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SPECIAL EDITION USING Adobe® Creative Suite 2
By Michael Smick, Pariah S. Burke, Francisco Meza, Steve Moniz, Carla Rose, Susan Smith
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Publisher: Que
Pub Date: September 07, 2005
ISBN: 0-7897-3367-6
Pages: 1008

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		Copyright
		ABOUT THE AUTHORS
		WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!
			READER SERVICES
		INTRODUCTION
			WHO SHOULD READ THIS BOOK?
			WHY CHOOSE THE SPECIAL EDITION?
			WHY CHOOSE THE ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE?
			HOW THIS BOOK IS ORGANIZED
			COMMON CONCEPTS
		Chapter 1.  CREATIVE SUITE 2 BASICS
			CREATIVE SUITE VERSUS COMPONENT PROGRAMS
			NEW GLOBAL FEATURES
			WHAT IS VERSION CUE?
			WHAT IS ADOBE BRIDGE?
			USING ADOBE STOCK PHOTOS
			THE HELP CENTER
		Part I:  PHOTOSHOP AND IMAGEREADY
			Chapter 2.  WORKING WITH PHOTOSHOP
				BEST PRACTICES
				FILE FORMATS
				UNDERSTANDING THE PHOTOSHOP CS2 INTERFACE
				PHOTOSHOP HELP CENTER
				GRIDS AND GUIDES
				CREATING A NEW PHOTOSHOP DOCUMENT
			Chapter 3.  USING THE PHOTOSHOP TOOLBOX
				USING THE OPTIONS BAR
				USING THE SELECTION TOOLS
				USING THE CROP AND SLICE TOOLS
				USING THE RETOUCHING TOOLS
				USING THE PAINTING TOOLS
				USING THE DRAWING AND TYPE TOOLS
				USING THE SHAPE TOOLS
				USING THE ANNOTATION, MEASURING, AND NAVIGATION TOOLS
				SELECTING FOREGROUND AND BACKGROUND COLORS
				CHANGING VIEW MODES
			Chapter 4.  UNDERSTANDING PHOTOSHOP MENUS AND PALETTES
				THE FILE MENU
				THE EDIT MENU
				THE IMAGE MENU
				THE LAYER MENU
				THE SELECT MENU
				THE FILTER MENU
				THE VIEW MENU
				THE WINDOW MENU
				THE HELP MENU
				KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
				FILE MANAGEMENT
				PHOTOSHOP PALETTES
				THE BRUSHES PALETTE
			Chapter 5.  WORKING WITH IMAGES AND COLOR IN PHOTOSHOP
				LOOKING AT ARTWORK, IMAGERY, AND COLOR
				UNDERSTANDING THE TWO TYPES OF COLOR
				WORKING WITH RGB, CMYK, AND SPOT COLORS
				UNDERSTANDING PHOTOSHOP'S OTHER COLOR MODES AND MODELS
				UNDERSTANDING CHANNELS
				WORKING WITH GRADIENTS
				GETTING PRINTING RESULTS
			Chapter 6.  WORKING WITH LAYERS IN PHOTOSHOP
				WORKING WITH LAYERS
				UNDERSTANDING THE LAYERS PALETTE
				ALIGNING AND DISTRIBUTING LAYERS
				USING LAYER STYLES
				UNDERSTANDING LAYER BLENDING OPTIONS, OPACITY, AND TRANSPARENCY
				WORKING WITH PHOTOSHOP'S SPECIALTY LAYERS
				TRANSFORMING LAYERS
				USING LAYER COMPS
			Chapter 7.  USING SELECTIONS, PATHS, AND TRANSFORMS IN PHOTOSHOP
				TELLING PHOTOSHOP WHERE TO WORK
				WORKING WITH THE SELECTION TOOLS
				WORKING WITH SELECTION COMMANDS
