Adobe Creative Suite 6 Design and Web Premium All-in-One For Dummies

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John Wiley & Sons, Jun 5, 2012 - Computers - 1056 pages

The must-have book on the leading suite of software for graphic and web designers

Fully revised and updated this hands-on resource offers a one-stop learning opportunity through eight minibooks dedicated to each product inside Adobe's Design & Web Premium Suite. The minibooks include Adobe Creative Suite Basics, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks. The book contains information on new image enhancements to After Effects, 64-bit versions of Illustrator and Flash Professional, and a new tool, dubbed Helium, that will enable designers to create content using HTML5 and CSS3.

  • Offers the depth needed by novices and long-time professionals
  • Covers the key features and tools users need to master individual programs to their fullest capacities
  • Helps designers to be more creative and productive
  • Filled with tips and techniques for using the 8 design programs

This popular package gives designers a full review of the most popular design and development tools on the market.

 

Contents

Introduction
1
Chapter
2
Chapter
3
Photoshop CS6 393
4
Chapter
5
Chapter
6
Adobe Creative Suite 6 Basics 7
9
Introducing Adobe Creative Suite 6 9 Chapter 2 Using Common Menus and Commands
17
Creating a Selection 429 Chapter 5 Using the Photoshop Pen Tool 447 Chapter 6 Thinking about Resolution Basics
457
Creating a Good Image
463
Working with Painting and Retouching Tools
477
Working with Painting and Retouching Tools 477 Chapter 9 Using Layers
497
Saving Photoshop Images for Print and the Web
515
Acrobat X
527
Creating PDF Files
539
Discovering Essential Acrobat Information 529 Chapter 2 Creating PDF Files 539 Chapter 3 Adding Interactivity to PDF Files
551

Exploring Common Panels
29
Using Common Extensions and Filters
35
Importing and Exporting
43
Exploring Common Panels 29 Chapter 4 Using Common Extensions and Filters 35 Chapter 5 Importing and Exporting 43 Chapter 6 Handling Grap...
57
Printing Documents
77
InDesign CS6
87
Introducing InDesign CS6 89 Chapter 2 Working with Text and Text Frames
109
Understanding Page Layout
135
Drawing in InDesign
155
Drawing in InDesign 155 Chapter 5 Understanding Color
175
Clipping Paths Alignment and Object Transformation 181 Chapter 7 Exporting to PDF Flash and Printing
191
Creating Digital Documents using HTML and EPUB
205
Creating Digital Documents using HTML and EPUB 205 Book III Illustrator CS6
213
Discovering Illustrator CS6
223
Whats New in Illustrator CS6 215 Chapter 2 Discovering Illustrator CS6 223 Chapter 3 Using the Selection Tools
241
Creating Basic Shapes
251
Creating Basic Shapes 251 Chapter 5 Using the Pen Tool and Placing Images
261
Using Type in Illustrator
277
of a shape
285
Organizing Your Illustrations
301
Organizing Your Illustrations 301 Chapter 8 Using Layers
311
Livening Up Illustrations with Color
319
The Live Paint Feature 341 Chapter 10 Using the Transform and Distortion Tools
343
Livening Up Illustrations with Color 319 Chapter 10 Using the Transform and Distortion Tools 343 Chapter 11 Working with Transparency and Spe...
355
Using Filters and Effects
367
Using Filters and Effects 367 Chapter 13 Using Your Illustrator Images
379
Photoshop CS6
393
Exploring New Features in Photoshop CS6
395
Getting Into Photoshop CS6 Basics
409
Messing with Mode Matters
421
Creating a Selection
429
Using the Photoshop Pen Tool
447
Editing and Extracting Text and Graphics
559
Using Commenting and Annotation Tools
567
Securing Your PDF Files
581
Editing and Extracting Text and Graphics 559 Chapter 5 Using Commenting and Annotation Tools 567 Chapter 6 Securing Your PDF Files 581 Boo...
587
Introducing Dreamweaver CS6
599
Creating a Website
611
Working with Images
623
Adding and Formatting Text
637
Getting Familiar with New Features in Dreamweaver 589 Chapter 2 Introducing Dreamweaver CS6 599 Chapter 3 Creating a Website 611 Chapter 4 ...
655
Creating CSS Layouts
677
Publishing Your Website
691
Flash Professional CS6
701
Drawing in Flash CS6
719
Symbols and Animation
739
Applying Advanced Animation
761
Adding Graphics Audio and Video
785
Lights Camera Movie Clips
807
Controlling Your Movie with ActionScript
819
Getting Into the WorkFlow
841
Publishing and Final Delivery
855
Getting Into the WorkFlow 841 Chapter 9 Publishing and Final Delivery 855 Book VIII Fireworks CS6
877
Introducing Fireworks CS6
879
Free to Create
887
Livening Up Your Artwork with Color
897
Free to Create 887 Chapter 3 Livening Up Your Artwork with Color 897 Chapter 4 Creating Text in Fireworks
903
Getting Images In and Out of Fireworks
911
Hotspots Slices and CSS Layouts
923
Dont Just Sit There Animate
947
Getting Images In and Out of Fireworks 911 Chapter 6 Hotspots Slices and CSS Layouts 923 Chapter 7 Using Buttons and Symbols 937 Chapter 8 D...
959
Index
967
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About the author (2012)

Jennifer Smith is a web technology expert and author of several books, including Photoshop CS6 Digital Classroom.

Christopher Smith is president of the American Graphics Institute and author of more than ten books on Adobe software.

Fred Gerantabee is an Emmy award-winning interactive designer, web developer, and author.

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