Table of Contents
Introduction
About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
Conventions Used in This Book
What You Don’t Have to Read
How This Book Is Organized
Book I: Adobe Creative Suite 5 Basics
Book II: InDesign CS5
Book III: Illustrator CS5
Book IV: Photoshop CS5
Book V: Acrobat 9.0
Book VI: Dreamweaver CS5
Book VII: Flash Professional CS5
Book VIII: Fireworks CS5
Icons Used in This Book
Where to Go from Here
Book I: Adobe Creative Suite 5 Basics
Book I: Chapter 1: Introducing Adobe Creative Suite 5
Introducing InDesign CS5
Using Illustrator CS5
Getting Started with Photoshop CS5
Working with Acrobat 9.0
Introducing Dreamweaver CS5
Moving into Flash Professional CS5 and Flash Catalyst CS5
Welcoming You to Fireworks CS5
Crossing the Adobe Bridge
Integrating Software
Book I: Chapter 2: Using Common Menus and Commands
Discovering Common Menus
Using Dialog Boxes
Encountering Alerts
Getting to Know Common Menu Options
About Contextual Menus
Using Common Keyboard Shortcuts
Changing Your Preferences
Book I: Chapter 3: Exploring Common Panels
Understanding the Synchronized Workspace
Using Panels in the Workspace
Moving panels
Looking at common panels
Book I: Chapter 4: Using Common Extensions and Filters
Looking at Common Extensions and Filters
Plugging into InDesign
Adding on to Photoshop
Using Illustrator plug-ins
Adding capabilities to Acrobat
Extending Dreamweaver
Using Filters and Plug-Ins
Book I: Chapter 5: Importing and Exporting
Discovering the Adobe Bridge Application
Accessing the Bridge software
Navigating in Adobe Bridge
Managing color
Importing Files into a Document
Placing content in InDesign
Adding content to a Photoshop file
Placing files into Illustrator
Adding to Acrobat
Importing into Dreamweaver
Exporting Your Documents
Exporting from InDesign
Exporting content from Photoshop
Exporting Illustrator files
Exporting Acrobat content
Exporting Dreamweaver content
Book I: Chapter 6: Handling Graphics, Paths, Text, and Fonts
Using Graphics in Your Documents
Working with bitmap images
Discovering vector graphics
Working with Paths and Strokes
Adding Text
Using fonts
Discovering types of fonts
Using text and fonts on the Web
The Fundamentals of Page Layout
Deciding which Creative Suite programs to use
Designing a layout for print
Choosing a Web page layout
Book I: Chapter 7: Using Color
Looking at Color Modes and Channels
Using RGB
Working with CMYK
Saving in grayscale
Looking at color channels
Choosing Colors
Using swatches
Mixing colors
Using Color on the Web
Book I: Chapter 8: Printing Documents
Choosing Printers
Using consumer printers
Looking at professional printers
Buying a Printer
Printing Your Work
Choosing where and how to print
Looking at paper
Saving files for a service provider
Printing at home
Book II: InDesign CS5
Book II: Chapter 1: What’s New in InDesign CS5
Creating Web Content
Creating Interactive Documents
Choosing from Multiple Page Sizes
Tracking Changes to Your Documents
Working with Layers
Exploring Minor Productivity Changes
Book II: Chapter 2: Introducing InDesign CS5
Getting Started with InDesign CS5
Creating a new publication
Opening an existing publication
Looking at the document setup
Touring the Workspace
Tools
Menus
Panels
Contextual menus
Setting Up the Workspace
Showing and hiding grids and guides
Snapping to a grid or a guide
Saving a custom workspace
Working with Documents
Importing new content
Viewing content
Saving your publication
Book II: Chapter 3: Working with Text and Text Frames
Understanding Text, Font, and Frames
Creating and Using Text Frames
Creating text frames with the Type tool
Creating text frames with the Frame tool
Creating text frames from a shape
Adding Text to Your Publication
Importing text
Controlling text flow
Adding placeholder text
Copying and pasting text
Looking at Text Frame Options
Changing text frame options
Using and modifying columns
Modifying and Connecting Text Frames on a Page
Resizing and moving the text frame
Threading text frames
Adding a page jump number
Understanding Paragraph Settings
Indenting your text
Text alignment and justification
Saving a paragraph style
Editing Stories
Using the story editor
Checking for correct spelling
Using custom spelling dictionaries
Using Tables
Creating tables
Editing table settings
Creating table styles
Looking at Text on a Path
