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1. Several CS3 applications support a Glyphs palette where you can view an entire font in a scrollable window You can insert a character at the insertion point by double clicking a glyph in the palette You no longer need to open a utility to view all characters in a given font set when you use programs like Adobe InDesign CS3 and Adobe Illustrator CS3 Summary Wi The Creative Suite is a collection of imaging applications offering professional designers complete integration for print Web design and screen viewing WI Programs from a single software vendor provide consistent user interfaces and similar menu and tool functions which reduce learning curves for new hires m Adobe Bridge is a central navigation tool offering features for viewing editing and managing Adobe CS3 application documents and non Adobe files 23 O Partl Getting to Know the Creative Suite 24 Adobe Photoshop CS3 version 10 offers a new Quick Selection tool Smart Filters Zoomify export and other new editing methods Photoshop CS3 also includes several Camera Raw improvements Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended also adds in the ability to work with 3D models and to use video layers Adobe Illustrator CS3 version 13 offers the new Live Color tool better integration with Flash the new Isolation mode and the handy Crop Area tool that lets you define multiple crop areas Adobe InDesign CS3 version 5 offers several new effects including Gradient a2. chengdubiOrgna tf cottage J2opitf oa Sort Marsh a chenceosonenal jp Y Ratings a tho Raking 10 P Y File Type lusreter dcomerk 1 FEG fis 4 PDE document 2 TIFF mage 3 gt Y Keywords cottage Kids ip cottageQt ipo voL ege300oai ipo duFulbustration ai AFullutraten ipo No Kayvards a Y Date Created appa 1 51412005 2 3 30 2005 3 23 2005 macDonalds ipg mergedesotos pef geates pandanzorignal pg ed p J 2 14 2005 4 1 d iPotropodgnal 1 Fo 1 4 20 tems one hiddan 1 selected 1800 x 1350 238 300 150100 RGB Y File Properties Filename Document Type Application Date Created Date File Created Date File Modified File Size Dimensions Dimensions n inches 6 0 x Resolution 200 pp Bit Depth Color Mode RG3 gt IPIC Core Y Camera Data EXIF Exposure Mode Focal Length chengdu PEG fie Adeb Mg 3 30 sja 28B 1800 Auto Part 1 Getting to Know the Creative Suite For information on using Adobe Bridge see Chapter 7 You can use Adobe Bridge which is your central navigation tool to manage document assets and attributes For example using Adobe Bridge you can assign common color management settings to all the print oriented CS3 applications as well as add metadata to all your documents and run keyword searches on that metadata These features are available with Adobe
3. he Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium package is composed of sev eral programs designed to work together to accomplish all your publish ing needs for output to print screen viewing and Web hosting Instead of marketing the individual program components of the Creative Suite Adobe Systems has spent much of its marketing effort targeting the entire Creative Suite to design professionals This chapter offers a description of the Creative Suite programs and gives you an idea of how they work together In this chapter you learn about the purpose of each program and the relationship each program has with other members of the Creative Suite team In addition you receive a brief summary of new features contained in the latest releases of the individual programs Why Creative Suite Each program in the Creative Suite version 3 is an upgrade from the CS2 applica tions and each is available for upgrades individually So why is Adobe Systems spending so much marketing effort informing users about the benefits of the Creative Suite And why talk about the Creative Suite as a single entity when users are likely to upgrade the individual software programs in their design stu dios These may be the first questions on your mind as you see the advertising for Adobe imaging product upgrades The answer is that Creative Suite is a single design solution where the whole is greater than its parts For years Adobe Systems built several different app
4. Bridge W Bridge Home Adobe Bridge contains Bridge Home when used with the Creative Suite The Bridge Home is the dashboard of the Creative Suite where you can view news feeds for each of the individual CS3 products view your most recent activities read about tips and techniques for using Adobe software and much more E Camera Raw You can open and edit camera raw images from Adobe Bridge and save them in Photoshop CS3 compatible file formats Note that opening camera raw images in Adobe Bridge requires you to have Photoshop CS3 installed on your computer You can edit camera raw set tings in Adobe Bridge before opening files in Adobe Photoshop CS3 W Color Management Using Adobe Bridge you can synchronize color management settings across the print oriented applications to ensure consistent color in all your CS3 application documents You can import and export color settings for sharing among service providers and workgroups W File Browsing As a file browser Adobe Bridge is similar to the File Browser contained in earlier versions of Adobe Photoshop Using Adobe Bridge as a file browser enables you to view thumb nail images of all Adobe application files and many other files created in other authoring pro grams You can view page thumbnails from InDesign and Acrobat PDF documents You also can view hidden files that your operating system uses on your computer You can organize sort files create new folders and move and delete files Y
5. In other chapters we cover the integration of Dreamweaver with the other CS3 programs However our treatment of Dreamweaver is light and you ll need to acquire some other guides and publications in order to become proficient in using the program 16 Introducing the Creative Suite ETIM 1l Device Central lets you see how a Web page looks on a mobile device Uy Adobe Device Central CS3 Sim File Edit Devices View Help Device Sets o M Device Frohes Erutor 5 Eus Fevertes 3 G Sameie Device Set J Flach Lte 1 1 16 76 208 Brovreer w Flash Lie 1 1 32 176x203 Y Coment Type Flash Lte 2 0 16 240122 T Fie o J Finan Lte 2 0 32 240x320 Chergda eyot Nama Changdulspot hin J Flash Lie 2 1 16 2403320 ARE RAs Maa TAB E Flash Lite 2 1 32 240320 y Ronderra Air Chins takes you to him in Yer Chigi China ud English ClTempl Vuthorngiadebe CS3 BHIS Awale Devices Oo Nome Deplay Sze Smal Screen Rendering a coh etae This is an approximation how the content S Qj Fash Lte aooesre on the satected davies ith Opera Q Futsu Smal Screen Rendenrg m OQ Kyocera s Qc si Q Mitsubishi a Motore 3 rec ij Q Nds a Jj Panasonic amp somsung a Q Seno D Qj Sharp m Sory Ernicssn amp amp Tosits 5 QJ Tottori Sanyo Flash Lite 1 1 32 176x208 2 175x173 px Qaqgeaceca Adobe Acrobat Professional 8 Whereas Adobe InDesign CS3 is the