				UNDERSTANDING ALPHA CHANNELS AND MASKS
				PATHS: WORKING WITH VECTORS IN PHOTOSHOP
				USING PHOTOSHOP'S SHAPE LAYERS
				CLIPPING PATHS AND VECTOR MASKS
			Chapter 8.  WORKING WITH TYPE IN PHOTOSHOP
				UNDERSTANDING PHOTOSHOP'S TYPE CAPABILITY
				WORKING WITH THE TYPE TOOLS
				UNDERSTANDING THE TYPE PALETTES AND COMMANDS
				USING SPELL CHECK AND FIND/REPLACE
				WORKING WITH FONTS AND FONT EMBEDDING
			Chapter 9.  CREATIVE IMAGING IN PHOTOSHOP
				USING THE EXTRACT TOOL
				USING THE FILTER GALLERY
				USING THE LIQUIFY FEATURE
				USING PATTERN MAKER
				WORKING WITH THE VANISHING POINT FEATURE
				UNDERSTANDING FILTER CATEGORIES
				WORKING WITH DIGIMARC
				CORRECTING IMAGES
			Chapter 10.  CREATING A POWER WORKFLOW IN PHOTOSHOP
				UNDERSTANDING PHOTOSHOP SCRIPTING
				UNDERSTANDING PHOTOSHOP'S ACTIONS
				WORKING WITH ACTIONS IN PHOTOSHOP
				CREATING CUSTOM ACTIONS IN PHOTOSHOP
				USING OTHER PHOTOSHOP AUTOMATE COMMANDS
			Chapter 11.  WORKING WITH IMAGEREADY
				WEAVING PHOTOS INTO THE WEB
				WORKING WITH THE IMAGEREADY DESKTOP
				GETTING HELP
				EXPORTING FILES TO IMAGEREADY
				PREPARING IMAGES FOR THE WEB
				SAVING FOR THE WEB
				WORKING WITH QUALITY SETTINGS
				UNDERSTANDING RESOLUTION AND PIXEL SIZE
				USING THE REPOPULATE VIEWS MENU
				WORKING WITH TRANSPARENCY IN GIF AND PNG-8 IMAGES
				SAVING THE PICTURE
				EMAILING YOUR PICTURES
				MASTERING IMAGEREADY
			Chapter 12.  BUILDING WEB GRAPHICS IN IMAGEREADY
				TRANSPARENCY ON THE WEB
				OPTIMIZING A COLOR TABLE
				PREPARING BACKGROUNDS
				EDITING OUTPUT SETTINGS
				CREATING SWF FLASH FILES
				PREPARING IMAGES FOR GOLIVE
				WORKING WITH TEXT FOR THE WEB
				MASTERING IMAGEREADY
		Part II:  ILLUSTRATOR
			Chapter 13.  UNDERSTANDING THE ILLUSTRATOR ENVIRONMENT
				BEST PRACTICES
				NEW FEATURES AND TOOLS
				ILLUSTRATOR HELP
				ILLUSTRATOR PREFERENCES
				SETTING UP THE WORKSPACE
				SETTING UP A DOCUMENT
				USING GRIDS AND GUIDES
				UNDERSTANDING FILE FORMATS
			Chapter 14.  WORKING WITH ILLUSTRATOR TOOLS
				UNDERSTANDING THE SELECTION TOOLS
				UNDERSTANDING THE DRAWING TOOLS
				UNDERSTANDING THE TYPE TOOLS
				UNDERSTANDING THE PAINTING TOOLS
				UNDERSTANDING THE RESHAPING TOOLS
				UNDERSTANDING THE SYMBOLISM TOOLS
				UNDERSTANDING THE GRAPH TOOLS
				UNDERSTANDING THE SLICING AND CUTTING TOOLS
				UNDERSTANDING THE MOVING AND ZOOMING TOOLS
				UNDERSTANDING OTHER CONTROLS
				WORKING WITH KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
			Chapter 15.  UNDERSTANDING ILLUSTRATOR PALETTES AND MENUS
				WORKING WITH ILLUSTRATOR PALETTES
				USING PALETTE MENUS
				UNDERSTANDING WORKSPACES
				UNDERSTANDING MENU COMMANDS
				FINAL THOUGHTS
			Chapter 16.  UNDERSTANDING AND DRAWING PATHS IN ILLUSTRATOR
