Adobe Creative Cloud All-in-One For Dummies, 2nd Edition

Introduction

Adobe software has always been highly respected for creative design and development. Adobe creates tools that allow you to produce amazing designs and creations with ease. The Adobe Creative Cloud is the company’s latest release of sophisticated and professional-level software that bundles many separate programs as a suite. Each program in the Creative Cloud works individually, or you can integrate the programs by using Adobe Bridge, an independent program that helps you control file management with thumbnails, metadata, and other organizational tools.

With Adobe Creative Cloud, a simple monthly membership gives you the entire collection of Adobe tools and more. Love print? Interested in websites and iPad apps? Ready to edit video? You can do it all. Plus, Creative Cloud members automatically get access to new products and exclusive updates as soon as they’re released. And, with cloud storage and the ability to sync to any device, your files are always right where you need them. Creative Cloud is available for individuals or teams.

The first is Creative Services, which are hosted services that you can use in your production work, in the delivery of your content. This includes a font service like Typekit, which enables the use and delivery of a broad foundry of cloud fonts across all of your work. A second area is Digital Publishing, which enables publishing rich media to tablets via the cloud. And the third category is Business Catalyst, which supports designing and ...