Preface |
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Photosho CS6 |
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Unit A: Getting Started with Photoshop CS6 |
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Photoshop 1 | |
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Defining Photo Editing Software |
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Photoshop 2 | |
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Understanding graphics programs |
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Starting Photoshop and Viewing the Workspace |
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Photoshop 4 | |
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Getting help in Photoshop CS6 |
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Using the Zoom Tool and the Hand Tool |
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Photoshop 6 | |
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Accessing the Zoom and Hand Tools |
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Saving a Document and Understanding File Formats |
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Photoshop 8 | |
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Choosing the right file format |
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Understanding and Changing Resolution |
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Photoshop 10 | |
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Understanding the difference between image size and file size |
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Photoshop 12 | |
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What is "hi-res" exactly? |
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Photoshop 14 | |
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Introducing color models and color modes |
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Photoshop 16 | |
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"Res-ing up" when you have no choice |
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Photoshop 18 | |
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Setting opacity for the Crop tool |
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Cropping an Image to a Specific Size |
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Photoshop 20 | |
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Cropping, resolution, and image size |
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Photoshop 22 | |
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Photoshop 31 | |
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Photoshop 32 | |
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The Shift key: doing double duty |
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Photoshop 34 | |
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Working with the foreground and background colors |
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Using the Magic Wand Tool |
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Photoshop 36 | |
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Saving and Loading Selections |
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Photoshop 38 | |
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Working with and Saving Alpha Channels |
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Photoshop 40 | |
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Understanding Anti-Aliased Edges |
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Photoshop 42 | |
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Computer monitors and viewing edges |
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Working with a Feathered Edge |
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Photoshop 44 | |
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Understanding Quick Mask Mode |
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Understanding gray pixels in alpha channels |
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Photoshop 46 | |
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Photoshop 48 | |
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Unit C: Working with Layers |
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Photoshop 59 | |
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Working with the Layers Panel |
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Photoshop 60 | |
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Merging Layers and Manipulating Opacity |
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Photoshop 62 | |
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Merging layers and memory |
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Duplicating, Deleting, and Pasting New Layers |
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Photoshop 64 | |
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Photoshop 66 | |
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Flipping and Rotating Artwork |
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Photoshop 68 | |
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Adding an Outer Glow Layer Style |
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Photoshop 70 | |
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Understanding the point of origin in a transformation |
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Adding a Drop Shadow Layer Style |
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Photoshop 72 | |
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Working with a Layer Mask |
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Photoshop 74 | |
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Three Brush tool techniques |
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Photoshop 76 | |
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Unit D: Improving Images with Adjustment Layers |
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Photoshop 85 | |
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Photoshop 86 | |
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Choosing settings on the Info panel |
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Investigating a Grayscale Image |
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Photoshop 88 | |
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Using the Brightness/Contrast Adjustment |
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Photoshop 90 | |
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Adjusting Black and White Points with Levels |
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Photoshop 92 | |
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How the Levels adjustment works |
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Adjusting the Midpoint with Levels |
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Photoshop 94 | |
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Using layer masks with adjustments |
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Investigating an RGB Image |
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Photoshop 96 | |
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About cyan, magenta, and yellow |
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Using the Color Balance Adjustment |
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Photoshop 98 | |
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Looking for neutral grays |
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Using the Vibrance Adjustment |
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Photoshop 100 | |
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Using a group layer for adjustment layers |
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Doing a "super-undo" with the History panel |
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Photoshop 102 | |
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Unit E: Working with Type and Gradients |
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Photoshop 113 | |
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Photoshop 114 | |
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Working with the Character panel |
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Locking Transparent Pixels |
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Photoshop 116 | |
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What's the purpose of rasterizing type? |
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Creating Bevel and Emboss Effects on Type |
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Photoshop 118 | |
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Using a Stroke Emboss layer style |
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Applying Gloss Contours to Layer Styles |
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Photoshop 120 | |
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Understanding the Use Global Light option |
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Creating a Double Emboss Effect |
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Photoshop 122 | |
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Photoshop 124 | |
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Photoshop 126 | |
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Applying an opacity setting to a gradient stop |
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Clipping a Gradient into Type |
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Photoshop 128 | |
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Clipping Imagery into Type |
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Photoshop 130 | |
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Photoshop 132 | |
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Photoshop 134 | |
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Unit F: Working with Brushes and Color Effects |
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Photoshop 143 | |
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Photoshop 144 | |
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Turning off Shape Dynamics |
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Setting preferences for brushes |
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Painting with Automatic Brush Strokes |
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Photoshop 146 | |
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Painting with a soft-edged brush |
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Photoshop 148 | |
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Determining the real edge |
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Understanding the Color Picker |
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Photoshop 150 | |
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RGB and HSB working hand in hand |
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Modifying Color with the Hue/Saturation Adjustment |
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Photoshop 152 | |
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Lightness versus Brightness |
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Using the Replace Color Dialog Box |
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Photoshop 154 | |
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Replace Color is not an adjustment layer |
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Using the Black & White Adjustment |
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Photoshop 156 | |
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Converting to Grayscale mode |
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"Colorizing" a Black & White Adjustment |
