Today's feature: 5 Things You May Not Know About Indesign CS5

Hello, Friends! Let's listen and watch as Adobe Evangelist, Terry White details five (5) things about InDesign CS5 that are useful for everyday work.

(1) Rulers/Guides: InDesign horizontal and vertical rulers/guides can be established simultaneously, rather than separately.

(2) Reversed P Icon: InDesign lets you know when images have been flipped with a reversed icon of the letter 'p'. This is very valuable for making sure your image doesn't have reversed logos and backwards text.

Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5

Today's feature: 'Part 5 - Interaction Design & Forms and Dialogs'.

David Hogue, Interactive Experience Design Expert focuses on five key principles of interaction design: Consistency, Visibility, Learn-ability, Predictability, and Feedback. In this final presentation of the series, 'Classroom: Five Essential Principles of Interaction Design', Hogue teaches how to effectively design interactions for forms and dialogs, including ways to smoothly guide users through a good user-experience using the key essential principles discussed in this series.



Adobe Flash Catalyst


Today's feature: 'Part 4 - Interaction Design & Images and Media' .

David Hogue, Interactive Experience Design Expert, highlights the five key principles of interaction design, Consistency, Visibility, Learn-ability, Predictability and Feedback, which are the focus of the 'Classroom: Five Essential Principles of Interaction Design' series.

In this presentation, Hogue focuses on how Interaction Design is applied to the delivery of images and media through the use of patterns, timing, size and more. Afterwards, he utilizes Adobe Flash Catalyst to show an example displaying some Interaction Design applied to a light-box project.

Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5

Today's feature: 'Part 3 - Interaction Design & Text'


David Hogue, Interactive Experience Design Expert focuses on five key principles of interaction design: Consistency, Visibility, Learn-ability, Predictability, and Feedback. In this lesson we see how these five essential principals of Interaction Design apply to the presentation and the delivery of text, and understand how people tend to view and consume text on a digital device. Afterwards, we follow a quick exercise in Adobe Flash Catalyst to take a look at an example of creating a liquid layout.

Today's feature: 'Part 2 - Interaction Design & Navigation'

David Hogue, Interactive Experience Design Expert reminds us of the five key principles of interaction design (featured in 'Part 1 - Five Essential Principles of Interaction Design'): Consistency, Visibility, Learn-ability, Predictability, and Feedback. With an understanding of these five principals of Interaction Design, we'll now learn how to apply those concepts to craft effective navigational systems for digital interfaces. Near the end of this presentation, we can follow along with the quick tutorial in Adobe Flash Catalyst to see some ways drop-down navigation bar elements can be presented.

Adobe Dreamweaver CS5

Today's feature: 'Part 1 - Five Essential Principles of Interaction'

David Hogue, Interactive Experience Design Expert, highlights five key principles of interaction design: Consistency, Visibility, Learn-ability, Predictability and Feedback. Specifically, Hogue clarifies what interaction design is and how these five essential principals of interaction design could help you make better interaction design decisions. This quick introduction will help you get started thinking about how to design your interfaces in the most effective way with the behavior of the user in mind.

Photoshop CS5's Content-Aware Fill and Natural Media Bristle Tip Brushes 

In the videos below, view Russell Brown as he shows you how to use Content-Aware Fill, one of several of the wonderful, new Photoshop features in Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Julieanne Kost as she shows you some of the new painting fearues in Adobe Photoshop CS5, including the new Natural Media Bristle Tip Brushes.

Once you've removed any image detail or object, watch as Content-Aware Fill magically fills in the space left behind. This breakthrough technology matches lighting, tone, and noise so it looks as if the removed content never existed.

To say the least, Adobe Photoshop CS5 software redefines digital imaging with powerful new photography tools and breakthrough capabilities for complex image selections, realistic painting, and intelligent retouching. You'll enjoy cross-platform 64-bit support and a wide range of workflow enhancements. Photoshop CS5's key features are:

• Complex selections made easy
• Content-Aware Fill (featured in video 1)
• Superior HDR imaging
• State-of-the-art raw image processing
• Extraordinary painting effects (featured in video 2)

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Utilize Fireworks to Prototype and Design Rapidly with Accuracy


With Adobe Fireworks there's no need to hire a contractor to code your Photoshop web page design with HTML & CSS. Fireworks CS4 can save you a ton of time and money. In other words, you can prototype websites and application interfaces, rapidly. Also, you can create and optimize images for the web accurately and faster than ever before with this enhanced toolset.