6. gt S a es EB HH m RENE 7 D uu oo of zi a gm 0 m s 71 93 596 B EES di Ebenen C Cmm 11 O Partl Getting to Know the Creative Suite 12 Isolation Mode As your images get large focusing on a specific area without affecting the rest of the drawing can be hard With Isolation mode Illustrator automatically locks all the other objects that aren t being worked on Integration with Flash Rather than supplanting Flash Illustrator has been integrated with fea tures that let content move easily between Illustrator and Flash Illustrator files that are exported to Flash retain their type layers and symbols DeviceN support Illustrator includes DeviceN support that helps ensure that color separations will print correctly Document Profiles To get started quicker with fewer headaches Illustrator lets you create and use Document Profiles optimized for different projects including mobile print Web and even video Icon Panels To save screen space all docked tool palettes can be collapsed into icon panels located along the right edge of the window They can even be set to self collapse when not in use This feature is also available in Photoshop CS3 InDesign CS3 and Flash CS3 Improved Control Panel A Control Panel much like the one found in Photoshop has been improved in Illustrator This panel located at the top of the screen displays the options and con trols based on the
7. selected tool and provides quick and easier access to the most needed options and controls Point Selection When working with the Direct Selection tool anchor points are increased in size when the mouse cursor moves over the top of them making them easier to select Point Alignment and Distribution Multiple selected points can be aligned and distributed just like objects Eraser tool The Eraser tool lets you quickly erase path portions by dragging over them with the Eraser tool Crop Area tool The Crop Area tool lets you define and create multiple crop areas Adobe InDesign CS3 InDesign is the central hub of your creative workflow You bring together the images and objects that you create in Adobe Photoshop CS3 and Adobe Illustrator CS3 You can import type created in a word processing program import from Adobe s InCopy or set type in the InDesign Story Editor or in other ways With InDesigns free form ease of page layout you can lay out a design for publication You can then export the InDesign document as a PDF file suited for print Web hosting electronic file exchanges or CD DVD ROM replication If you want to include your design as an HTML file for Web hosting you can export the docu ment for Dreamweaver CS3 As you can see InDesigns role among the Creative Suite programs is the anchor where files are imported to assemble a design and ultimately export for final output InDesign CS3 builds on the major upgrade tha
8. tight integration with Photoshop Photoshop images with layers can be pasted directly into Dreamweaver and double clicking the image allows it to be edited again in Photoshop W Browser compatibility check Using Dreamweaver s browser compatibility check feature shown in Figure 1 6 generates a report that searches through your Web pages looking for potential prob lems with different Web browsers This can save a ton of time for Web developers and eliminate potential problems 15 O Partl Getting to Know the Creative Suite Adobe Dreamweaver includes a Browser Compatibility Check that looks for potential problems U Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 C Temp1 Authoring Adobe CS2 Bible Scratch untitled2 html File Edit View Insert Modify Text Commands Site Window Help Wiese comen Layout Fame Cats Spey Tet Fores 000 CR ives Y amp c amp EmBis 9 nUs e mn oc a curent immary for Selection etal Black TTY 63 665566 666665751 M CH 9 Elam Browser Support Issue OQ 15 Unsupported value E6 6Ee6665556 CET Unsupported value 66 6666555866667 1 Create a dta for this fi D e 15 Unsupported property Fork stretch Choose a document type Affects Firefox 1 5 Internet Explorer 6 0 7 0 Internet Explorer fer Macrtesh 5 2 Netscape 8 0 Opera 8 0 9 0 Safan 2 0 Leam mere ebout CSS support in the browsers on Adobs com No isuwa delecied Ces ee SET
9. F ash CS3 Professional is a new product to Creative Suite Recently acquired from Macromedia Flash works with vectors much like Illustrator but unlike Illustrator Flash is key at creating animated and interactive elements that are common on the Web Itis grea to see the inclusion of Flash into Creative Suite bringing with it the ability to add motion graphics to Web and online projects Many of Flashs tools work in a similar manner to Illustrators and much work has been back wit done to make the two products work well together Files in Illustrator can be moved to Flash and hout losing any work Although the entire package is new to Creative Suite Flash CS3 Professional also includes a number of new features including the following For more information on using new features in Flash CS3 Professional look over into Di REF Chapter 35 14 Integrated CS interface One of the biggest changes to Flash was an attempt to make it fit in well with its new siblings The Flash interface has been modified to look and feel like a CS applications while trying to maintain the interface that its existing users are comfortable with Many of the keyboard shortcuts have been added to be similar to the other CS apps while keeping its existing keyboard shortcuts Version Cue and Bridge integration Flash integrates nicely with Bridge and Version Cue so you can benefit from the Version Cue workflow and access Flash files an
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11. amically updates linked files in the other CS3 programs New features help manage non Adobe documents integrate versions with Adobe Bridge create alternate designs and initiate review sessions The Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium provides you with more than 180 OpenType fonts OpenType fonts can contain more than 65 000 glyphs offering you more choices for ligatures discretionary ligatures foreign language characters proportional fractions and special characters
