Using a dynamic app such as WordPress or Joomla? You probably find yourself jumping back and forth from Dreamweaver to the admin console in a browser. In Dreamweaver CS5, you can use Live View navigation to make that easier. Create a new, blank document window (or tab), and turn on Live View. Enter your server …
Adobe Fireworks CS5 users have a unique workflow to get their designs into Flash Catalyst. When finished with your project, export your design as FXG. Fireworks pages will convert to Flash Catalyst application pages, including master page layer objects. Best yet, if you want to tweak the export engine, it’s entirely written in JSF, the …
If you’ve paused your rendering (by pressing the Spacebar) and would like it to resume, select the Resume Progressive Render command from the 3D panel’s flyout menu. When the rendering is complete, you’ll no longer see the blue tiles getting drawn.
Select a frame and click on the yellow square icon located on the frame edge to enter Live Corner Edit mode. (You can also press the number four key on your keyboard.) You’ll now see four yellow diamonds in each corner. Click-and-drag one of the diamonds to adjust the corner radius of all four corners …
CS3 brought a feature called 9-slice scaling from Flash Professional into Illustrator. At that time, 9-slice was only really useful for Illustrator symbols after importing them into Flash. Now, in CS5, 9-slice works on the scaling of any symbol right inside Illustrator. Let’s say you want to make a button with text on it, but …
The ability to select multiple layers and adjust the Opacity or Fill was at the top of many Photoshop users lists. From text to image data, those living in layers will enjoy massive amounts of time saved. Speaking of layers, you can now choose your own default layer styles (just click the Make Default button …
Use File>Collect Files to move a project and its assets to a single folder before sharing it, moving it to another computer, or archiving it. The Consolidate All Footage, Remove Unused Footage, and Reduce Project commands in the File menu are also great for cleaning up a project.
Easily turn on ground shadows for 3D objects using 3D>Ground Plane Shadow Catcher. In the 3D (Scene) panel, set the Quality drop-down menu to Ray Trace (Draft or Final) to start the render and actually see the shadow. In the 3D (Lights) panel, turn shadows on or off for individual lights using the Create Shadows …
When you include the fonts as part of the Package command (File>Package), InDesign now generates a Document Fonts folder. When you open an InDesign file that’s located in a folder that also includes a Document Fonts folder, InDesign will automatically install the fonts the document needs! And when you close the document, the document fonts …
While working with the Perspective Drawing tools, you can use 1-4 on your keyboard to change the active plane (the number four key deactivates all the grids). To see which plane is active, look at which side is highlighted in the Plane Switching widget. The number five key also has a function: Use it with …