Key Features

• Sophisticated prototyping—Creatively design interactive layouts for websites and rich Internet applications (RIAs). Export website comps to Adobe Dreamweaver® software as standards-compliant, CSS-based layouts, and bring RIA prototypes into Adobe Flex® with professional-quality coding.
• Superb design tools—Create and edit vector and bitmap images, or import and modify native Adobe Photoshop® and Illustrator® files. Apply effects, styles, and blend modes to add depth and character to text and symbols.
• Optimization and scaling tools—Optimize graphics for virtually any scenario with preview, selective JPEG compression, and a wide range of export controls. Intelligently scale buttons and graphic symbols with 9-slice scaling to accelerate website and application prototyping.
• Intelligent integration—Import Photoshop PSD files while retaining layers, effects, and blend modes, and save Fireworks PNG files in native Photoshop format. Copy and paste objects from Fireworks CS4 into Dreamweaver CS4 or Adobe Flash® CS4 Professional software.
• RIA authoring support—Prototype layouts for RIAs in Fireworks and then export them directly to Flex, while retaining absolute positioning, styling, and professional-quality coding.

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Related Link: Rapidly prototype and design for the web. Adobe® Fireworks® CS4

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Film-making, Digital Effects and Video Techniques

By now you've heard of, and/or seen 'Avatar' the digital, 3D sci-fi epic from Academy Award-winning 'Titanic' director, James Cameron. This film follows a war veteran named Jake Sully (actor Sam Worthington), who gets called to the depths of space to take up the job of his slain twin brother for the scientific arm of a mega-corporation looking to mine the planet of Pandora for a valued ore. ~ Synopsis, MSN Movies

It's a visually stunning film, created with a mix of live-action performances and computer-generated effects. One of my favorites, Adobe software, was used to make the movie 'Avatar'.

• Check out this video featuring Jon Landau, Producer of 'Avatar', and see how Adobe software was used throughout its production.
• Hear how these Adobe customers approached film-making, digital effects, pre-visualization, and a variety of video techniques using Adobe Creative Suite Production Premium for the movie.

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• In this single 'Avatar' clip (featured in video) the following Adobe software products were used:
•   Premiere Pro Capture, edit, and deliver video online, on air, on disc, or on device. Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS4
•  Creative Suite Production Premium Plan, create, and deliver anywhere with the intelligent post-production solution. Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 Production Premium!
•  Lightroom Attention Photographers: Spend less time in front of the computer and more time behind the lens, with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.
•  Photoshop Create powerful images with the professional standard. Adobe® Photoshop® CS4
• After Effects Create motion graphics and visual effects with the industry standard. Adobe® After Effects® CS4

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Using Adobe Dreamweaver CS4

Check out how to create new Blackberry (RIM) widgets with the industry-leading Dreamweaver CS4 Web authoring tool.

'Best-Sellers' Software for Educators, Creative, Business, Print & Photography Professionals, Web Designers, Web Developers and Graphic Designers 

Acrobat 9 Pro | Photoshop CS4 |  Photoshop Lightroom 2 | Dreamweaver CS4 | CS4 Design Premium

Are you a business professional in sales, marketing, finance, HR, legal, or an administrative assistant who manages projects and/or requires advanced collaboration and form capabilities? Are you a designer, art director, account manager, project manager, service providers, pre-press shop owner, print proprietor or a member of their pre-press or print staff? If so, the following best-selling Adobe software should be quite beneficial to you/your business:


Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro software helps business and creative professionals communicate and collaborate more effectively and securely with virtually anyone, anywhere. Purchase  Acrobat 9 Pro Extended: Deliver the richest, most engaging PDF communications.

