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Adobe ImageReady CS Training

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Adobe ImageReady CS is a companion program to the popular image editing application "Photoshop CS". For years, Photoshop has been one of the leaders in the graphics design arena, becoming the industry standard for photographers, print designers and game developers alike. While Photoshop handled many image editing tasks well, designing graphics for the Web brought on a new set of requirements. Enter Adobe ImageReady. Adobe ImageReady allows users to optimize graphics and text for fast downloads, create slices and rollovers, animations, interactivity and much more. VTC author Rick Martin, begins by teaching the basic tool set and then moves on to more advanced concepts. Work files are included. To begin learning today, simply click on one of the Adobe ImageReady CS lessons.
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Welcome and Overview
Welcome and About This Course (03:00)
What is ImageReady? (03:04)
Installing ImageReady (06:33)
Activating ImageReady (01:43)
New In ImageReady CS (02:33)
Interface and Setup
Interface Overview (04:46)
Interface Customization (05:06)
The Canvas (07:56)
Preferences
General (06:58)
Slices (04:38)
Image Maps (03:43)
Guides and Grid (06:13)
Optimization (03:32)
Cursors (01:59)
Transparency and Plugins (02:56)
Toolbox
Toolbox Overview (02:20)
Layers and Tools (01:32)
Marquee Tool pt1 (05:24)
Marquee Tool pt2 (04:16)
Other Marquee Tools (03:51)
Lasso Tools (03:20)
Magic Wand Tool (05:18)
Move Tool pt1 (03:49)
Move Tool pt2 (05:39)
Slice and Slice Select Tools (06:46)
Image Map and Image Map Select Tools (03:44)
Eraser Tools (04:34)
Paintbrush and Pencil Tools (02:51)
Clone Stamp and Paint Bucket (06:57)
Type Tool (04:31)
Shape Tools (05:24)
Line Tool (03:07)
Crop Tool pt1 (03:40)
Crop Tool pt2 (06:09)
Eyedropper Tool (04:44)
Hand and Zoom Tools (05:02)
Foreground and Background Color Pickers (02:29)
Visibility and Preview (05:56)
Edit in Photoshop (03:14)
Palettes
Palettes Overview (03:58)
Layers Palette pt1 (04:18)
Layers Palette pt2 (03:34)
Layers Palette pt3 (06:38)
Layers Palette pt4 (07:22)
History Palette (04:46)
Actions Palette pt1 (05:41)
Actions Palette pt2 (07:26)
Color Palette (04:19)
Swatches Palette (03:31)
Styles Palette (04:45)
Animation Palette pt1 (06:14)
Animation Palette pt2 (03:22)
Character Palette pt1 (05:18)
Character Palette pt2 (02:39)
Paragraph Palette (06:03)
Web Content Palette pt1 (05:24)
Web Content Palette pt2 (07:46)
Color Table Palette (06:45)
Optimize Palette pt1 (06:06)
Optimize Palette pt2 (05:58)
Info Palette (04:51)
Layer Comps Palette (05:23)
Slice Palette pt1 (04:31)
Slice Palette pt2 (03:41)
Table Palette (02:33)
Image Map Palette (03:26)
Handling ImageReady Documents
Overview (00:48)
Document Setup (06:23)
Image Size (04:10)
Canvas Size (04:04)
Metadata (02:42)
File Info (03:28)
About Web Graphics
Bitmap vs Vector Graphics (05:05)
Color Modes (04:38)
Resolution (05:39)
Layer Styles
Overview (04:05)
Blending Options (03:36)
Shadows (04:45)
Glows (04:01)
Bevel and Emboss (01:59)
Satin (01:37)
Overlays (03:17)
Stroke (04:10)
Layers and Compositing
Grouping and Alignment (02:20)
Blending Modes pt1 (02:56)
Blending Modes pt2 (01:32)
Blending Modes pt3 (03:46)
Blending Modes pt4 (02:08)
Blending Modes pt5 (03:42)
Merging and Stamping Layers (04:16)
Separating Layers (02:12)
Masking Basics (03:51)
Clipping Masks (03:40)
Knockouts (04:30)
The Layer Menu (06:11)
Creating and Modifying Graphics
Painting and Filling (03:20)
Select Menu (05:18)
Project - Web Interface (02:40)
Project - Concentric Circles (05:57)
Project - Bars and Buttons (03:49)
Project - Button Text and Alignment (05:39)
Project - Curves pt1 (06:46)
Project - Curves pt2 (03:44)
Project - Duplicating the Curve (04:39)
Project - Finishing the Top Bar (04:03)
Project - Layer Styles (04:34)
Types of Type (02:51)
Creating Type (02:42)
Modifying Type (04:58)
Slicing, Interactivity and Animation
Project - Slicing pt1 (04:24)
Project - Slicing pt2 (06:01)
Project - Slicing pt3 (02:10)
Project - Slicing Options (03:24)
Project - Rollovers (05:28)
Project - Remote Rollover (04:41)
Animations pt1 (05:01)
Animations pt2 (05:36)
Project - Animated Rollover (04:18)
Image Map Project - Setup (04:03)
Image Map Project - Hotspot (04:41)
Image Adjustment and Correction
Levels (04:38)
Hue and Saturation (04:44)
Variations (01:43)
Unsharp Mask (02:33)
Data Sets
Overview and Setup (02:09)
Organizing Graphic Content (01:18)
Variables (06:12)
Data Sets (03:43)
Previewing and Exporting (03:47)
Optimization
Overview (00:54)
Understanding the gif Format (03:04)
Understanding the jpeg Format (03:34)
Project - Web Page Background (06:13)
Project - Adjusting Slices (02:21)
Project - Optimization Setup (03:48)
Project - Color Table (03:48)
Project - Dithering (03:05)
Project - Transparency (04:11)
Project - Options (02:51)
Jpeg Settings (03:56)
Optimize to File Size (02:40)
Optimizing Adjacent Slices (02:53)
Weighted Optimization (03:38)
Optimizing Animations (02:53)
Exporting
Overview (02:57)
Exporting a Single Image (01:26)
HTML (03:43)
Saving HTML Files (02:38)
Slices (04:10)
Image Maps (02:09)
Background (02:58)
Saving Files (05:19)
Export as SWF (03:52)
Export as Files (03:50)
In Conclusion
Wrapping it Up (01:01)
Credits
About This Author (02:05)

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Tutorial Information / Pricing
Title: Adobe ImageReady CS
Author: Rick Martin
SKU: 33625
ISBN: 193280871x
Duration: 11 hrs / 166 Lessons
Compatibility: Win XP, 2000, 98, NT, Mac OS X, OS 9

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