Book II: Chapter 4: Drawing in InDesign
Getting Started with Drawing
Paths and shapes
Points and segments
Getting to Know the Tools of the Trade
The Pencil tool
The Pen tool
Basic shapes and frame shapes
Drawing Shapes
Creating a shape with exact dimensions
Using the Polygon tool
Editing Basic Shapes
Changing the size with the Transform panel
Changing the size with the Free Transform tool
Changing the stroke of a shape
Changing the shear value
Rotating a shape
Drawing Freeform Paths
Using the Pencil tool
Using the Pen tool
Editing Freeform Paths
Modifying Frame Corners
Using Fills
Creating basic fills
Making transparent fills
Looking at gradients
Removing fills
Book II: Chapter 5: Understanding Page Layout
Importing Images
Importing PDFs
Importing other InDesign documents
Linking and Embedding Images
Setting Image Quality and Display
Selecting Images
Manipulating Text and Graphics in a Layout
Page orientation and size
Margins, columns, and gutters
Using guides and snapping
Locking objects and guides
Merging Text and Graphics
Wrapping objects with text
Modifying a text wrap
Working with Pages and the Pages Panel
Selecting and moving pages
Adding and deleting pages
Numbering your pages
Using Master Spreads in Page Layout
Creating a master spread
Applying, removing, and deleting master pages
Changing individual page sizes
Book II: Chapter 6: Clipping Paths, Alignment, and Object Transformation
Working with Transformations
Looking at the Transform panel
Using the Free Transform tool
Rotating objects
Scaling objects
Shearing objects
Reflecting objects
Understanding Clipping Paths
Arranging Objects on the Page
Aligning objects
Distributing objects
Book II: Chapter 7: Understanding Color and Printing
Selecting Color with Color Controls
Understanding Color Models
Using Color Swatches and Libraries
The Swatches panel
Swatch libraries
Printing Your Work
What’s a bleed?
About trapping
Taking your files to a service provider
Doing it yourself: Printing at home or in the office
Book II: Chapter 8: Integrating InDesign with Other Creative Suite Applications
Creating Interactive PDF Files Using InDesign
Creating a PDF hyperlink using InDesign
Adding multimedia files and interactive page transitions to PDF files
Creating Multimedia Flash Files from InDesign
Integrating InDesign with Photoshop
Transparency support and clipping paths
Photoshop spot colors in InDesign
Integrating InDesign with Illustrator
Integrating InDesign with InCopy
Importing InCopy stories
Updating InCopy stories
Creating for the Web: Exporting to Dreamweaver
Book II: Chapter 9: Exporting Documents for Printing and as Graphics
Understanding File Formats
Exporting Publications
Exporting PDF documents for printing
Exporting EPS files
Exporting JPEG files
Exporting to Flash
Exporting text files
Book III: Illustrator CS5
Book III: Chapter 1: What’s New in Illustrator CS5
Managing Multiple Artboards with the New Artboard Panel
Creating a document with multiple artboards
Exploring enhanced artboard features
Printing a document with multiple artboards
Having Fun with the New Bristle Brush
Making Drawing Easier by Using Drawing Modes
Transparency in Meshes
Building Custom Shapes with the Shape Builder Tool
Working with the Perspective Grid
Little Enhancements Make a Big Difference
Book III: Chapter 2: Discovering Illustrator CS5
Deciding When to Use Illustrator CS5
Opening an Existing Document
Creating a New Document
Need a design boost? Try a template
Taking a Look at the Document Window
Becoming Familiar with the Tools
Checking Out the Panels
Changing Views
Navigating the Work Area with Zoom Controls
Book III: Chapter 3: Using the Selection Tools
Getting to Know the Selection Tools
Anchor points
Bounding boxes
Selection tools
Working with Selections
Creating a selection
Selecting an anchor point
Using a marquee to select an object
Selecting multiple objects
Saving a selection
Grouping and Ungrouping
Creating a group
Using Isolation mode
Manipulating Selected Objects
Book III: Chapter 4: Creating Basic Shapes
The Basic Shape Tools
Creating rectangles and ellipses
Using the Rounded Rectangle tool
Using the Polygon tool
Using the Star tool
Resizing Shapes
Tips for Creating Shapes
Creating advanced shapes
Using the Pathfinders
Using the Shape Builder tool
Book III: Chapter 5: Using the Pen Tool and Placing Images
