February 13, 2008

A wealth of Lightroom tutorials

Digital photography experts Rob Sheppard and Tim Grey have created a wide range of Lightroom tutorials for the Adobe Design Center.

From Rob:

• Setting up an organizational system in Lightroom
• Working with color management in Lightroom
• Using the Camera Calibration feature in Lightroom
• Working with History and Snapshots in Lightroom
• Split toning for color
• Slideshows:
  • Making a better slideshow in Lightroom, part 1: Organization and layout
  • Making a better slideshow in Lightroom, part 2: Timing, music, titles, and transitions
  • Presentation possibilities in the Slideshow module, part 1: Preparing and selecting your photos
  • Presentation possibilities in the Slideshow module, part 2: Customizing the slideshow’s appearance
  • Presentation possibilities in the Slideshow module, part 3: Playback and export
• Choosing a Web gallery type in Lightroom
• Creating a promo sheet in Lightroom
• Exporting from Lightroom Q&A
• Using the Print Sharpening feature in Lightroom

From Tim:

• Apply metadata, keywords, and presets as you import images
• Working with snapshots in Lightroom
• Working with the History panel in Lightroom
• Working with the Histogram in Lightroom
• Slideshows:
  • Configuring a slideshow in Lightroom
  • Playing and exporting a Lightroom slideshow
• Web galleries:
  • Creating and configuring a web gallery in Lightroom
  • Publishing a Lightroom web gallery
• Exporting images from Lightroom

November 26, 2007

Photoshop typography, Fireworks symbols, & much more on Design Center

The Adobe Design Center says, ‘Scuse me while I whip this content out…:

* New Gallery:

• Radim Malinic

* New Dialog Box:

• Adobe Magazine for Creative Professionals (September issue)
• CreativeSpark by AdamsMorioka

* New Lightroom Video Workshop from George Jardine:

• Correct an image using the Develop module
  
• Finding and evaluating photos
• Basic photo correction
• Using the Refine Photos command
• Using Sharpening & Noise Reduction controls

* New Tutorials:

• Typographic design with Photoshop
• Create a sitemap icon using reusable rich symbols — Alan Musselman
• PDF/X Files and Adobe Creative Suite 3 — Adobe white paper
• Using ActionScript to pause and loop the timeline in Flash — Tom Green and David Stiller
• 60-second Lightroom videos by Matt Kloskowski:
  • Get started with cropping
  • Get started with sharpening
  • Get started with white balance corrections
• Creating scatter brushes in Illustrator — David Karlins and Bruce K. Hopkins

Adobe training gauchas Luanne Seymour and Jen deHaan are riding herd, so check out their sites for fresh material.  And as always, check out some of the 1000+ Adobe links on del.icio.us.  Info on how to contribute links is here.  [Via]

October 21, 2007

DVD menus in AE, crystals in Fireworks, more

The Adobe Design Center yells pull and lets some new content-skeet fly*:

* New Galleries:

• Ben Thomas (of cityshrinker.com)
• Bran Dougherty-Johnson (of growdesignwork.com)

* New Think Tank:

• Graduate education: Preparing designers for jobs that don’t exist (yet) by
  Anne Burdick

* New Tutorials:

• Creating calligraphic brushes in Illustrator by David Karlins & Bruce K. Hopkins
• Create an animated DVD menu transition using Encore and After Effects by Bob Donlon
• Redacting text and images in a PDF file by Donna Baker
• Adding cool frame borders to your photos by Scott Kelby
• Creating crystals with Fireworks by Thierry Lorey

Adobe training playas (non-hatas) Luanne Seymour and Jen deHaan are blogging, so check out their sites for fresh material.  And as always, check out some of the 1000+ Adobe links on del.icio.us.  Info on how to contribute links is here.  [Via]

*Look, these intros don’t write themselves; maybe I need to devise a new template…

September 27, 2007

New AE, Photoshop, Lightroom tutorials on Design Center

The Adobe Design Center offers up a taste of new content:

* New Think Tank:

• Big games: Playing in the streets by Greg Trefry

* New Tutorials:

• Working with Vanishing Point in Photoshop and After Effects by Ko Maruyama
• Using Vanishing Point to map a 3D environment by Ko Maruyama
• Drawing a multistate button with Acrobat by Donna Baker
• Migrating from QuarkXPress to InDesign by David Blatner
• Basic photo correction with Photoshop Lightroom by George Jardine

