Adobe Creative Cloud All-in-One For Dummies. Christopher Smith
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Cloud desktop app and look for Updates in the column on the left. A number appears if there are updates available. Click Updates to see the apps that should be updated.
2 Click the Gear icon in the upper-right to turn on the Auto-Update feature.
3 Click All Apps in the left column to see the status of your apps, as shown in Figure 2-3.
FIGURE 2-3: Check for updates in the Creative Cloud app.
Getting started
After your applications are installed and up-to-date, you can dive into the next chapter of this book and start bringing your ideas to reality. Remember that you can work anywhere while using your downloaded applications. Once in a while, and when connected to the Internet, Adobe checks your license to make sure it is valid and current. Count on this happening about once every 30 days, but don’t expect it to cause any problems for you.
Chapter 3
Creative Cloud Extras for You
IN THIS CHAPTER
Creative Cloud includes more than just applications. It includes extras that help you keep in touch with changes in your subscription and with recent downloads. It also includes assets for subscribers such as typefaces, cool images, and illustrations, as well as access to stock photos and prebuilt site management tools to help you connect with the creative community. You can also take advantage of the Creative Cloud to store, sync, and share important files, making collaboration easy.
Launching the Creative Cloud App
When you launch the Creative Cloud app, an application pane appears that includes a column on the left side, as shown in Figure 3-1. Launching the Creative Cloud app is one way to access many of the additional extras that come with your subscription, but there are other ways discussed in this chapter that you can access these extras right from the applications themselves.
FIGURE 3-1: You can find many extras right in the Creative Cloud pane.
Apps
Find the status of the Creative Cloud applications in the Apps menu at the top of the workspace. Here you see the apps that are currently installed, represented by an Open button to the right. You can also find the apps that are not yet installed, represented by an Install button (or an Update button, if your installed version isn’t current). In Figure 3-2, you see that you can click Updates to display a view that includes all the apps in need of updating.
FIGURE 3-2: Keep track of the status of your applications and updates by selecting Updates.
Categories
Adobe Creative Cloud has done a nice job of breaking down the available apps and offering quick access by category. Many of the apps cross into multiple categories and even additional platforms such as mobile or web. In this book, we cover the desktop applications and discuss in detail Bridge, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat, and Adobe XD. We also discuss some of the web-based services available through Adobe Stock, Behance, and Portfolio.
The categories of applications included in the Creative Cloud are as follows:
Photography: Quick access to Lightroom, Photoshop, Lightroom Classic, Bridge, and Camera Raw
Graphic Design: Quick Access to Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat DC, InCopy, Dimension, and Bridge
Video: Quick Access to Premiere Pro, Premiere Rush, After Effects, Animate, Character Animator, Audition, Media Encoder, Prelude, Photoshop, and Bridge
Illustration: Quick access to Photoshop, Fresco, Illustrator, Portfolio, and Behance
UI & UX: Quick access to XD, Photoshop, Illustrator, Animate, After Effects, and Dreamweaver
Acrobat & PDF: Quick access to one lonely app, Acrobat DC
3D & AR: Quick access to Dimension and Photoshop
Social Media: Quick access to another lonely app, Premiere Rush
Beta apps: Quick access to current programs that are in development that you can participate in as a beta user
Managing Your Fonts
Select Manage Fonts to see a list of fonts that you currently have active on your system. You can also use Manage Fonts to search and browse for other fonts. Search the complete list of available fonts by selecting the Browse More Fonts button in the upper right of the workspace. You are directed to the Adobe Fonts website, where you can take advantage of advanced search filters in order to find the font you want.
Keep in mind that your Creative Cloud subscription includes the use of a limited number of typefaces that you can activate using Manage Fonts. When you are finished using the font, you can deactivate it. Fonts are discussed in more detail later in this chapter.
Resource Links
These are links to resources that are available through the web. Clicking on these topics redirects you to the appropriate website:
Stock: Click on Stock to access Adobe Stock. This is a paid subscription in addition to your Creative Cloud subscription. You can use it to find reasonably priced royalty-free stock photos, illustrations, videos, and audio clips.
Tutorials: Online tutorials for all experience levels are available for your Creative Cloud apps. Simply click this link to be taken to the Creative Cloud Tutorials page.
Portfolio: Showcase your work by accessing your portfolio-building tools using Adobe Portfolio. Find templates and tools in order to create your own galleries of work and publish them to the web.
Behance: Use Behance as a tool to network with others and to help you be found. Behance is a leading online platform that allows creative professionals