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 COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL
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
viii Adobe Creative Cloud Design Tools All-in-One For Dummies 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
Table of Contents ix 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
x Adobe Creative Cloud Design Tools All-in-One For Dummies 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
Table of Contents xi 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
xii Adobe Creative Cloud Design Tools All-in-One For Dummies 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
Table of Contents xiii 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
xiv Adobe Creative Cloud Design Tools All-in-One For Dummies 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
Table of Contents xv 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
xvi Adobe Creative Cloud Design Tools All-in-One For Dummies 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
Table of Contents xvii 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
xviii Adobe Creative Cloud Design Tools All-in-One For Dummies 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
Table of Contents xix 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
xx Adobe Creative Cloud Design Tools All-in-One For Dummies Chapter 10: Saving Photoshop Images for Print and the Web......541 Choosing a File Format for Saving...542 Wonderful and easy Photoshop PSD...542 Photoshop EPS...542 Photoshop PDF...543 TIFF...543 DCS...543 Saving for the Web...543 GIF...544 JPEG...548 PNG...550 WBMP...551 Matte...551 Saving Settings...552 Book V: Acrobat XI... 553 Chapter 1: Discovering Essential Acrobat Information............555 Working with PDF Files...555 Knowing When to Use Adobe PDF Files...557 Introducing the Adobe Acrobat Workspace and Tools...558 Toolbars...559 Changing page magnification...562 Viewing modes...563 Additional viewing options...564 Navigation panels...564 Chapter 2: Creating PDF Files..................................567 Creating PDF Files from Microsoft Office...567 PDF conversion options...568 PDF conversion options from Microsoft Word and Excel...569 Converting PowerPoint files to PDF...570 Creating PDF Files from Adobe Creative Cloud Applications...571 Converting Photoshop and Illustrator files to PDF...572 Converting InDesign documents to PDF...572 Converting Other Electronic Documents to PDF...573 Creating PDF Files from Paper Documents and the Web...575 Converting paper documents to PDF...575 Converting web pages to PDFs...576 Chapter 3: Adding Interactivity to PDF Files.....................579 Adding Bookmarks to Create Easy PDF Navigation...579 Creating bookmarks that link to a page...580 Creating bookmarks that link to a website...581
Table of Contents xxi Using bookmarks...581 Editing bookmarks...582 Adding Interactive Links...583 Adding Buttons to Simplify Your PDF Files...584 Chapter 4: Editing and Extracting Text and Graphics.............587 Editing Text...587 Using the Edit Text & Images tool to manipulate text...588 Using the Edit Text & Images tool to edit graphics...590 Exporting Text and Graphics...591 Exporting text with Select, Copy, and Paste...592 Exporting text with Save As Other...592 Chapter 5: Using Commenting and Annotation Tools.............595 Creating Comments with the Comment Panel...595 The Add Sticky Note tool...597 The Text Edit tools...597 The Add Stamp tool...597 The Highlight Text tool...599 The Attach File tool...599 The Drawing Markup tools...600 The Add Text Box tool...601 The Add Text Callout tool...602 The Pencil tool...603 Managing Comments...603 Viewing comments...603 Changing a comment s review status...604 Replying to a comment...604 Showing and hiding comments...604 Sharing comments...605 Summarizing comments...605 Enabling commenting in Adobe Reader...606 Reviewing PDF Documents...606 Using Shared Reviews...607 Using Email Reviews...608 Chapter 6: Securing Your PDF Files............................611 Understanding Password Security...611 Applying Password Security to Your PDF Documents...612 Limiting Editing and Printing...613 Removing Sensitive Data...615
