Synopsis
Adobe Creative Suite 5 Web Premium How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques is a concise, economical, current, and informed guide to the key techniques for creating accessible, engaging Web sites using Adobe Creative Suite 5. This book shows you the Dreamweaver® CS5 features you need to manage Web sites; design page layout with CSS styles; integrate media and interactivity with HTML5 and CSS3; and generate tabbed panels, tooltips, datasets, and forms with validation scripts. You'll find tips for using Photoshop® CS5 to design Web-ready pages and to prepare photos and background graphics. It teaches Illustrator® CS5 techniques for creating Web banners, navigation icons, and scalable graphic elements, and introduces the new perspective drawing feature. Learn how to create scrollbars and buttons and assign actions (including video player controls) in Flash® Catalyst CS5, and learn to generate animation in Flash® Professional CS5. the book also explores ways to integrate Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash Catalyst, and Flash Professional, along with other CS5 applications such as Bridge and Adobe Media Encoder to create cutting-edge Web sites with custom video players, animation, and interactivity.
About the Authors
David Karlins is a veteran Web designer and consultant and is the author of numerous books on digital graphic and interactive design, including Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques, and the Complete Idiot's Guide to Dreamweaver, David's Web design clients have ranged from Hewlett Packard to the Himalayan Fair. His articles and reviews appear in online and print publications, including Businessweek and Macworld magazines. David teaches at the San Francisco State University Multimedia Studies Program and provides do-it-yourself Web design resources at davidkarlins.com.
David Karlins is the author of over 30 books on graphic, Web, and interactive design. He teaches Web design at San Francisco State University Multimedia Studies Program and at 3rdWard in New York City, and his tutorials and Web design videos can be found at davidkarlins.com and peachpit.com.
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