Pen Tool Fundamentals
Creating a straight line
Creating a constrained straight line
Creating a curve
Reconnecting to an existing path
Controlling curves
Creating a corner point
The Hidden Pen Tools
Adding tools to help make paths
Using the Eraser tool
Tracing Artwork
Creating a template layer
Using Live Trace
Other Things You Should Know about Placing Images
Using Photoshop Layer Comps
Book III: Chapter 6: Using Type in Illustrator
Working with Type
Creating text areas
Creating a line of text
Flowing text into an area
Dealing with text overflow
Creating columns of text with the Area Type tool
Threading text into shapes
Wrapping text
Outlining text
Putting text on a path, in a closed shape, or on the path of a shape
Assigning Font Styles
Using the Character Panel
Using the Control Panel
Using the Paragraph Panel
Alignment
Indentation
Text Utilities: Your Key to Efficiency
Find and Replace
Spell checker
The Hyphenation feature
The Find Font feature
The Change Case feature
Text styles
Book III: Chapter 7: Organizing Your Illustrations
Setting Ruler Increments
Using Guides
Creating a ruler guide
Creating a custom guide
Using the Transform Panel for Placement
Changing the Ruler Origin
Thinking about Object Arrangement
Hiding Objects
Locking Objects
Creating a Clipping Mask
Creating a Clipping Path Using the New Draw Inside Button
Book III: Chapter 8: Using Layers
Creating New Layers
Using Layers for Selections
Changing the Layer Stacking Order
Moving and Cloning Objects
Hiding Layers
Locking Layers
Book III: Chapter 9: Livening Up Illustrations with Color
Choosing a Color Mode
Using the Swatches Panel
Applying Color to the Fill and Stroke
Changing the Width and Type of a Stroke
Using the Color Panel
Saving Colors
Building and using custom libraries
Using the Color Guide and color groups
Adding Pantone colors
Editing Colors
Building and Editing Patterns
Working with Gradients
Copying Color Attributes
The Live Trace Feature
Painting Made Easy: The Live Paint Feature
Book III: Chapter 10: Using the Transform and Distortions Tools
Working with Transformations
Transforming an object
Using the Transform tools
Creating Distortions
The Liquify tools
Using the Envelope Distort command
Book III: Chapter 11: Working with Transparency and Special Effects Tools
The Mesh Tool
The Blend Tool
Creating a blend
Setting Blend options
The Symbol Sprayer Tool
Exploring the symbol tools
Creating and spraying symbols on the artboard
Transparency
Blend modes
Opacity masks
Book III: Chapter 12: Using Filters and Effects
Working with Effects
Understanding the Appearance panel
Applying an effect
Adding a Drop Shadow effect
Saving Graphic Styles
Creating 3D Artwork
Adding Multiple Fills and Strokes
Using the New Perspective Grid
Book III: Chapter 13: Using Your Illustrator Images
Saving and Exporting Illustrator Files
The native Adobe Illustrator file format
Saving Illustrator files back to previous versions
The EPS file format
The PDF file format
Saving Your Artwork for the Web
Flattening Transparency
Flattening a file
Using the Flattener Preview panel
Printing from Illustrator
Book IV: Photoshop CS5
Book IV: Chapter 1: Exploring New Features in Photoshop CS5
An Improved Workspace Helps You Find the Tools You Need
Improve Your Compositions with New Selection Improvements
A Bridge to Better Organization
Advanced Warping Capabilities
Content Aware Retouching
Step into 3D
Book IV: Chapter 2: Getting Into Photoshop CS5 Basics
Getting to Know the Tools
Navigating the Work Area
Docking and saving panels
Taking advantage of new workspace features
Zooming in to get a better look
Choosing Your Screen Mode
Getting Started with Basic Tasks in Photoshop CS5
Opening an image
Creating a new file
Cropping an image
Saving images
Book IV: Chapter 3: Messing with Mode Matters
Working with Bitmap Images
Choosing the Correct Photoshop Mode
Bitmap
Grayscale
Duotone
Index color
RGB
CMYK
LAB color
Multichannel
Bit depth
Book IV: Chapter 4: Creating a Selection
Getting to Know the Selection Tools
The Marquee tool
The Lasso tool
The Quick Selection tool
The Magic Wand tool
Painting with the Quick Mask tool
Manipulating Selections with Refine Selection
Transforming selections
Feathering
Tweaking the edges of a selection with the Refine Edge feature
Saving Selections
Preserving Corrective Perspective with the Vanishing Point Feature
