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... Adobe Logo, Acrobat, Acrobat Connect, Creative Suite, Dreamweaver, Flash, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Reader, and Version Cue are "Commercial Items," as a commitment by Adobe Systems Incorporated. Adobe Systems Incorporated, 345 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95110-2704, USA. All other countries. Adobe Systems Incorporated, 345 Park Avenue, San Jose, California 95110, USA. © 2007 Adobe Systems Incorporated. Adobe® Creative Suite® 3 Design Premium...
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Contents 2 The Big Picture 108 Featured Designer: AdamsMorioka 8 What's Common 110 Dreamweaver + Design Edition 30 New Features 128 Resources 38 Photoshop + Design Edition 134 Index 54 Featured Designer: Culture A.D. 56 Illustrator + Design Edition 70 Featured Designer: Chase Design Group 72 InDesign + Design Edition 82 Featured Designer: Gee + Chung Design 84 Acrobat + Design Edition 92 Flash + Design Edition
Contents 2 The Big Picture 108 Featured Designer: AdamsMorioka 8 What's Common 110 Dreamweaver + Design Edition 30 New Features 128 Resources 38 Photoshop + Design Edition 134 Index 54 Featured Designer: Culture A.D. 56 Illustrator + Design Edition 70 Featured Designer: Chase Design Group 72 InDesign + Design Edition 82 Featured Designer: Gee + Chung Design 84 Acrobat + Design Edition 92 Flash + Design Edition
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... all-new versions of essential tools for professional page layout, image editing, illustration, and Adobe PDF workflows with everything you need to design content for tomorrow as well as for print, web and interactive, and mobile publishing. The Big Picture Adobe® Creative Suite® 3 Design Premium software is the designer's dream toolkit for today. Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium and Standard Workflow Guide
... all-new versions of essential tools for professional page layout, image editing, illustration, and Adobe PDF workflows with everything you need to design content for tomorrow as well as for print, web and interactive, and mobile publishing. The Big Picture Adobe® Creative Suite® 3 Design Premium software is the designer's dream toolkit for today. Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium and Standard Workflow Guide
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... media visually Adobe® Illustrator CS3 Explore new paths with the essential vector tool Adobe® Photoshop® CS3 (including Photoshop CS3Extended) Discover new dimensions in digital imaging Adobe® InDesign® CS3 Design and produce professional page layouts Adobe® Flash® CS3 Professional* Create and deliver rich, interactive content *Not available in Creative Suite 3 Design Standard. The...
... media visually Adobe® Illustrator CS3 Explore new paths with the essential vector tool Adobe® Photoshop® CS3 (including Photoshop CS3Extended) Discover new dimensions in digital imaging Adobe® InDesign® CS3 Design and produce professional page layouts Adobe® Flash® CS3 Professional* Create and deliver rich, interactive content *Not available in Creative Suite 3 Design Standard. The...
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..., you 've created directly into Flash, page 95 WEB AND INTERACTIVE Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium and Standard Workflow Guide See Smart Filters, page 40 See Live Color, page 58 Bring the content you and the others in Flash: import native Photoshop and Illustrator files, preserving the layer structure. PRINT CONTENT CREATION Start with content from...
..., you 've created directly into Flash, page 95 WEB AND INTERACTIVE Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium and Standard Workflow Guide See Smart Filters, page 40 See Live Color, page 58 Bring the content you and the others in Flash: import native Photoshop and Illustrator files, preserving the layer structure. PRINT CONTENT CREATION Start with content from...
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... mobile devices from within Device Central, consulting the device profiles in Photoshop or Illustrator and use Device Central to preview your mobile workflow, now that Creative Suite components are combined with new Adobe Device Central. MOBILE CONTENT CREATION Create a new Photoshop, Illustrator, or Flash document tailored for a wide range of your design. Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium and Standard Workflow Guide
... mobile devices from within Device Central, consulting the device profiles in Photoshop or Illustrator and use Device Central to preview your mobile workflow, now that Creative Suite components are combined with new Adobe Device Central. MOBILE CONTENT CREATION Create a new Photoshop, Illustrator, or Flash document tailored for a wide range of your design. Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium and Standard Workflow Guide
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LAYOUT AND ASSEMBLY Create a new mobile document in Flash to compile a SWF file. Add interactivity after importing your work. Layers from both components are now preserved on import. See Developing for Mobile Devices, page 97 The Big Picture See Import Files into Flash, page 95 PRODUCTION Publish your Photoshop or Illustrator files into Flash. Choose Control > Test Movie in Flash. Device Central automatically opens, so that you can test your Flash Lite application.
