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Real World: Adobe Creative Suite 2
By Sandee Cohen, Steve Werner
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Publisher: Peachpit Press
Pub Date: June 09, 2006
Print ISBN-10: 0-321-33412-4
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-321-33412-1
Pages: 736

Table of Contents  | Index

		Copyright
		Preface: Why This Book Is Different
		Chapter 1.  Introducing Adobe Creative Suite 2
			The Road To Creative Suite
			What's In The Box?
			Installing, Uninstalling, and Updating
			Activation
			Getting Help
			System Requirements
			You're Ready To Work
		Chapter 2.  Which Application Does What?
			Photographic Projects
			Books
			Other Long Documents
			Enterprise Documents
			Design Projects
			Art and Illustrations
			Web Pages and Web Graphics
			Choices, Choices, Choices
		Chapter 3.  View from the Bridge
			Browsing Through Your CS2 Files
			Making Bridge Your File Manager
			Mastering Metadata
			Using Bridge with Other CS2 Applications
			Accessing Adobe Stock Photos
			Using Bridge Center as a Portal to Your CS2 Workflow
			Trying New Workflows
		Chapter 4.  Pixels and Raster File Formats
			Where Do Pixels Come From?
			Pixel Essentials
			Working with Pixels and Raster Files
			Saving Pixels
			Getting Pixel Smart
		Chapter 5.  Getting to the Point of Vector Graphics
			Are Vectors Better Than Pixels?
			Using the Adobe Pen
			Other Vector Drawing Tools
			Working with the Pathfinder Commands
			Special Vector Features in the Suite Applications
			Moving Paths between Applications
			Vectors in Unexpected Places
			Saving and Exporting Vectors
			Walking Down the Vector Path
		Chapter 6.  Type Magic
			Using Fonts in Adobe Creative Suite
			OpenType Fonts A Format for the New Millennium
			Breaking New Ground in Text and Typography
			Illustrator's New Text Engine
			Photoshop: Keeping Type As Vector
			Moving Type Between CS2 Applications
			Handling Type Gracefully
		Chapter 7.  Managing and Customizing the Interface
			The Core Technologies That Bind
			Using Common Interface Elements
			Customizing Your CS2 User Interface
			Navigating Through the CS2 Applications
			Different Strokes: Application-Specific Interface Features
			Where to Find More Common Ground
		Chapter 8.  Working with Style
			Text Styles
			Object and Graphic Styles
			Managing Styles
			Cascading Style Sheets
			Styles Are Your Friends
		Chapter 9.  Smart Objects and Intelligent Layouts
			Smart Objects in Photoshop
			Smart Objects in GoLive
			Linking Files in Illustrator and InDesign
			Illustrator Symbols
			InDesign Snippets
			InDesign Libraries
			Staying Smart As You Work
		Chapter 10.  Colors and Color Management
			Calibrating Your Monitor
			Color Management
			Color Essentials
			Color Modes for Documents
			Defining Colors
			Using Color Libraries
			Moving Colors between Applications
			Working with Spot Colors
			Applying Colors
			The Color of Success
		Chapter 11.  Transparency
			Basic Transparency in Creative Suite
			Live Transparency Effects
			Viewing the Transparency Grid
			Mastering Transparency
		Chapter 12.  The Flexibility of Layers
			Layer Essentials
			Photoshop Layer Highlights
			Illustrator Layer Highlights
			InDesign Layer Highlights
			Moving Layers Between Photoshop and Illustrator
			Moving Layers to PDF Files
			Changing Visibility for Layers and Layer Comps
			Using Layered Files to Control Versioning
			Multilayered Flexibility
		Chapter 13.  Integrating Version Cue into Your Workflow
			About Version Cue
			Anatomy of a Version Cue Project
			Setting Up, Turning On, and Enabling Version Cue
			Working with Version Cue
			Collaborating on a Project
			Administering Version Cue
			Try It Out
		Chapter 14.  Creating and Using PDF Files
			About PDF and Acrobat
			Creating PDF Files in Creative Suite Applications
			PDF and Non-Adobe Applications
			Best Practices for Creating PDF Files
			Acrobat 7.0 Professional Features
			Editing PDF Files and Their Elements
			Collaborating Using PDF Files
			Adding Interactivity to PDF Files
			Bringing PDF into Other Applications
			The Universal Format
		Chapter 15.  Automating Your Work
			Creating Actions in Photoshop and Illustrator
			Creating Droplets (Mini-Applications)
			Batch Processing in the CS2 Applications
			Data Merge in InDesign
			Scripting in the CS2 Applications
			Extending Your Application with Plug-ins
			Getting Into Gear
		Chapter 16.  Preflighting and Printing
			Preflighting Your Files
			Printing in the CS2 Applications
			Preflighting, Correcting, and Printing PDF Files
			Complete Control
		Chapter 17.  To the Web
			Web Graphics
			Slicing and Dicing Images
			Working with CSS Layers
			From InDesign to GoLive
			Taking PDF to the Web
			Animations
			Flash on the Web
			Quick Web Pages from Photoshop
			Mobile Devices and SVG
			Looking to the Future
		Creative Suite Resources
			Adobe Phone Support
			Adobe Web Site
			Extending the Suite
			Learning More and Building Community
		Color Insert
			Additive Colors
			Subtractive Colors
			Working With Rich Black
			Mixed Inks and Overprints
			Colorizing Grayscale Images in Photoshop
			Proper and Fake Duotone Examples
			Knockouts
			Setting Overprints
			Overprints
			Previewing Ink Limits
			How the Transparency Flattener Works
			Previewing Transparency Flattening
			Transparency and the White Box Effect
			Best Practices for Handling Transparency
			Blending Modes
		Index