				WORKING WITH VECTOR ART
				USING THE SHAPE TOOLS
				USING LINE TOOLS
				USING THE DRAWING TOOLS
				MODIFYING PATHS
				FINAL THOUGHTS
			Chapter 17.  WORKING WITH COLOR IN ILLUSTRATOR
				IDENTIFYING AND CHOOSING COLOR
				USING COLOR
				FINAL THOUGHTS
			Chapter 18.  WORKING WITH OBJECTS IN ILLUSTRATOR
				ARRANGING AND GROUPING OBJECTS
				BLENDING AND WARPING OBJECTS
				WORKING WITH 3D OBJECTS
				UNDERSTANDING SYMBOLS
				USING LIVE PAINT
				FINAL THOUGHTS
			Chapter 19.  WORKING WITH TYPE IN ILLUSTRATOR
				UNDERSTANDING TYPE OBJECTS
				WORKING WITH TYPE
				USING CHARACTER AND PARAGRAPH STYLES
				WORKING WITH TEXT WRAP
				CREATING OUTLINES
				EMBEDDING FONTS
				FINAL THOUGHTS
			Chapter 20.  WORKING WITH PLACED GRAPHICS AND FILTERS IN ILLUSTRATOR
				WORKING WITH PLACED GRAPHICS
				USING FILTERS WITH PLACED IMAGES
				WORKING WITH EFFECTS ON PLACED IMAGES
			Chapter 21.  IMPORTING, EXPORTING, AND SAVING IN ILLUSTRATOR
				IMPORTING OPTIONS
				EXPORTING OPTIONS
				SAVING OPTIONS
				SHARING VECTOR GRAPHICS
				PRINTING
				USING PRINT PRESETS
				PRINTING WITH POSTSCRIPT
				OVERPRINTING
				TRAPPING
			Chapter 22.  SPEEDING UP ILLUSTRATOR AND DATA FUNCTIONALITY
				AUTOMATING TASKS WITH ACTIONS
				WORKING WITH ILLUSTRATOR SCRIPTS
				CREATING DATA-DRIVEN GRAPHICS
				WORKING WITH GRAPHS
				WORKING WITH VERSION CUE
				WORKING WITH PHOTOSHOP
				THINGS TO KNOW
		Part III:  INDESIGN
			Chapter 23.  UNDERSTANDING THE INDESIGN WORK AREA
				BEST PRACTICES
				WHY USE INDESIGN OVER ILLUSTRATOR?
				SAVING AND EXPORTING FILES
				WHAT'S NEW?
				GETTING FAMILIAR WITH THE INDESIGN WORK AREA
			Chapter 24.  UNDERSTANDING THE INDESIGN INTERFACE AND TOOLS
				THE INDESIGN TOOL PALETTE
				INDESIGN PALETTES
				THE PAGEMAKER TOOLBAR
				INDESIGN MENU COMMANDS
				INDESIGN KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
				INDESIGN APPLICATION PREFERENCES
				SUMMARY
			Chapter 25.  UNDERSTANDING DOCUMENT AND PAGE SETUP IN INDESIGN
				DOCUMENT SETUP
				GRIDS AND GUIDES
				RULER MEASUREMENTS
				THE PAGES PALETTE
				THE BOOK FEATURE
			Chapter 26.  WORKING WITH OBJECTS IN INDESIGN
				CREATING OBJECTS
				EDITING AND RESHAPING OBJECTS
				TRANSFORMING OBJECTS
				APPLYING FILL AND STROKE
				GROUPING OBJECTS
				USING OBJECT LIBRARIES
				WORKING WITH OBJECT EFFECTS
				UNDERSTANDING THE COPY/PASTE OPTIONS
				WORKING WITH COMPOUND PATHS
				CONVERTING SHAPES
				USING OBJECT STYLES
				WORKING WITH SNIPPETS
			Chapter 27.  WORKING WITH TYPE IN INDESIGN
				USING THE CHARACTER PALETTE
				USING THE PARAGRAPH PALETTE
				USING THE TYPE MENU COMMANDS
				WORKING WITH TYPE STYLES
				UNDERSTANDING TEXT FRAME OPTIONS
