Book description
Full-color guide and video tutorials make a powerful combo for learning design applications in the Adobe Creative Cloud
If you like the idea of tackling the design and web applications in Adobe's Creative Cloud in smaller bites, then this is the book-and-video training learning combo for you. More than 25 lessons, each including step-by-step instructions and lesson files backed by video tutorials, help you get comfortable with all features and functions. Work at your own pace, while you steadily build skills in InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, and Fireworks. With this Digital Classroom training package, you have your own private instructor showing you the easiest way to learn the latest Adobe design apps.
Combines a full-color, step-by-step instructional book along with lesson files and video training on DVD, to teach users how to use the latest versions of InDesign CC, Illustrator CC, Photoshop CC, Dreamweaver CC, Flash CC, Fireworks CC, and Adobe Bridge
Provides thorough training from a team of expert instructors from American Graphics Institute (AGI)
Start confidently creating the rich and interactive content viewers demand with this practical learning product, Adobe Creative Cloud Digital Classroom
Note: DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of the e-book file, but are available for download after purchase.
Table of contents
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Starting up
- About Digital Classroom
- Prerequisites
- Starting the Adobe Creative Cloud applications
- Resetting Adobe Photoshop CC preferences
- A note about color warnings
- Resetting the Dreamweaver workspace
- Resetting the Flash workspace
- Resetting Adobe Illustrator CC preferences
- Resetting the InDesign workspace and preferences
- Fonts used in this book
- Register your book
- Loading lesson files
- Working with the video tutorials
- Additional resources
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Bridge Lesson 1: Organizing and Managing Your Files with Adobe Bridge
- Starting up
- What is Adobe Bridge?
- Creating and locating metadata
- 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
- Changing the view
- Self study
- Review
- Photoshop Lesson 1: Navigating Photoshop CC: Workspace, Tools, and Panels
- Photoshop Lesson 3: Introduction to Photoshop CC
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Photoshop Lesson 3: Making Selective Changes in Photoshop CC
- 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
- Saving a selection
- Feathering the selection
- Using the Quick Selection tool
- Making difficult selections with the Refine Edge feature
- Using the Pen tool for selections
- Self study
- Review
- Photoshop Lesson 4: Painting and Retouching
- Photoshop Lesson 5: Color Correcting an Image
- Photoshop Lesson 6: Introduction to Photoshop Layers
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Dreamweaver Lesson 1: Dreamweaver CC Jumpstart
- Starting up
- What is Dreamweaver?
- Dreamweaver’s workspace features
- Live View and Live Code
- 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
- An introduction to HTML
- A look at the Welcome Screen
- Creating, opening, and saving documents
- Self study
- Review
- Dreamweaver Lesson 2: Setting Up a New Site
- Dreamweaver Lesson 3: Adding Text and Images
- Dreamweaver Lesson 4: Styling Your Pages with CSS
- Dreaweaver Lesson 5: Managing your Website: Reports, Optimization, and Maintenance
- Flash Lesson 3: Getting Started with the Drawing Tools
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Flash Lesson 2: Creating Basic Animation
- Starting up
- Introducing keyframes and the Timeline
- Building animation: enter the tween
- Tweening multiple objects
- Incorporating color effects and scaling
- Controlling animation paths
- Where did Motion Guide layers go?
- Morphing graphics and colors with shape tweens
- Legacy techniques: creating classic tweens
- (Re)creating motion guides for classic tweens
- Adjusting animation with onion skinning
- Self study
- Review
- Flash Lesson 3: Delivering Your Final Movie
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Fireworks Lesson 1: Adobe Fireworks Jumpstart
- Starting up
- About Fireworks
- Vector and bitmap graphics
- Creating a new Fireworks document
- Workspace basics
- Working with bitmaps
- Working with vector objects
- Auto Shapes
- Working with text
- Applying color
- Using Layers
- Creating slices for interactivity
- Making slices interactive
- Optimizing and exporting in Fireworks
- Self study
- Review
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Illustrator Lesson 1: Illustrator CC Essentials
- Starting up
- Using the shape tools
- Constraining a shape
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Selecting artwork
- Helpful keyboard shortcuts for selectionsFunctionWindowsMac OSSwitch to last-used selection tool CtrlCommandSwitch between Direct Selection tool and Group Selection toolAltOptionAdd to a selectionShift+clickShift+clickSubtract from a selectionShift+clickShift+clickChange pointer to cross hair for selected toolsCaps LockCaps Lock
- Helpful keyboard shortcuts for selections
- The selection tools
- Using shape and transform tools to create artwork
- Using layers when building an illustration
- Cutting and pasting objects
- Repeating a resize transform
- Self study
- Review
- Illustrator Lesson 2: Adding Color
- Illustrator 3: Working with the Drawing Tools
- InDesign Lesson 1: InDesign CC Essential Skills
- InDesign Lesson 2: Working Smarter with Master Pages
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InDesign Lesson 3: Working with and Formatting Text
- Starting up
- Adding text to your document
- Changing character attributes
- Changing paragraph attributes
- Finding and changing text
- Checking and correcting spelling
- Special characters and glyphs
- Text frame options
- Importing text
- Baseline grid
- Using styles to format text
- Placing text on a path
- Missing fonts
- Self study
- Review
- InDesign Lesson 4: Using Styles to Save Time
- InDesign Lesson 5: Designing with Graphics
- Credits
Product information
- Title: Adobe Creative Cloud Design Tools Digital Classroom
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2013
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9781118639993
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