Key Features
Acrobat 9 Pro includes all the functionality of Acrobat 9 Standard plus the following capabilities:

• Unify a wide range of content in PDF files—Combine documents, drawings, e-mail, and spreadsheets in a single compressed PDF Portfolio. Use professionally designed templates that can be branded with your logo and that include descriptions to guide recipients through the contents.
• Include rich media content in PDF files—Add videos and animations created with Adobe Flash® software to your PDF documents. With native support for Flash technology, no additional media player is necessary for playback.
• Include Adobe Reader® users—Enable users of free Adobe Reader software* to digitally sign documents and to participate in shared document reviews. By extending Acrobat functionality to Reader users, virtually anyone can participate in the workflows you initiate.
• Convert to PDF from technical applications—Take advantage of one-button PDF file creation from AutoCAD®, Microsoft Visio, and Microsoft Project, which preserves document layers in Visio and AutoCAD and object data in Visio.†
• Permanently remove sensitive information—Use redaction tools to black out sensitive text, illustrations, or other information, permanently deleting the content from the PDF document. Inspect PDF documents for metadata, hidden layers, and other concealed information, and remove it before distributing the files to others.

* Requires Adobe Reader 8 or later.
† Windows® only.




Are you a professional photographer, dedicated amateur photographer and/or graphic designer? If you are, Photoshop CS4 can save you time and money by allowing you to enjoy smoother rotation, panning and zooming. You can adjust images in half the time, bypass cropping and re-touching with intelligent Content Aware Scaling, and automatically stitch horizontal or vertical photos to create seamless panoramas. If you're a photographer and educator you'll benefit from Photoshop Lightroom 2, as well!

Adobe Photoshop CS4 software provides improved access to its unrivaled power through a more intuitive user experience, greater editing freedom, and significant productivity enhancements.

Key Features

• Adjustments panel—Simplify image adjustment by easily accessing every tool you need to nondestructively adjust and enhance the color and tone of your images; on-image controls and a wide variety of presets are also included in the new live and dynamic Adjustments panel.
• Masks panel—Quickly create and edit masks from the new Masks panel. This panel offers all the tools you need to create editable pixel- and vector-based masks, adjust mask density and feathering, easily select noncontiguous objects, and more.
• Enhanced auto-alignment of layers—Create accurate composites with the enhanced Auto-Align Layers command. Move, rotate, or warp layers to align them more accurately than ever before. Or use spherical alignment to create breathtaking panoramas.
• Enhanced auto-blending of images—Easily create a single image from a series of shots that have different focal points with the enhanced Auto Blend Layers command, which smoothly blends color and shading and now extends your depth of field, automatically correcting vignettes and lens distortion.
• Extended depth of field—Combine a range of images, each with a different exposure, color, and focal point—with options to preserve tones and colors—into a single color-corrected image.

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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 software helps today’s professional and amateur photographers spend less time in front of the computer and more time behind the lens.  Get your Adobe Photoshop Lightroom!


Key Features

• Enhance specific areas of a photo—Enjoy more flexible, accurate enhancements by targeting a specific area of a photo for dodging and burning.
• Quickly find any photo—Sort and filter large volumes of photos using powerful metadata filters to quickly find just the photo you want.
• Automatically import and process your way—Import and process large volumes of photos according to your customized settings. Easily rename files, organize them into folders, add metadata, and convert file formats for an entire shoot.
• Native 64-bit architecture—Utilize the advanced memory-handling capabilities on the latest Mac OS and Windows® systems.
• Expand your workspace—Add a second monitor and enjoy more room to work. Support for multiple monitors allows you to configure your workspace to manage image workflow and presentation more efficiently.

Build world-class websites and applications with one of the industry’s leading web authoring tools. Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 software is ideal for web designers, web developers, visual designers and Adobe Creative Suite users.