				WORKING WITH OPENTYPE FONTS
				USING THE STORY EDITOR
				MANAGING TABLES
				PLACING TEXT
				WORKING WITH AUTOFLOW
				WRAPPING TEXT
				PUTTING TYPE ON A PATH
			Chapter 28.  WORKING WITH GRAPHICS IN INDESIGN
				PLACING IMAGES
				UNDERSTANDING LINKS
				UNDERSTANDING PLACED IMAGE RESOLUTION
				WORKING WITH PSD FILES
				USING CLIPPING PATHS IN INDESIGN
				CROPPING IMAGES
				RESIZING GRAPHICS
				FITTING GRAPHICS
				USING THE LINKS PALETTE
				COPYING AND PASTING FROM ILLUSTRATOR
				WORKING WITH PLACED PDFS
			Chapter 29.  WORKING WITH COLOR IN INDESIGN
				UNDERSTANDING COLOR BASICS
				USING THE COLOR PALETTE
				USING THE SWATCHES PALETTE
				USING COLOR LIBRARIES
				WORKING WITH GRADIENTS AND GRADIENT SWATCHES
				USING THE EYEDROPPER TOOL
			Chapter 30.  CREATING AND MODIFYING PATHS IN INDESIGN
				WORKING WITH OBJECTS
				WORKING WITH COMPOUND PATHS
				USING THE PATHFINDER PALETTE
				CREATING OUTLINES
				PLACING IMAGES AND TEXT IN PATHS
			Chapter 31.  EXPORTING, SAVING, AND PRINTING WITH INDESIGN
				EXPORTING TO PDF
				DEFINING PDF PRESETS
				TRANSPARENCY FLATTENING
				WORKING WITH PDF COLOR
				SPECIFYING PAGE MARKINGS
				WORKING WITH IMAGE COMPRESSION
				EXPORTING TO GOLIVE
				PRINTING YOUR DOCUMENT
				PREPARING YOUR DOCUMENT FOR A SERVICE PROVIDER
			Chapter 32.  SPEEDING UP INDESIGN AND DATA FUNCTIONALITY
				UNDERSTANDING XML
				USING DATA MERGE
				CREATING TABLES OF CONTENTS, FOOTNOTES, AND INDEXES
				WORKING WITH SCRIPTING, PLUG-INS, AND INCOPY
				WORKING WITH VERSION CUE AND INDESIGN
				USING OTHER RESOURCES
				MASTERING THE PROGRAM
		Part IV:  GOLIVE
			Chapter 33.  UNDERSTANDING THE GOLIVE WORK AREA
				NEW FEATURES
				FILE FORMATS
				THE GOLIVE INTERFACE
				DISPLAYING TOOLBARS AND PALETTES
				THE DOCUMENT WINDOW
			Chapter 34.  WORKING WITH GOLIVE TOOLS AND PALETTES
				THE TOOLS PALETTE
				THE OBJECTS PALETTE
				GOLIVE'S MENUS
				KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
				WORKING WITH COLOR
				COLOR SETTINGS IN GOLIVE
				SITE COLORS
			Chapter 35.  CREATING WEB PAGE LAYOUTS WITH GOLIVE
				UNDERSTANDING DOCTYPES AND ENCODING
				UNDERSTANDING PAGE LAYOUT METHODS
				ADDING CONTENT TO YOUR WEB PAGES
				USING THE LAYOUT GRID
				USING LAYERS
				CREATING AND EDITING TABLES
			Chapter 36.  WORKING WITH IMAGES AND MULTIMEDIA IN GOLIVE
				ADDING IMAGES
				USING SMART OBJECTS
				IMPORTING MULTIMEDIA FILES
			Chapter 37.  USING CASCADING STYLE SHEETS IN GOLIVE
				CASCADING STYLE SHEET BASICS
				REDEFINING HTML CODE WITH CSS
				USING CLASSES TO FORMAT WITH CSS
				CREATING ID STYLES
				CREATING EXTERNAL STYLE SHEETS
				IMPORTING AND USING AN EXTERNAL STYLE SHEET
				USING ADVANCED CSS FEATURES