Adobe training czarinas Luanne Seymour and Jen deHaan are blogging, so check out their sites for fresh material.  And as always, check out some of the 1000+ Adobe links on del.icio.us.  Info on how to contribute links is here.  [Via]

September 08, 2007

New Lightroom, Dreamweaver, AE tutorials on Design Center

The Adobe Design Center offers up a smattering of new content:

* New Gallery:

• Adam Woodhouse

* New Tutorials:

• Correct an image using the Develop Module in Lightroom by George Jardine
• Find your best photos easily using Compare mode and the Quick Develop panel in Lightroom by George Jardine
• Create animated characters from still images with After Effects by Bob Donlon
• Creating a master-detail page relationship in Dreamweaver by Matthew Pizzi

Adobe training mavens Luanne Seymour and Jen deHaan are blogging, so check out their sites for fresh material.  And as always, check out some of the 1000+ Adobe links on del.icio.us.  Info on how to contribute links is here.  [Via]

August 27, 2007

Top Lightroom shortcuts, Barbarians, & more on Designer Center

The Adobe Design Center bobs, weaves, and takes new content to the hole:

New Dialog Box:

• Design Center editor community blogs by Jen deHaan
• Rendering the print: The art of photography by Karl Lang

New Gallery:

• The Barbarian Group: Gallery

New Think Tank:

• The last stage is acceptance: Robots and design by David Womack

New Tutorials:

• Using Flash for the first time – Part 3: Publishing and adding a Flash file to a web page
  by Jen deHaan
• Top 10 Photoshop Lightroom shortcuts by Matt Kloskowski
• Color workflows for Adobe Creative Suite 3 by Adobe
• Adobe PDF in creative workflows by Adobe

Adobe training content-wranglers Luanne Seymour and Jen deHaan are blogging, so check out their sites for fresh material.  And as always , check out some of the ~1000 Adobe links on del.icio.us.  Info on how to contribute links is here.  [Via]

August 13, 2007

Make Fireworks in After Effects, Ditch Quark, & more on Design Center

The Adobe Design Center shimmies into some new content:

* New Dialog Box:

• The Art & Science of CSS: Create inspirational standards-based web design by
  Cameron Adams, Jina Bolton, David Johnson, Steve Smith, & Jonathan Snook

* New Tutorials:

• Using Flash for the first time – Part 2: Adding symbols, animation, and ActionScript by Jen deHaan
• Migrating from FreeHand to Illustrator by Mordy Golding
• Create CD or DVD labels easily using Photoshop and ready-to-print PDF templates by Pariah S. Burke
• Create a fireworks effect using After Effects by Bob Donlon

* New White Papers:

• Color management workflow in After Effects
  
• Color Workflows for Adobe Creative Suite 3
• Adobe PDF in Creative Workflows
• PDF/X files in Adobe Creative Suite
• A designer’s guide to transparency for print output
• Transparency in Adobe applications: A print production guide
• Adobe InDesign CS3 conversion guide: A hands-on resource for switching from Quark to InDesign CS3
• Adobe InDesign CS3 and XML: A technical reference

Also, check out some of the 970+ Adobe links on del.icio.us.  Info on how to contribute links is here.  [Via]

July 21, 2007

GoLive->DW, 3D Flash buttons, more in Desn. Center

The Adobe Design Center returns with fresh updates:

New Dialog Box:

• An interview with Aaron Simpson by R Blank

New Think Tank:

• Seeing green: Designing for conservation by Peter Hall

New Gallery:

• Firstborn

New Tutorials:

• Exporting images from a PDF file by Brian Wood
• Using Flash for the first time – Part 1: Building a banner by
  Jen deHaan
• Creating a 3D button animation for Flash by
  Tom Green & Tiago Dias
• Creating and modifying titles in Adobe Premiere Pro by
  Jeff Schell
• Migrating from GoLive to Dreamweaver by
  Garrick Chow
  

Also, check out some of the 929 Adobe links on del.icio.us.  Info on how to contribute links is here.  [Via]

June 22, 2007

After Effects to FLV, plus more tutorials

The Adobe Design Center is back with some updates:

New Dialog Box:

• Adobe Magazine for Creative Professionals
• Interface surgery: Design for mental models by Robert Hoekman, Jr.