Book IV: Chapter 5: Using the Photoshop Pen Tool
Using Shape Layers
Creating and using a custom shape
Changing the color of the shape
Editing a shape
Removing a shape layer
Using a Path as a Selection
Clipping Paths
Book IV: Chapter 6: Thinking about Resolution Basics
Creating Images for Print
The resolution formula
Changing the resolution
Determining the Resolution for Web Images
Applying the Unsharp Mask Filter to an Image
Book IV: Chapter 7: Creating a Good Image
Reading a Histogram
Breaking into key types
Setting up the correction
Creating a Good Tone Curve
Finding the highlight and the shadow
Setting the highlight and shadow values
Adjusting the midtone
Finding a neutral
Editing an Adjustment Layer
Testing a Printer
Book IV: Chapter 8: Working with Painting and Retouching Tools
Using the Swatches Panel
Choosing Foreground and Background Colors
The Painting and Retouching Tools
Changing the brush
The Spot Healing Brush tool and Content-Aware feature
The Healing Brush tool
The Patch tool
The Red Eye tool
The Brush tool
The Clone Stamp tool
The History Brush tool
The Eraser tool
The Gradient tool
Blending Modes
Painting with color
Filling selections
Saving Presets
Book IV: Chapter 9: Using Layers
Creating and Working with Layers
Duplicating a layer
Selecting a layer
Controlling the visibility of a layer
Rearranging the stacking order
Creating a Text Layer
Warping text
Fine-tuning text
Using Layer Masks
Creating a layer mask from a selection
Creating a vector mask from a pen path
Organizing Your Layers
Activating multiple layers simultaneously
Auto-Align Layers tool
Layer groups
Duplicating a layer group
Using Layer Styles
Applying a style
Creating and saving a style
Thinking about opacity versus fill
Smart, Really Smart! Smart Objects
Experimenting with 3D Files
Merging and Flattening the Image
Merging
Flattening
Book IV: Chapter 10: Saving Photoshop Images for Print and the Web
Choosing a File Format for Saving
Wonderful and easy Photoshop PSD
Photoshop EPS
Photoshop PDF
TIFF
DCS
Saving for the Web and Devices
GIF
JPEG
PNG
WBMP
Matte
Saving Settings
Book V: Acrobat 9.0
Book V: Chapter 1: Discovering Essential Acrobat Information
Working with PDF Files
Knowing When to Use Adobe PDF Files
Introducing the Adobe Acrobat Workspace and Tools
Changing page magnification
Toolbars
Viewing modes
Additional viewing options
Navigation panels
Book V: Chapter 2: Creating PDF Files
Creating PDF Files from Microsoft Office
PDF conversion options
PDF conversion options from Microsoft Word and Excel
Converting PowerPoint files to PDF
Creating PDF Files from Adobe Creative Suite Applications
Converting Photoshop and Illustrator files to PDF
Converting InDesign documents to PDF
Converting Other Electronic Documents to PDF
Creating PDF Files from Paper Documents and the Web
Converting paper documents to PDF
Converting Web pages to PDFs
Book V: Chapter 3: Adding Interactivity to PDF Files
Adding Bookmarks to Ease PDF Navigation
Creating bookmarks that link to a page
Creating bookmarks that link to external files
Using bookmarks
Editing bookmarks
Adding Interactive Links
Adding Buttons to Simplify Your PDF Files
Book V: Chapter 4: Editing and Extracting Text and Graphics
Editing Text
Using the TouchUp Text tool to manipulate text
Using the TouchUp Object tool to edit graphics
Exporting Text and Graphics
Exporting text with Select, Copy, and Paste
Exporting text with Save As
Snapshot tool
Book V: Chapter 5: Using Commenting and Annotation Tools
Creating Comments with the Comment & Markup Toolbar
The Sticky Note tool
The Text Edits tool
The Stamp tool
The Highlight Text, Underline Text, and Cross Out Text tools
The Attach File tools
The drawing tools
The Text Box tool
The Callout tool
The Pencil tool
Managing Comments
Viewing comments
Changing a comment’s review status
Replying to a comment
Collapsing or hiding comments
Sharing comments
Summarizing comments
Enabling commenting in Adobe Reader
Book V: Chapter 6: Securing Your PDF Files
Understanding Password Security
Applying Password Security to Your PDF Documents
Limiting Editing and Printing
Book VI: Dreamweaver CS5
Book VI: Chapter 1: Getting Familiar with New Features in Dreamweaver
Exploring the Improved CS5 Interface
Previewing Pages in Adobe BrowserLab
Improved Related Files Feature
Inspecting Your CSS: Live!