xxii Adobe Creative Cloud Design Tools All-in-One For Dummies Book VI: Dreamweaver CC... 617 Chapter 1: Introducing Dreamweaver CC.......................619 Exploring the CC Interface...620 Taking Advantage of HTML5 and CSS3 Support...620 Bringing Your Pages to Life with CSS Transitions...622 Working with Fluid Grids...623 Exploring Mobile Authoring Options and Tools...623 Chapter 2: Understanding the Dreamweaver Workspace.........627 Getting to Know the Workspace...627 The Insert panel...628 The Document toolbar...630 Using the panel groups...632 Saving your workspace...632 Creating a Site...633 Checking Out the Property Inspector...634 Previewing Your Page in a Browser or with Live View...635 Understanding Dreamweaver Preferences...636 Chapter 3: Creating a Website.................................637 Website Basics...637 Starting a New Site...639 Creating a New Page for Your Site...640 Adding an Image to Your Page...641 Managing Your Website Files...643 Delving into HTML Basics...644 What Is HTML5?...646 Chapter 4: Working with Images...............................649 Creating Images for the Web...649 Putting Images on a Page...650 Inserting an image...650 Dragging and dropping an image...652 Getting to Know the Property Inspector...652 Placing Photoshop Files...654 Photoshop Smart Objects...654 Updating Photoshop Smart Objects...655 Aligning an Image...656 Using an Image as a Background...657 Creating Rollovers...659 Inserting Media...661
Table of Contents xxiii Chapter 5: Adding and Formatting Text.........................663 Adding Text...664 Formatting text...664 Using the Property inspector to style text...666 Spell-checking your text...669 Understanding Cascading Style Sheets...670 Using CSS for text...671 Creating a new type selector...672 What is a style sheet?...675 Creating a new class selector...676 Chapter 6: Linking It Together.................................679 The Basics of Linking...679 Creating Internal Links...680 Using the Hyperlink dialog box to create a link...680 Using the Property inspector to create a link...681 Creating hyperlinks with Point to File...681 Creating ID Attributes...682 Linking to Pages and Files Outside Your Website...683 Linking to E-Mail...684 Linking to a PDF File...684 Resolving Link Errors...684 Chapter 7: Creating Tables....................................687 Working with Tables...687 Editing table attributes...690 Adding and deleting rows and columns...690 Merging and splitting cells...692 Selecting a Table and a Cell...692 Changing the Color and Alignment of Table Cells...694 Applying Table Formatting with CSS...695 Adding and Importing Content...696 Chapter 8: Creating CSS Layouts...............................699 Using CSS Starter Pages...699 Modifying a New Layout...701 Controlling Elements with ID Styles...702 Creating Relatively Positioned DIVs...702 Styling DIV Elements...705 Using Behaviors with Boxes...706 Using CSS Transitions...707 Chapter 9: Publishing Your Website............................709 Clean Up after Yourself!...709 Running Site Reports...710
xxiv Adobe Creative Cloud Design Tools All-in-One For Dummies Getting Connected...712 Your website live!...714 Synchronizing your site...715 Improving Your Site...716 Book VII: Flash Professional CC... 719 Chapter 1: Getting Started in Flash CC..........................721 Creating Your First Flash Document...721 Getting Familiar with the Workspace...722 The Tools panel...723 The Timeline...725 The Property inspector...726 Panels (right side)...727 Creating and Saving Workspaces...729 Changing General Preferences...729 Saving and Opening Documents...730 FLA versus XFL File Format...730 Getting to Know Flash Player...731 Talking about Layers...731 Importing Files...733 Exporting Files from Flash...733 Publishing Your Movie...734 Chapter 2: Creating Artwork and Text..........................737 Drawing Shapes and Lines...737 Drawing basic shapes with the shape tools...738 Merging shapes...738 Creating perfect lines with the Line tool...738 Creating lines and curves with the Pen tool...739 Drawing freehand with the Pencil tool...740 Selecting and Editing Shapes...740 Modifying fill and stroke colors...741 Merge versus Object Drawing mode...742 Splicing and Tweaking Shapes and Lines...743 Tweaking a shape with the Selection and Subselection tools...743 Editing a shape with the Lasso tool...744 Modifying artwork created by using the Pen and Pencil tools...745 Transforming Artwork and Shapes...745 Using the Free Transform tool...745 Using the Transform panel...746 Skewing your artwork...747 Working with Text...747 Adding filters to text...748 Transforming type...749 Distorting and modifying character shapes...749
