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Library of Congress Control Number: 2007932380 ISBN: 978-0-470-12099-6 Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 01_120996 ffirs.qxp 7/12/07 11:54 PM Page ii About the Authors Damon Dean leads the client services group for Revcube, a cross-channel marketing optomization company based in San Francisco. His team is respon- sible for producing all client integrations on the Revcube platform, as well as the Revcube product integration with search, display, e-mail, and other channels. Damon came to Revcube after 12 years of managing, designing, and delivering consumer and enterprise Internet applications and software on the both the client and agency side. Previous to his time at Revcube, Damon spent five years as the Director of Product Development for the California HealthCare Foundation, a $1 billion philanthropy. His team was responsible for the design and development all of CHCF’s online properties, which included some 10 Web properties, as well as a whole suite of CRM, content management, and grant-making applications. CHCF is considered a leader among philanthropies in its use of innovative technology to promote social change in the health care market. Before joining CHCF, Damon was employee number six at 415, a San Francisco Web design and development agency. As the Solutions Director, Damon led 415’s professional services efforts for Fortune 1000 firms on strategic marketing, product design, and development and business process engineering. Damon’s successful track record includes work with Credit Suisse, Schwab, Robert Mondavi, BART, Hasbro, Levi’s, and others. Damon also led the development of 415’s technology assets. Before his time at 415, Damon spent the previous three years leading software devel- opment teams at AnyRiver Entertainment (an Electronic Arts Spinoff). He began his career in marketing for PC World magazine. Damon is also the author five books, all published by John Wiley & Sons. Andy Cowitt is a Web Producer at the California HealthCare Foundation, where he engages in Web development in multiple capacities. He spent his formative Web years at the award-winning firm 415, Inc. While at 415, Andy worked on multimedia presentations and Web sites for Apple, Oracle, Macromedia, the San Francisco Symphony, KQED and others. In his spare time, Andy uses his computer to make music and videos. He lives in Oakland with illustrator Michael Wertz and their dog, Olive. Jennifer Smith is the co-founder and Vice President of Aquent Graphics Institute (AGI). She has authored numerous books on Adobe’s software products, including development of many of the Adobe Classroom in a Book titles. She regularly speaks at conferences and seminars, including the CRE8 Conference. Jennifer has worked in all aspects of graphic design and produc- tion, including as an art director of an advertising agency. Jennifer combines her practical experience and technical expertise as an educator. She has developed training programs for Adobe Systems and for all types of design- ers involved in creating print, Web, interactive, along with fashion and 01_120996 ffirs.qxp 7/12/07 11:54 PM Page iii apparel. Her teaching and writing style shows the clear direction of a prac- ticed designer with in-depth knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite applica- tions. When she’s not speaking or teaching, she can be found in suburban Boston, Massachusetts with her husband and children. You can learn about Jennifer’s seminar and conference appearances at agitraining.com. Christopher Smith is co-founder and President of Aquent Graphics Institute (AGI), the training and professional development division of Aquent that serves creative and marketing organizations. An Adobe Certified Expert for multiple Adobe products, he has worked as part of the Adobe Creative Team to develop many of the Adobe Classroom in a Book series and has authored numerous books on both InDesign and Acrobat. Christopher manages con- tent for the CRE8 Conference for creative professionals and also the Adobe Acrobat & PDF Conference. He has also served as an elected member of the school board in his hometown in suburban Boston, Massachusetts, where he lives with his wife and children. Dedication Damon Dean: Chris, between the dog and cat, it’s amazing that we’re still a family. Nah, maybe not so much! Much love, Damon. Andy Cowitt: For Michael, as always. Jennifer and Christopher Smith: To our parents, Ed and Nancy Smith, along with Mary Kelly. In loving memory of Jennifer’s father, Joseph Kelly, the best teacher of all. Also to our perfect children, Kelly, Alex, Grant, Elizabeth, and Edward. 