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Acknowledgements iii Project 1
Campground Icons 39
Walk-Through iv Stage 1 / Setting up the Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Create a New Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Projects at a Glance vi Define Smart Guide Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Draw Rounded Rectangles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Getting Started xiii More about Working with Live Corners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Understanding Selection Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
The Adobe User Interface 1 Control Fill and Stroke Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Control Object Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Explore the InDesign Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Understanding Alignment Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Understanding the Application Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Align and Distribute Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Menus in Adobe Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Import Template Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Explore the Arrangement of InDesign Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Manage Multiple Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Identifying and Accessing Tools in InDesign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Stage 2 / Drawing with Basic Shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts and Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Numerically Transform Drawing Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Create a Saved Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Explore the InDesign Document Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Shear and Reflect Drawing Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Summing up InDesign View Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Manage Artwork with Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Controlling Display Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Using the Group Selection Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Create Artwork with Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Explore the Arrangement of Multiple Documents . . . . . . . . . . 19
The Stroke Panel in Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Explore the Illustrator User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
More About the Illustrator Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Draw with Live Shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Customizing Illustrator Tools Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Transforming Objects with the Bounding Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Identifying and Accessing Illustrator Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Understanding the Free Transform Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Explore Artwork Outlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Summing Up the Illustrator View Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Working with GPU Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Explore the Photoshop User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Identifying and Accessing Photoshop Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Draw with the Shaper Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Customizing the Photoshop Tools Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Draw with the Pencil Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Summing Up the Photoshop View Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Edit Individual Grouped Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Editing Similar Shapes with Global Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Project Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Portfolio Builder Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

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