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Photoshop 158 | |
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Photoshop 160 | |
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Unit G: Creating Special Effects |
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Photoshop 167 | |
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Using the Color Blending Mode |
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Photoshop 168 | |
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Using the Colorize option on the Hue/Saturation Properties panel |
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Using the Multiply Blending Mode |
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Photoshop 170 | |
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Brightness and the Color blending mode |
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Working with the Color Burn and Linear Burn blending modes |
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Adding Noise with the Overlay Blending Mode |
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Photoshop 172 | |
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Understanding the Noise Overlay technique |
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Sharpening with the High Pass Filter |
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Photoshop 174 | |
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Understanding how the Overlay/High Pass technique works |
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Applying the Lens Flare Filter with Screen Mode |
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Photoshop 176 | |
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Screen blending mode vs. Multiply blending mode |
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Applying the Motion Blur Filter |
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Photoshop 178 | |
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Grouping blending modes on the Layers panel |
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Applying Non-Destructive Filters |
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Photoshop 180 | |
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Photoshop 182 | |
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Understanding the Skew and Perspective transformations |
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Photoshop 184 | |
Illustrator CS6 |
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Unit A: Getting Started with Adobe Illustrator CS6 |
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Illustrator 1 | |
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Defining Illustration Software |
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Illustrator 2 | |
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Starting Adobe Illustrator CS6 and Changing Preference Settings |
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Illustrator 4 | |
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Using Adobe Illustrator CS6 templates |
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Illustrator 6 | |
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Creating custom workspaces |
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Creating and Saving a Document |
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Illustrator 8 | |
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Creating document profiles |
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Changing the Artboard Size and Closing a Document |
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Illustrator 10 | |
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Opening a Document and Changing Views |
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Illustrator 12 | |
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Illustrator 14 | |
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Working with Adobe Bridge |
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Working with Ruler Guides |
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Illustrator 16 | |
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Working with Smart Guides and Exiting Illustrator |
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Illustrator 18 | |
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Illustrator 20 | |
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Unit B: Performing Essential Operations |
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Illustrator 27 | |
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Illustrator 28 | |
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Hiding and showing edges and guides |
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Illustrator 30 | |
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Illustrator 32 | |
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Transforming and Coloring an Object |
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Illustrator 34 | |
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Using the Transform Again Command |
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Illustrator 36 | |
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Specifying a Point of Origin |
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Illustrator 38 | |
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Using the Star and Reflect Tools |
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Illustrator 40 | |
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Using the Move dialog box |
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Illustrator 42 | |
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Illustrator 44 | |
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Unit C: Going Beyond the Basics |
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Illustrator 51 | |
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Using the Transform Each Command |
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Illustrator 52 | |
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Understanding the reference point |
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Selecting Within Groups and Making Guides |
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Illustrator 54 | |
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Modifying Objects with the Direct Selection Tool |
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Illustrator 56 | |
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Working with the Stacking Order |
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Illustrator 58 | |
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Creating Interlocking Objects |
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Illustrator 60 | |
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Using the Unite Shape Mode |
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Illustrator 62 | |
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Adding Visual Complexity with the Stacking Order |
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Illustrator 64 | |
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Using the Offset Path command |
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Understanding shape modes |
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Illustrator 66 | |
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Scaling paths vs. offsetting paths |
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Illustrator 68 | |
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Unit D: Creating Blends and Complex Artwork |
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Illustrator 75 | |
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Using the Divide Pathfinder |
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Illustrator 76 | |
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More about the Divide pathfinder |
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Illustrator 78 | |
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Working with compound paths |
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Creating Complex Patterns with Compound Paths |
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Illustrator 80 | |
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Illustrator 82 | |
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Creating a Clockwise Blend |
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Illustrator 84 | |
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Illustrator 86 | |
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Clipping masks and the stacking order |
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Using the Draw Inside Drawing Mode |
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Illustrator 88 | |
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Applying Arrowheads and Dashes to Strokes |
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Illustrator 90 | |
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Designing Complex Layered Strokes |
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Illustrator 92 | |
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Illustrator 94 | |
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Unit E: Working with Text and Gradients |
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Illustrator 103 | |
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Illustrator 104 | |
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About gradients with transparency |
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Creating and Formatting Text |
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Illustrator 106 | |
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Illustrator 108 | |
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Creating a Drop Shadow for Text |
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Illustrator 110 | |
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Illustrator 112 | |
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Bitmap graphics vs. vector graphics |
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Applying a Radial Gradient |
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Illustrator 114 | |
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About the gradient annotator |
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Making an Object Transparent |
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Illustrator 116 | |
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Illustrator 118 | |
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Illustrator 120 | |
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Unit F: Drawing in Illustrator |
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Illustrator 127 | |
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Tracing Artwork with Image Trace |
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Illustrator 128 | |
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Illustrator 130 | |
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Illustrator 132 | |
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Using the Average command |
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Illustrator 134 | |
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Reversing the Direction of a Path |
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Illustrator 136 | |
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"Breaking" the direction handles |
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Illustrator 138 | |
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Outlining dashed and dotted strokes |
