Adobe® Creative Cloud™ Design Tools ALL-IN-ONE by Jennifer Smith, Christopher Smith, Jen DeHaan, and Fred Gerantabee Adobe® Creative Cloud™ Design Tools All-in-One For Dummies® Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774 www.wiley.com Copyright © 2013 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey Published simultaneously in Canada No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without the prior writ- ten permission of the Publisher. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, (201) 748-6011, fax (201) 748-6008, or online at http://www.wiley.com/go/permissions. 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Library of Congress Control Number: 2013937657 ISBN 978-1-118-64611-3 (pbk); ISBN 978-1-118-66124-6 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-118-66106-2 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-118-66125-3 (ebk) Manufactured in the United States of America Contents at a Glance Introduction ................................................................ 1 Book I: Getting Started with Adobe Creative Cloud......... 7 Chapter 1: Introducing Adobe Creative Cloud ...............................................................9 Chapter 2: Using Common Menus and Commands .....................................................17 Chapter 3: Exploring Common Panels...........................................................................29 Chapter 4: Using Common Extensions and Filters ......................................................35 Chapter 5: Importing and Exporting Files .....................................................................41 Chapter 6: Handling Graphics, Paths, Text, and Fonts ...............................................55 Chapter 7: Using Color ....................................................................................................67 Chapter 8: Printing Documents ......................................................................................75 Book II: InDesign CC .................................................. 87 Chapter 1: Introducing InDesign CC ..............................................................................89 Chapter 2: Working with Text and Text Frames ........................................................109 Chapter 3: Understanding Page Layout ......................................................................135 Chapter 4: Drawing in InDesign ....................................................................................155 Chapter 5: Understanding Color ..................................................................................175 Chapter 6: Clipping Paths, Alignment, and Object Transformation ........................181 Chapter 7: Exporting to PDF, Flash, and Printing ......................................................191 Chapter 8: Creating Digital Documents Using HTML and EPUB ..............................205 Book III: Illustrator CC ............................................. 213 Chapter 1: What’s New in Illustrator CC .....................................................................215 Chapter 2: Discovering Illustrator CC .........................................................................229 Chapter 3: Using the Selection Tools ..........................................................................249 Chapter 4: Creating Basic Shapes ................................................................................261 Chapter 5: Using the Pen Tool and Placing Images ...................................................271 Chapter 6: Using Type in Illustrator ............................................................................287 Chapter 7: Organizing Your Illustrations ....................................................................313 Chapter 8: Using Layers ................................................................................................325 Chapter 9: Livening Up Illustrations with Color ........................................................333 Chapter 10: Using the Transform and Distortion Tools............................................359 Chapter 11: Working with Transparency and Special Effects Tools .......................373 Chapter 12: Using Filters and Effects ..........................................................................385 Chapter 13: Using Your Illustrator Images .................................................................399 Book IV: Photoshop CC ............................................. 415 Chapter 1: Exploring New Features in Photoshop CC ......................................................417 Chapter 2: Getting into Photoshop CC Basics ............................................................427 Chapter 3: Messing with Mode Matters ......................................................................439 Chapter 4: Creating a Selection ....................................................................................449 Chapter 5: Using the Photoshop Pen Tool .................................................................469 Chapter 6: Thinking about Resolution Basics ............................................................481 Chapter 7: Creating a Good Image ...............................................................................489 Chapter 8: Working with Painting and Retouching Tools.........................................503 Chapter 9: Using Layers ................................................................................................523 Chapter 10: Saving Photoshop Images for Print and the Web .................................541 Book V: Acrobat XI .................................................. 553 Chapter 1: Discovering Essential Acrobat Information ............................................555 Chapter 2: Creating PDF Files .......................................................................................567 Chapter 3: Adding Interactivity to PDF Files ..............................................................579 Chapter 4: Editing and Extracting Text and Graphics ...............................................587 Chapter 5: Using Commenting and Annotation Tools ...............................................595 Chapter 6: Securing Your PDF Files .............................................................................611 Book VI: Dreamweaver CC ........................................ 617 Chapter 1: Introducing Dreamweaver CC ...................................................................619 Chapter 2: Understanding the Dreamweaver Workspace ........................................627 Chapter 3: Creating a Website ......................................................................................637 Chapter 4: Working with Images ..................................................................................649 Chapter 5: Adding and Formatting Text .....................................................................663 Chapter 6: Linking It Together .....................................................................................679 Chapter 7: Creating Tables ...........................................................................................687 Chapter 8: Creating CSS Layouts .................................................................................699 Chapter 9: Publishing Your Website ...........................................................................709 Book VII: Flash Professional CC ................................ 719 Chapter 1: Getting Started in Flash CC ........................................................................721 Chapter 2: Creating Artwork and Text ........................................................................737 Chapter 3: Symbols and Animation .............................................................................755 Chapter 4: Applying Advanced Animation ..........................................................................771 Chapter 5: Adding Graphics, Audio, and Video .........................................................791 Chapter 6: Lights, Camera, Movie Clips! .....................................................................811 Chapter 7: Controlling Your Movie with ActionScript ..............................................823 Chapter 8: Getting into the (Work)Flow......................................................................843 Chapter 9: Publishing and Final Delivery ....................................................................855 Book VIII: Fireworks CC ........................................... 