Overview
The future looks bright for Web developers! With Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium, you now have fantastic tools that enable you to create a wide array of content and graphics to deploy on a Web site that is dynamic and easy to maintain.
Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies is a hands-on, easy-to-understand guide to the main features in all the CS3 Web development products. The no-nonsense approach is designed to help you build Web sites by covering the basics of each program—Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Fireworks, Illustrator, Flash, Contribute, and Acrobat—as well as the new features in a clear and concise minibook. You get all the expert guidance you need to:
- Choose the right tools for the job
- Create basic HTML Web pages
- Punch up your pages with forms and frames in Dreamweaver
- Save Photoshop images for print and the Web
- Work with text, shapes, and images in Fireworks
- Understand page layout
- Use layers, filters, and effects in Illustrator
- Work with animation, sound, and video in Flash
- Add interactivity to PDF files in Acrobat
- Integrate Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, and Contribute with other Adobe products
- Tackle advanced concepts
- And much, much more!
This friendly guide doesn’t just cover all the new tools in the Suite; it also offers you a primer on Web design as well as insight into how the Suite influences design. Complete with helpful hints on securing your work, Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies is your one-stop guide to making the most of the Suite and developing for the Web quickly and easily!
Editorials
From Barnes & Noble
The Adobe/Macromedia merger has given us the best web design and development suite ever created: Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Fireworks, Illustrator, Flash, Contribute, and Acrobat, all in one box. To actually wield all that power, you need a friendly, easy reference: one that can teach you the new features, introduce you to the applications you're less familiar with, and deliver quick answers on practically anything. Here it is: Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies.You'll find concise, handy "minibooks" on all seven of these programs here. (While this happens to be a very big book for a very reasonable price, the For Dummies All-In-One Desk Reference format makes it very convenient and accessible, too.)
So if you're a longtime Photoshop jockey who's always wanted to learn basic Flash animation, this book will help you. If you're finally moving from FreeHand to Illustrator, it'll help you do that, too. And if you're a Dreamweaver user working in an environment where non-web designers must provide content, you really ought to read the chapters on Contribute.
Of course, the authors highlight many of CS3's biggest improvements. (For example, Dreamweaver users will appreciate the chapter-length introduction to Spry, Adobe's new framework for creating rich content with Ajax.) But they've also ferreted out some helpful smaller enhancements, too. (Photoshop CS3 now lets you click Add To Swatches right from the Color Picker to save a color you'll want to use again -- nice).
Put it all together, and you have an excellent reference with all the simplicity and clarity you expect when you see that For Dummies label. Bill Camarda, from the October 2007 Read Only