LAYOUT AND ASSEMBLY Create a new mobile document in Flash to compile a SWF file. Add interactivity after importing your work. Layers from both components are now preserved on import. See Developing for Mobile Devices, page 97 The Big Picture See Import Files into Flash, page 95 PRODUCTION Publish your Photoshop or Illustrator files into Flash. Choose Control > Test Movie in Flash. Device Central automatically opens, so that you can test your Flash Lite application.
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... within your current workflow, and quickly learn new programs and functionalities. What's Common Creative Suite 3 is designed to create a seamless workflow among the individual programs. The common language of the Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Flash workspaces C B A D C B A D Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium and Standard Workflow Guide C B A D B A D Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Flash share a consistent interface, with common locations for toolbars, control panels...
... within your current workflow, and quickly learn new programs and functionalities. What's Common Creative Suite 3 is designed to create a seamless workflow among the individual programs. The common language of the Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Flash workspaces C B A D C B A D Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium and Standard Workflow Guide C B A D B A D Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Flash share a consistent interface, with common locations for toolbars, control panels...
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... suit your preference. and twocolumn Tools panels in icon mode, collapsing them to single icons, or icons and labels, to the top of the window, convert it to a floating panel, or hide it altogether. See Help Docking panels and icon mode Photoshop Control palette What's Common Illustrator ... two vertical columns. See Help Panels and Docking By default, panels dock to the right side of your panels in InDesign, Flash, and Illustrator The Control Panel, Control Palette or Insert Bar The context-sensitive Control panel, Control palette, or Insert Bar offers quick access to options,...
... suit your preference. and twocolumn Tools panels in icon mode, collapsing them to single icons, or icons and labels, to the top of the window, convert it to a floating panel, or hide it altogether. See Help Docking panels and icon mode Photoshop Control palette What's Common Illustrator ... two vertical columns. See Help Panels and Docking By default, panels dock to the right side of your panels in InDesign, Flash, and Illustrator The Control Panel, Control Palette or Insert Bar The context-sensitive Control panel, Control palette, or Insert Bar offers quick access to options,...
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... your work space and document directly affects how efficiently you can design and produce your work. New Mobile and Devices document in Illustrator New Film & Video document in Photoshop 10 Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium and Standard Workflow Guide New HTML template document in Dreamweaver In Creative Suite, Document Set Up, Templates, and Workspaces let you make the right...
... your work space and document directly affects how efficiently you can design and produce your work. New Mobile and Devices document in Illustrator New Film & Video document in Photoshop 10 Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium and Standard Workflow Guide New HTML template document in Dreamweaver In Creative Suite, Document Set Up, Templates, and Workspaces let you make the right...
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Website template in Illustrator Brochure template in a variety of design formats, including a long list of color swatches, brushes, and graphic styles. Templates can also contain symbols for related clientand server-side languages, such as a custom... Templates let you create new documents that share common settings and design elements. You can also define your own workspace by simply arranging your desktop (panels, tools, etc.) and then saving it as Java Script, Adobe ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, and JSP. Illustrator and InDesign come with a variety of having displays and menus ...
Website template in Illustrator Brochure template in a variety of design formats, including a long list of color swatches, brushes, and graphic styles. Templates can also contain symbols for related clientand server-side languages, such as a custom... Templates let you create new documents that share common settings and design elements. You can also define your own workspace by simply arranging your desktop (panels, tools, etc.) and then saving it as Java Script, Adobe ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, and JSP. Illustrator and InDesign come with a variety of having displays and menus ...
