Get an introduction to Adobe InDesign CS4 with this essential training that introduces you to the basics tools, skills and techniques required to create professionally styled text, layouts and graphics that deliver a powerful impact. In this series, you'll be guided through the techniques needed to work with text and graphics in your layouts. You will also learn how to apply artistic effects to text and placed artwork, without prior knowledge of other applications like Illustrator or Photoshop.

By the time you've finished watching this video series, you'll be very proficient and confident in the new CS4 Design products. The chapters begin with a look at Adobe Bridge, then show you all about raster image editing with Photoshop, vector image editing with Illustrator and how to create a professional layout with InDesign. You'll also learn how to add multimedia with Acrobat, animate with Flash, edit web graphics with Fireworks and design a web layout with Dreamweaver. Before you're done, you'll have all the tools you'll need to give your next design project a professional polish and stay competitive in today's fast paced marketplace.

Take your Photoshop CS4 skills to a new level with the Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended: Advanced. With Jennifer Smith as your host, you'll learn how to give your images a professional touch. You'll discover advanced level techniques for color correction, photo retouching, and compositing using Photoshop. You'll also learn how to optimize your images for the web and how to work with animation. If you already know the fundamentals of Photoshop, get ready to take what you know one step further and learn tips and techniques that will impress even the most seasoned Photoshop user!

Learn professional techniques that will help you to design and develop an impressive web site using Deamweaver CS4. This training walks through advanced concepts in Dreamweaver CS4 including creating pure CSS layouts, working with reusable assets such as Snippets, Library Items and Templates. In addition, you will get the chance to work with Adobe's Spry Framework to create AJAX-enabled web pages. This series is just what you need to take your Dreamweaver skills one step further and give your site a professional polish.

With Adobe InDesign CS4: Advanced, you'll learn all the tricks the professionals know that can save you hours of time in production. After watching this training, you will understand how to build advanced Paragraph Styles that include both Nested and Next styles. You'll learn everything from Master Pages to Object Styles, have a look at advanced features such as XML and Datamerge, plus discover numerous time saving InDesign workflow shortcuts along the way. This series is just what you need to take your InDesign skills one step further and get you well on your way to easily managing a multiple page document inside InDesign.

With Adobe Photoshop Elements 7, you'll learn best practices for editing, organizing and correcting your photos. The series introduces you to the new features of Elements 7, plus explores key Photoshop Elements fundamentals including acquiring photos from your camera, editing and enhancing photos, and then sharing them with family and friends. This training is just what you need to be well on your way to creating impressive images using Photoshop Elements 7!

This is a practical, project based series that will give viewers a new appreciation of some of Photoshop's most creative tools. Viewers will gain a new appreciation for Smart Object workflow, Photoshop 3D, and 32-bit color space. The project-based chapters begin with valuable tips for artistic compositing including using channels for difficult masks and sophisticated layer management with Smart Objects. In addition, viewers will explore 3D Modeling?using only tools found in Photoshop? as well as a practical workflow for merging 3D layers with models from outside sources.

The training also introduces viewers to techniques for texturing and lighting models using the 3D Panel, choosing appropriate scene settings & render presets and creating photorealistic detail with bump maps. The chapters close with a look at 32-bit color space as an artistic tool, and managing bit-depth for export using Smart Objects. Works with Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop CS5.

Adobe Photoshop® Elements 8, you'll learn how to organize and edit your digital images. This series introduces you to the new features of Photoshop Elements 8, including the new Photomerge Exposure command and the Tag Cloud, plus it shares best practices for Elements fundamentals, including making coloring adjustments and sharing photos with family and friends. This training is just what you need to help you make all of the edits you've always wanted to make to your images and be well on your way to creating impressive images using Photoshop Elements 8.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.0 will teach you to effectively manage your image library and take full control of your digital photography workflow. You will learn Lightroom's sophisticated tools for organizing, optimizing, and outputting photographs, all within a single work environment. This course will allow you to master your growing image library and to effectively optimize your photographs with non-destructive image editing techniques that provide tremendous flexibility and stunning results. You will also discover how easily you can output your images to prints, the web, or a slideshow.

Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended: Essentials is learning the way it needs to be; informative and engaging, with fast results. This series is ideal for the beginning user to learn the essentials of Photoshop, and to get up to speed on all of the major features of this powerful image editing software. It is also perfect for the intermediate user who needs to upgrade to this new version of Photoshop, or has skipped a version, and needs to learn the new features and interface enhancements of this latest iteration.

You'll learn by following along with professional photographer, author, image editor and teacher, Amadou Diallo, who uses Photoshop everyday in his profession. His real-world lessons, professional techniques, and time-saving tips are presented in a clear, concise manner and they will give you all the foundational knowledge you need to get exceptional results from your Photoshop projects. By the end of this course you will have excellent beginner to intermediate skills using Photoshop CS5, which is amazing, considering how vast and powerful this software is.

Our time-tested training methods will have you comfortable using all of the key tools, palettes, and menu bars, as well as, the major features such as layers, selections, image editing, retouching, working with colorand swatches, type design, masks, and blend modes.