01_120996 ffirs.qxp 7/12/07 11:54 PM Page iv Authors’ Acknowledgments Damon Dean: Every book requires the hard work of a large number of folks, the vast majority of which we never see. Revisions are even more challenging because as an author, you’re constantly trying to remember what it was you wrote back in the first version of a product and whether it’s still relevant. There is, however, a team of folks that are there to keep you on the ball, and for that I’m always grateful. Steve Hayes, our acquisition editor, continues to ask me and Andy to do these books, so a big thank you there! On this revi- sion, Susan Christophersen was a tremendous shepherd of the book and my general lazy tendencies. Without her cheerful e-mails, we’d be late, or later, if you prefer! And a fine thank you to Ron Rockwell for all his vigilance in keep- ing us accurate. And to all the other production folks, thank you for making us all look good. Andy Cowitt: Thanks to the Cowitts, Wertzes, and Saraccos, with special nods to Michael and to Damon. Also, props to Mike and all my other col- leagues past and present at the California HealthCare Foundation. Jennifer and Christopher Smith: Thanks to all our friends and colleagues at Adobe Systems for their support, encouragement, and faith in all our work, especially surrounding the Creative Suite 3 launch: Jane, Joe, Ron, Dave, Donna, Ali, Noha, Lynn, Adam, Jeffrey, Lori, Richard, and the many product team members who responded to our questions throughout the writing process. A special thank you also to Fred Gerantabee, the master of all things Flash. Thanks for your significant contributions to this book. Thank you also to Yvette Grimes for assistance in updating information. To the highly professional instructional staff at Aquent Graphics Institute (AGI), we appreciate your great insight into the best ways to help others learn creative software applications. Thanks to all at Wiley Publishing. This book involves a lot of detail and infor- mation, and it was up to Melody Lane, acquisitions editor for our three mini- books in this book, and her “tough love” to make sure that it got to the state it is now. Thanks to Kelly Ewing and technical editor Cathy Auclair for the great insight. Grant, Elizabeth, and Edward — thanks for putting up with our long hours in front of the keyboard night after night. Thanks to all of Kelly’s friends for permission to use their photos. 01_120996 ffirs.qxp 7/12/07 11:54 PM Page v Publisher’s Acknowledgments We’re proud of this book; please send us your comments through our online registration form located at www.dummies.com/register/. Some of the people who helped bring this book to market include the following: Acquisitions, Editorial, and Media Development Project and Copy Editors: Susan Christophersen and Kelly Ewing Previous edition: Christopher Morris Executive Editor: Steve Hayes Technical Editors: Ron Rockwell and Cathy Auclair Editorial Manager: Jodi Jensen Media Development Manager: Laura VanWinkle Editorial Assistant: Amanda Foxworth Cartoons: Rich Tennant ( www.the5thwave.com) Composition Services Project Coordinator: Erin Smith Layout and Graphics: Carl Byers, Denny Hager, Joyce Haughey, Christine Williams Proofreaders: Aptara, Cynthia Fields, John Greenough, Brian Walls Indexer: Aptara Publishing and Editorial for Technology Dummies Richard Swadley, Vice President and Executive Group Publisher Andy Cummings, Vice President and Publisher Mary Bednarek, Executive Acquisitions Director Mary C. Corder, Editorial Director Publishing for Consumer Dummies Diane Graves Steele, Vice President and Publisher Joyce Pepple, Acquisitions Director Composition Services Gerry Fahey, Vice President of Production Services Debbie Stailey, Director of Composition Services 01_120996 ffirs.qxp 7/12/07 11:54 PM Page vi Contents at a Glance Introduction 1 Book I: Dreamweaver CS3 7 Chapter 1: Introduction to Dreamweaver CS3 9 Chapter 2: Creating Basic Web Pages 21 Chapter 3: Creating and Using Dreamweaver Sites 43 Chapter 4: Punching Up Your Pages with Forms and Frames 59 Chapter 5: Laying Out Pages with AP Divs and AP Elements 77 Chapter 6: Advanced Web Page Design Techniques 91 Chapter 7: Adding Interactivity with Spry 113 Book II: Photoshop CS3 147 Chapter 1: Exploring New Features in Photoshop CS3 149 Chapter 2: Getting into Photoshop CS3 Basics 157 Chapter 3: Messing with Mode Matters 167 Chapter 4: Creating a Selection 175 Chapter 5: Using the Photoshop Pen Tool 189 Chapter 6: Thinking about Resolution Basics 199 Chapter 7: Creating a Good Image 205 Chapter 8: Working with Painting and Retouching Tools 219 Chapter 9: Using Layers 235 Chapter 10: Saving Photoshop Images for Print and the Web 249 Book III: Fireworks CS3 261 Chapter 1: Introduction to Fireworks CS3 263 Chapter 2: Fireworks CS3 Basics 283 Chapter 3: Working with Text, Shapes, and Images 299 Chapter 4: Transforming Text, Shapes, and Images 329 Chapter 5: The Power of Layers and Frames 363 Chapter 6: Slicing Up Content for the Web 391 Chapter 7: Advanced Fireworks CS3 Tools 413 Book IV: Illustrator CS3 441 Chapter 1: What’s New in Adobe Illustrator CS3? 