Adobe Creative Cloud makes the most popular tools used by designers, photographers, and other creative professionals accessible in a single place. Adobe Creative Cloud All-in-One For Dummies is the ultimate one-stop reference guide for how to use them all. Whatever gets your creative juices flowing, you'll find the in-depth guidance required to deliver the results you want, from polishing-up photos and images to creating illustrations and designs. And once your assets are just how you want them, you can pick up best practices for managing and publishing via the amazing Adobe Bridge.

Written by pro designers for those getting started with this powerful set of tools, this book gives you an overview of Creative Cloud and step-by-step coverage of the major applications--InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat Pro, and Adobe XD, and Adobe Bridge--in seven mini-books that take you from the basics to more advanced topics. You'll also discover how to get your work noticed by building personal galleries and displaying your creative wares.

Find the essentials on the top tools in Adobe Creative Cloud
Build and enhance your design skills
Protect your documents with Acrobat Pro
Get the most out of each program with insider tips

Whatever your skill level and project needs, you'll find the essentials you need to demystify these complex programs and the knowledge to make your work shine even more brightly through the Cloud!

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Jennifer Smith is the director of user experience design practice at the American Graphics Institute. She is also a designer, consultant, educator, mentor, and author of over a dozen books on digital imaging and web publishing.

Christopher Smith is president of the American Graphics Institute. He is author of more than ten books on digital publishing, including many of the Adobe official training guides.

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Fly higher in your Creative Cloud Adobe Creative Cloud makes the most popular tools used by designers, photographers, and other creative professionals accessible in a single place. Adobe Creative Cloud All-in-One For Dummies is the ultimate one-stop reference guide for how to use them all. Whatever gets your creative juices flowing, you'll find the in-depth guidance required to deliver the results you want, from polishing-up photos and images to creating illustrations and designs. And once your assets are just how you want them, you can pick up best practices for managing and publishing via the amazing Adobe Bridge. Written by pro designers for those getting started with this powerful set of tools, this book gives you an overview of Creative Cloud and step-by-step coverage of the major applications--InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat Pro, and Adobe XD, and Adobe Bridge--in seven mini-books that take you from the basics to more advanced topics. You'll also discover how to get your work noticed by building personal galleries and displaying your creative wares. Find the essentials on the top tools in Adobe Creative Cloud Build and enhance your design skills Protect your documents with Acrobat Pro Get the most out of each program with insider tips Whatever your skill level and project needs, you'll find the essentials you need to demystify these complex programs and the knowledge to make your work shine even more brightly through the Cloud!

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Introduction 1 Why is It Important? 2 About This Book 2 Foolish Assumptions 4 Icons Used in This Book 4 Beyond the Book 4 Where to Go from Here 5 Book 1: Getting Started With the Creative Cloud Suite 7 Chapter 1: The Creative Cloud 9 Applications Covered in This Book 10 Crossing the Adobe Bridge 11 Getting started with Photoshop CC 11 Introducing InDesign CC 11 Using Illustrator CC 12 Working with Acrobat DC 13 Prototyping your apps with Adobe XD 14 Integrating software 15 Acquiring assets for this book 15 Chapter 2: Creative Cloud Application Management 17 Downloading Your First App 17 Checking for updates 19 Getting started 20 Chapter 3: Creative Cloud Extras for You 21 Launching the Creative Cloud App 22 Apps 22 Categories 23 Managing Your Fonts 24 Resource Links 24 Your Work 25 Libraries 25 Show Cloud Documents 29 Discovering Design Opportunities with New Fonts 32 Finding Images with Adobe Stock 33 Promoting Yourself with Behance 34 Creating a Cover 36 Bonus! Adobe Portfolio 37 It's Not Just Apps! 38 Chapter 4: Using Common Menus and Commands 39 Discovering Common Menus 39 Using Dialog Boxes 41 Encountering Alerts 43 Discovering Common Menu Options 44 About Contextual Menus 45 Using Common Keyboard Shortcuts 46 Changing Your Preferences 48 Chapter 5: Exploring Common Panels 51 Understanding the Common Workspace 51 Using Panels in the Workspace 53 Moving panels 54 Looking at common panels 55 Book 2: Adobe Bridge 57 Chapter 1: Organizing and Managing Your Files with Adobe Bridge 59 Getting to Know the Adobe Bridge Workspace 60 Practice makes perfect 62 Finding and using your folders within Adobe Bridge 62 The default workspace 64 Looking for a better view 65 Creating a new folder 66 Moving a file to another folder 67 Making a favorite 68 Investigating the Application bar 69 Developing a Bridge habit 69 Chapter 2: Taking Advantage of Metadata in Adobe Bridge 71 Locating Your Files 71 Using Keywords 74 Creating a Metadata Template 75 Searching for Files Using Adobe Bridge 77 Searching by name or keyword 77 Using the Filter panel 78 Saving a Collection 79 Chapter 3: Using Automation Tools in Adobe Bridge 81 Getting Files from Your Camera 81 Automation Tools in Adobe Bridge 83 Batch renaming your files 83 Exporting your files from Bridge 85 Loading files as layers 85 Building a contact sheet 86 Book 3: Photoshop CC 89 Chapter 1: Getting into Photoshop CC Basics 91 The Start Screen 91 The New Document Window 92 Sample Images Can Help You Investigate More Features 93 Opening an Image 94 Getting to Know the Tools 94 Navigating the Work Area 97 Changing your workspace 97 Resetting your workspace 99 Docking and saving panels 99 Saving your workspace 100 Taking advantage of workspace features 100 Zooming in to get a better look 100 Choosing Your Screen Mode 102 Getting Started with Basic Tasks in Photoshop CC 102 Cropping an image 102 Using grids as you crop 105 Using the Frame tool to create cropped images 106 Saving images 109 Chapter 2: Messing with Mode Matters 111 Working with Bitmap Images 111 Choosing the Correct Photoshop Mode 113 Bitmap 113 Grayscale 113 Duotone 114 Index color 117 RGB 117 CMYK 118 LAB color 118 Multichannel 119 Bit depth 119 Chapter 3: Making Selective Changes 121 Getting to Know the Selection Tools 121 The Marquee tool 122 The Lasso tool 125 The Object Selection tool 126 The Quick Selection tool 127 The Magic Wand tool 128 Painting a selection with the Quick Mask tool 129 Manipulating Selections with Refine Selection 132 Transforming selections 132 Transforming selections 132 Feathering 135 Tweaking the edges of a selection in the Select and Mask workspace 138 Selecting the Subject 143 Saving Selections 144 Chapter 4: Using the Photoshop Pen Tool 145 Selecting the Right Pen Tool for the Task 146 Using a Path as a Selection 146 Creating Curved Paths 148 Clipping Paths 150 Using Shape Layers 152 Creating and using a custom shape 153 Changing the color of the shape 155 Changing the color fill of a custom shape 156 Changing the stroke on a live vector shape 157 Creating a stroke on a custom shape 158 Removing a shape layer 159 Chapter 5: Creating Images in the Right Resolution for Print and the Web 161 Creating Images for Print 161 The resolution formula 163 Changing the resolution 163 Determining the Resolution for Web Images 166 Applying the Unsharp Mask Filter to an Image 167 Chapter 6: Creating a Good Image 169 Reading a Histogram 169 Breaking into key types 172 Starting the process to improve your image 174…