Page 8 - Adobe Photoshop,Illustrator and InDesign 2021

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Acknowledgements iii Project 1
Campground Icons 41
Walk-Through iv Stage 1 / Setting up the Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Create a New Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Projects at a Glance vi Define Smart Guide Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Draw Rounded Rectangles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Getting Started xiii More about Working with Live Corners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Understanding Selection Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
The Adobe User Interface 1 Control Fill and Stroke Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Control Object Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Explore the InDesign Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Understanding Alignment Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Understanding the Application Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Align and Distribute Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Menus in Adobe Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Import Template Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Explore the Arrangement of InDesign Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Manage Multiple Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Identifying and Accessing Tools in InDesign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Stage 2 / Drawing with Basic Shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts and Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Numerically Transform Drawing Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Create a Saved Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Shear and Reflect Drawing Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Explore InDesign Document Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Manage Artwork with Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Summing up the InDesign View Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Using the Group Selection Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Controlling Display Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Create Artwork with Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Explore the Arrangement of Multiple Documents . . . . . . . . . . 20
The Stroke Panel in Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Explore the Illustrator User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Draw with Live Shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
More about the Illustrator Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Transforming Objects with the Bounding Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Identifying and Accessing Illustrator Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Understanding the Free Transform Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Customizing Tools Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Explore Artwork Outlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Summing up the Illustrator View Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Working with GPU Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Explore the Photoshop User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Draw with the Shaper Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Identifying and Accessing Photoshop Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Draw with the Pencil Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Customizing the Photoshop Tools Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Edit Individual Grouped Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Summing up the Photoshop View Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Editing Similar Shapes with Global Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Project Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Portfolio Builder Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

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