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Isolation Mode: As your images get large, focusing on a specific area without affecting the rest of
the drawing can be hard. With Isolation mode, Illustrator automatically locks all the other objects
that aren’t being worked on.
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Integration with Flash: Rather than supplanting Flash, Illustrator has been integrated with fea-
tures that let content move easily between Illustrator and Flash. Illustrator files that are exported
to Flash retain their type, layers, and symbols.
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DeviceN support: Illustrator includes DeviceN support that helps ensure that color separations
will print correctly.
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Document Profiles: To get started quicker with fewer headaches, Illustrator lets you create and
use Document Profiles optimized for different projects including mobile, print, Web, and even
video.
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Icon Panels: To save screen space, all docked tool palettes can be collapsed into icon panels
located along the right edge of the window. They can even be set to self-collapse when not in use.
This feature is also available in Photoshop CS3, InDesign CS3, and Flash CS3.
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Improved Control Panel: A Control Panel, much like the one found in Photoshop, has been
improved in Illustrator. This panel, located at the top of the screen, displays the options and con-
trols based on the selected tool and provides quick and easier access to the most needed options
and controls.
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Point Selection: When working with the Direct Selection tool, anchor points are increased in size
when the mouse cursor moves over the top of them, making them easier to select.
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Point Alignment and Distribution: Multiple selected points can be aligned and distributed just
like objects.
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Eraser tool: The Eraser tool lets you quickly erase path portions by dragging over them with the
Eraser tool.
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Crop Area tool: The Crop Area tool lets you define and create multiple crop areas.
Adobe InDesign CS3
InDesign is the central hub of your creative workflow. You bring together the images and objects that you
create in Adobe Photoshop CS3 and Adobe Illustrator CS3. You can import type created in a word-processing
program, import from Adobe’s InCopy, or set type in the InDesign Story Editor or in other ways. With
InDesign’s free-form ease of page layout, you can lay out a design for publication. You can then export the
InDesign document as a PDF file suited for print, Web hosting, electronic file exchanges, or CD/DVD-ROM
replication. If you want to include your design as an HTML file for Web hosting, you can export the docu-
ment for Dreamweaver CS3. As you can see, InDesign’s role among the Creative Suite programs is the
anchor where files are imported to assemble a design and ultimately export for final output.
InDesign CS3 builds on the major upgrade that appeared in the first release of InDesign CS3 and its follow-
up InDesign CS2. All the wonderful features you had available in the previous versions are still there along
with some new enhancements introduced in InDesign CS3 (version 5 of Adobe InDesign). Among the more
significant new additions are these gems:
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Effects: A major inclusion in InDesign CS3 is the addition of effects. These effects work just like
effects in Photoshop and Illustrator and can be added or removed as needed. Among the new
effects are the following:
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Gradient Feather Effect: Using linear or radial gradient, you can easily add an effect that
gradually fades an object into the background, like the image shown in Figure 1.5.
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