Using InContext Editing
Book VI: Chapter 2: Introducing Dreamweaver CS5
Getting to Know the Workspace
The Insert panel
The Document toolbar
Using the panel groups
Saving your workspace
Creating a Site
Checking Out the Property Inspector
Previewing Your Page in a Browser or with Live View
Previewing your page using Live View
Previewing your page using the new Adobe BrowserLab
Understanding Dreamweaver Preferences
Book VI: Chapter 3: Creating a Web Site
Web Site Basics
Starting a New Site
Creating a New Page for Your Site
Adding an Image to Your Page
Managing Your Web Site Files
Delving into HTML Basics
Book VI: Chapter 4: Working with Images
Creating Images for the Web
Putting Images on a Page
Inserting an image
Dragging and dropping an image
Getting to Know the Property Inspector
Placing Photoshop Files
Photoshop Smart Objects
Updating Photoshop Smart Objects
Aligning an Image
Adding Space around the Image
Using an Image As a Background
Creating Rollovers
Inserting Media Content
Book VI: Chapter 5: Putting Text on the Page
Adding Text
Formatting text
Using the Property inspector to style text
Spell-checking your text
Understanding Cascading Style Sheets
Using CSS for text
Creating a new tag style
Creating a new class style
Book VI: Chapter 6: Linking It Together
The Basics of Linking
Creating Internal Links
Using the Hyperlink dialog box to create a link
Using the Property inspector to create a link
Creating hyperlinks with Point to File
Creating Anchors
Linking to an anchor manually
Linking to anchors with Point to File
Linking to Pages and Files Outside Your Web Site
Linking to E-Mail
Linking to a PDF File
Resolving Link Errors
Book VI: Chapter 7: Creating Tables
Working with Tables
Editing your table’s attributes
Adding and deleting rows and columns
Spanning or merging cells
Selecting a Table and a Cell
Changing the Color of Table Cells
Adding and Importing Content
Importing CSV and tab-delimited files
Setting alignment for table cells
Book VI: Chapter 8: Creating CSS Layouts
Using CSS Starter Pages
Modifying a New Layout
Creating AP Divs
Creating Relatively Positioned DIVs
Using Behaviors with Boxes
Book VI: Chapter 9: Publishing Your Web Site
Clean Up after Yourself!
Running Site Reports
Checking CSS Compatibility
Getting Connected
Your Web site — live!