Table of Contents xxv Creating Colors and Gradients...749 Creating and adding colors from the Color panel...750 Creating gradients...750 Applying and transforming gradients...751 Working with the Brush Tool...752 Chapter 3: Symbols and Animation.............................755 Visiting the Library...755 Creating and Modifying Graphic Symbols...756 Adding symbols to the stage...758 Modifying symbols...758 Sorting symbols...761 Organizing symbols with folders...761 Duplicating symbols...762 Getting Started with Animation: Frames and Keyframes...763 Creating Animation with Motion and Shape Tweens...764 Creating a motion tween...764 Resizing tween spans...766 Creating a Shape Tween...766 Tweened versus Frame-by-Frame Animation...768 Understanding Frame Rate...769 Chapter 4: Applying Advanced Animation.......................... 771 Creating Transformations...771 Joining Motion...773 Creating Fade-Ins and Fade-Outs...774 Copying and Pasting Motion...775 Creating and Using Motion Presets...776 Creating a Motion Preset...777 Applying a Motion Preset...777 Animating along a Path with Motion Guides...778 Affecting Rate of Speed with Easing...781 Fine-Tuning Shape Tweens with Shape Hinting...783 Using Mask Layers...786 Previewing Your Movie...788 Chapter 5: Adding Graphics, Audio, and Video...................791 Bitmap versus Vector Artwork...791 Importing Other File Formats...792 Importing Bitmap Images...793 Converting bitmap images to symbols...794 Applying motion tweens...795 Importing Photoshop and Illustrator Files...795 Importing Photoshop (.psd) files...795 Importing Illustrator (.ai) files...796 A Note about Illustrator Symbol Libraries...800
xxvi Adobe Creative Cloud Design Tools All-in-One For Dummies Importing Sounds...800 Placing sounds on the Timeline...801 Editing sounds...803 Adding Video to Your Flash Movie...804 To embed or not to embed?...805 Working with the FLVPlayback component...808 Embedding Video on the Timeline...808 Chapter 6: Lights, Camera, Movie Clips!........................811 Discovering Movie Clips...811 Creating and Placing Movie Clips...812 Previewing Movie Clip Animation...815 Modifying Movie Clip Instances...816 Combining Movie Clips...816 Rendering and Animating Movie Clips in the 3D Realm...818 Using the 3D Rotation tool...818 Using the 3D Translation tool...819 Animating 3D properties...820 Chapter 7: Controlling Your Movie with ActionScript.............823 Getting to Know ActionScript...823 The Code Snippets panel...824 The Actions panel...824 Previewing ActionScript...824 ActionScript 3.0 versus ActionScript 2.0...825 Creating ActionScript with the Actions Panel...826 Adding a stop()...826 Using goto: gotoandplay() and gotoandstop()...828 Using frame labels...829 Creating Button Symbols...831 Creating a new button...832 Understanding button states...832 Adding content to button states...833 Enabling simple buttons...834 Modifying button instances...834 Putting It All Together: Creating a Simple Photo Viewer...835 Applying Code Snippets...836 Stopping the main Timeline...836 Creating the Previous and Next buttons...838 Linking to a website or web page...839 Chapter 8: Getting into the (Work)Flow.........................843 Using Workspace Layouts...843 Creating new layouts...844 Managing layouts...844
