Adobe Creative Cloud All-in-One For Dummies

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Christopher Smith. Adobe Creative Cloud All-in-One For Dummies

Adobe® Creative Cloud® All-in-One For Dummies® To view this book's Cheat Sheet, simply go to www.dummies.com and search for “Adobe Creative Cloud All-in-One For Dummies Cheat Sheet” in the Search box. Table of Contents

List of Tables

List of Illustrations

Guide

Pages

Introduction

Why Is It Important?

About This Book

Foolish Assumptions

Icons Used in This Book

Beyond the Book

Where to Go from Here

Getting Started with the Creative Cloud Suite

Contents at a Glance

The Creative Cloud

Applications Covered in This Book

Crossing the Adobe Bridge

Getting started with Photoshop CC

Introducing InDesign CC

Using Illustrator CC

Working with Acrobat DC

Prototyping your apps with Adobe XD

Integrating software

Acquiring assets for this book

Creative Cloud Application Management

Downloading Your First App

Checking for updates

Getting started

Creative Cloud Extras for You

Launching the Creative Cloud App

Apps

Categories

Managing Your Fonts

Resource Links

Your Work

Libraries

Creating your own library

Using the Libraries panel to add elements to your open documents

Show Cloud Documents

Discovering Design Opportunities with New Fonts

Finding Images with Adobe Stock

Promoting Yourself with Behance

Creating a Cover

Bonus! Adobe Portfolio

It’s Not Just Apps!

Using Common Menus and Commands

Discovering Common Menus

Using Dialog Boxes

Encountering Alerts

Discovering Common Menu Options

About Contextual Menus

Using Common Keyboard Shortcuts

Changing Your Preferences

Exploring Common Panels

Understanding the Common Workspace

Using Panels in the Workspace

Moving panels

Looking at common panels

Adobe Bridge

Contents at a Glance

Organizing and Managing Your Files with Adobe Bridge

Getting to Know the Adobe Bridge Workspace

Practice makes perfect

Finding and using your folders within Adobe Bridge

The default workspace

Looking for a better view

Creating a new folder

Moving a file to another folder

Making a favorite

Investigating the Application bar

Developing a Bridge habit

Taking Advantage of Metadata in Adobe Bridge

Locating Your Files

Using Keywords

Creating a Metadata Template

Searching for Files Using Adobe Bridge

Searching by name or keyword

Using the Filter panel

Saving a Collection

Using Automation Tools in Adobe Bridge

Getting Files from Your Camera

Automation Tools in Adobe Bridge

Batch renaming your files

Exporting your files from Bridge

Loading files as layers

Building a contact sheet

Photoshop CC. Contents at a Glance

Getting into Photoshop CC Basics

The Start Screen

The New Document Window

Sample Images Can Help You Investigate More Features

Opening an Image

Getting to Know the Tools

Navigating the Work Area

Changing your workspace

Resetting your workspace

Docking and saving panels

Saving your workspace

Taking advantage of workspace features

Zooming in to get a better look

Choosing Your Screen Mode

Getting Started with Basic Tasks in Photoshop CC

Cropping an image

DISCOVER CAMERA RAW

Using grids as you crop

Using the Frame tool to create cropped images

Creating an empty frame with the Frame tool

Creating a frame by clicking and dragging over an existing image

Saving images

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

Making Selective Changes

Getting to Know the Selection Tools

The Marquee tool

Creating rectangular and elliptical selections

Setting a fixed size

Making floating and nonfloating selections

The Lasso tool

The Object Selection tool

The Quick Selection tool

The Magic Wand tool

Painting a selection with the Quick Mask tool

Manipulating Selections with Refine Selection

Transforming selections

Transforming selections

Feathering

Tweaking the edges of a selection in the Select and Mask workspace

Select an appropriate preview method

Making adjustments with Edge Detection

Using the Refine Radius tool

Making additional refinements

Selecting color decontamination

Choosing output settings

Selecting the Subject

Saving Selections

Using the Photoshop Pen Tool

Selecting the Right Pen Tool for the Task

Using a Path as a Selection

Creating Curved Paths

Clipping Paths

Using Shape Layers

Creating and using a custom shape

Changing the color of the shape

Changing the color fill of a custom shape

Changing the stroke on a live vector shape

Creating a stroke on a custom shape

Removing a shape layer

Creating Images in the Right Resolution for Print and the Web

Creating Images for Print

The resolution formula

Changing the resolution

Determining the Resolution for Web Images

Applying the Unsharp Mask Filter to an Image

Creating a Good Image

Reading a Histogram

Breaking into key types

Starting the process to improve your image

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

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 the 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

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

Check that spelling!

