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Contents at a Glance
Introduction ................................................................ 1
Book I: Getting Started with Adobe Creative Cloud......... 7Chapter 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 .................................................. 87Chapter 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 ............................................. 213Chapter 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
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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 ............................................. 415Chapter 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 .................................................. 553Chapter 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 ........................................ 617Chapter 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 ................................ 719Chapter 1: Getting Started in Flash CC ........................................................................ 721
Chapter 2: Creating Artwork and Text ........................................................................ 737
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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 ........................................... 873Chapter 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
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Table of Contents
Introduction ................................................................. 1Why 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
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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 fi le ................................................... 47
Placing fi les 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 fi les .................................................................... 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
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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 fi les 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
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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 fl ow .......................................................................... 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 justifi cation ...................................................... 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
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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 fi lls.............................................................................. 168
Making transparent fi lls .................................................................... 169
Looking at gradients .......................................................................... 170
Removing fi lls ..................................................................................... 172
Adding Layers .............................................................................................. 172
Creating QR Codes ...................................................................................... 173
Chapter 5: Understanding Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
Selecting Color with Color Controls .......................................................... 175
Understanding Color Models ..................................................................... 176
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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
Refl ecting 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
Prefl ight: 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 fi les ............................................................................. 198
Exporting JPEG and PNG fi les ........................................................... 199
Exporting to Flash .............................................................................. 200
Exporting text fi les ............................................................................. 201
Printing Your Work ..................................................................................... 202
Understanding bleed ......................................................................... 202
Doing it yourself: Printing and proofi ng
at home or the offi ce ...................................................................... 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
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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
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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 Pathfi nders ........................................................................ 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 overfl ow ................................................................ 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
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Using the Paragraph Panel ......................................................................... 302
Alignment ............................................................................................ 302
Indentation.......................................................................................... 303
Text Utilities: Your Key to Effi ciency ........................................................ 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 Profi le ..................................................................... 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
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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 fi le format ......................................... 400
Saving Illustrator fi les back to previous versions ......................... 402
The EPS fi le format ............................................................................ 402
The PDF fi le format ............................................................................ 404
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Saving Your Artwork for the Web .............................................................. 405
Flattening Transparency ............................................................................. 408
Flattening a fi le ................................................................................... 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 fi le.............................................................................. 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
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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 Refi ne Selection ........................................ 456
Transforming selections ................................................................... 456
Feathering ........................................................................................... 456
Tweaking the edges of a selection with
the Refi ne 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
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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 fi ll ................................................... 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
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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 magnifi cation ........................................................... 562
Viewing modes ................................................................................... 563
Additional viewing options ............................................................... 564
Navigation panels .............................................................................. 564
Chapter 2: Creating PDF Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .567
Creating PDF Files from Microsoft Offi ce ................................................. 567
PDF conversion options .................................................................... 568
PDF conversion options from Microsoft Word and Excel ............ 569
Converting PowerPoint fi les to PDF ................................................ 570
Creating PDF Files from Adobe Creative Cloud Applications ................ 571
Converting Photoshop and Illustrator fi les 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
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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
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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
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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
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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 fi ll 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 fi lters to text .......................................................................... 748
Transforming type ............................................................................. 749
Distorting and modifying character shapes ................................... 749
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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) fi les ..................................................... 795
Importing Illustrator (.ai) fi les .......................................................... 796
A Note about Illustrator Symbol Libraries ............................................... 800
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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
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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) fi les ........................................... 859
Choosing settings for HTML Wrapper fi les .................................... 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 Profi les ............................................................................ 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
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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 fi lls ....................................................................................... 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
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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
Defi ning 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
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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
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