Design and film school product tips
Use this archive of tips to get the most out of cutting-edge Adobe software. Simple steps make it easy to use amazing new features in the latest versions of Adobe software tools.
Tips
Create forms with Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional
See how you can create forms almost instantly with Adobe® Acrobat® 8 Professional software and enable forms so recipients can fill in and save them with Adobe Reader® software.
Acrobat 8 Editor
Check out the new editing function in Adobe Acrobat 8 software that lets you create a PDF document with text and graphics from a blank page.
Acrobat 8 has a new look
Take a look at the new interface in Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional. It helps you easily discover the many things you can accomplish with this tool.
After Effects 7.0 animation and behavior presets
Find out about customizable animation presets in Adobe After Effects® 7.0 that will stimulate your imagination, help you create amazing effects, and save you hours of time.
New Web video export options from After Effects 7.0
Learn how you can prepare live action video for web distribution in the FLV format with new export options from Adobe After Effects 7.0.
Using Layer Comps with Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Illustrator CS2
Learn how Adobe Photoshop® CS2 and Illustrator® CS2 software make it easy to experiment with different looks and quickly compare creative options.
Snippets: Reusing InDesign content
Learn how snippets, a new feature in Adobe InDesign® CS2 software, make it easy to select and reuse components in documents you've created. You'll save the time and effort of re-creating similar objects, styles, or formats when you employ this easy-to-learn technique.
Image Warp: A fast way to manipulate images, shapes, or type
Learn how to use the new Image Warp command in Adobe Photoshop CS2 to easily bend images, shapes, or type into irregular and 3D shapes.
Import Microsoft Word documents without styling conflicts
Learn how Adobe InDesign CS2 helps make it easy to import Microsoft Word documents with style sheets and to avoid conflicts with the style sheet settings in an InDesign layout. Find out how new import options let you map style sheets directly to InDesign CS2 character and paragraph styles.
Photoshop Smart Objects — A smart new way to work
Learn about a new way to work with layers in Adobe Photoshop CS2 that can save you lots of time. The Smart Objects feature makes it easy to try out different sizes and orientations for imported content without losing orientation when you change its size.
Live Trace and Live Paint — A powerful duo
Find out how easy it is to convert bitmap files to vector graphics by using the new Live Trace tool in Adobe Illustrator CS2. Then you can color those graphics with the new Live Paint tool.
Using object styles in InDesign CS2 to speed up productivity
Learn how the Adobe InDesign CS2 object styles feature lets you consistently apply attributes to graphic elements throughout documents. Object styles can help students create layout-intensive projects such as brochures, books, magazines, yearbooks, and campus newspapers more quickly and easily than ever before.
Adobe Bridge file browser
Learn how the Adobe Bridge file browser enhances the way you work with all the tools in Adobe Creative Suite® 2 software. See how easy and efficient it is to locate and browse thumbnails of files in all of the software's components, including images, graphics, web pages, and page layouts.
Acrobat 7.0 — Using notes to review student design work at RIT
Read how Therese Hannigan uses the commenting tools in Adobe Acrobat 7.0 and the convenience of Adobe PDF files to work closely with students in her typography courses at Rochester Institute of Technology.
Using the Organizer in Acrobat 7.0
Take an easy-to-follow look at how the Organizer feature in Adobe Acrobat 7.0 gives you a helpful overview and quick access to all your files, as well as a fast way to share or print those documents.
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