Key Features

• An industry-leading tool—Build world-class websites with one of the industry’s leading web authoring tools. Manipulate pixel-level designs or craft complex code. Work the way you work best in the real-world environment of Live View.
• Cross-product integration—Leverage the intelligent integration and power of Dreamweaver CS4 and other Adobe tools, including Adobe Flash® CS4 Professional, Fireworks® CS4, Photoshop® CS4, and Adobe Device Central CS4 software, through direct communication and interaction across the product line.
• Comprehensive CSS support—Style your sites with the enhanced CSS implementation tools in Dreamweaver CS4. Define and modify CSS rules instantly in the Properties panel. Use the Related Files and Code Navigator features to find specific CSS rules.
• Integrated coding—Tap the power of built-in code hints for faster and cleaner coding in HTML; JavaScript; Ajax frameworks such as Spry, jQuery, and Prototype; and several server languages.
• Support for leading technologies—Design and code in a tool that supports most of the leading web development technologies, including HTML, XHTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript, Ajax, PHP, Adobe ColdFusion®, and ASP.
• FLV support—Integrate FLV files into any web page with point-and-click ease and standards-compliant coding. Design with your FLV videos playing in the new Live View.

Design, develop, and maintain standards-based websites and applications. Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS4

Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium software is the ultimate toolkit for today's designer. Express yourself in exciting new ways and deliver rich creative experiences across print, web, and mobile media.



Key Features

• Ultimate design toolset—Design for print, web, and mobile devices in a powerful, integrated, and comprehensive creative environment. Plus, enjoy innovative services for collaborating, finding inspiration, and mastering design tools.
• Compelling vector graphics and digital images—Create eye-catching vector graphics in Adobe Illustrator® CS4 and powerful digital images in Adobe Photoshop® CS4 Extended. Deliver imaginative combinations of graphics and images in many media.
• Layout and production for print, web, and mobile—Use Adobe Fireworks® CS4 to prototype websites, Adobe InDesign® CS4 to create short and long documents for print or digital delivery, Adobe Dreamweaver® CS4 for standards-based web production, and Adobe Flash® CS4 Professional to build engaging interactive experiences.
• Ideas in motion—In Flash CS4 Professional, create simple but engaging animations in as few as two steps. Use Photoshop CS4 Extended to enhance video footage, even syncing visual effects to the audio track. Incorporate animations and video in PDF, web, or mobile creations.
• Powerful 3D possibilities—Edit, enhance, and manipulate 3D content, and even paint directly on 3D models with Photoshop CS4 Extended. Wrap 2D images around common 3D shapes, and create 3D animations by controlling movement, camera position, and rendering.

Deliver innovative ideas in print, web, and mobile design. Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 Design Premium

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Design for Today's Diverse Media with Creative Suite 4 (and No Coding)


Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium software is the ultimate toolkit for today's designer. Express yourself in exciting new ways and deliver rich creative experiences across print, web, and mobile media.

Key Features:

Ultimate design toolset—Design for print, web, and mobile devices in a powerful, integrated, and comprehensive creative environment. Plus, enjoy innovative services for collaborating, finding inspiration, and mastering design tools.

Compelling vector graphics and digital images—Create eye-catching vector graphics in Adobe Illustrator® CS4 and powerful digital images in Adobe Photoshop® CS4 Extended. Deliver imaginative combinations of graphics and images in many media.

Layout and production for print, web, and mobile—Use Adobe Fireworks® CS4 to prototype websites, Adobe InDesign® CS4 to create short and long documents for print or digital delivery, Adobe Dreamweaver® CS4 for standards-based web production, and Adobe Flash® CS4 Professional to build engaging interactive experiences.

Ideas in motion—In Flash CS4 Professional, create simple but engaging animations in as few as two steps. Use Photoshop CS4 Extended to enhance video footage, even syncing visual effects to the audio track. Incorporate animations and video in PDF, web, or mobile creations.

Powerful 3D possibilities—Edit, enhance, and manipulate 3D content, and even paint directly on 3D models with Photoshop CS4 Extended. Wrap 2D images around common 3D shapes, and create 3D animations by controlling movement, camera position, and rendering.

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Lightroom 2.0 Basics: 02 Overview of the Library module

Hello, Everyone! As you probably know by now, Adobe products are among my absolute favorite software lines! So, from time to time I share some of the exciting savings on the software with you. Enjoy!

Learn about design workflows with Adobe Creative Suite 4 from the Adobe Developer Connection via Adobe TV!

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Discover Acrobat tips and tricks for creating PDFs from two-dimensional content via Adobe TV video!

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