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

Layer groups

Duplicating a layer group

Filter Capabilities in the Layers Panel

Merging and Flattening Images

Merging

Flattening

Going Beyond the Basics with Layers

Using Layer Styles

Applying a style

Creating and saving a style

Thinking about opacity versus fill

Smart, Really Smart! Smart Objects

Finding Tools and Features That Are Hidden

Using the Frame Tool

Working with Artboards in Photoshop

Adding additional artboards

Adding content to the second artboard

Cloning from one artboard to another

Moving elements from one artboard to another

Exporting your artboards

Experimenting with 3D Files

Preserving Corrective Perspective with the Vanishing Point Feature

Saving Photoshop Images for Print and the Web

Backing Up with a Save

Choosing a File Format for Saving

Wonderful and easy Photoshop PSD

Photoshop EPS

Photoshop PDF

TIFF

DCS

Saving Images for the Web

PNG

JPEG

GIF

Saving a GIF

Using the color table in the Save for Web dialog box

Matte

Saving Settings

InDesign CC. Contents at a Glance

Introducing InDesign CC

Getting Started with InDesign CC

Creating a new publication

Opening an existing publication

Touring the Workspace

Tools

Menus

Panels

Control panel

Pages panel

Contextual menus

Setting Up the Workspace

Showing and hiding grids and guides

Snapping to a grid or a guide

Using Smart Guides

Customizing menus

Customizing the interface appearance

Saving a custom workspace

Working with Documents

Importing new content

Viewing content

Saving your publication

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

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

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

Creating your own custom shapes

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

Filling with gradients

Removing fills

Adding Layers

Creating QR Codes

Understanding Color

Selecting Color with Color Controls

Understanding Color Models

Using Color Swatches and Libraries

The Swatches panel

Swatch libraries

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

Exporting to PDF and Printing

Preflight: Preparing Your Documents for Printing

Packaging Your Documents

Understanding File Formats

Exporting Publications

Exporting PDF documents for printing

Exporting EPS files

Exporting JPEG and PNG files

Exporting text files

Printing Your Work

Understanding bleed

Doing it yourself: Printing and proofing at home or the office

Creating Digital Documents Using EPUB and Publish Online

Choosing the Right Digital Format

Planning Layouts for Digital Distribution

Adapting Print Documents to Share Digitally

Creating liquid layout rules for alternative layouts

Creating alternate layouts

Adding interactivity to digital documents

Exporting Digital Books as EPUB

Preparing EPUB (Reflowable) Books

Exporting EPUB (Reflowable) Books

Exporting EPUB (Fixed-Layout)

Publish Online

Share for Review

Illustrator CC. Contents at a Glance

Discovering Illustrator CC

Deciding When to Use Illustrator CC

VECTOR GRAPHICS

Creating a New Document

Try a Template

Opening an Existing Document

Taking a Look at the Document Window

Navigating the Work Area with Zoom Controls

Taking Advantage of Artboards

Creating multiple artboards

Using the Artboard Panel

Printing a document with multiple artboards

Checking Out the Panels

Getting to Know Your Workspace

Becoming Familiar with the Tools

Changing Views

Using the Selection Tools

Getting to Know the Selection Tools

Giving selections a try

Anchor points

Bounding boxes

Introducing all the selection tools

Working with Selections

More practice with selections

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

Creating Basic Shapes and Beyond

The Basic Shape Tools

Creating rectangles and ellipses

Working with the Live corners feature

The Rounded Rectangle tool

Using the Polygon tool

Using the Star tool

Resizing Shapes

Tips for Creating Shapes

Making some pies

Creating advanced shapes

Using the Pathfinders

Using the Shape Builder tool

Using the Pen Tool and Integrating 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