Table of Contents xxvii Fine-Tuning with Grids and Guides...845 Enabling rulers and guides...845 Enabling the grid...847 Aligning Artwork...848 Distributing to the stage...849 Using Match Size options...850 Experimenting with Animation Helpers...851 Using Keyboard Shortcuts...853 Chapter 9: Publishing and Final Delivery........................855 Getting Familiar with the Publish Process...855 Selecting Your Formats...856 Previewing Your Settings...857 Publishing for the Web...857 Selecting Publish Settings...858 Publishing for Desktop and Flash-enabled Mobile Browsers...859 Choosing settings for Flash (.swf) files...859 Choosing settings for HTML Wrapper files...861 Publishing your movie...862 Publishing Desktop Applications with Adobe AIR...863 Publishing an AIR application...863 Installing and running your new AIR application...867 Publishing for Mobile Devices...868 Creating Publish Profiles...871 Book VIII: Fireworks CC... 873 Chapter 1: Introducing Fireworks CC...........................875 Why Use Fireworks?...875 Working in Fireworks CC...876 Using the tools...877 Understanding the views...879 Investigating the panels...881 Working with Basic Selection Tools...881 Making a selection in a bitmap image...881 Making a selection in a vector image...882 Chapter 2: Free to Create......................................883 Understanding What Happens in Layers...883 Choosing Vector or Bitmap Graphics...884 Creating with Bitmap Tools...885 Selecting pixels...885 Moving pixels...886
xxviii Adobe Creative Cloud Design Tools All-in-One For Dummies Changing the way pixels appear...886 Using additional bitmap tools...887 Creating with Vector Tools...888 Using shape tools...888 Creating a path...889 Changing an existing path...889 Working with type...890 Masking: Going Beyond Tape...890 Chapter 3: Livening Up Your Artwork with Color.................893 Choosing Web Colors...893 Finding Colors in Fireworks...894 Types of fills...894 Alignment of strokes...894 Applying Colors to Vector Objects...896 Adding Colors to Fireworks...896 Adding a color with the Eyedropper tool...897 Adding a color with the Color Palette panel...897 Creating Gradients...899 Changing the type of gradient...900 Adding a pattern...901 Chapter 4: Creating Text in Fireworks..........................903 Creating Text...903 Setting Text Attributes...904 Fine-Tuning Spacing, Alignment, and Orientation...904 Adding Effects...905 Giving Your Text Some Style...907 Applying an existing style...907 Creating your own style...908 Spell-Checking Your Text...908 Attaching Text to a Path...909 Outlining Text...910 Chapter 5: Getting Images In and Out of Fireworks...............913 Getting Images into Fireworks...913 Editing Images...915 Scaling...916 Cropping...917 Painting...918 Cloning...919 Filtering...920 Optimizing Images for the Web...922 Previewing web settings...922 Working with the Optimize panel...923 Exporting for the Web...923
Table of Contents xxix Chapter 6: Hotspots, Slices, and CSS Layouts...................925 Understanding Layers...925 Navigating the Layers panel...925 Working with the Layers panel...926 Creating Hotspots...926 Defining a hotspot...927 Linking a hotspot...927 Working with Image Maps...928 Creating an image map...929 Linking an image map...929 Testing and exporting an image map...930 Slicing Up Your Art...932 Creating the basic image...932 Adding text...933 Doing the actual slicing and dicing...934 Exporting Slices...936 Exporting slices as tables...936 Changing the export format from table to CSS...936 Chapter 7: Using Buttons and Symbols.........................939 Using States in Fireworks...939 Making a Rollover Button...940 Creating the basic art...940 Adding rollover behavior...941 Testing and exporting the button...943 Discovering Fireworks Symbols...943 Working with a precreated symbol...944 Converting artwork to a symbol...945 Editing a symbol...946 Chapter 8: Don t Just Sit There Animate!.....................949 Getting Started with Animation...950 Creating an animation...950 Onion skinning...951 Making the animation move...952 Testing the animation...952 Adjusting Playback...954 Changing the frame rate...954 Playing it again: Looping...955 Tweening in Fireworks...955 Creating a symbol...955 Cloning the symbol...956 Tweening the symbols...957 Animating with Masks...957 Creating an image and a mask...958 Animating the mask...958 Exporting an Animation...960
xxx Adobe Creative Cloud Design Tools All-in-One For Dummies Chapter 9: Building a Wireframe Using Fireworks...............961 Starting a Wireframe...962 Creating a Master Page...962 Creating Clickable Regions...965 Sending Your Wireframe to Others...966 Index... 969