Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies

by Damon A. Dean, Andy Cowitt, Jennifer Smith

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!

1301 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Jennifer Smith is a noted web and graphics technology expert. She is the author of more than one dozen books on digital imaging and Web publishing. She has been hired many times by Adobe systems to develop and deliver training content to Adobe employees, and to write books for Adobe Press. She is the cofounder of American Graphics Institute, and outside of her Photoshop and Illustrator work, she also is involved with UX and UI design using Expression Studio, Expression Web, and Silverlight."