443 Chapter 2: Discovering Illustrator CS3 449 Chapter 3: Using the Selection Tools 461 Chapter 4: Creating Basic Shapes 471 02_120996 ftoc.qxp 7/12/07 11:55 PM Page vii Chapter 5: Using the Pen Tool and Placing Images 479 Chapter 6: Using Type in Illustrator 493 Chapter 7: Organizing Your Illustrations 517 Chapter 8: Using Layers 527 Chapter 9: Livening Up Illustrations with Color 533 Chapter 10: Using the Transform and Distortions Tools 553 Chapter 11: Working with Transparency and Special Effects Tools 563 Chapter 12: Using Filters and Effects 575 Chapter 13: Using Your Illustrator Images 587 Book V: Flash CS3 603 Chapter 1: Introduction to Adobe Flash CS3 605 Chapter 2: Using the Graphics Tools 623 Chapter 3: Working with Symbols 647 Chapter 4: Making Your Life Easier with Layers 657 Chapter 5: Creating Animation 669 Chapter 6: Adding Sound and Video 683 Chapter 7: Publishing Movies 691 Chapter 8: Using Flash’s Components 705 Book VI: Contribute CS3 713 Chapter 1: Introduction to Contribute CS3 715 Chapter 2: Basics for Contributors 731 Chapter 3: Contribute CS3 Administration 757 Book VII: Acrobat 8 793 Chapter 1: Discovering Essential Acrobat Information 795 Chapter 2: Creating PDF Files 803 Chapter 3: Adding Interactivity to PDF Files 813 Chapter 4: Editing and Extracting Text and Graphics 821 Chapter 5: Using Commenting and Annotation Tools 829 Chapter 6: Securing Your PDF Files 841 Index 847 02_120996 ftoc.qxp 7/12/07 11:55 PM Page viii [...]... Chapter 4: Transforming Text, Shapes, and Images 32 9 Scaling Graphics 32 9 Using the Scale Transformation tool .33 0 Resizing by entering numerical values 33 2 Distorting and Skewing Images and Text 33 3 Distorting an image 33 3 Skewing an image .33 4 Distorting and skewing text 33 5 Rotating and Flipping Graphics and Text 33 7 Rotating graphics... shuffle? For those of us who always used Photoshop and Acrobat as well as the applications in the Studio suite, the question was, How long do we have to wait for better integration of Adobe s software with Dreamweaver, Flash, and Fireworks? With Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium, we have our answers, and the future looks bright for Web developers! About This Book Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium All-in-One. .. mask 37 4 Using the Web Layer 37 5 Cutting your objects with the Slice tool 37 7 Slicing your canvas more exactly with the Polygon Slice tool .37 7 Working with Objects 37 8 Renaming an object in the Layers panel 37 8 Moving an object between layers 37 8 02_120996 ftoc.qxp 7/12/07 xviii 11:55 PM Page xviii ACS 3 Web Premium All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies Setting... 731 Connecting to a Site . 731 Connecting to a site with the connection key 732 Connecting to a site with the Connection Wizard 733 Opening an Existing Page for Editing . 736 Creating a New Page 737 Working with Text 738 Adding text 738 Formatting text 738 Working with Tables 7 43 Inserting a table 7 43 Adding information... .37 9 Blending .37 9 Managing Frames 38 3 Adding frames 38 3 Deleting and editing frames 38 5 Renaming frames 38 5 Using Frames to Create Rollovers and Animated GIFs 38 5 Creating a rollover 38 5 Creating an animated GIF 38 7 Chapter 6: Slicing Up Content for the Web 39 1 Exploring the Advantages of Using Slices 39 1... 10: Using the Transform and Distortion Tools 5 53 Working with Transformations 5 53 Transforming an object .554 Using the Transform tools .557 Creating Distortions 559 The Liquify tools .560 Using the Envelope Distort command .561 02_120996 ftoc.qxp xxii 7/12/07 11:55 PM Page xxii ACS 3 Web Premium All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies Chapter 11:... Blog Defaults preferences 727 Setting Editing preferences .728 Setting File Editors preferences 728 Setting FTP Proxy preferences 729 Setting Invisible Elements preferences 729 Setting PDF Documents preferences 729 Setting Ping Servers preferences 730 Setting Security preferences . 730 Setting Tagging preferences 730 Chapter 2: Basics for Contributors... graphics .33 8 Rotating text 33 9 Flipping images 34 0 Flipping text 34 0 Adding Gradients, Textures, and Patterns to Shape Fills and Bitmap Selections .34 2 Introducing gradients 34 2 Adding patterns 34 7 Adding textures 34 8 Adjusting Color Information and More with Filters .34 8 Fine-tuning your colors 34 9 Blurring and... 8 03 Creating PDF Files from Microsoft Office 8 03 PDF conversion options 804 PDF conversion options from Microsoft Word and Excel .805 Converting PowerPoint files to PDF .806 02_120996 ftoc.qxp 7/12/07 xxviii 11:55 PM Page xxviii ACS 3 Web Premium All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies Creating PDF Files from Adobe Creative Suite Applications 806 Converting... ftoc.qxp xiv 7/12/07 11:55 PM Page xiv ACS 3 Web Premium All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies Chapter 6: Thinking about Resolution Basics 199 Creating Images for Print 199 The resolution formula 200 Changing the resolution 201 Determining the Resolution for Web Images 202 Applying the Unsharp Mask Filter to an Image 2 03 Chapter 7: Creating a Good Image . Smith Creative Suite ® 3 Web Premium ALL-IN-ONE DESK REFERENCE FOR DUMmIES ‰ Adobe ®® 01_120996 ffirs.qxp 7/12/07 11:54 PM Page i Adobe ® Creative Suite ® 3 Web Premium All-in-One Desk Reference For. layers 37 8 02_120996 ftoc.qxp 7/12/07 11:55 PM Page xvii ACS 3 Web Premium All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies xviii Setting an object’s opacity/transparency 37 9 Blending 37 9 Managing Frames 38 3 Adding. .32 9 Scaling Graphics 32 9 Using the Scale Transformation tool 33 0 Resizing by entering numerical values 33 2 Distorting and Skewing Images and Text 33 3 Distorting an image 33 3 Skewing an image 33 4 Distorting