resolution
Combining the images
Using Copy and Paste
Dragging and dropping to copy an image
Transforming and editing combined images
Changing the size of a placed image
Removing a background
Understanding the stacking order of layers
Refining the edges of copied images
Adding text
Saving files
Understanding file formats
Choosing a file format
Saving a JPEG file
Saving for print
Changing the color settings
Adjusting image size
Self study
Review
Photoshop Lesson 4: Making the Best Selections
Starting up
The importance of a good selection
Using the Marquee tools
Creating a square selection
Creating a selection from a center point
Changing a selection into a layer
Working with the Magic Wand tool
The Lasso tool
Adding to and subtracting from selections
Saving a selection
Feathering the selection
Using the Quick Selection tool
Making difficult selections with the Refine Edge feature
Using Quick Mask
Saving selections
Copying and pasting a selection
Using the Pen tool for selections
Using the Pen tool to select an area of an image
More Pen tool selection techniques
Converting a path to a selection
Self study
Review
Photoshop Lesson 5: Painting and Retouching
Starting up
Setting up your color settings
Color primer
Understanding color gamut
The RGB color model
The CMYK color model
Working in the RGB mode
Editing color settings
Selecting colors
Starting to paint
Using the Color panel
Using the Brush tool
Changing opacity
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Using the Brush Presets
Using the Airbrush feature
Creating a Border using the Bristle brushes
Applying color to an image
Changing blending modes
The Eyedropper tool
Retouching images
Using the Clone Stamp tool
Repairing fold lines
The History panel
The Spot Healing Brush
The Healing Brush
Using the Patch tool
Using the Clone Source panel
Cloning from another source
Self study
Review
Photoshop Lesson 6: Creating a Good Image
Starting up
Choosing your color settings
Opening the file
Why you should work in RGB
Reading a histogram
Making the Curve adjustment
Defining the highlight and shadow
Locating the White and Black Point
Inputting the white and black point values
Adjusting the midtones
Setting the neutral
Sharpening your image
Comparing your image with the original
Taking care of red eye
Using the Camera Raw plug-in
Using Camera Raw controls
Reopening a DNG file
Self study
Review
Dreamweaver Lesson 1: Dreamweaver CS6 Jumpstart
Starting up
What is Dreamweaver?
Design and layout tools
Site management and File Transfer Protocol
Coding environment and text editor
Mobile design and development features
Who uses Dreamweaver?
Dreamweaverโs workspace features
Live View and Live Code
CSS Inspection and the Enable/Disable Feature
Related files
Code Navigator
Photoshop smart objects
Support for Content Management Systems
HTML5, CSS3, and PHP code hinting
HTML and CSS Starter Pages
Subversion
Business Catalyst integration
How websites work
A simple flow chart
Domain names and IP addresses
Servers and web hosts
The role of web browsers
An introduction to HTML
Tag structure and attributes
The structure of an HTML document
Placing images in HTML
Colors in HTML
Case sensitivity and whitespace rules
Element hierarchy
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Whatโs the difference?
Explorations in code
A look at the Welcome Screen
Creating, opening, and saving documents
Creating new documents
Self study
Review
Dreamweaver Lesson 2: Setting Up a New Site
Starting up
Creating a new site
Advanced site-creation options
Adding pages
Saving a page to your site
Defining page properties
Work views
A deeper look into the Files panel
Viewing local files
Selecting and editing files
Self study
Review
Dreamweaver Lesson 3: Adding Text and Images
Starting up
Typography and images on the Web
Adding text
An introduction to styles
Previewing pages in a web browser
Understanding hyperlinks
Creating hyperlinks
Relative versus absolute hyperlinks
Linking to an e-mail address
Creating lists
Using the Text Insert panel
Inserting images
Image resolution
Image formats
Creating a simple gallery page
Linking images
Using image placeholders
Editing images
Adjusting brightness and contrast
Optimizing images
Updating images
Self study
Review
Dreamweaver Lesson 4: Styling Your Pages with CSS
Starting up
What are Cascading Style Sheets?
CSS replaces inefficient HTML styling
The benefits of CSS styling
How do you create CSS rules in Dreamweaver?
Understanding Style Sheets
Understanding why theyโre called Cascading
Creating and modifying styles
Creating a class style with the Property Inspector
Creating and modifying styles in the CSS Styles panel
Advanced text formatting with CSS
Fine-tuning page appearance with contextual and pseudo-class selectors
Div tags and CSS IDs
Internal versus external style sheets
Attaching an external style sheet to your page
Modifying attached style sheets
Creating a new .css file (external style sheet)
Self study
Review
Dreamweaver 5: Managing your Website: Reports, Optimization, and Maintenance
Starting up
Working with the Files panel
Creating a remote connection
Viewing files on a remote web server
Transferring files to and from a remote server with Get and Put
Using Check In/Check Out and Design Notes
Check In and Check Out
Checking files in and out
Using Design Notes
Sharing Design Notes
Displaying Design Notes in the Files panel
Testing site integrity
Using Check Links
Checking links sitewide
Generating site reports
Understanding report results
Addressing a listed item
The Browser Compatibility Check
Optimizing pages for launch
Search engine visibility and Search Engine Optimization
Titling your documents with the
Adding meta keywords and descriptions
Launching your site
Site Launch Checklist
Uploading your site
Getting help and using the reference guides
The Reference panel
Suggested next steps
Website design resources
Self study
Review
Flash Lesson 1: Flash CS6 Jumpstart
Starting up
What is Flash?