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... Files. See Adobe Print Resource Center: www.adobe.com/studio/print/ 12 Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium and Standard Workflow Guide InDesign can embed a profile of the Color Settings dialog box in all color-managed Creative Suite components. Adobe recommends that you...Creative Suite Color Settings. Photoshop and Illustrator can then read that colors look as similar as a file you received from another Creative Suite component, choose File > Browse. Select a color setting from the list, and click Apply. CONSISTENT COLOR Maintaining consistent color throughout the design...
... Files. See Adobe Print Resource Center: www.adobe.com/studio/print/ 12 Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium and Standard Workflow Guide InDesign can embed a profile of the Color Settings dialog box in all color-managed Creative Suite components. Adobe recommends that you...Creative Suite Color Settings. Photoshop and Illustrator can then read that colors look as similar as a file you received from another Creative Suite component, choose File > Browse. Select a color setting from the list, and click Apply. CONSISTENT COLOR Maintaining consistent color throughout the design...
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...only promotes visual consistency across all design elements, but also ensures that all Creative Suite components. • Exchange color swatches across these swatches. 2 The .ase file containing your team. 1 Create a set of the project. • Keep Color Management turned on in Illustrator, InDesign, and Acrobat when ... or spot colors. You can create an .ase (Adobe Swatch Exchange) file to load in other applications, and transfer it to others on your swatches is saved to the Presets > Swatches folder of the Creative Suite component where it originated. 3 To import the swatches ...
...only promotes visual consistency across all design elements, but also ensures that all Creative Suite components. • Exchange color swatches across these swatches. 2 The .ase file containing your team. 1 Create a set of the project. • Keep Color Management turned on in Illustrator, InDesign, and Acrobat when ... or spot colors. You can create an .ase (Adobe Swatch Exchange) file to load in other applications, and transfer it to others on your swatches is saved to the Presets > Swatches folder of the Creative Suite component where it originated. 3 To import the swatches ...
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... were engineered for similar purposes; These tools help shape and redefine your experience in Illustrator and Photoshop. Eraser tool The Eraser tool removes parts of the Creative Suite components, similar tools and practices let you quickly engage with the individual application you...Creative Suite components. The Pen tool has been updated in Flash, where drawing objects is usually the answer. The Pen tool draws straight and curved lines to several components; Creating When you start creating work in any of the image. Adjusting an anchor point 14 Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium...
... were engineered for similar purposes; These tools help shape and redefine your experience in Illustrator and Photoshop. Eraser tool The Eraser tool removes parts of the Creative Suite components, similar tools and practices let you quickly engage with the individual application you...Creative Suite components. The Pen tool has been updated in Flash, where drawing objects is usually the answer. The Pen tool draws straight and curved lines to several components; Creating When you start creating work in any of the image. Adjusting an anchor point 14 Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium...
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In programs like Illustrator and InDesign, layers are often used to make non-destructive image corrections and to apply effects. Timelines and Animation Photoshop and Flash let you can ... 40 for Photoshop Smart Filters Object Style in InDesign, composed of bevel effect, colors, and transparency Blur effect in Photoshop What's Common Layers panel in Illustrator Layers panel in Flash (left of content from other . Layer information can be used to separate content that is frequently assigned different actions and attributes.
In programs like Illustrator and InDesign, layers are often used to make non-destructive image corrections and to apply effects. Timelines and Animation Photoshop and Flash let you can ... 40 for Photoshop Smart Filters Object Style in InDesign, composed of bevel effect, colors, and transparency Blur effect in Photoshop What's Common Layers panel in Illustrator Layers panel in Flash (left of content from other . Layer information can be used to separate content that is frequently assigned different actions and attributes.
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... placed or imported files. Linking files The process of artwork from one component to another . Native files, copy, and paste Adobe Creative Suite components are designed to another . 16 Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium and Standard Workflow Guide Open Illustrator files in Photoshop and import them in InDesign layouts. Commands such as Edit Original, Symbols, and Smart Objects help manage...
