The Adobe Creative Suite is Adobe's complete design package for print and the web. The Creative Suite Premium includes Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat Professional, Version Cue, and GoLive. Creative Suite 2.3 also adds Acrobat 8 Professional and Dreamweaver. This training series covers the basics of every application in Creative Suite 2, as well as overviews of Acrobat 8 and Dreamweaver 8. This course is taught by author, consultant, funny guy, and Adobe Certified Instructor, Chad Perkins. This training series is the best way to get up to speed with all of these amazing applications. And whether you're completely new to some, or all, of these great programs, or whether you're a seasoned expert, there are essential tips and tricks in this series that will completely change your workflow. Work files are included. To begin learning today, simply click on one of the Adobe CS2 Power Projects movie links.
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Introduction
Welcome & Overview Other Bundle Options Standard CS2 Workflow Creative Suite 2 Universals
Universal Keyboard Shortcuts pt. 1 Universal Keyboard Shortcuts pt. 2 Workspaces Adobe Help Center Guides & Other Helpers The Adobe Color Picker pt. 1 The Adobe Color Picker pt. 2 The Black & White Arrows Explained Character & Paragraph Palettes pt. 1 Character & Paragraph Palettes pt. 2 Intro to Color Raster vs. Vector Intro to Adobe Photoshop CS2
What is Photoshop? Photoshop Interface Overview
Photoshop Basics
Selecting with Marquee Tools
Selecting with Lasso Tools pt. 1
Selecting with Lasso Tools pt. 2
Selecting with Color
Saving Selections
Color Correction Basics pt. 1
Color Correction Basics pt. 2
Using Layers pt. 1
Using Layers pt. 2
Adjustment Layers
Layer Styles
Painting
Filters pt. 1
Filters pt. 2
Actions & Automation
"Doctoring" Images
Layer Comps
Essential File Formats
Printing
Intro to Adobe Illustrator CS2
What is Illustrator?
Illustrator Basics
Creating with Shapes
Strokes & Fills
Transforming Shapes
Anchor Points & a Secret
Stacking Order
Combining Shapes
Blends & Meshes
Intro to Appearances
3D Effects
The Symbolism Tools
Expanding
Live Trace
Live Paint
Print & Print Prep
Intro to Adobe InDesign CS2
What is InDesign?
InDesign Basics
Creating New Files pt. 1
Creating New Files pt. 2
Text & Image Boxes
Fitting Placed Images
Placing Microsoft Word Files
Page Basics
Master Pages
Links
Fiksing Yure Badd Spellling
Paragraph Styles pt. 1
Paragraph Styles pt. 2
Glyphs
Not Your Everyday Eyedropper
Preflight & Package for Print
Intro to Adobe GoLive CS2
What is GoLive?
GoLive Basics
Creating New Sites
Creating Web Pages
Using the Inspector & Laying Out Pages
Bringing in Images & Linking
Testing Your Site
Intro to Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional
What is Acrobat?
Acrobat Basics
A Slightly Different Interface
Making Comments
Creating PDFs from Web Sites
Recognizing Scanned Text
Creating Links
Touching Up Text
Initiating a PDF-based Review
Digitally Signing Documents
Intro to ImageReady CS2
What is ImageReady?
ImageReady Basics
Making Web Pages by Slicing pt. 1
Making Web Pages by Slicing pt. 2
Creating Web Rollovers
Optimizing Images for the Web pt. 1
Optimizing Images for the Web pt. 2
Creating Animations
Intro to Adobe Bridge
What is Bridge?
Bridge Basics
Metadata & Keywords
Sort & Organize
Favorites
Adobe Stock Photos
Intro to Version Cue CS2
What is VersionCue?
Version Cue Basics
Setting Up a Project in Bridge
Saving & Changing Versions
Version Cue Tidbits
Product Integration
Using Illustrator Files in Photoshop
Using Photoshop Files in Illustrator
Using Multi-Layer PSD Files in InDesign
SmartObjects in GoLive
Using InDesign Packages in GoLive
Create PDF Links in InDesign
Making a Web Photo Gallery in Photoshop
Creative Suite 2.3 New Additions Overview
Dreamweaver 8
Acrobat 8
Final Thoughts
Ways to Buy Cheaper & Legal
New & Improved Adobe Exchange
Other Resources
A Little About Chad
Goodbye!