12. and printing All the Adobe CS3 programs except for Flash and Dreamweaver support PDF imports and exports and these CS3 applications use the same Adobe PDF set tings In Creative Suite 3 PDF exports and imports are easier InDesign CS3 as well as Photoshop CS3 and Illustrator CS3 supports exports to PDF X format which is a reliable document format used for commercial printing Photoshop CS3 supports the creation of PDF slide shows Illustrator CS3 and InDesign CS3 sup port PDF creation with Adobe PDF layers InDesign CS3 now supports importing layered PDF documents and toggling layered views directly from within InDesign You also can apply the same layer views to lay ered Photoshop and Illustrator CS3 documents InDesign CS3 also supports multipage PDF file imports Additionally you can import media such as movie clips and sound files in InDesign CS3 and export them to PDE Because PDF is the reliable standard for onscreen document viewing and output to professional print ing devices the CS3 programs take advantage of core PDF architecture OSS REF For more information on PDF X and commercial printing see Chapter 38 For more informa tion on PDFs and multimedia see Chapter 32 Understanding the Creative Suite There are two design oriented versions of the Adobe Creative Suite 3 W Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Standard This includes Adobe Bridge CS3 Adobe Photoshop CS3 Adobe Illustrator CS3 Adobe InDesign CS3 Adobe Acrob
13. aphers and Web design ers Adobe Photoshop CS3 offers you more integration with the other CS applications and some unique new editing tools This version of Photoshop adds more polish to the program and enhancements that are likely to become favorites for creative professionals These items are among some of the more impressive additions to the program you ll find Introducing the Creative Suite a3Y3XCC For information related to new features in Adobe Photoshop see Part III CROSSREF 2 W Quick Selection tool The Quick Selection tool lets you select an area by simply painting in details to select Photoshop automatically detects the edge of the area you are paint selecting as shown in Figure 1 2 This tool provides better results and more control than the Magic Wand tool CR 12 LL OO The Quick Selection tool lets you select an area by painting ol op nde File Edit Image Layer Select Filter Analysis View Window Help A AR MES CJsanph altars AsteEohanee Rating Edge CEJ PI amp 2 x B PNB ASR e s SEE W Smart Filters Smart Filters let you experiment with different techniques without running a risk of destroying your image These filters can be added and removed easily in a non destructive manner to preserve image integrity E Zoomify export The Zoomify export option lets you save full resolution images to a format that is small and simple to be displayed o
14. at 8 Professional Device Central CS3 and Version Cue CS3 E Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium This includes the same programs with the addition of Adobe Flash CS3 Professional and Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 Also Adobe Photoshop CS3 is replaced with Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended Both design suites also include the common additional features of Adobe Bridge CS3 Adobe Version Cue CS3 and Device Central CS3 Adobe also has Creative Suite versions for Web and video professionals For Web professionals the suite options include W Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Standard This includes Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Adobe Fireworks CS3 and Adobe Contribute CS3 W Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium This includes the same programs with the addition of several of the design packages including Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended Adobe Illustrator CS3 and Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional For video professionals the available suite includes Introducing the Creative Suite W Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium This includes Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 Adobe Soundbooth CS3 and Adobe Encore CS3 along with the other design packages The Adobe Creative Suite 3 Master Collection includes just about everything except the kitchen sink We cover all the programs found in the Design Premium version throughout this book but although we get a little into Web development we don t cover the
15. d quickly gets you to final out put with the correct version E For more information on installing and using Version Cue and working with versions and alter nates see Chapter 8 Consistent color management Have you ever created an illustration dropped it into a layout program and seen a completely different color rendered in the layout How about scanned images appearing with one color in Adobe Photoshop and different color values in the layout program With the Adobe Creative Suite you can access the same color engine and color management policies among the design programs and Adobe Acrobat In Creative Suite 3 you can manage color across all the print oriented programs including Photoshop Illustrator InDesign and Acrobat using Adobe Bridge You assign color profiles in Photoshop Illustrator or InDesign and these applications all can conform to the same color management settings There is no support for color management or policies in Flash CS3 Dreamweaver CS3 or SS Device Central CS3 a oy For more information on managing color across the Creative Suite programs see Chapter 6 For more information on using Adobe Bridge see Chapter 7 Dynamic object and image editing Ever have last minute changes that you need to make before the last FedEx pickup of the day A layout is complete but you must quickly change an illustration or a photo image In programs like Adobe InDesign CS3 a double click of the mouse button or
16. d their thumbnails from within Adobe Bridge EX Adobe Bridge and Version Cue do not show thumbnails for FLA files but you can see thumb nails or the published SWF files Larger Symbol library preview Symbols in the Symbol library are now larger making them eas ier to select and use Device Central integration Flash files can take advantage of Device Central to see how their files look on various mobile and PDA devices Flash content detection templates Many Flash templates are pre built to include code that automatically detects a Flash player needed to view the file Using these templates saves lots of time and makes for a better experience for the user Copy and paste graphic filters Graphic filters can be copied and pasted between instances Introducing the Creative Suite W Copy and paste motion Motion tweens can be copied and pasted between frames You can select to paste all properties or only specific tween properties WI Pen tool improvements The functionality of the Pen tool has been improved to act more like Illustrators Pen tool The results are more accurate and conversion results in fewer points E PSD and AI import Photoshop PSD and Illustrator AI files can be loaded directly into Flash documents W Rectangle Primitive and Oval Primitive tools The new Rectangle Primitive and Oval Primitive tools make drawing these shapes easy with multiple parameters W ActionScript improvements Flash includes ActionScrip
