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- Dreamweaver CS4 Getting Started with: James Williamson
- Photoshop CS4 Getting Started with: Deke McClelland
- Flash CS4 Professional Getting Started with: Todd Perkins
- Illustrator CS4 Getting Started with: Deke McClelland
- After Effects CS4 Getting Started with: Chad Perkins
- InDesign CS4 Getting Started with: Deke McClelland
- Soundbooth CS4 Getting Started with: Garrick Chow
- Fireworks CS4 Getting Started with: Jim Babbage
- Premiere Pro CS4 Getting Started with: Paul Trani
- Acrobat 9 Pro Getting Started with: Brian Wood
- Encore CS4 Getting Started with: Chad Perkins


Dreamweaver CS4 Getting Started with: James Williamson

James Williamson provides a practical introduction to Adobe's
do-it-all web design and development tool in Dreamweaver CS4
Getting Started. He shows how to generate standards-compliant
XHTML and CSS, as well as rock-solid PHP, ColdFusion, ASP, AJAX,
and more, using Dreamweaver's developer-friendly Code view and
WYSIWYG Design view. From creating basic page layouts to
embedding multimedia, James shares techniques for publishing a
finished site quickly and efficiently. Example files accompany
the course.


Photoshop CS4 Getting Started with: Deke McClelland

The release of Adobe's all-purpose image editor makes Photoshop
CS4 the ultimate digital darkroom. In Photoshop CS4 Getting
Started, Deke McClelland introduces the new features in CS4 while
emphasizing core concepts like adjusting brightness and contrast,
burning and dodging, straightening, cropping,and resizing. He
shares his techniques for retouching portraits, reducing noise,
and sharpening detail. Other key Photoshop features, such as
working with text layers, adding metadata, and web optimization,
are also introduced. Exercise files accompany the course.


Flash CS4 Professional Getting Started with: Todd Perkins

Flash CS4 Professional Getting Started explores the many creative
projects made possible by this powerful and flexible tool. Todd
Perkins demonstrates the updated interface and explains Flash
fundamentals, including drawing tools, objects, and symbols. He
shows how to work with vectors, bitmaps, audio, and video. Both
new and established animation features are explored, including
bones, shape and motion tweens, and the Flash Timeline. Todd also
introduces ActionScript 3.0 and some of the ways it can be used to
add interactivity to a project. Example files accompany the course.


Illustrator CS4 Getting Started with: Deke McClelland

Even as its features multiply with each new version, the enduring
popularity of Illustrator stems from its foundation as a powerful
and flexible vector drawing tool. In Illustrator CS4 Getting
Started, Deke McClelland provides a concise but thorough examination
of core Illustrator concepts: stroke, fill, and path; scaling and
rotating; layers and guides, and he demonstrates several techniques
for working with type. Deke also addresses many of the new features
in CS4, including the refined interface, multiple artboards, more-
powerful gradients, and the Blob brush. Exercise files accompany
the course.


After Effects CS4 Getting Started with: Chad Perkins

In After Effects CS4 Getting Started, Chad Perkins reveals why he
and so many others are passionate about this software. After Effects
is an intuitive and powerful environment for experimenting with
motion graphics, compositing, and animation. Chad introduces the
basic workflow of collecting and organizing assets in the Project
panel, assembling them into layered compositions, and applying color
correction and other effects. He offers detailed explanations of 3D,
text, and character animation options, including the Puppet tool,
which is used to bring organic motion to static images. He also shows
how to output finished work into file formats that can be used by
other applications.


InDesign CS4 Getting Started with: Deke McClelland

InDesign CS4 Getting Started is a concise demonstration of the
techniques used to assemble text and images into multi-page
documents that can be published in print, on the web, or in many
other electronic formats. Deke McClelland introduces the core
elements that make up any InDesign project, whether simple or complex:
pages, text frames, and images. He shows how to place and flow text,
and set character- or paragraph-level attributes. He also examines
image placement, cropping, scaling, and framing. Along the way, Deke
discusses the efficient use of rulers and guides, and how to navigate
between pages. Example files accompany the course.


Soundbooth CS4 Getting Started with: Garrick Chow

Garrick Chow provides a succinct introduction to the latest version
of Adobe's versatile audio editing application in Soundbooth CS4
Getting Started. He shares typical techniques for importing and
editing audio, and explains how to solve common problems like
equalizing volume and repairing flawed source recordings. Garrick
shows how to experiment safely using the History panel and the
Snapshot tool, and discusses multi-track mixing. Exercise files
accompany the course.


Fireworks CS4 Getting Started with: Jim Babbage


Fireworks has come a long way from its roots as a screen graphics
editor. As Jim Babbage demonstrates in Fireworks CS4 Getting
Started, the latest release can serve as a rapid prototyping tool
for a variety of uses--a central hub in the design and production
workflow. Since Fireworks is a hybrid imaging application, able to
seamlessly mix vector and bitmap images, layered Illustrator and
Photoshop documents can be imported, edited, and restructured. Jim
shows how to customize the interface and use layout tools like
Smart Guides and the 9-Slice Scaling tool to quickly position and
align objects on the canvas. He also discusses a variety of
delivery options, including web-optimized graphics, interactive
PDFs, AIR prototypes, and standards-compliant CSS and HTML. Example
files accompany the course.


Premiere Pro CS4 Getting Started with: Paul Trani

In Premiere Pro CS4 Getting Started, Paul Trani walks through a
non-linear editing project from beginning to end, introducing both
new and established features along the way. He demonstrates how to
capture and organize video footage from tapes or files, create and
add to a sequence, and perform basic editing and trimming tasks.
Paul also discusses techniques for color correction, transitions,
titles, and other effects. He prepares the finished piece for export
to both Encore DVD and web-optimized video formats. Example files
accompany the course.


Acrobat 9 Pro Getting Started with: Brian Wood

Acrobat 9 Pro makes it easier than ever to combine elements from
various sources into a single, universal document that can be an
interactive hub of digital communication. As Brian Wood demonstrates
in Acrobat 9 Pro Getting Started, not only text and images but also
audio, video, Flash, and other assets can now be seamlessly combined
in a PDF or PDF Portfolio. He shows best practices for streamlining
collaborative editing and review, and demonstrates information
collection via forms. Brian also covers how to encrypt and sign
documents to provide authentication and security. Brian reinforces
all these techniques as he works his way through end-to-end workflow
scenarios that might be typical of a technical or creative business.
Example files accompany the course.


Encore CS4 Getting Started with: Chad Perkins

Encore DVD CS4 Getting Started is a streamlined look at combining
menus, navigation, and video into professional-quality DVDs, Blu-ray
Discs, or web-ready Flash files. Chad Perkins demonstrates how to add
asset links to a new project and quickly turn a layered image into a
functional menu that can be edited in Photoshop. He shares typical
workflows for organizing video on the Timeline, and shows how to
structure interactive disc navigation. Example files accompany the
course.