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Adobe InDesign CS5 : Erasing to Reshape Paths & Working with Pathfinder

If you have overlapping objects, you can use buttons on the Pathfinder panel to create compound shapes, which are editable and releasable (restoring original attributes).

Adobe InDesign CS5 : Using the Pencil Tool

The Pencil tool is exactly what its name implies...a pencil. If you like to draw freehand or sketch objects, especially with a drawing tablet, the Pencil tool is right for you.

Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5 : Importing Your Project into Flash Builder - Beginning the Import Process

Catalyst creates FXP files. An FXP file is actually nothing more than a zipped Flex project, which can be opened directly in Flash Builder. Therefore, there is nothing special you actually need to do in order to export your file to Flash Builder; it will automatically be in a file format supported by Flash Builder.

Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5 : Designing with Data - Using a wireframe data list

As with all data lists, the repeated item has Normal, Over, and Selected states. You can modify the repeated item as needed. For example, you can add new text and widen the bounding box to create additional columns in the data table.

Adobe Illustrator CS5 : Understanding the Layers Panel & Setting Layers Panel Options

Illustrator doesn’t have a lot of options for controlling the Layers panel itself; in fact, there are only a few—changing the size of the layer row and showing or hiding layers by type.

Adobe Illustrator CS5 : Understanding Overprints

Overprinting is also essential when you’re creating plates for custom dyes and varnishes. For example, if you want to create a spot varnish for a particular photo, you need to create a spot color called Varnish and set it to overprint, because this allows the photo that appears beneath it to print .

Dreamweaver CS5 : Using Dreamweaver Templates - Enabling Repeating Regions

A repeating region, like an editable region, is applied to a template and may surround any tag-complete area (an area containing both a beginning tag and an ending tag) on a page.

Dreamweaver CS5 : Using Dreamweaver Templates - Making Attributes Editable

Dreamweaver gives you control over your editable areas right down to the attribute level. Not only can an attribute be made editable, but you can restrict its type and even provide default values.

Adobe Photoshop CS5 : Fixing Group Shots the Easy Way

Group shots are always a challenge because, without a doubt, somebody in the group will be totally hammered . Okay, the real problem is that in group photos there’s always one or more people who blinked at just the wrong time, or forgot to smile, or weren’t looking at the camera, etc.

Adobe Photoshop CS5 : Fixing Reflections in Glasses

I get more requests for how to fix this problem than probably all the rest combined. The reason is it’s so darn hard to fix. If you’re lucky, you get to spend an hour or more desperately cloning.

Adobe After Effects CS5 : Color Matching (part 3)

An element generated in 3D software ideally contains multiple passes for more control. Even with that, if the lighting direction and perspective of an element are wrong, there’s no practical way to make it match.

Adobe After Effects CS5 : Color Matching (part 2) - The Fundamental Technique - Dramatic Lighting & No Clear Reference

If you’re working with a daring cinematographer shooting in available light, or heed the advice in the Foreword, you’ll be happy to know that this matching technique is even more impressive with strong lighting.

Adobe After Effects CS5 : Color Matching (part 1) - The Fundamental Technique - Ordinary Lighting

The human eye is most sensitive to green, so we begin by matching overall RGB contrast while viewing the green channel, then adjusting the other two channels to accommodate that adjustment.

Adobe After Effects CS5 : Color Look Development

A SharePoint Services site is a server application that uses Web site templates to create, organize, and share information. To access a SharePoint Services site, you might need access privileges.

Adobe Fireworks CS5 : Applying the Unsharp Mask Live Filter

When resizing an image (often called resampling), pixels are added or removed from the file. When you resize an image to larger than its original size, you are adding pixels and increasing the file size.

Adobe Fireworks CS5 : Adjusting brightness with the Dodge and Burn tools

Sometimes a photo has good general exposure but there are areas in the image that are too light or too dark. These areas need some local adjustment, and this is where the Dodge and Burn tools come in handy.

CorelDraw 10 : Adding Graphics to a Page (part 3) - Optimizing images for the Web

The more images you place on a Web page and the larger their file sizes, the longer it will take the page to load in a person's browser.

CorelDraw 10 : Adding Graphics to a Page (part 2) - Exporting the rollover graphic

To use the rollover in a Web page, you must export it as an HTML or Flash object. Note that HTML has greater compatibility, since Flash objects only work if the person has the Flash plug-in installed for his or her browser.

CorelDraw 10 : Adding Graphics to a Page (part 1) - Creating Rollover Graphics

You've probably seen those nifty buttons that light up or display text when the cursor passes over them. These objects are called rollover graphics, and you can create them entirely in CorelDraw 10.

CorelDraw 10 : Adding Text to a Web Page

To add text to your CorelDraw Web page, select the Text Tool, drag a paragraph text frame, and then type. In order for text to export to the Web correctly, it must be both paragraph text and HTML compatible.

Adobe Flash Professional CS5 : Transforming Gradients and Bitmap Fills (part 2) - Adjusting scale with the Gradient Transform tool, Setting gradient fill overflow styles

If you get carried away with the Gradient Transform tool and you want to get back to the original fill position and size, double-click the center icon of the shape to reset all transformations.

Adobe Flash Professional CS5 : Transforming Gradients and Bitmap Fills (part 1) - Adjusting the center point with the Gradient Transform tool, Rotating a fill with the Gradient Transform tool

To rotate a gradient or bitmap fill, find the small circular handle that's at the corner of the fill. (In a radial gradient, choose the lower circular handle.) This circular handle is used for rotating a fill around the center point.

Adobe InDesign CS5 : Joining Anchor Points & Using the Smooth Tool

If you create a path with some jagged edges, you can use the Smooth tool to remove extra anchor points to smooth it out. Simply select the Smooth tool on the Tools panel, and then drag along a selected path.

Adobe InDesign CS5 : Splitting Paths

You can reverse the direction of a path. Select the Direct Selection tool, select the path you want to reverse, and then click the Reverse button on the Pathfinder panel, or click the Object menu, point to Paths, and then click Reverse Path.

Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5 : Using design-time data (part 2) - Add and remove elements in the repeated item

To edit a Data List component in Edit-In-Place mode, you can double-click the data list. You can also select it and choose Modify > Edit Component. A third option is to select it and click Edit Parts in the HUD.

Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5 : Using design-time data (part 1) - Replace design-time images & Edit design-time text

By default, a data list opens with nothing selected. You can set the list to open with a specific record selected. To do this, select a row in the Design-Time Data panel. Then in the Component section of the Properties panel, enter 1 as the value for the Selected Index property.

Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5 : Setting data list properties

A data list has the same properties as every other Flash Catalyst built-in component. For example, you can change its size, opacity, and rotation. You can enable or disable it, add a tooltip, or add a drop shadow.

Adobe Illustrator CS5 : Learning the Truth About Transparency (part 2)

To take advantage of all that the Flattener Preview panel can offer, adjust the different flattener settings, and preview the results—making changes or adjustments where necessary—before you actually print the file.

Adobe Illustrator CS5 : Learning the Truth About Transparency (part 1) - Understanding Transparency Flattening

Illustrator contains several features that use transparency, including the ability to specify blending modes and opacity masks with the Transparency panel and via effects such as Feather and Drop Shadow.

Dreamweaver CS5 : Using Dreamweaver Templates - Adding Content to Template Documents

Behaviors can be added without any additional coding or workarounds to links within editable regions. You cannot, however, add a behavior to text or an image in a locked region.