17. document accessibility All in all Acrobat Professional has a significant place in your design workflow Acrobat Professional was released several months earlier than the other CS3 programs and is not on the same development cycle as the other CS3 programs Part of the reason for the early release of Acrobat was the necessity to develop the PDF 1 7 specifications used by all the other CS3 programs With PDF version 1 7 and Acrobat 8 compatibility you can enjoy features like enabling PDF documents for Adobe Reader users As of this writing Adobe Acrobat Professional and Adobe Reader are in version 8 0 Adobe Acrobat is unlike the other CS3 programs in that the application is designed to serve many different office professionals Acrobat might be used by engineers legal professionals business office workers gov ernment workers school districts and just about anyone in any industry working on a computer today Therefore there are a number of tools that you as a creative professional may not use in Acrobat just because those tools may not serve your needs The following are the additions to the new version of Acrobat that are most suited for design and publishing workflows Wi Getting Started window When Acrobat 8 is first started a helpful window shown in Figure 1 8 appears with links to the most likely tasks This springboard makes it easy to get started with spe cific tasks without having to search for exact commands The Ge
18. eate a design project The more you learn about a manufacturers products the faster you can become productive In some cases you can jump into a new program poke around and understand many features without reading exhaustive manuals and books Introducing the Creative Suite F For information on customizing workspaces and keyboard shortcuts see Chapter 4 Versioning tools How many times have you created a tight comp and had a client tell you that he or she likes another ver sion of the layout You may create duotone images in Photoshop offer a proof print to your client and have the client tell you he wants another spot color in the Photoshop images You offer a second proof and the client informs you the first proof print is really the one that best fits his or her campaign You re back at your design studio scrambling through your hard drive looking for the first versions locating the files and importing or relinking them back into the layout The Creative Suite lets you easily revisit earlier versions of illustrations photo images and layouts Along with the standalone programs in the Creative Suite you also receive Version Cue a marvelous utility that permits you to save multiple versions of a design in the same file You decide what version to promote to the current look and the linked file in your InDesign CS3 document dynamically updates In workflow environments nothing more easily tracks the current version of a design an
19. ffers many new marvelous tools with enhanced features to create design and express your ideas Collectively these tools build upon the integration and interoperabil ity introduced in the first version of the Creative Suite Native file support The strongest argument for using Adobe Photoshop CS3 Adobe Illustrator CS3 Adobe InDesign CS3 and Adobe Flash CS3 together is that native file formats are easily transported between the various CS3 pro grams You no longer need to decide about saving Photoshop files as TIFF EPS GIF PNG or JPEG Rather you can import a native Photoshop PSD or Illustrator AI file into Adobe InDesign CS3 complete with layers and transparency You also can import native Illustrator and Photoshop files directly in Adobe Flash CS The native file format import feature alone can save you space on your hard drive because you need to save only a single file Additionally you save time in importing the correct file because only a single file is saved from the host application and used in your page layout You also can directly open native Illustrator CS3 files in any Adobe Acrobat viewer and you can open PDF documents in Illustrator and import them into InDesign REF For information on importing native file formats across programs see Part III Consistent user interface Programs that creative professionals use today are sophisticated and complicated One of the major prob lems facing many designers is the long learn
20. here they also can be edited ic 3D objects loaded into a specialized layer are manipulated using several transform tools to rotate and move the objects V Adobe Photoshop CS3 Exton oag File Edit Image Layer Select Filter Analysis View Window Help Ci BAAR sen Apr Le sites merma e et on 30 Skeletons psd amp 100 eftontier Skeleton RGB 2 7 x amp Be X REO PNMESSAS9RNNZ Skoci SholTankcd Sholsnulcs al Ol a Wi Using Video Layers Photoshop CS3 Extended allows you to edit video frame by frame Using a imeline you can access each frame of a video segment and make edits as needed Photoshop can access video files saved using the MPEG MOV AVI and FLV formats 10 Introducing the Creative Suite W Measurement palette and the Count tool The new Measurement Log palette keeps track of critical measurements for the current image and or selection including distance size selection perimeter and density These results are saved in a log and can even be exported to a spreadsheet The Count tool lets you count specific image features W Tweening By setting a beginning and ending attribute value over a range of frames Photoshop automatically interpolates between these set values to create a simple animation effect W Medical and Mathematical support Photoshop CS3 Extended includes support for the DICOM medical file format and fo