873 Chapter 1: Introducing Fireworks CC ..........................................................................875 Chapter 2: Free to Create ..............................................................................................883 Chapter 3: Livening Up Your Artwork with Color......................................................893 Chapter 4: Creating Text in Fireworks ........................................................................903 Chapter 5: Getting Images In and Out of Fireworks ...................................................913 Chapter 6: Hotspots, Slices, and CSS Layouts ............................................................925 Chapter 7: Using Buttons and Symbols .......................................................................939 Chapter 8: Don’t Just Sit There — Animate! ...............................................................949 Chapter 9: Building a Wireframe Using Fireworks .....................................................961 Index ...................................................................... 969 Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................. 1 Why Is It Important? ........................................................................................2 About This Book ..............................................................................................2 Foolish Assumptions .......................................................................................4 Icons Used in This Book .................................................................................4 Beyond the Book .............................................................................................5 Book I: Getting Started with Adobe Creative Cloud ......... 7 Chapter 1: Introducing Adobe Creative Cloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Introducing InDesign CC ...............................................................................10 Using Illustrator CC .......................................................................................10 Getting Started with Photoshop CC ............................................................11 Working with Acrobat XI ..............................................................................12 Introducing Dreamweaver CC ......................................................................13 Moving into Flash Professional CC ..............................................................14 Welcoming You to Fireworks CC .................................................................14 Crossing the Adobe Bridge ...........................................................................15 Integrating Software ......................................................................................15 Acquiring Assets for this Book ....................................................................16 Chapter 2: Using Common Menus and Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Discovering Common Menus .......................................................................17 Using Dialog Boxes ........................................................................................19 Encountering Alerts ......................................................................................20 Getting to Know Common Menu Options ...................................................21 About Contextual Menus ..............................................................................22 Using Common Keyboard Shortcuts ...........................................................23 Changing Your Preferences ..........................................................................25 Chapter 3: Exploring Common Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Understanding the Synchronized Workspace ...........................................29 Using Panels in the Workspace ....................................................................31 Moving panels ......................................................................................32 Looking at common panels .................................................................33 viii Adobe Creative Cloud Design Tools All-in-One For Dummies Chapter 4: Using Common Extensions and Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Looking at Common Extensions and Filters ...............................................35 Plugging in to InDesign ........................................................................36 Adding on to Photoshop .....................................................................37 Using Illustrator plug-ins .....................................................................37 Adding capabilities to Acrobat ..........................................................38 Extending Dreamweaver .....................................................................38 Using Filters and Plug-Ins .............................................................................39 Chapter 5: Importing and Exporting Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Discovering the Adobe Bridge Application ................................................41 Accessing the Bridge software ...........................................................42 Navigating in Adobe Bridge ................................................................43 Managing color .....................................................................................45 Importing Files into a Document .................................................................46 Placing content in InDesign ................................................................46 Adding content to a Photoshop file ...................................................47 Placing files into Illustrator ................................................................48 Adding to Acrobat................................................................................49 Importing into Dreamweaver .............................................................50 Exporting Your Documents ..........................................................................51 Exporting from InDesign .....................................................................51 Exporting content from Photoshop ...................................................52 Exporting Illustrator files ....................................................................52 Exporting Acrobat content .................................................................52 Exporting Dreamweaver content .......................................................53 Chapter 6: Handling Graphics, Paths, Text, and Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Using Graphics in Your Documents ............................................................55 Working with bitmap images ..............................................................56 Discovering vector graphics ..............................................................56 Working with Paths and Strokes ..................................................................58 Adding Text ....................................................................................................59 Using fonts ............................................................................................60 Discovering types of fonts ..................................................................61 Using text and fonts on the web ........................................................61 The Fundamentals of Page Layout ..............................................................62 Deciding which Creative Cloud programs to use ............................62 Designing a layout for print ................................................................63 Choosing a web page layout ...............................................................64 Chapter 7: Using Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Looking at Color Modes and Channels .......................................................67 Using RGB .............................................................................................68 Working with CMYK ............................................................................68