... placed or imported files. Linking files The process of artwork from one component to another . Native files, copy, and paste Adobe Creative Suite components are designed to another . 16 Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium and Standard Workflow Guide Open Illustrator files in Photoshop and import them in InDesign layouts. Commands such as Edit Original, Symbols, and Smart Objects help manage...
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...save a copy of your file. Saving As lets you save a version of saving and exporting is an easy and effective workflow. Sharing symbols between Illustrator and Flash is very similar. Once a Smart Object stores source data inside a Photoshop document, you can have the option to Save, Save As,...layers. You might even have symbol instances that data in the image. You can paste or place the data in Photoshop from Illustrator. See Adobe Video Workshop topic, Using Smart Objects and Live Color Saving and Exporting While file formats and export options are different in each component...
...save a copy of your file. Saving As lets you save a version of saving and exporting is an easy and effective workflow. Sharing symbols between Illustrator and Flash is very similar. Once a Smart Object stores source data inside a Photoshop document, you can have the option to Save, Save As,...layers. You might even have symbol instances that data in the image. You can paste or place the data in Photoshop from Illustrator. See Adobe Video Workshop topic, Using Smart Objects and Live Color Saving and Exporting While file formats and export options are different in each component...
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... also select a profile name from the File menu: Illustrator-Choose Save As and select Adobe PDF (pdf ) as the format. CREATING ADOBE PDF FILES Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) is simple, thanks to a consistent user interface in Creative Suite components and shared PDF presets that contain optimal settings for..., and that meets the needs of the intended use of the settings, or click Save or Export to finish. 18 Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium and Standard Workflow Guide Creating PDF files Generating PDF files is a key technology in real time, via e-mail or server. Use...
... also select a profile name from the File menu: Illustrator-Choose Save As and select Adobe PDF (pdf ) as the format. CREATING ADOBE PDF FILES Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) is simple, thanks to a consistent user interface in Creative Suite components and shared PDF presets that contain optimal settings for..., and that meets the needs of the intended use of the settings, or click Save or Export to finish. 18 Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium and Standard Workflow Guide Creating PDF files Generating PDF files is a key technology in real time, via e-mail or server. Use...
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Bridge Overview Adobe® Bridge CS3 is your files. The center pane shows content thumbnails. You can also hide all side panes by double-clicking on their tabs. ... a larger preview of Filmstrip workspace and customizable buttons Example of three main panes 20 Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium and Standard Workflow Guide Example of your selected file, metadata, and keyword information. Use scalable previews to view full-color Photoshop images, Illustrator graphics, multi-page PDF files, snippets, QuickTime Workspaces The default Bridge workspace contains three...
Bridge Overview Adobe® Bridge CS3 is your files. The center pane shows content thumbnails. You can also hide all side panes by double-clicking on their tabs. ... a larger preview of Filmstrip workspace and customizable buttons Example of three main panes 20 Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium and Standard Workflow Guide Example of your selected file, metadata, and keyword information. Use scalable previews to view full-color Photoshop images, Illustrator graphics, multi-page PDF files, snippets, QuickTime Workspaces The default Bridge workspace contains three...
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... Bridge + Design Edition 23 See Adobe Creative Suite 3 Video Workshop topics: • Importing images into webready assets, or to create contact sheets, or PDF presentations. • Batch-rename assets based on metadata attributes such as color profile and resolution. See Adobe Creative Suite 3 Video ...-download images from your camera, batchapply metadata templates, and convert the images to DNG. • Send multiple image files to Illustrator to batch-Live Trace them, which produces vectorized images. • Send files to Photoshop to batch-convert images into Bridge ...
... Bridge + Design Edition 23 See Adobe Creative Suite 3 Video Workshop topics: • Importing images into webready assets, or to create contact sheets, or PDF presentations. • Batch-rename assets based on metadata attributes such as color profile and resolution. See Adobe Creative Suite 3 Video ...-download images from your camera, batchapply metadata templates, and convert the images to DNG. • Send multiple image files to Illustrator to batch-Live Trace them, which produces vectorized images. • Send files to Photoshop to batch-convert images into Bridge ...