21. hub of your creative satellite PDF is at the center of the file format universe All of the print oriented CS3 programs export and import PDF documents and the expansion for PDF support is found in the new product upgrades For design workflows Adobe Acrobat Professional in version 8 offers you many tools to facilitate collaboration with colleagues clients and prepress technicians You can do these things WI Set up e mail based reviews for markup and approval of design concepts and proofs W Enable PDF documents with special usage rights so users of the free Adobe Reader program can participate in comment and review sessions E Export comments and corrections directly to Microsoft Word text documents on Windows XP with Office XP only Prepare files for electronic exchange Web hosting and screen viewing complete with embedded graphics and fonts Prepare files for digital prepress and printing Authenticate and secure documents Develop media shows and slide presentations for kiosks meetings and presentations Design forms for point of sale purchases hosted on Web sites or distributed on CD DVD ROMs 17 LI4 Getting to Know the Creative Suite Wi Organize your design environment and catalog design campaigns embedding native files in PDFs for an organized storage system Wi Search for content contained on CDs DVDs network servers and Web sites Wi Create accessible documents for clients needing compliance with U S law governing
22. icrosoft OpenType fonts offer you new type handling features among many of the CS3 applications Converting your type library to OpenType fonts as soon as possible is a good idea You ll derive these benefits from using OpenType fonts Cross platform support OpenType fonts are completely cross platform You can copy the same font to either Mac OS or Windows Obviously licensing restrictions do apply so be certain to check these restrictions before installing fonts on multiple computers Reliability If you experience font problems when you print be certain to first reevaluate your font sets Off brand fonts especially many TrueType fonts can create embedding problems Furthermore some quality fonts carry licensing restrictions that prevent font embedding If you create PDF files with font embedding be certain to review the licensing restrictions on your fonts and check whether font embedding is prohibited Many quality fonts offer you complete embed ding permissions that help prevent problems when it comes time to print your creations Good quality fonts that permit font embedding include those found in the Adobe type library of OpenType fonts More glyphs A glyph is an individual font character TrueType fonts and all earlier PostScript fonts contain a maximum 256 glyphs The new OpenType fonts can contain more than 65 000 glyphs These additional characters offer you many special characters precisely proportioned frac tions and foreign
23. ilable in previous versions of InDesign but now you can add an inner shadow to make the objects appear recessed Inner and Outer Glow Effect Inner and outer glows allow you to highlight specific objects with a number of options Glyphs The Glyphs palette has been improved to help you easily find recently used glyphs You also can sort glyphs and save glyph sets Place multiple objects If you need to place multiple objects in the document at a single time InDesign CS3 now supports this feature It also allows you to cycle through the content to the place using thumbnails Quick Apply The Quick Apply palette works using search letters and provides a quick way to access commands scripts and styles Table and cell styles The ability to work with styles for characters and paragraphs has been a great feature in InDesign and this same styles feature has been added to table and cell formatting 13 LI4 Getting to Know the Creative Suite Agate measurements InDesign now supports measuring document layouts in agates Improved bullet and number lists Bullet and numbered lists can be made into an outline type style and can span across multiple pages Customized color coded menus Customized menus let you hide unused menus and highlight a specific menu choice by changing its color For more information on using new features in InDesign CS3 look over the chapters in Parts amp IIl and IV Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Adobe
24. ing curve necessary to become productive in a computer pro gram When you use several programs from several different computer software manufacturers your learning curve increases Application software companies develop software according to standards each company sets forth in the design of the user interface One company may make extensive use of context sensitive menus while another company may avoid them One company may use palettes and panes liber ally while another company relies on menu commands and dialog boxes Add to these differences the extended use of keyboard shortcuts program differences require you to spend lots of time learning short cuts Additionally the key sequence in one program may invoke a different command than the same key sequence in another program and that can cause you lots of confusion In workflow environments consistency is crucial Time is money and the time required to train your staff cuts into your productivity and your profits When you use tools all developed by a single software manu facturer you become more consistent in the design of the user interface and the keyboard shortcuts that access menus tools and commands Adobe has taken the user interface design one step further by offering customizable keyboard shortcuts and custom workspaces in all CS3 programs Having a consistent look and feel in the user interface enables you to develop an intuitive sense for how to use a particular program to cr
25. language character alternatives A portion of a glyph set for an OpenType font installed with the Creative Suite is shown in Figure 1 12 Multi language support All the OpenType Pro fonts contain characters needed for multiple language typesetting 7 OpenType fonts are available in Pro and Standard families The OpenType Pro families provide a certain type of characters but OpenType Standard families use the OpenType technology and don t have a broad set of glyphs Wi Easier font management OpenType fonts contain only a single file for font viewing onscreen and fonts used for printing Unlike PostScript fonts containing separate files for screen views and each face in a font set contained in a separate file OpenType fonts are built in a single file thereby providing you more ease in keeping track of fonts installing them and locating them Introducing the Creative Suite OpenType fonts offer you more than 65 000 characters 1 nl Hid ILC a m ik a B t b W Li fin 6 66 8 66 9 I GHI prp u i 0Y JD AME y 0wWw g h hl i ij ay a EE lt 2 0 1 J 89 96 s s A l le c b N t RN n 6 6 6 6 Y z z i HIL MERER n clalalalala IP eelele i slo ee elle Pataca ell lala 4 m n o r t u Q S B Az F D LIMINIO PI QIR
