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Project 2: Festival Poster

Building graphic interestImporting and formatting textGraphics as text and text as graphicsOutputting a file

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CMYK vs. RGBRGB = additive colorCMYK = subtractive color

GamutColor shift

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Understanding SeparationsCommercial print outputCyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black = CMYK

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Swatches panel

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Creating New SwatchesNameTypeModelComponent percentages

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Spot ColorsColors out of CMYK gamutTwo-color jobsAccurate color match

Built-in librariesSpecial icon in Swatches panel

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Showing & HidingObject>HideObject>Show All on Spread

Layers panel sublayers

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Locking & UnlockingObject>LockObject>Unlock All on Spread

Layers panel sublayers

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GradientsGradient swatchGradient panelGradient toolGradient Feather tool

Place into existing frameDeletes any existing content

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Replace Selected Item

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Clipping PathsIsolate areas of imageDetect edges in imageCall stored paths in image filesConvert to Frame

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EffectsEffects panelBlending modeOpacity

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Effects (cont’d)Effects panel menuControl panel menuNon-destructive

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Threading Type FramesOverset Text icon In portOut portView>Extras>Show Text Threads

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Hidden CharactersType>Show Hidden Characters

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Type Formatting

Character options = only selected charactersParagraph options = entire paragraph (between two ¶ symbols) where characters are selected

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Optical Margin AlignmentStory panelHanging punctuationApplies to entire story

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Placeholder TextKnown values– Use longest possible variable

Unknown values– Type>Fill with Placeholder Text– Lorem text

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Anchored GraphicsPlace directly where insertion point flashesCut/copy and paste into textFrame treated as a single characterUse Selection tool to modify frame or graphic

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Baseline GridDocument preference Text Frame option

Align To Paragraph option

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Type on a PathType on a Path toolOptions

Start bar/End barCenter bar

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Exporting PDFFile>ExportAdobe PDF (Print) optionSuite-wide presets

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General OptionsStandardsCompatibilityPagesOptionsInclude

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Compression OptionsDownsampling

JPEG = lossyZIP = lossless

Higher quality, lower compression

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Marks & BleedsPrinter’s marksBleeds

Print dialog boxSave Adobe PDF dialog box

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Outputting Transparency

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Transparency FlatteningPlaced filesBlending modeOpacity settingEffects

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Flattener PresetsEdit>Transparency Flattener PresetsApplied in:– Flattener Preview

panel – Flatten Transparency

dialog box– Print dialog box– Save Adobe PDF

dialog box