About Flash Player
Flash file types
Creating a new document
Setting up your new document
Saving your Flash document
Opening documents
The Flash workspace
The Stage and work area
The Flash Tools panel
The Property Inspector
Panels and panel groups
The Timeline
Practicing with the Flash tools
The drawing and selection tools in action
Using gradient and color tools
Animation in action
Getting help
Support forums
Moving forward
Self study
Review
Flash Lesson 2: Getting Started with the Drawing Tools
Starting up
Drawing in Flash
Using the Merge Drawing mode
Creating artwork in Merged Drawing mode
Working with Drawing Objects
Putting it all together
Using the Line tool
Using the Pen tool
Using the Add and Delete Anchor Point tools
Using the Combine Objects menu
Using the Primitive tools (Smart Shapes)
Using the Oval Primitive tool
The Rectangle Primitive tool
Adding text to your artwork
Flash Text: TLF & Classic Text
Working with Threaded and Multi-Column Text
Adding filters
Working with colors
Getting set up
Creating gradients
Using opacity with gradient colors
Creating custom colors
Saving a custom color set
Organizing and layering graphics
Working with layers
Arranging, locking, and hiding layers
Creating layer folders
Transforming graphics
The Transform menu and Free Transform tool
The Transform panel
Transforming gradients
Self study
Review
Flash Lesson 3: Creating Basic Animation
Starting up
Introducing keyframes and the Timeline
Layers
Frames and keyframes
Building animation: Enter the tween
Tween layers and automatic keyframing
Tweening multiple objects
Previewing animation with Test Movie
Moving and transforming tween paths
Incorporating color effects and scaling
Introducing the Motion Editor
Modifying the animation using the Motion Editor
Tweening rotation
Controlling animation paths
Where did Motion Guide layers go?
What happens to my existing Flash files that use Motion Guide layers?
How do I create a motion guide if I still want to?
Morphing graphics and colors with shape tweens
Shape tween basics
Legacy techniques: Creating classic tweens
Classic tween rules
Adding color effects and scaling to a classic tween
Re)creating motion guides for classic tweens
Troubleshooting Motion Guides
Adjusting animation with onion skinning
Self study
Review
Flash Lesson 4: Delivering Your Final Movie
Starting up
The publishing process
Publishing to the Web
Customizing the Publish settings
Publishing for the Desktop with Adobe AIR
About Digital Certificates
Installing Your New AIR Application
Publishing for Mobile Devices
Publishing for iOS
Publishing for Android OS
Using Export Movie
New: Export PNG Sequence
An overview of FTP
Self study
Review
Fireworks Lesson 1: Adobe Fireworks Jumpstart
Starting up
About Fireworks
Work with vector and bitmap objects
Make graphics interactive
Optimize and export graphics
Website and mobile application prototyping
Vector and bitmap graphics
About vector graphics
About bitmap graphics
The startup screen
Creating a new Fireworks document
Workspace basics
Fireworks workspace overview
Other Fireworks panels
Working with bitmaps
Creating bitmaps
Importing a bitmap
Cropping a bitmap
Applying a filter
Working with vector objects
Drawing and editing basic shapes
Drawing a rectangle
Resizing a rectangle
Auto Shapes
The Auto Shape tools
Working with text
Create and move text blocks
Formatting and editing text
Applying color
Apply a sampled color
Apply a swatch color to text
Using the Color Mixer
Using Layers
The Layers panel
Activate a layer
Organizing layers
Naming layer objects
Moving a layer object
Protecting layer objects
Show or hide objects and layers
Merging objects in the Layers panel
Deleting a layer object
About the Web layer
Creating slices for interactivity
Create rectangular slices
Resizing one or more slices
View and select slices
Naming slices
Making slices interactive
Creating master pages
Linking the slices to your pages
Optimizing and exporting in Fireworks
Using Image Preview
Setting export options
Optimizing in the workspace
Saving optimization settings
Exporting selected slices
Self study
Review
Illustrator Lesson 1: Illustrator CS6 Essentials
Starting up
Using the shape tools
Repositioning and visually resizing the rectangle
Finding or changing the shapeโs dimensions using the Transform panel
Rotating and shearing using the Transform panel
Constraining a shape
Entering exact dimensions
Selecting artwork
Helpful keyboard shortcuts for selections
The selection tools
Using shape and transform tools to create artwork
Using the transform tools
Adding a fill color
Entering a shape size in the Transform panel
Viewing in Outline view
Rotating the shape
Changing the color of the triangles
Using layers when building an illustration
Creating a new blank layer
Cutting and pasting objects
Creating bubbles
Cloning the bubble group
Repeating a resize transform
Moving objects from one layer to another
Self study
Review
Illustrator Lesson 2: Adding Color
Starting up
Basics of the Appearance panel
Changing colors
Adding Effects
Creating a colorful illustration
Using Live Paint
Converting the artwork to a Live Paint group
Applying Live Paint to the group
Adding a symbol to your artwork
Expanding the symbol
Saving swatches
What is a Global Color?