26. lica tions like Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign with similar core technologies like PDE These programs evolved with common elements so that you the cre ative professional could easily exchange files among Adobe programs Rather than rely on a single program to perform tasks such as illustration layout and printing Adobe offers you several applications each a tool designed for a spe cific purpose to help you become more efficient in your creative process These IN THIS CHAPTER Understanding why Adobe developed the Creative Suite Knowing the Creative Suite applications Working with OpenType fonts LI4 Getting to Know the Creative Suite tools seamlessly integrate into the greater toolbox called Adobe Creative Suite After working in individual programs you can collect the creative elements together using Adobe Bridge and Adobe InDesign CS3 as the tool to perform layout assembly You can then travel to output by exporting files to PDF documents in Adobe Acrobat or you can host parts of your layout on a Web site using Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 E Adobe Bridge is a separate executable application introduced in the Creative Suite version 2 393 Adobe Bridge is included when you purchase any of the CS3 standalone products but is not available for purchase as a separate product For more information on Adobe Bridge see the section Adobe Bridge later in this chapter As standalone programs Adobe Creative Suite 3 o
27. n the Internet or sent via an e mail W Camera Raw improvements Photoshop CS3 includes the ability to process raw data for more than 150 different digital cameras You also can process TIFF and JPEG images using Camera Raw W Clone and Heal Preview Overlay Improvements to the Cloning and Healing brushes let you work with multiple sources you also can rotate and scale the source area and preview the results using an overlay O Partl Getting to Know the Creative Suite W DNG support The DNG format is a publicly open format with broad support for storing raw camera data Photoshop can now open and save to this file format E Vanishing Point data export The Vanishing Point feature isnt new but it can now work across multiple planes from any angle The 3D information can be exported using the DXF format for use in other 3D packages E Photomerge With images on different layers Photoshop can create panoramic images by analyz ing and combining the layers that overlap It also includes features for aligning and blending the layers In addition to the new features included in Photoshop CS3 Photoshop CS3 Extended adds several more goodies W Working with 3D Models Photoshop CS3 Extended includes the ability to import 3D models using the U3D 3ds obj kmz and the Collada file formats Once loaded you can use Photoshop to manipulate the 3D object as shown in Figure 1 3 and any surface textures also are loaded onto a separate layer w
28. nd Directional Feather effects There is also the ability to place multiple items simultaneously the new Quick Apply tool table and cell styles and the improved bullet and numbered lists Adobe Flash CS3 Professional offers a way to build vector based animation and interactive ele ments that are featured on Web pages The Flash CS3 interface has adopted the common Adobe look and feel It also has the ability to import Photoshop and Illustrator files new Pen tool fea tures and the feature to copy and paste motion keys Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 version 9 offers a host of new features for creating Web sites and sup port for mobile devices The new version includes integration with Photoshop that lets you copy and paste images directly from Photoshop There is also a broad collection of Spry widgets that you can add to Web pages the new CSS advisor and many default document templates complete with CSS Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional offers the creative professional tools for reviewing comps soft proofing color preflighting documents and PDF X compliance and an option for creating PDFs with special features so your clients using the free Adobe Reader software can mark up and com ment on proofs Version Cue CS3 is a utility that supports saving files from Adobe Photoshop CS3 Adobe Illustrator CS3 and Adobe InDesign CS3 and Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional in different docu ment versions and alternates Changing versions dyn
29. ou can edit metadata rotate images and run batch commands and automation scripts D a W Launching Adobe Bridge You can launch Adobe Bridge as a separate executable program You also can launch the Bridge directly from within Adobe Photoshop CS3 Adobe Illustrator CS3 Adobe InDesign CS3 Adobe Flash CS3 Professional and Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 Stock Photos From the Favorites pane in Adobe Bridge a button links you to leading Web sites that host the leading royalty free stock photo libraries You can download low resolution images to use as FPO for position only images when creating designs When you decide which images to use in final comps you can purchase high resolution images via links from Adobe Bridge Wi Version Cue In addition to launching all the CS3 applications from within Adobe Bridge you also can access Adobe Version Cue CS3 You can create versions of documents create alternates apply document security organize files into Version Cue private and shared project folders and many other Version Cue related tasks Adobe Photoshop CS3 If you re a creative professional chances are good that you re no stranger to Adobe Photoshop Adobes flag ship image editing program is now in version 10 with the CS3 upgrade As a standalone product Photoshop has some very nice additions to an already feature rich program New enhancements to Photoshop add tools and options specific to interests by graphic designers photogr
30. r MATLAB mathematical file format using the JavaScript interface Adobe Illustrator CS3 Tried and true Adobe Illustrator is the premier illustration program for designers and artists Many people still use Macromedia FreeHand because they know the program well and because they enjoy having multi ple pages with different page sizes together in the same document However the advantages for using illus tration programs together with other applications in the Creative Suite are significantly in favor of Adobe Illustrator With Adobes acquisition of Macromedia FreeHand may be discontinued New impressive tools have been added to Illustrator as well as some polish on editing features STREF You ll also find these new features in Illustrator CS3 For more information on using Adobe Illustrator CS3 and some of its new features see Part III W Live Color Illustrators new Live Color palette shown in Figure 1 4 lets you explore different color combinations You can select specific harmonic color schemes like complementary analo gous triad tetrad and high contrast Color groups can be defined and saved and all selected col ors can easily be shifted in hue ESTNE The Live Color dialog box lets you explore different color schemes Live Color paran Color Groups oe Preset Custom v Colors Auto v XH comesa ET jesse mecs O De s mH acc E M E E ES EHI