Additional Pen Tools

Adding tools to help make paths

Using the Eraser tool

Tracing Artwork

Creating a template layer

Using Image Trace

Changing the view

Other Details You Should Know about Placing Images

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

Creating text on a path

Creating text in a closed shape

Text on the path of a closed shape

Assigning Font Styles

Using the Character 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

Creating character styles

Creating paragraph styles

Updating styles

Organizing Your Illustrations

Setting Ruler Increments

Using Guides

Creating a ruler guide

Creating a custom guide

Using the Properties Panel for Placement

Changing the Ruler Origin

What You Need to Know about Object Arrangement

Hiding Objects

Locking Objects

Creating a Clipping Mask

Creating a Mask of Illustrator Objects Using the Blend Tool

Creating a Clipping Path Using the Draw Inside Button

Using Layers

Creating New Layers

Using Layers for Selections

Changing the Layer Stacking Order

Moving and Cloning Objects

Hiding Layers

Locking Layers

Livening Up Illustrations with Color

Choosing a Document Profile

Using the Swatches Panel

Applying Color to the Fill and Stroke

Changing the Width and Type of a Stroke

Adding Arrowheads

Using the Color Panel

Saving Colors

Building and using custom libraries

Using the Color Guide and color groups

Editing or Applying Colors

Adding Pantone colors

Editing Colors

Building and Editing Patterns

Advanced Pattern Editing

Working with Gradients

Using the Gradient tool

Apply a gradient to a stroke

Using transparency in gradient meshes

Copying Color Attributes

Painting Made Easy: The Live Paint Feature

Using the Transform and Distortion Tools

Working with Transformations

Transforming an object

Arbitrary transformation method

Exact transformation methods

Using the Transform tools

The Reflect tool

The Scale tool

The Shear tool

The Reshape tool

The Free Transform tool

Creating Distortions

The Liquify tools

Using the Envelope Distort command

Using the preset warps

Reshaping with a mesh grid

Reshaping an object with a different object

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

Using Filters and Effects

Working with Effects

Understanding the Appearance panel

Applying an effect

Adding a Drop Shadow effect

Saving your combination of effects as a graphic style

Saving Graphic Styles

Creating 3D Artwork

Adding Multiple Fills and Strokes

Using the Perspective Grid

Using Your Illustrator Images

Saving and Exporting Illustrator Files

The native Adobe Illustrator file format

Saving Illustrator files back to previous versions

The PDF file format

The EPS file format

The SVG file format

Saving Your Artwork for the Web

Saving Multiple Assets out of Illustrator

Flattening Transparency

Flattening a file

Using the Flattener Preview panel

Printing from Illustrator

Adobe XD. Contents at a Glance

Introducing the XD Workspace

Understanding the Modern User Interface

Creating a new artboard

Using the tools

Relating Objects to the Property Inspector

Centering an object on the screen

Using transform features

Fixing position when scrolling

Laying it all out

Auto resizing

Manual resizing

Changing the appearance of your object

A Little Bit about Artboards

Saving your file

Cloning your text objects to the first artboard

Duplicating your artboard

Creating a third artboard by cloning

Editing your text to fit the screens

Experimenting with artboard properties

Adding an image

Keyboard Shortcuts for Navigating the Workspace

Design View versus Prototype Mode

Creating your links

Testing your prototype

Working with Artboards

Starting Your Document and Adding an Artboard

Creating New Artboards

Resizing an Artboard

Adding a New Artboard

Using the Layers Panel

Adding Objects to Your Artboards

Arranging Artboards in Your Pasteboard Area

Aligning and Distributing Your Artboards

Adding Scrolling Capability to an Artboard

Adding Guides to Your Artboard

Creating Your User Interface (UI) with Shapes, Paths, and Custom Shapes

Working with the Basic Shapes

What’s included in XD

Determining the size

Using a Shape to Create a Button

Creating a border

Sampling a color using the eyedropper

Adding text to your button

Creating a gradient

Changing the Direction and Angle of Your Gradient

Using the Pen Tool

Editing shapes

Creating Custom Shapes

Adding lines

Importing from Illustrator

Building Your UI

Layers and the Objects They Contain

Artboards and layers

What can you do with your artboards inside the Layers panel?

Rearrange the order of the artboards

Rename your artboards

Select an artboard in which to add an object

Adding objects and how they appear in the Layers panel

Finding artboards and objects

Exporting, hiding, and showing your layers

Deleting an artboard

Renaming objects

Selecting objects

Grouping and ungrouping objects

Copying and pasting

Transforming Objects

Aligning and Distributing

Be smart about your guides

Using the Align and Distribute feature

Working with Text in Your XD Project

Using the Text Tool

Adjusting Text Properties

About readability and font selections

Selecting your font family

Saving Your Properties as an Asset

Using the Spellchecker

Importing Text

Using the Repeat Grid Feature

Importing updated images into your repeated grid

Updating your text in your repeated grid

Working with Imagery in XD

Importing Artwork into Your Prototype

Working with Images in XD

Masking your images

Masking multiple objects

Importing Vector Images into XD

Exporting Selected Artwork from XD

Exporting multiple items

Exporting your artboards

Creating Design Libraries

Saving Reusable Objects as Components

Making edits to your component

Unlinking a component

Saving colors in your libraries

Saving Character Styles

Discovering Libraries

Using shared libraries

Updating a published library

Editing a component

Taking Advantage of UI Kits

Adding Interactivity to Your XD Project

Entering Prototype Mode

Discovering the many ways to link your artboards

Creating animations

Creating a Drag Trigger

Creating an Overlay

Adding States and Rollovers

Sharing Your XD Project

Viewing Your App/Website on Your Desktop

Creating a Movie for Your User Story

Using the Device Preview Feature

Sharing Your XD File with Others

Sharing a specific user flow

Selecting a View setting

The Design Review view

The Development view

The Presentation view

The User Testing view

The Custom view

Adding collaborators to your XD document

Index. Numbers

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G

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J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

About the Authors

Authors’ Acknowledgments

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