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Fluid Web Typography: Scale & Rhythm: Dec 23, 2009; Jason Cranford Teague shows how giving careful consideration to the measurements and scale you are designing for is what separates good Web typography from great Web typography.

Foreword to The Photoshop and Painter Artist Tablet Book: Creative Techniques in Digital Painting Using Wacom and the iPad, 2nd Edition: Oct 25, 2013; Digital art pioneer Bert Monroy introduces The Photoshop and Painter Artist Tablet Book: Creative Techniques in Digital Painting Using Wacom and the iPad, 2nd Edition by Cher Threinen-Pendarvis.

Foundations of Digital Art and Design: A Q&A with Designer and Educator xtine burrough: Sep 19, 2013; Peachpit interviews xtine burrough, author of Foundations of Digital Art and Design with the Adobe Creative Cloud, about the state of higher education, her use of design and social media to create web communities, and her thoughts on fair use.

Frame It: How to Frame Digital Images with Photoshop: Aug 4, 2006; A good picture deserves a good frame. Just as you frame the artwork you hang on your wall, you can also create frames for your digital photos and art. Photoshop has plenty of tools to help you make wonderful frames that complement and enhance your photos. Helen Bradley shows you how to create a range of frame effects in Photoshop. In the process, you'll learn some handy ways for working in Photoshop and discover practical applications for styles and filters.

FrameMaker 7 Books and Generated Files: May 9, 2003; Victoria Thomas demonstrates how to build, index, format, and troubleshoot book files in FrameMaker 7.

Free Audio Tools that Work with Flash: Mar 24, 2006; One of Flash's many strengths is its capability to consistently and reliably play back sound across a wide variety of computer platforms and environments. Flash has a comprehensive set of utilities and tools to work with audio, but there are several free, dedicated audio tools that can do an even better job. James Gonzalez reviews several free audio tools that he has used professionally and with his students to streamline audio work with Flash.

FreeHand 9's Envelope Tool and Perspective Grid: Mar 1, 2001; from FreeHand 9 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide, by Sandee Cohen

From Design Into Print: Understanding the Types of Computer Applications: Jun 24, 2009; This chapter is a guide to choosing the right types of applications, or programs, to do different jobs, including word processing, presentation, image editing, vector drawing, font management, and page layout.

From Designer’s File to Web Build File: Solving Special Transparency Problems with Essential Layer and Layer Mask Tricks: Jan 18, 2002; Photoshop expert Sean Duggan uses advanced layer-masking techniques to solve a tricky situation involving blend modes, opacity, transparent GIFs, and the case of the vanishing blue tone.

From Flash to Flex: Creating ActionScript Components for Flex: Jul 27, 2007; Kris Hadlock explains how to create an ActionScript component for Flex by using XML as a data source to offer reusability in your Flex applications.

From Flash to Flex: Integrating ActionScript with MXML: Jun 8, 2007; Are you familiar with Flash and interested in making a move to Flex? This article is for you. It will show you the differences between the two applications and how to make a smooth transition. In this first article of a multipart series, "From Flash to Flex," Kris Hadlock shows you how to begin creating your first Flex application by integrating ActionScript with MXML.

From Flash to Flex: Moving to ActionScript 3: Jul 6, 2007; In his second article from the Flash to Flex series, which focuses on helping you migrate your work environment from Flash to Flex by learning the differences between and comparing the two applications, Kris Hadlock shows you all you need to know to get started using ActionScript 3. In this article you’ll learn how to create packages and classes and incorporate them into a Flex project.

From Flash to Flex: Understanding Flex Events: Sep 14, 2007; Kris Hadlock explains Flex events and how to incorporate them into object-oriented code.

From Laptop to Desktop: Synching Catalogs on Two Computers in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3: Dec 16, 2010; Moving photos from your location laptop to the Lightroom catalog on your studio computer is easier than it sounds. You just have to make a few choices about how Lightroom handles the process.

From Looking to Seeing: The Craft of Typography: Sep 5, 2011; Everyone looks at type, but the typographer has to see more, because eliminating all traces of visual discord is what elevates type from being merely legible to being comfortingly readable. Jim Felici, the author of The Complete Manual of Typography: A Guide to Setting Perfect Type, Second Edition, explains how even the untrained eye suffers from badly set type (untrained doesn’t mean unsophisticated), and how discerning eyes are needed to set the fine type that readers deserve.

From Many File Types, A Polished PDF Portfolio: Mar 28, 2011; Learn how to create a dynamic presentation, called a portfolio, in Acrobat X Pro. Acrobat expert Brian Wood helps you understand how portfolios work, including answering questions like, “What is the difference between combining files and creating a portfolio?” and “Will it work in all versions of Reader?”

From Photo to Drawing: Sep 1, 2001; by Janet Ashford, author of The Arts and Crafts Computer

From Photo to Drawing: Sep 1, 2001; by Janet Ashford, author of The Arts and Crafts Computer

Fun Effects in Photoshop CS3: Fold Your Photo: Jul 27, 2007; Helen Bradley shows you a simple process to create a folded photo effect in Photoshop using the Liquify filter to create the distorted edges and gradient fills to add dimension.

Fun Effects in Photoshop CS3: Make Your Photos Bend with Vanishing Point: Jun 29, 2007; Are you ready to showcase your art on a billboard or up on a building? In this article, Helen Bradley shows you how to harness the power of the Vanishing Point filter to create fun effects with your digital images.