Graphics and Multimedia for the Web with Adobe Creative Cloud: Navigating the Adobe Software Landscape

Upgrade your skills in Adobe Creative Cloud and enhance your corporate or personal website with multimedia and graphics. In this book you’ll look at the latest versions of five core Adobe programs: Photoshop, Illustrator, Animate (formerly Flash), Media Encoder and Dreamweaver. As you work with each of these programs to create images, animations, audio and video you will see how each one can help you complete and finally integrate your multimedia files into a final mobile friendly website.

Adding new multimedia features to your website does not have to be difficult or confusing. If you plan your route and goals correctly, along the way you will see how each software has its own use, but ultimately, how they can all work together for a common goal. This book also shows you how additional Creative Cloud software can be used with the core five programs should you want to add further interactivity.

What You’ll Learn:

• Use Adobe Creative Cloud software to create graphics and multimedia for a website
• Render images in various formats
• Work with video, HTML5 Canvas and audio files for the website
• Discover new features of HTML5 and CSS3 and how to work with them in Dreamweaver CC

Who This Book Is For

Graphic designers who are creating websites; students in the classroom; instructors wanting to upgrade their Adobe Creative Cloud skills.

Table of Contents

Part I: Welcome to the Adobe Creative Cloud. Where Should You Begin?
Chapter 1: Entering the Software Maze or Labyrinth

Part II: Working with Photoshop to Create Web Graphics and Animations
Chapter 2: Getting Started
Chapter 3: Color Choices: CMYK, RGB, Grayscale, and Index
Chapter 4: Saving or Exporting Your Files for the Web
Chapter 5: Actions to Speed up File Conversion and Slicing Tools
Chapter 6: Tools for Animation
Chapter 7: Tools for Video
Chapter 8: Other Miscellaneous Items in Photoshop That You Can Use for Web Design
Chapter 9: Putting It into Practice with Photoshop CC

Part III: Working with Illustrator to Create Web Graphics
Chapter 10: Getting Started with Illustrator CC
Chapter 11: Color Choices: CMYK, RGB, and Grayscale
Chapter 12: Saving or Exporting Your Files for the Web
Chapter 13: Actions to Speed up File Conversion and Slicing Tools
Chapter 14: Tools for Animation and Video
Chapter 15: Other Miscellaneous Items in Illustrator That You Can Use for Web Design
Chapter 16: Putting It into Practice with Illustrator CC

Part IV: Working with Animate to Create Animations, Movies, and HTML5 Canvas
Chapter 17: Getting Started with Animate CC
Chapter 18: Color Choices: RGB
Chapter 19: Importing Your Artwork
Chapter 20: Import Your Audio and Video
Chapter 21: Working with the Timeline Panel
Chapter 22: Exporting Your Files to the Web
Chapter 23: Other Miscellaneous Items in Animate that You Can Use for Web Design
Chapter 24: Putting It into Practice with Animate CC

Part V: Working with Media Encoder to Create Audio and Video Files
Chapter 25: Getting Started with Media Encoder
Chapter 26: Working with Your RAW Video Files (AVI and MOV)
Chapter 27: Working with Your RAW Video Files and Converting Them to Audio
Chapter 28: Working with Your RAW Video Files and Converting Them to an Image Sequence
Chapter 29: Putting It into Practice with Media Encoder CC

Part VI: Working with Dreamweaver: Adding Images, Animations, and Multimedia to HTML5 Pages
Chapter 30: Getting Started with Dreamweaver CC
Chapter 31: Working with Images and Tags
Chapter 32: Working with CSS
Chapter 33: Working with Images for Mobile Web Design
Chapter 34: What Is JavaScript?
Chapter 35: Working with Bootstrap, Templates, Library Items, and the Assets Panel
Chapter 36: Working with Video, Audio, and Animations
Chapter 37: Additional Options to Apply Images in Dreamweaver
Chapter 38: Final Testing, Getting Ready to Upload Your Site
Chapter 39: Putting It into Practice with Dreamweaver CC

Part VII: Further Dreamweaver Integration with Other Adobe Products for Websites
Chapter 40: What Other Programs That Are Part of Adobe Creative Cloud Can I Use to Display My Graphics or Multimedia Online?