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Illustrator 140 | |
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Illustrator 142 | |
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Changing the color of brush strokes |
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Illustrator 144 | |
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The pseudo strokes effect |
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Illustrator 146 | |
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Unit G: Working with Advanced Techniques |
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Illustrator 153 | |
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Illustrator 154 | |
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About layers and the stacking order |
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Creating a Pattern Swatch |
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Illustrator 156 | |
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Creating a pattern swatch |
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Applying and Editing a Pattern Swatch |
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Illustrator 158 | |
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Illustrator 160 | |
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Distorting with the Free Transform Tool |
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Illustrator 162 | |
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The "free" in the Free Transform tool |
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Illustrator 164 | |
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Illustrator 166 | |
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Illustrator 168 | |
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Illustrator 170 | |
InDesign CS6 |
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Unit A: Getting Started with Adobe InDesign CS6 |
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InDesign 1 | |
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Understanding Page Layout Software |
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InDesign 2 | |
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InDesign 4 | |
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Understanding more about links |
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Exploring the InDesign Workspace |
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InDesign 6 | |
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InDesign 8 | |
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Naming and Saving a Document |
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InDesign 10 | |
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Using Adobe InDesign Help |
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Understanding Adobe InDesign CS6 Preferences |
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InDesign 12 | |
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Working in Normal and Preview modes |
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InDesign 14 | |
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Understanding Export Options for InDesign |
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InDesign 16 | |
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InDesign 18 | |
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Unit B: Working with Text |
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InDesign 25 | |
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InDesign 26 | |
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InDesign 28 | |
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InDesign 30 | |
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InDesign 32 | |
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Formatting controls on the Control panel |
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Creating and Applying Paragraph Styles |
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InDesign 34 | |
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Understanding parent/child relationships with styles |
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Modifying a Paragraph Style |
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InDesign 36 | |
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Using the Fill with Placeholder Text feature |
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Creating and Applying Character Styles |
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InDesign 38 | |
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Finding and Changing Text |
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InDesign 40 | |
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Find/Change dialog box options |
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InDesign 42 | |
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InDesign 44 | |
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Unit C: Working with Objects |
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InDesign 53 | |
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InDesign 54 | |
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InDesign 56 | |
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The Transform Again command |
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Arranging and Locking an Object |
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InDesign 58 | |
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Stepping and Repeating an Object |
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InDesign 60 | |
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InDesign 62 | |
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Using the Direct Selection Tool |
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InDesign 64 | |
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Modifying Corners and Strokes |
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InDesign 66 | |
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Creating a Multi-State Object |
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InDesign 68 | |
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InDesign 70 | |
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Unit D: Working with Graphics |
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InDesign 77 | |
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Understanding Bitmap and Vector Graphics |
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InDesign 78 | |
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Understanding resolution issues |
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Placing a Graphic into a Frame |
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InDesign 80 | |
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Working with the Content Indicator |
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InDesign 82 | |
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Other uses of the Direct Selection tool |
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Transforming Frame Contents |
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InDesign 84 | |
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InDesign 86 | |
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Replacing a Linked Image and Embedding a File |
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InDesign 88 | |
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Changing Links panel options |
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Adding Graphics to a Library |
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InDesign 90 | |
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Viewing and sorting library items |
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Printing an InDesign document with linked files |
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InDesign 92 | |
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Unit E: Using Master Pages |
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InDesign 99 | |
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Creating a Multipage Document |
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InDesign 100 | |
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InDesign 102 | |
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InDesign 104 | |
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InDesign 106 | |
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Creating a New Master Page |
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InDesign 108 | |
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InDesign 110 | |
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Using options on the Pages Panel menu |
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Working with Master Pages |
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InDesign 112 | |
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InDesign 114 | |
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Unit F: Working with Layers |
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InDesign 121 | |
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Placing an Object on a Layer |
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InDesign 122 | |
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InDesign 124 | |
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Using the Arrange commands with multiple layers |
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InDesign 126 | |
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InDesign 128 | |
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Locking and Hiding a Layer |
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InDesign 130 | |
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Moving an Object to Another Layer |
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InDesign 132 | |
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InDesign 134 | |
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Pasting layers into a document |
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InDesign 136 | |
Integration |
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Integration: Adding Interactivity |
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Integration 1 | |
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Integration 2 | |
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Using the Web swatch library |
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Integration 4 | |
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Integration 6 | |
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Creating a Rollover and a Click Appearance |
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Integration 8 | |
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Integration 10 | |
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Using the Preflight panel |
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Assigning a Go To State Action to a Button |
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Integration 12 | |
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Exporting a Document as a Flash Player File |
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Integration 14 | |
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Understanding Global Security |
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Integration 16 | |
Data Files Grid |
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Data Grid 1 | |
Glossary |
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Glossary 17 | |
Index |
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