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Creating a Print Layout (Adobe Creative Suite 5) Part 1

Lesson Overview In this lesson, you’ll learn the skills and techniques you need to put together a sophisticated print magazine: •    Using Mini Bridge and Bridge to preview and select files •    Creating a document in InDesign •    Working with layer comps in Photoshop files •    Adjusting raw images •    Importing and styling text •    […]

Creating a Print Layout (Adobe Creative Suite 5) Part 2

Selecting and editing frames that are stacked behind other frames The sunrise image should also be extended across the new page, but you can’t select it by clicking because it’s completely behind the Cover_Models.psd image. Fortunately, there’s more than one way to select it. 1    With the Selection tool, hold down the Control/Command key, and […]

Creating a Print Layout (Adobe Creative Suite 5) Part 3

Working with camera raw images Camera raw format files are now common for high-quality digital photographs. The Camera Raw plug-in for Adobe Photoshop enables you to adjust a raw image and to then save it in a file format that can be placed in InDesign. 1 In InDesign, navigate to page 17. If not already […]

Creating a Print Layout (Adobe Creative Suite 5) Part 4

Applying paragraph styles In the story you just imported, one of the headings has the wrong style applied. It’s body text, but it should be a heading. You’ll fix this by applying the correct paragraph style. 1    While viewing page l3, open the Paragraph Styles panel (Window > Styles > Paragraph Styles). 2   Select the […]

Creating a Print Layout (Adobe Creative Suite 5) Part 5

Creating live captions Keywords, captions, and other metadata are becoming increasingly critical to print and online publishing. One way you can use metadata to enhance your publishing workflow is to automatically generate captions next to photos on the layout. 1    Choose Object > Captions > Caption Setup. 2    In the Caption Setup dialog box, set […]

Creating a Print Layout (Adobe Creative Suite 5) Part 6

Tracking text changes Get to final copy faster by tracking text changes directly in your InDesign document. You can write, edit, and mark up text in InDesign CS5 without needing to import separate text files and remap styles every time there are copy changes. 1 Navigate to page l3. Choose Window > Editorial > Assignments, […]

Creating a Print Layout (Adobe Creative Suite 5) Part 7

Checking the effective resolution of linked images You can use the Links panel to verify that the linked images have a high enough resolution for your intended mode of output. The effective resolution of a placed image is defined by the resolution of the original image and the scale factor at which it is placed […]

Creating an Online Version of a Print Layout (Adobe Creative Suite 5) Part 1

Lesson Overview In this lesson, you’ll learn all the skills and techniques you need to put together a sophisticated multimedia brochure: • Adding animation • Adding interactivity •  Editing movie files in Photoshop •  Adding video and audio •  Exporting to Flash Player and Flash Professional CS5 format You’ll probably need between one and two […]

Creating an Online Version of a Print Layout (Adobe Creative Suite 5) Part 2

Online publishing with the EPUB format The EPUB format is an XML-based format designed to enable text to reflow according to the capabilities of various eBook readers, which means that you can resize the text, change the font, or view an eBook on different screen sizes, and the text will reflow to fill the available […]

Creating an Online Version of a Print Layout (Adobe Creative Suite 5) Part 3

Editing video in Photoshop When you import video into Photoshop Extended, the image frames are placed in a video layer. You can add layers above that video layer to apply image adjustments or to overlay text and graphics, and you can use the Animation (Timeline) panel to adjust how video layers play back. 1    Switch […]

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