Once you are proficient in the foundations of Photoshop, Amadou will move on to more advanced topics and teach you how to work with vector shapes and paths, smart objects, using Adobe Bridge, the basics of Camera Raw, working with complex image layers, alpha channels, composting images, manipulating brushes, and finallyoutputting for print and the web.

When you complete this course, you will have the knowledge, confidence and skill to edit your images like a professional, and you will be ready to move on to mastering advanced techniques.

If you are already competent using Photoshop and need more in-depth training try ourAdobe Photoshop CS5 Advanced.

Adobe Illustrator CS5: Essentials will teach you all you need to know to get up to speed quickly and easily with this powerful vector design tool. Join award-wining designer Steve Holmes as he shows you how to wield the sheer power of this incredible design and artwork program. Learn real-world techniques and solid processes for creating stunning artwork and layouts for print and digital media, utilizing the biggest and best tools Illustrator has to offer.

With Adobe InDesign CS5 Essentials you'll learn all the key new features that are packed into this robust design and publishing tool. Adobe Certified Expert James Lockman teaches you the fundamental tools, tips and techniques you'll need to create professionally designed layouts, text, tables and graphics. This training is just what you need to quickly take your skills to the next level when working with Adobe InDesign CS5.

The Creative Suite 5 applications were specifically designed to work together and help you streamline your workflow. Adobe Creative Suite 5: Design Workflow, instructed by Adobe Certified Creative Suite Master, will teach you all the tools you need to successfully integrate all of your Adobe Creative Suite Design applications, making you more design savvy and efficient.

Beginning with creating artwork in Photoshop and Illustrator, you will use that artwork in print and on the web integrating InDesign, Flash, Fireworks, Dreamweaver and Flash Catalyst. Whether you are new to the Suite or a seasoned veteran, this series is chock full of insightful tips and real-world techniques that will appeal to everyone in the design field trying to make the most of their creative workflow.

Adobe Photoshop CS5 Advanced is the perfect way to move from Photoshop novice to Photoshop expert. Follow along with advanced techniques and time-saving tips the pros use, including power user essentials, advanced layers, masks and selections, painting, raw file editing, working with 3D, Video and Animation, Retouching, Compositing and more. 

By the time you are done with this series, you will have learned how to produce high-quality, professional-level results image after image. This series is perfect for the beginner or intermediate digital artists who want to hone their photoshop skills and learn the advanced techniques of this powerful image-editing software.

InDesign CS5 is a revolutionary tool for building interactive experiences. InDesign CS5 Interactivity will help you gain insight into the new interactive features and publishing models available with InDesign CS5. In addition, you will see how designers and developers can collaborate on interactive projects using InDesign and Flash Professional.

Now more than ever creative projects include print and interactive components and this course will give you the skills you need to include them in your work. Whether new to interactive design or a seasoned pro, you will learn the skills you need to take advantage of interactivity in InDesign.

Photoshop Elements 9 - What's New, you'll learn to create beautifully layered photos using layer masks, repair and retouch photos using the new content aware spot healing brush, and how easy it really is to upload and share all of your favorite photos on Facebook. You'll also discover how to create incredible photography effects like pop art, how to make quick fun edits using guided tools, how to use Photomerge and match the style of a photo automatically. Making photos look great has never been easier!

Adobe InDesign CS6 Essentials offers a comprehensive foundation for working with this versatile desktop publishing application. This course will teach you how to efficiently design page layouts for print or screen, starting with the basics of the program and interface, then moving into more advanced topics.

Adobe Certified Expert, Randy Hagen, shows you how to set up custom InDesign workspaces, the basics of layouts, how to build, quality check and package your InDesign projects, and how to use InDesign's formatting tools to quickly and efficiently produce quality, consistent documents.

You'll also learn to work with InDesign's long document production functions, how to create and work with templates, and how to design interactive digital forms and PDFs.

Adobe Creative Suite 6 Design & Web Workflow, you'll learn how to use the products together in an integrated format, as you learn to create assets for print, web and digital projects. Discover the amazing tools and incredible new features within CS6 and easily take your ideas from one application to another throughout the suite. You'll learn savvy tricks for creating exciting designs for print, ePubs, animation and web design. Learn the skills to stay competitive in today's fast-paced market!

Adobe Illustrator CS6: Advanced shows you how to create professional graphics and effects by controlling some of the intricate, little-known and hidden features of the software.

Presenter Bob Flisser takes you beyond creating simple shapes and into masking, tracing, 3D art and seamless patterns, as well as, managing color and using Illustrator with Photoshop. Illustrator has a lot of powerful features, and we explain them to you in plain English.

This series covers the different types of masks, the new Image Trace feature, the new pattern creation panel, how to draw in perspective using the Perspective Grid, selecting color with the Color Guide panel, creating bristle brushes and calligraphic brushes, multiple methods of using Illustrator with Photoshop, synchronizing color management with other Creative Suite applications, and proofing and pre-press functions for color separations.

After completing this course, you will know how to create artwork in perspective and 3D, as well as masking, recoloring, layer blending, creating pictographs and more. In addition, you will learn professional techniques, workflow, color management and time-saving shortcuts.