				SPECIFYING A DEFAULT CSS STYLE SHEET FOR YOUR SITE
				USING GOLIVE'S CSS LAYOUT OBJECTS
			Chapter 38.  WORKING WITH SOURCE CODE IN GOLIVE
				USING THE GOLIVE SOURCE CODE EDITORS
				SETTING SOURCE CODE PREFERENCES
				USING THE SPLIT SOURCE CODE VIEW AND SOURCE CODE PALETTE
				USING THE VISUAL TAG EDITOR
				USING THE OUTLINE EDITOR
				USING THE JAVASCRIPT EDITOR
				CHECKING SYNTAX
				FINDING AND CHANGING CODE ELEMENTS
			Chapter 39.  CREATING WEB FORMS IN GOLIVE
				DESIGNING FORMS IN GOLIVE
				CREATING A NEW FORM
				FACILITATING FORM NAVIGATION
				ABOUT VALIDATING FORM DATA
				SOURCES FOR FORM SCRIPTS
			Chapter 40.  CREATING A WEBSITE WITH GOLIVE
				USING THE SITE CREATION WIZARD
				USING VERSION CONTROL
				USING SITE SAMPLES AS TEMPLATES FOR NEW SITES
				WORKING IN THE SITE WINDOW
		Part V:  ACROBAT, DISTILLER, AND DESIGNER
			Chapter 41.  UNDERSTANDING THE ACROBAT WORKING ENVIRONMENT
				BEST PRACTICES (WHEN TO USE AND NOT USE ACROBAT)
				NEW ACROBAT FEATURES
				FILE FORMATS SUPPORTED
				THE DESIGNER ENVIRONMENT (WINDOWS ONLY)
			Chapter 42.  WORKING IN A PDF IN ACROBAT
				WORKING WITH FONTS
				EDITING TEXT
				COMPRESSING IMAGES
				REARRANGING PAGES
				ADDING HEADERS AND FOOTERS
				ADDING WATERMARKS AND BACKGROUNDS
				CREATING BOOKMARKS
				WORKING WITH DESTINATIONS
				COMMENTS
				USING MARKUP TOOLS
				INITIATING REVIEWS AND COMMENTS IN ADOBE READER
				WORKING WITH THE COMMENTS TAB
				EXTRACTING DATA FROM COMMENTS
				USING THE TRACKER
				UNDERSTANDING SECURITY AND DIGITAL IDS
		Part VI:  WEB CHAPTERS
			Chapter 43.  UNDERSTANDING MENUS AND OPTIONS IN ACROBAT
				CUSTOMIZING THE TOOLBAR
				USING THE NAVIGATION PANE
				WORKING WITH MENUS
				USING KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
				USING HELP
			Chapter 44.  WORKING WITH ADVANCED ACROBAT PDF FILES
				UNDERSTANDING OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION (OCR)
				UNDERSTANDING FONTS
				UNDERSTANDING COLOR
				COMPRESSING PDF FILES
				PREPARING FILES FOR PRESS
				EMBEDDING AND DISPLAYING 3D OBJECTS
				COLLECTING DATA FROM FORMS
				THE JAVASCRIPT EDITOR
				THE ORGANIZER
			Chapter 45.  USING DISTILLER
				SETTING DISTILLER PREFERENCES
				CREATING AND LOADING .JOBOPTIONS
				WORKING WITH WATCHED FOLDERS
				WORKING WITH FONTS
				DISTILLING ERRORS
				WHAT IS PDF/X?
				PROCESSING A FILE WITH DISTILLER
			Chapter 46.  USING ADOBE DESIGNER (WINDOWS CS2 ONLY)
				BEST PRACTICES (WHEN TO USE AND NOT USE DESIGNER)
				NEW FEATURES (WHAT WAS DESIGNER PREVIOUSLY?)
				FILE FORMAT CHART (IMPORT, EXPORT, SAVE)
				CREATING A SIMPLE FORM
				BARCODES AND CUSTOM OBJECTS
				SUBSTITUTING AND EMBEDDING FONTS
				JAVASCRIPT INSIDE FORMS
		Index