Selecting the Same color
Saving a set of colors as a group
Creating a color group from selected colors
Using the Color panel
Adding Pantone (Spot) Colors
Adding Pantone colors
Self study
Review
Illustrator Lesson 3: Working with the Drawing Tools
Starting up
Working with the Pen tool
Drawing straight lines
Drawing curved lines
Drawing hinged curves
Drawing curved lines to straight lines
Drawing straight lines to curved lines
Manually tracing images
Placing an image as a template
Other drawing tools
Using the Line Segment and Arc tools
Using the Pencil, Smooth, and Path Eraser tools
Using the Eraser tool
Editing existing paths
Adding and removing points
Refining a curve
Cutting and joining paths
Combining shapes using the Shape Builder tool
Combining the shapes
Subtracting with the Shape Builder tool
Creating the fish eyes
Self study
Review
InDesign Lesson 1: InDesign CS6 Essential Skills
Starting up
InDesign tools
The InDesign workspace
The document window
Using guides
Viewing modes
Working with panels
The Tools panel
Managing panels
Saving your workspace
Working with the Control panel
Navigating through an InDesign document
Using the Pages panel
Changing the magnification of your document
Working with type
Entering and formatting type
Placing and formatting type
Flowing type
Using styles
Applying paragraph styles
Applying character styles
Apply styles across a story using Find/Change
Applying object styles
Working with graphics
Placing graphics
Positioning graphics within a frame
Applying text wrap
Understanding layers
Applying effects
Resources for additional help
Self study
Review
InDesign Lesson 2: Building Documents with Master Pages
Starting up
Planning your document
Creating custom page sizes
Creating a new custom-sized document
Creating and formatting master pages
Formatting master pages
Adding automatic page numbers
Using text variables
Basing master pages on other master pages
Overriding master page items
Adding layout pages
Placing formatted text
Creating the classified page
Adding images and text to the master frames
Applying master pages to multiple pages
Self study
Review
InDesign Lesson 3: Working with Text and Type
Starting up
Adding text to your document
Creating a text frame
Changing character attributes
Changing font and type styles
Adjusting size
Adjusting line spacing
Adjusting character spacing: kerning and tracking
Using a baseline shift
Changing paragraph attributes
Horizontally aligning text
Changing the spacing before and after paragraphs
Using tabs
Adding rules above or below paragraphs
Changing text color
Creating drop caps
Finding and changing text
Finding and changing text and text attributes
Finding and changing text using GREP
Checking and correcting spelling
Checking spelling
Adding words to the dictionary
Checking spelling as you type
Automatically correcting spelling
Editing text using the Story Editor
Using Track Changes
Drag-and-drop text editing
Special characters and glyphs
Using the Glyphs panel and glyph sets
Text frame options
Adjusting text inset
Vertically aligning text
Importing text
Flowing text manually
Threading text between frames
Using semi-autoflow to link several text frames
Changing the number of columns in a text frame
Baseline grid
Viewing and changing the baseline grid
Adding story jumps
Using styles to format text
Creating a headline and applying a style
Importing styles from other documents
Redefining styles
Placing text on a path
Importing text from Microsoft Word
Missing fonts
Finding and fixing missing fonts
Self study
Review
InDesign Lesson 4: Working with Styles
Starting up
Style types
Paragraph styles
Defining paragraph styles
Applying paragraph styles
Character styles
Defining character styles
Applying character styles
Using nested styles
Updating styles
Loading styles from another InDesign document
Quick Apply
Organizing styles into groups
Object styles
Creating object styles
Applying an object style
Changing an object style
Finishing up
GREP Styles
Self study
Review
InDesign Lesson 5: Working with Graphics
Starting up
Understanding how InDesign handles graphics
Locating missing images
Working with the Links panel and the Link badge
Customizing the Links panel
Adding graphics to your layout
Fitting an image within an existing frame
Auto Fitting
Using Adobe Bridge to import graphics
Placing multiple graphics using Mini Bridge
Using object styles for images
Wrapping text around images
Wrapping text around the bounding box
Using graphics with clipping paths and alpha channels
Removing an image background using InDesign
Using anchored objects
Advanced importing
Importing layered Photoshop files
Importing InDesign layouts as graphics
Self study
Review
Index
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Starting up -- Bridge lesson 1: using Adobe Bridge -- Photoshop lesson 1: exploring Photoshop -- Photoshop lesson 2: getting to know the workspace -- Photoshop lesson 3: the basics of working with Photoshop -- Photoshop lesson 4: making the best selections -- Photoshop lesson 5: painting and retouch
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