CS4 Design Workflow

By the time you've finished watching this video series, you'll be very proficient and confident in the new CS4 Design products. The chapters begin with a look at Adobe Bridge, then show you all about raster image editing with Photoshop, vector image editing with Illustrator and how to create a professional layout with InDesign. You'll also learn how to add multimedia with Acrobat, animate with Flash, edit web graphics with Fireworks and design a web layout with Dreamweaver. Before youre done, you'll have all the tools you'll need to give your next design project a professional polish and stay competitive in todays fast paced marketplace. Highlights: - Learn how to make the best use of Photoshop's color correction tools - Find out how to set up and manage multiple artboards in Illustrator - Discover how to add interactivity and multimedia to a PDF in Acrobat - See how to build a Flash Movie for use in a Dreamweaver layout - Learn how to build a CSS-based layout from scratch in Dreamweaver Activity Files Included ZIP | RS | 917 MB Course Outline Chapter 1: BRIDGE: THE HUB OF CREATIVE SUITE 4 (23 min) 1. A Quick Tour of the Bridge Interface 2. Browsing Images & Previewing Thumbnails 3. Metadata, Keywords, Filtering & Collections 4. Moving, Copying & Deleting Images 5. Establishing the Creative Suite Color Settings 6. Using Additional Bridge Tools & Adobe Services Download Movie | Download Activity Files Chapter 2: RASTER IMAGE EDITING WITH PHOTOSHOP® (63 min) 1. Introducing Photoshop CS4 2. Basic Color Correction 3. Selection Techniques 4. Quick Mask Mode & the Masks Panel 5. Working with Layers & Compositing 6. Using Illustrator® Objects in Photoshop 7. Adding Layer Styles & Creating Layer Comps 8. Saving & Outputting from Photoshop Download Movie | Download Activity Files Chapter 3: VECTOR IMAGE EDITING WITH ILLUSTRATOR® (60 min) 1. Introducing Illustrator CS4 2. Setting Up Multiple Artboards 3. Working with Shapes, Fills & Strokes 4. Tracing a Pencil Drawing with the Pen Tool 5. Working with Live Trace 6. Adjusting Colors & Gradients 7. Working with Effects 8. Outputting from Illustrator Download Movie | Download Activity Files Chapter 4: LAYING IT ALL OUT WITH INDESIGN® (62 min) 1. InDesign CS4 Interface & Navigation 2. Drawing Shapes & Working with Color 3. Managing Master Pages & Variables 4. Inserting & Scaling Graphics 5. Object Layer Options, Links & Edit Original 6. Importing Text & Threading Text Frames 7. Creating Paragraph Styles 8. Adding Interactive Elements 9. Outputting Your Work Download Movie | Download Activity Files Chapter 5: ADDING MULTIMEDIA WITH ACROBAT® (30 min) 1. Introducing Acrobat 9 Professional 2. Adding Interactivity to PDF Layers 3. Inserting Sound & Video into a PDF 4. Merging Files & Creating a Full Screen Slideshow 5. Assembling a PDF Portfolio Download Movie | Download Activity Files Chapter 6: GETTING ANIMATED WITH FLASH® (43 min) 1. Introducing Flash CS4 2. Importing Illustrator Files 3. Importing Photoshop Files & Layer Selections 4. Creating & Animating Flash Symbols 5. Applying an Action to a Button 6. Motion Tweens, the Motion Editor & Motion Presets 7. Creating a Banner Layout & Publishing to .SWF Download Movie | Download Activity Files Chapter 7: EDITING WEB GRAPHICS WITH FIREWORKS® (16min) 1. Opening Photoshop Files in Fireworks CS4 2. Resizing Images 3. Optimizing Images 4. Setting Hotspots Download Movie | Download Activity Files Chapter 8: DESIGNING A WEB LAYOUT WITH DREAMWEAVER® (56 min) 1. Getting to Know Dreamweaver CS4 2. Slicing an Image in Photoshop 3. Creating a CSS Layout from Scratch 4. Centering a CSS Layout 5. Hyperlinks & CSS 6. Using a Class Style to Control Layout 7. Inserting Flash Video 8. Integrating Photoshop Smart Objects 9. Finishing Touches 10. Credits Download Movie | Download Activity Files