Synchronizing your site
Improving Your Site
Book VII: Flash Professional CS5
Book VII: Chapter 1: Getting Started in Flash CS5
Creating Your First Flash Document
Getting Familiar with the Workspace
The Tools panel
The Timeline
The Motion Editor
The Property inspector
Panels (right side)
Creating and Saving Workspaces
Saving and Opening Documents
FLA vs. XFL File Format
Getting to Know Flash Player 10
Talking about Layers
Importing Files
Exporting Files from Flash
Publishing Your Movie
Book VII: Chapter 2: Drawing in Flash CS5
Drawing Shapes and Lines
Drawing basic shapes with the shape tools
Merging shapes
Creating perfect lines with the Line tool
Creating lines and curves with the Pen tool
Drawing freehand with the Pencil tool
Selecting and Editing Shapes
Modifying fill and stroke colors
Merge versus Object Drawing mode
Splicing and Tweaking Shapes and Lines
Tweaking a shape with the Selection and Subselection tools
Editing a shape with the Lasso tool
Modifying artwork created by using the Pen and Pencil tools
Transforming Artwork and Shapes
Using the Free Transform tool
Using the Transform panel
Skewing your artwork
Working with Type
TLF versus classic text
Creating multicolumn and threaded text
Transforming type
Distorting and modifying character shapes
Creating Colors and Gradients
Creating and adding colors from the Color panel
Creating gradients
Applying and transforming gradients
Working with the Brush Tool
Book VII: Chapter 3: Symbols and Animation
Visiting the Library
Creating and Modifying Graphic Symbols
Adding symbols to the stage
Modifying symbols
Sorting symbols
Organizing symbols with folders
Duplicating symbols
Painting with Symbols
The Spray Brush tool
The Deco tool
Understanding Frames and Keyframes
Creating Animation with Motion and Shape Tweens
Creating a motion tween
Resizing tween spans
Using the Motion Editor panel
Creating a shape tween
Tweened versus Frame-by-Frame Animation
Understanding Frame Rate
Book VII: Chapter 4: Applying Advanced Animation
Creating Transformations
Joining Motion
Creating Fade-Ins and Fade-Outs
Copying and Pasting Motion
Creating and Using Motion Presets
Creating a Motion Preset
Applying a Motion Preset
Animating along a Path with Motion Guides
Creating Inertia and Gravity with Easing
Fine-Tuning Shape Tweens with Shape Hinting
Creating Inverse Kinematics Poses and Animation
Creating animation with poses
Adding easing to Armature layers
Using Mask Layers
Previewing Your Movie
Book VII: Chapter 5: Importing Graphics and Sounds
Bitmap versus Vector Artwork
Importing Other File Formats
Importing Bitmap Images
Editing Bitmaps in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Converting Bitmap Images to Symbols
Modifying tint and transparency
Applying motion tweens
Creating Bitmap Fills
Importing Photoshop and Illustrator Files
Importing Photoshop (.psd) files
Importing Illustrator (.ai) files
A Note about Illustrator Symbol Libraries
Importing Sounds
Placing sounds on the Timeline
Editing sounds
Book VII: Chapter 6: Lights, Camera, Movie Clips!
Introducing Movie Clips
Creating and Placing Movie Clips
Previewing Movie Clip Animation
Modifying Movie Clip Instances
Combining Movie Clips
Rendering and Animating Movie Clips in the 3D Realm
Using the 3D Rotation tool
Using the 3D Translation tool
Tweening 3D properties
Book VII: Chapter 7: Controlling Your Movie with ActionScript
Getting to Know ActionScript
The new Code Snippets panel
The Actions panel
Script Assist mode
Previewing ActionScript
ActionScript 3.0 versus ActionScript 2.0
Specifying the correct publish settings
Creating ActionScript with the Actions Panel
Adding a stop()
Using goto: gotoAndPlay() and gotoAndStop()
Using frame labels
Creating Button Symbols
Creating a new button
Understanding button states
Adding content to button states
Enabling simple buttons
Modifying button instances
Putting It All Together: Creating a Simple Photo Viewer
Applying Code Snippets
Stopping the main timeline
Creating the previous and next buttons
Linking to a Web site or Web page
Book VII: Chapter 8: Getting Into the (Work)Flow
Using Workspace Layouts
Creating new layouts
Managing layouts
Fine-Tuning with Grids and Guides
Enabling rulers and guides
Enabling the grid
Aligning Artwork
Distributing to the stage
Using Match Size options
Experimenting with Animation Helpers
Using Keyboard Shortcuts
Working with the Movie Explorer
Book VII: Chapter 9: Publishing and Final Delivery
Getting Familiar with the Publish Process
Selecting Your Formats
Previewing Your Settings
Publishing for the Web
Publishing for CD-ROM
Choosing the Right Settings
Choosing settings for Flash (.swf) files
Choosing settings for HTML files
Publishing your movie
Publishing Desktop Applications with Adobe AIR
Publishing an AIR application
Installing and running your new AIR application
Creating Publish Profiles
Book VII: Chapter 10: Working with Flash Catalyst CS5
Discovering Flash Catalyst
Preparing Your Artwork
Creating unique objects
Organizing your layers
Adding the looks for button states
Importing Your File into Catalyst
Defining Pages in Catalyst
Working with Buttons
Converting artwork to buttons
Defining button states
Assigning Interactions to Components
Adding Animation
Assigning beginning and ending states
Defining the transition
Book VIII: Fireworks CS5
Book VIII: Chapter 1: Introducing Fireworks CS5
Why Use Fireworks?
