- Top 10 Reasons Why Illustrator CC Is Great for Web Design
- Jun 29, 2015
- With the proliferation of different devices that visitors can use on a site, designing for the Web has become ever more complicated. Why not take advantage of your old friend Adobe Illustrator to design a new site, or to freshen an existing one? Brian Wood, web developer and author of Adobe Illustrator CC 2014 Classroom in a Book, presents some compelling arguments for sticking with this well-known product, including some features you might never have explored.
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- How to Produce a Virtual Drum Track in Logic Pro X 10.1
- Jun 25, 2015
- In this lesson from Apple Pro Training Series: Logic Pro X 10.1: Professional Music Production, you will produce virtual indie-rock, hip-hop, and electro-house drum tracks. After selecting a genre and choosing the best drummer for your project, you will adjust the drummer’s performance, making her play busier patterns or simpler ones, louder or softer, and changing the feel, almost like a producer would communicate with a real drummer in a recording session.
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- Create a Custom Workspace in Adobe Premiere Pro CC (2015 release)
- Jun 24, 2015
- Workspaces quickly configure the various panels and tools onscreen in ways that are helpful for particular activities, such as editing, special effects work, or audio mixing. Now in the 2015 release of Adobe Premiere Pro CC you can create custom workspaces. Maxim Jago shows you how in this excerpt from Adobe Premiere Pro CC Classroom in a Book (2015 release).
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- Using the Spin Blur Filter and Using the Noise Options in the Blur Gallery in Adobe Photoshop CC (2015 release)
- Jun 23, 2015
- Learn how to add a spin blur effect and use noise options in the blur gallery in this excerpt from Photoshop CC: Visual QuickStart Guide (2015 release).
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- The Power of the Creative Cloud and Illustrator CC (2015)
- Jun 22, 2015
- With the power of Adobe Illustrator the Adobe Creative Cloud, Libraries, and mobile apps, Adobe has created a seamless creative workflow where you can access your content anywhere. Brian Wood, web developer and author of Adobe Illustrator CC 2014 Classroom in a Book, will show you how to take advantage of the Creative Cloud capabilities with Adobe Illustrator.
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- Adding Graphics to Table Cells in Adobe InDesign CC (2015 release)
- Jun 19, 2015
- Learn how to add photos or other graphics to table cells in this excerpt from Adobe InDesign CC Classroom in a Book (2015 release).
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- Adobe Photoshop CC (2015 release): Empowered By and For Mobile Devices
- Jun 19, 2015
- You can use Creative Cloud mobile apps to feed ideas into Photoshop and other Creative Cloud desktop applications, and you can now use Adobe Photoshop CC (2015 release) to more easily design content for mobile apps and web sites. Conrad Chavez looks at how Photoshop CC 2015 integration with Adobe mobile apps works in both directions.
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- Creating a Panorama in Adobe Photoshop CC (2015 release)
- Jun 19, 2015
- Sometimes a vista is just too large for a single shot. Photoshop makes it easy to combine multiple images into a panorama so that your viewers can get the full effect. Learn how in this excerpt from Adobe Photoshop CC Classroom in a Book (2015 release).
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- Previewing the Design Space Interface in Adobe Photoshop CC (2015 release)
- Jun 19, 2015
- This excerpt from Photoshop CC: Visual QuickStart Guide (2015 release) previews an alternate interface for
Photoshop called Design Space.
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- Transformations with the Content-Aware Move Tool in Adobe Photoshop CC (2015 release)
- Jun 19, 2015
- In this excerpt from Adobe Photoshop CC Classroom in a Book (2015 release), learn how, with the Content-Aware Move tool, you only need a few quick steps to create a copy of an image that combines seamlessly with the background, and is also different enough that it doesn’t look like
an exact copy of the original.
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- Using an Effect More Than Once in a Layer Style in Adobe Photoshop CC
- Jun 19, 2015
- A great way to add visual impact to a design element is to apply multiple instances of effects such
as strokes, glows, or shadows. You don’t have to duplicate layers to do this, because you can apply
multiple instances of an effect inside the Layer Styles dialog box. Learn how in this excerpt from Adobe Photoshop CC Classroom in a Book (2015 release).
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- Video: My Top Five Favorite New Features in Adobe Photoshop CC (2015 release)
- Jun 19, 2015
- Kelly McCathran, author of Adobe Photoshop CC (2015 release): Learn by Video, shares her top five favorite new features in Adobe Photoshop CC (2015 release).
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- Working with Adobe Color Themes in Photoshop CC (2015 release)
- Jun 19, 2015
- This excerpt from Photoshop CC: Visual QuickStart Guide (2015 release) shows you how to use the Adobe Color Themes panel to create and save color themes, explore themes from other designers, or
view and edit your own saved themes.
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- Working with Color Themes in Adobe InDesign CC (2015 release)
- Jun 19, 2015
- To create colors that complement an image you are using in a document, you can
use the InDesign Color Theme tool. This excerpt from Adobe InDesign CC Classroom in a Book (2015 release) shows you how.
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- Working with Paragraph Shading in Adobe InDesign CC (2015 release)
- Jun 19, 2015
- InDesign CC 2015 provides a new paragraph shading feature that you can quickly and automatically apply through a paragraph style. In addition, InDesign provides many options for fine-tuning the shading, as you'll see in this excerpt from Adobe InDesign CC Classroom in a Book (2015 release).
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- Using Adobe Photoshop to Create Great Effects with Your Old Photos
- Jun 11, 2015
- In this excerpt from Photo Restoration: From Snapshots to Great Shots, Robert Correll shows you how to work with Clarity, duotones, and masks to create cool effects with your old photos.
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- Settings and Features to Make Great Portraits with Your Nikon D5500
- Jun 10, 2015
- You can’t always change how someone looks, but you can control the way you photograph that individual. In this chapter from Nikon D5500: From Snapshots to Great Shots, Rob Sylvan explores some camera features and techniques that can help you create great portraits with your Nikon D5500.
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- Adobe Illustrator: New Ways to Draw
- Jun 8, 2015
- Recent Adobe Illustrator updates have focused on core tools, resulting in a lot of love for the drawing tools. Web developer Brian Wood, author of Adobe Illustrator CC 2014 Classroom in a Book, explores the latest drawing features, including updates to the Pen and Pencil tools, the new Curvature tool, and improvements in how users select and edit paths.
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- Photo Restoration: Repairing Physical Damage
- Jun 4, 2015
- Robert Correll, author of Photo Restoration: From Snapshots to Great Shots, offer tips for repairing the physical damage to old photos, including filling holes and other surface damage and reconstructing torn or cut photos.
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- Scott Kelby's Editing Essentials: How to Develop Your Photos in Adobe Lightroom CC
- Jun 3, 2015
- Intimidated by Lightroom's Develop module? Don't be. Scott Kelby shows you how to manipulate all of those scary-looking buttons, checkboxes, and sliders to improve your hard-to-fix photos, in this excerpt from The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC Book for Digital Photographers.
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