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Software Review: Adobe Master Collection — Dreamweaver CS5 from Adobe Systems

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

Software Review: Adobe Master Collection — Dreamweaver CS5 from Adobe Systems

This is the fifth of a series of reviews that will cover what is contained in the Adobe Creative Suite 5 (CS5) Master Collection. When Adobe released CS5 this year, they not only will release single version products, but also five separate suites of products. They are Design Premium, Design Standard, Web Premium, Production Premium, and Master Collection. You can go online to compare what is contained in each version. The goal of this series it to define what each product does and provide information of what the new version brings to the table.

Adobe Dreamweaver CS5, a hybrid based Web development software application that was originally developed and distributed by Macromedia. It was acquired by Adobe in 2005, and it is available for both the Mac and Windows operating systems.

As a hybrid, Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 is both a WYSIWYG editor that allows you to see the results of what you are developing before having to publish to your Web site and a code-based editor that lets you hand code your sites as well. This lets less experienced developers work without having extensive coding skills as well as more experienced developers fully hand-code. It doesn’t stop there; it also gives developers the tools to create professional grade Web sites as well. Please visit Adobe for complete system requirements.

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Adobe updates Dreamweaver CS5 to version 11.0.2

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

Adobe updates Dreamweaver CS5 to version 11.0.2

Adobe today released an update to Dreamweaver CS5, bringing the latest version to 11.0.2. The update addresses small issues with the program since its initial release, and also includes previous updates for Adobe’s Browser Lab.

According to some early reports, the update addresses problems with Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 not running properly with FileVault enabled, and people are now able to use Dreamweaver with Filevault enabled.

While Adobe recommends it for all CS5 users, there are some precautions to take before jumping right in and installing it. At the very least, be sure to have a full system backup using Time Machine or a cloning utility (which will allow you to immediately boot, continue working, and clone back if something goes awry).

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New graphic arts & design program at Frontier Community College

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

New graphic arts & design program at Frontier Community College

Frontier Community College has received approval from the Illinois Community College Board to offer a Graphic Arts & Design certificate.

Individuals can now enroll in the program courses for the spring semester, which begins Jan. 11, 2010.

The 18-semester hour certificate will equip students with the essential skills associated with computerized graphic design. Five classes are required to complete the program: Intro to Drawing, Design I, Computer Graphic Fundamentals, Computer Graphic Applications and Computer Graphic Animation. Particular areas of study will include typography, print and editorial design, branding and identity, information design, packaging, computer animation, and production and presentation skills.

Class time will include lecture as well as hands-on activities of designing projects and developing a portfolio. The instructor will also provide critiques on design projects.

Tom Borah, a local free-lance designer, will be the instructor for the graphic design courses. A 1990 honors graduate of the Art Institute in Dallas, Texas, Borah has worked with major companies creating projects in advertising, packaging, branding and textbook covers from concept to finish. His private business, Design Infusion Group, includes a wide variety of clients worldwide.

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Booking Customised Dreamweaver CS4 in-company Training

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Booking Customised Dreamweaver CS4 in-company Training

One of the key components of Adobe CS4, Dreamweaver is an outstanding environment for developing web content. If you have invested in this sophisticated example of software, it makes sense to ensure that your staff knows how to take advantage of it effectively. Having permitted them a week or two to have fun with the package and go through the tutorials it contains, you will probably want to get them educated Tutor-led software training has the benefit that delegates are able to ask questions at the same time as they gain knowledge of what the software does and have intricate concepts explained and demonstrated to them until they fully understand them.

Booking your organization on a shared Adobe Dreamweaver course is of course one possibility. Howevever, increasingly organisations are demanding to have this training customised to meet their express demands. Adobe Dreamweaver can be used for a variety of web-related tasks: Not everybody uses it in the same way. Perhaps you will be using it to develop complete websites or intranets. Or, you may well be using it to develop merely one minor section of a bigger site. Maybe your employees will be using the program primarily to create newsletters or promotional material to be emailed to clients. Booking a customised program will ensure that you simply pay for coaching which is pertinent to your requirements and reflects the way in which you will be using Adobe Dreamweaver.

Before you start contacting Dreamweaver CS4 training companies, it is a good idea to make sure you have a clear notion of what you plan to accomplish by using Dreamweaver and that your expectations are realistic. For example, Dreamweaver CS4 is not a tool which can be used to design websites: Its role is essentially to build and look after web pages and other web-related content. When you contact training companies, you ought to make it clear that you do not simply require them to present their standard Dreamweaver CS4 courses but that you require a customised programme of training. Between you, a schedule of topics to be covered ought to then be drawn up and the duration of the syllabus decided.

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Top 6 new features in Dreamweaver CS4

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

Top 6 new features in Dreamweaver CS4

In this article I will be reviewing the top new features in Dreamweaver CS4 and then deciding whether they are worth the $199 Adobe is charging for the upgrade.

As a rule of thumb if you didn’t upgrade from CS2 to CS3 then the investment to upgrade from CS2 to CS4, also only for $199, is a no brainer.

These are my top 6 new features in Dreamweaver CS4:

1. Related Files and Code Navigator – This is a great feature which is going to significantly cut down of development time. Updating CSS can be quite tedious, especially when the style sheet is a lengthy one. By clicking the included file, shown in the Related Files bar, you will now be able to see both the CSS source in Code view and the parent page in Design view. By selecting any particular item in Design view, Dreamweaver will automatically locate and highlight the corresponding CSS in Code view. This allows to you make any necessary changes to the CSS whilst at all times having a live preview in Design view. This feature can also be used for other include files, but edit CSS is where you will see the most benefit. I give this new feature a 10 out of 10.

2. Live View – Brilliant! We had be asking for this feature for some time! Experienced Dreamweaver users will tell you that Design View in Dreamweaver looks very different to how a Web Page displays in a browser. So every time you made a change to your Web page, you would have to click the F12 (preview in browser) short cut, to preview your changes. Live view is an in-application browser view of your Web page which updates persistently as and when any code is edited. This is going to please a lot of Dreamweaver users. I give this new feature a 9 out of 10.

3. Code hinting for Ajax and JavaScript frameworks – for more advanced Dreamweaver users who add AJAX and Javascript to Web pages, these new code hints will speed up development time and reduce errors. I give this new feature a 7 out of 10.

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