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Saving and Reading Metadata in Lightroom: May 30, 2008; Lightroom 1.1 has metadata options that clarify the whole "What happens to my changes?" issue. Martin Evening points out the relevant features and explains how to use these settings to advantage.

Saving Time on Routine, Multistep Tasks by Running PDF Actions: May 11, 2011; Who doesn’t want to work smarter, not harder, during the workday? Lots of us use PDF files in one way or another to convey information. Adobe expert Brian Wood shows you how to use PDF actions to simplify and automate your work and create that perfect PDF “experience.”

Saving Your Photos as JPEGs in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3: Dec 15, 2010; In Lightroom, you don’t save a file as a JPEG, you export it as a JPEG (or a TIFF, or a DNG, or a Photoshop PSD). In this excerpt from a The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Book for Digital Photographers, Scott Kelby shows you this simple process, as well as the automation features Lightroom has added that can kick in once your photo is exported.

Scanning Real Objects: Mar 16, 2001; Janet Ashford and John Odam, co-authors of Start With a Scan, explain how any object that's small and light enough to be placed on your scanner can become an instant photo image to be used on its own or as the starting point for an illustration.

Scott Kelby and Matt Kloskowski Share Their Best Selection Techniques for Photoshop Elements 10: Feb 15, 2012; Scott Kelby and Matt Kloskowski show you how to select areas, save selections, soften edges, select areas by color, make selections using a brush, get Elements to help you with tricky selections, use the Quick Selection Tool, and remove objects from backgrounds.

Scott Kelby on Photoshop for Lightroom Users: Retouching Portraits: Jan 20, 2014; In this chapter from Photoshop for Lightroom Users, Scott Kelby shows you how to do simple photo retouching in Lightroom, and then shows you more advanced retouching techniques in Photoshop.

Scott Kelby’s Tips for Shooting Panoramas: Oct 19, 2007; Scott Kelby teaches how to get amazing results with panoramic images in Photoshop.

Scott Kelby's Editing Essentials: How to Develop Your Photos: Aug 6, 2013; Scott Kelby shows you how to develop your photos, including tips on setting white balance, setting your overall exposure, working with the Histogram and Auto Tone, dealing with exposure problems, making your colors more vibrant, and much more. He ends the chapter with some Lightroom killer tips.

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.

Scream of the Crop: How to Resize and Crop Photos in Adobe Photoshop CC (2014 release): Dec 8, 2014; Scott Kelby covers cropping (which was completely overhauled in Photoshop CS6) and resizing photos in this excerpt from The Adobe Photoshop CC Book for Digital Photographers (2014 release).

Scrolling Dimensional Perspective: Sep 2, 2001; David Emberton shows you how to use a nifty dimensional perspective technique in Flash.

Search Engine Advertising: ROI Tracking Tips: Mar 26, 2004; Catherine Seda shows you how to choose a return on investment (ROI) tracking solution for your search engine ads.

Secrets to Creating Compelling Photo Collages: Jan 20, 2006; Although collage is an old art form, tools such as Photoshop CS2 give it a new twist. You don't need to get out paint, brushes, scissors, and glue to make art. Instead, everything you need is on your computer. With a handful of photos, Photoshop, and the desire to experiment, you're well on your way to creating collage art. Helen Bradley gives the how-to's for creating a collage in Photoshop by using photos and other techniques, and how to use some design and Photoshop tricks to make sure the result is balanced and pleasing to the eye.

Seeing Before/After Versions in Lightroom: Apr 24, 2008; Scott Kelby explains how to make the most of Lightroom's before/after views.

Selecting and Using Hidden Tools in Adobe Photoshop CS5: Dec 10, 2010; This excerpt from Adobe Photoshop CS5 Classroom in a Book shows you how to use the Tools panel, which arranges some of the tools in groups, with only one tool shown for each group.

Selections: The Key to Compositing in Adobe After Effects 7.0: Dec 22, 2006; A particle physicist works with atoms, bakers and bankers work with their own types of dough, and compositors work with selections—many different types of selections, each of them derived uniquely. In this chapter, you'll look at the foundation techniques that define how a layer merges with those behind it.

Server-Side ActionScript (SSAS): Mar 7, 2003; Step through the objects available to you with SSAS including SharedObject, Stream, Application, Client, and NetConnection.