Jumping Right into the Interface
Using the tools
Understanding the views
Investigating the panels
Working with Basic Selection Tools
Making a selection in a bitmap image
Making a selection in a vector image
Book VIII: Chapter 2: Free to Create
Knowing What Happens in Layers
Choosing Vector or Bitmap Graphics
Creating with Bitmap Tools
Selecting pixels
Moving pixels
Changing the way pixels appear
Using additional bitmap tools
Creating with Vector Tools
Using shape tools
Creating a path
Changing an existing path
Working with type
Masking: Going Beyond Tape
Book VIII: Chapter 3: Livening Up Your Artwork with Color
Choosing Web Colors
Finding Colors in Fireworks
Applying Colors to Vector Objects
Adding Colors to Fireworks
Adding a color with the Eyedropper tool
Adding a color with the Color Palette panel
Creating Gradients
Book VIII: Chapter 4: Creating Text in Fireworks
Creating Text
Setting Text Attributes
Fine-Tuning Spacing, Alignment, and Orientation
Adding Effects
Giving Your Text Some Style
Applying an existing style
Creating your own style
Spell-Checking Your Text
Attaching Text to a Path
Outlining Text
Book VIII: Chapter 5: Getting Images In and Out of Fireworks
Getting Images into Fireworks
Editing Images
Scaling
Cropping
Painting
Cloning
Filtering
Optimizing Images for the Web
Previewing Web settings
Working with the Optimize panel
Exporting for the Web
Book VIII: Chapter 6: Hotspots, Slices, and CSS Layouts
Understanding Layers
Navigating the Layers panel
Working with the Layers panel
Creating Hotspots
Defining a hotspot
Linking a hotspot
Working with Image Maps
Creating an image map
Linking an image map
Testing and exporting an image map
Slicing Up Your Art
Creating the basic image
Adding text
Doing the actual slicing and dicing
Exporting Slices
Exporting slices as tables
Changing the export format from table to CSS
Book VIII: Chapter 7: Using Buttons and Symbols
Using States in Fireworks
Making a Rollover Button
Creating the basic art
Adding rollover behavior
Testing and exporting the button
Discovering Fireworks Symbols
Working with a precreated symbol
Converting artwork to a symbol
Editing a symbol
Book VIII: Chapter 8: Don’t Just Sit There — Animate!
Getting Started with Animation
Creating an animation
Onion skinning
Making the animation move
Testing the animation
Adjusting Playback
Changing the frame rate
Playing it again: Looping
Tweening in Fireworks
Creating a symbol
Cloning the symbol
Tweening the symbols
Animating with Masks
Creating an image and a mask
Animating the mask
Exporting an Animation
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Thanks to all at Wiley Publishing and to our technical editor Cathy Auclair for her great insight.
Grant, Elizabeth, and Edward — thanks for putting up with our long hours in front of the keyboard night after night.
Thanks to all of Kelly and Alex’s friends for permission to use their photos.
Christopher Smith: Thanks to my many colleagues at AGI and Avlade who assisted in making this and so many of our other books possible. Especially Greg and Jeremy for assistance with technical details and reader inquiries, Chris for making us always sound and look good, to Jaime and Andrea for making sure our clients receive the best care possible, and Peter for making certain we all get paid. A special thank you to my two co-authors, Jennifer and Fred, it’s a pleasure and honor to work with such talented and articulate individuals. Merci beaucoup to Mademoiselle Nathalie for her expert guidance as we bring our work to a wider audience internationally.
Fred Gerantabee: Fred would like to thank Amy Fandrei, Kim Darosett, Becky Whitney, and the excellent team at Wiley publishing. Thank you to Christopher and Jennifer Smith and the AGI team; Robin Rusch, James Wu, and my colleagues at BrandWizard Technologies & Interbrand in New York. Carisa Gasser of Jambone Creative; the brothers of APD; my mom Francine Gray, Cindy and Michael Urich, my wife Samantha for her love and support. In loving memory of Michael Gueran.
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