31. s W Document examination PDF files can be inspected for hidden metadata attachments form fields and layers There also is an option to remove these hidden artifacts 19 LI4 Getting to Know the Creative Suite 20 Adobe Connect integration Acrobat 8 integrates with Adobe Connect to provide audio based and video based collaborative meetings with whiteboarding and chat services Shared reviews To see review comments in real time the Shared Reviews feature saves all com ments on a centralized server so the comments are available as soon as they are posted Review Tracker The Review Tracker shown in Figure 1 10 keeps track of all comments who made them when and what they include It also keeps track of the reviews you ve started and participated in CURE a so 38 10 The Review Tracker keeps track of all comments and its info Subscriptions Forms Tracker Review Tracker lt Review Tracker Location C Tempa Authoring Adebe CS2 Bible Scrateh ChengduLayoutos with ster df Sent amp Reviewers Reviewer Type asdf adtadfafs com Initiator i kmurdock s T Required 9 Email All Reviewers gy Add Reviewers Comment and Markup improvements For commenting on PDF files the Commenting and Markup toolbars have been combined You also can now accurately place callouts and clouds and stamps can be rotated Forms from templates Creating a form is now easy using
32. sible x More Tools t3 Advanced Editing Toolbar C R select object Tool E Ul article Tool O crop Tool C Link Tool O x0 Tool O movie Tool D K Sound Tool 1 Ei TouchUp Text Tool D fj touchUp Reading Order Toot O if Touchup Object Tool imment amp Markup Toolbar Sticky Note E Text Edits amp Stamp Tool Highlight Text Tool Glunderine Text Tool Cross Out Text Tool D e Attach a File as a Comment C amp Record Audio Commen Callout Tool v E Text Box Tool m ORAK e E Search improvements The Search function has been improved with the ability to search using a floating window You also can embed a search index within a PDF file making it much faster to locate specific terms W Blank page PDF Acrobat 8 can create a blank page PDF for quick documents that you need to enter text onto W Packaged PDFs Multiple PDFs can now be packaged together Packaged PDFs maintain their security options and can be expanded opened and added to as needed W Mail merge to PDF Microsoft Word s mail merge feature can output files as PDFs and e mail them This is a Windows only feature W E mail conversion to PDF Integrated with Outlook entire e mail folders can be converted into a PDF document Similar features are available for Lotus Notes This is also a Windows only feature E Bates numbering support PDF files can be numbered using the Bates numbering system com mon for legal document
33. t 3 0 with many new enhancements for interacting with objects zi Although Adobe Flash CS3 Professional is an important application in the suite our coverage 1 of Flash is fairly light You can find the basics of using Flash in Chapter 35 but you need to look to other more in depth books to go beyond the basics Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 is a Web authoring and site management program The popular application was acquired recently along with Flash as part of the Macromedia acquisition Because of its popularity and advanced feature set it has supplanted Adobe s GoLive as the Web authoring tool to be included in Creative Suite It has been tightly integrated with the CS3 apps and works well with them for the most part Over time we can assume that this integration will get even stronger For more information on using new features in Dreamweaver CS3 see Chapter 28 These are some of the new feature highlights W Spry widgets and effects Dreamweaver CS3 includes a library of pre built JavaScript compo nents that are easily added to a Web page These components include several widgets such as XML driven lists and tables tabbed interfaces and self validating forms The library also includes a number of effects such as methods to enlarge fade and highlight objects W Photoshop integration Of all the CS3 apps Dreamweaver will probably work the closest with Photoshop to create its images Dreamweaver CS3 includes
34. t appeared in the first release of InDesign CS3 and its follow up InDesign CS2 All the wonderful features you had available in the previous versions are still there along with some new enhancements introduced in InDesign CS3 version 5 of Adobe InDesign Among the more significant new additions are these gems Effects A major inclusion in InDesign CS3 is the addition of effects These effects work just like effects in Photoshop and Illustrator and can be added or removed as needed Among the new effects are the following Gradient Feather Effect Using linear or radial gradient you can easily add an effect that gradually fades an object into the background like the image shown in Figure 1 5 Introducing the Creative Suite ETIN Aaa a 2121 InDesign effects are easy to add and easy to remove from an object W Adobe InDesign CS3 cag File Edit Layout Type Notes Object Table View Window Help ug rren wie zswsi agos m alee EDG ESETE as vw m E Naver Saved Directional Feather Effect Gradient feathering also may be controlled by adjusting the direc tional angle so an object fades stronger along a specific direction Bevel and Emboss Effects Create a relief effect of the object rising off the page with the bevel and emboss effects Satin Effect The Satin effect gives the object a sheen like it was made out of satin Inner Shadow Effect Drop shadowing has been ava
35. the PDF Form wizard that uses tem plates an electronic document a spreadsheet or a scan as shown in Figure 1 11 Introducing the Creative Suite The Create a New Form wizard steps through creating a PDF form Create a New Form g How would you like to create your interactive form O Select a template Choose from a library of Forms templates Start with an electronic document Convert an existing File into an interactive Form Import data from a spreadsheet Copy and paste data From the cells of a spreadsheet O Scan from paper Use a scanner to import a paper form ien PDF background PDF graphics can be used as a background image to a form or to another document Form Tracker The Form Tracker is like the Review Tracker it keeps track of all the forms that you fill out and the contents of the forms Reader signatures Acrobat 8 allows users to click on and digitally sign a signature field within Reader Distiller installation Although not new Acrobat 8 also includes installation of Acrobat Distiller that provides an interface to quickly convert multiple files to PDF using pre configured settings Version Cue CS3 You ll find the new enhancements to Version Cue another step toward complete integration of the Adobe CS3 applications Together with Adobe Bridge this release of the Creative Suite helps you easily manage documents and revisions Adobe Version Cue is now in version CS3 like
36. the other CS applications These are some of the new features added to Version Cue Adobe Bridge Integration Between Adobe Bridge and Version Cue you have two great tools to manage and revise all your artwork and projects From Adobe Bridge you can search for and view all Version Cue files without opening individual CS3 components You can manipulate files directly in Adobe Bridge to avoid delays as files open or as components start up Faster upload and download Version Cue CS3 is faster than its predecessor letting you get back to work quicker New configuration interface The Version Cue configuration utility has a new look that makes it easy to locate specific tasks LDAP and SSL support Version Cue CS3 includes support for LDAP and SSL 21 O Partl Getting to Know the Creative Suite Device Central CS3 Another helpful component installed as part of the suite is Device Central CS3 This application is a life saver if you need to configure your pages to be displayed on mobile device such as next generation phones Device Central includes a broad collection of mobile devices that are emulated so you can view exactly how your pages will look on the various devices 22 OpenType fonts In addition to the programs contained in the Creative Suite you also can find more than 180 installed OpenType fonts after completing your CS3 applications installation OpenType fonts are a new font technol ogy developed by Adobe Systems and M
37. the selection of a menu command launches the editing program that created the object or image and opens the file in a document window You make your edits and save the file and the edited version is dynamically updated This kind of quick editing saves a number of steps and streamlines your workflow T For more information on dynamic object and image editing see Chapter 26 Visual file exchanges Lets face it creative people are more visual and often work best in situations where they can first see a document before importing it into another program More than ever before Adobe has created a visually LI4 Getting to Know the Creative Suite friendly workplace for you You can easily drag and drop objects and images between document windows from one program to another drag files from the desktop to open document windows and copy and paste objects and images between documents ES With Adobe Bridge you can see all your files with thumbnail previews and drag and drop files amp into different application documents You also can drag and drop Microsoft Word and Excel files into Adobe InDesign CS3 directly from the Bridge window For more information on importing and exchanging documents among programs see Part III E For information on using Adobe Bridge see Chapter 7 Support for PDF With InDesign CS3 as the central core of your Creative Suite programs for design purposes PDF is the cen tral file format for file exchanges
38. tting Started window provides a springboard to the common tasks in Acrobat 5 Getting Started with Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional Bow GETTING STARTED WITH ADOBE ACROBAT 8 PROFESSIONA crobat B Professor ether applearions J c m 2 s CREATE PDF COMBINE FILES EXPORT START MEETING Create an Adobe POF from Combine mukigle Alas from Export POF fias to other fle Conmmuricete end collaborate Office emal a web sta or various sources into a single formats and easily select ext wath colleagues and customars From any file that peints Professional locking POF Fie andimagas for copying to a 2 SECURE SIGN FORMS REVIEW amp COMMENT Hela cortrel access to your Sign POF fles to enhance the Create a PDF form distribute Infiste a POE Ale review and documents integnty anc autherticky cf iz end ccllect the date partiopete using Acrebat documents commenting tecls V V X S H 18 Introducing the Creative Suite W Maximize work area PDFs have the option of being viewed in a maximized screen area that is free of the navigation pane and toolbars W Customized toolbar display Tools that are used less often can be hidden by right clicking their toolbar and selecting the More Tools option Using this dialog box shown in Figure 1 9 you can slim down the toolbars with just the tools you need CURE o h DD The More Tools dialog box lets you choose which tools are vi
39. video products at all In addition to the programs you also get more than 100 Open Type faces with the Creative Suite editions Each of the programs is an upgrade from previous CS2 versions of the software along with the new version of Adobe Bridge and Adobe Systems intends to upgrade the products in tandem for future versions Therefore you can be confident that the next upgrade of a program like Photoshop CS3 will also include upgrades to Illustrator CS3 InDesign CS3 and DreamweaverCS3 Adobe Bridge Adobe Bridge shown in Figure 1 1 is an updated executable application introduced in the Creative Suite version 2 If you launch Photoshop CS3 and become alarmed when you no longer find Photoshops File Browser worry not The Photoshop File Browser has been eliminated and replaced by a new more powerful type of file browser called Adobe Bridge With Adobe Bridge you can view document thumbnail previews for all Adobe applications as well as many non Adobe applications ETZNM h 01 J The Adobe Bridge is the central navigation tool for all CS3 applications Ed ChengduOriginallmages File Fdit View Stacks Label Tools Window Help E B CFengad origndlmages i Favertes Folders Certert 4 25S SB Ms Computer LJ veson cue amp Stat Meeting F Adote Stock Pesos Adobe Photographers Direct Ge Desktop L My Documents J My Piety Drag Favor H TA macorgnal ipg arplana bg bearsOrighal ipg
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