New Think Tank:

• Bespoke futures: Media design and the vision deficit by
  Peter Lunenfeld

New Tutorials:

• Get to know important document settings in Illustrator by Mordy Golding
• Crop an image with Photoshop Lightroom by Matt Kloskowski
• Using DirectX and VST plug-ins in Adobe Audition by Bruce Williams
• Export an After Effects project as a web video by Jeff Foster
  

Also, check out the Adobe links on del.icio.us.  Info on how to contribute links is here.  [Via]

June 07, 2007

New tutorials: Smart Filters, DVDs, & more

The Adobe Design Center returns with new tutorials:

• Setting up the workspace for developers by Garrick Chow
• Using Version Cue to manage reviews and comments by Mordy Golding
• Using Scene Detect in Adobe Premiere Pro by Jeff Schell
• Applying Smart Filters in Photoshop by Michael Ninness
• Modifying PDF files by Michael Wood
• Working with text in Encore DVD by Chad Perkins
• Using layers and creating layouts in Fireworks by Tom Green

And, as always, don’t forget to check out the Adobe links on del.icio.us.  Info on how to contribute links is here.  [Via Luanne Seymour]

May 24, 2007

Stefan Sagmeister, Experience Design, & more in Design Center

The Adobe Design Center is back with a handful of updates:

New Dialog Box:

• Live + work with Stefan Sagmeister by Hillman Curtis

New Think Tank:

• On the ground running: Lessons from experience design by Adam Greenfield

New Tutorials:

• Design beautiful websites with Fireworks by Jason Beaird
• Adjust the bandwidth of an audio clip using Track EQ in Adobe Audition by Bruce Williams
  

And as always, don’t forget to check out the Adobe links on del.icio.us.  Content wrangler Jen deHaan reports, "
Currently we have 811 links, and 1749 ‘fans’ (people who have added us to their network, and watch our new bookmarks).
We receive about 4 links from the community every day."  Info on how to contribute links is here.  [Via]

May 09, 2007

Type as image, color workflows, & more in Design Center

The Adobe Design Center shakes the bottle & lets some new content spray:

New Dialog Box:

• Type is image by
  Paula Scher

New Tutorials:

• Color workflows for Adobe Creative Suite 3 by
  Adobe
• Transparency in Adobe Applications by Adobe
• A Designer’s Guide to Transparency for Print Output by Adobe
• Remove spots from an image in Photoshop Lightroom by Matt Kloskowski
• Organizing a local site in Dreamweaver by David Karlins
• Building a video player with Flash by R Blank
• Creating nested sequences with Premiere Pro by Terry Nauheim
  

And as always, don’t forget to check out the Adobe links on del.icio.us. Info on how to contribute links is here.  [Via]

March 29, 2007

AE to DVD, FreeHand to Illustrator, more

The Adobe Design Center beeps, backs up, and unloads a palette of new content:

New Dialog Box:

• After Effects to DVD by
  Bob Donlon

New Think Tank:

• Just the facts: How technology is changing the news by Liz Danzico

New Tutorials:

• Adding dynamic images to your website using Dreamweaver by
  Lucinda Dykes
• Discover seamless integration with Adobe Dynamic Link by
  Chad Perkins
• Prepare your InDesign files for print production by
  Claudia McCue
• Using the Keylight filter in After Effects by
  Tom Green, Tiago Dias
• Put the "art" in chart with Illustrator by
  Mordy Golding
  

Special section: Migrating from FreeHand to Illustrator by
Mordy Golding 

• Getting started
• Migrating existing FreeHand content
• Working with multiple pages
• Basic object editing
• Advanced object editing
• Working with text
• Live paint and Live trace
• Enhancing creativity
• Enhancing productivity

And as always, don’t forget to check out the Adobe links on del.icio.us. Info on how to contribute links is here.  [Via]

March 12, 2007

Sound in AE + Flash; rethinking UI; more on Design Center

The Adobe Design Center unfurls a swath of new content:

New Dialog Box:

• Interface surgery: Converting an implementation-model design into a mental-model design by Robert Hoekman, Jr.

New Gallery:

• Words at Play by Devicq.com and Mucca.com

New Tutorials:

• Anchor objects to text in InDesign by John Cruise, Kelly Kordes Anton
• Create a web gallery in minutes using Photoshop Lightroom by
  Matt Kloskowski
• Creating dynamic sound controls in Flash by
  Russell Chun, Paul Robertson
• Discover the difference between live and traditional filters in Fireworks by
  Abigail Rudner
• Using the Three Way Color Corrector in Premiere Pro by
  Jeff Schell
• The fundamentals of working with sound in After Effects and Flash by
  Tom Green, Tiago Dias

And don’t forget to check out the Adobe links on del.icio.us. Info on how to contribute links is here.  [Via]

November 16, 2006

Super chunky pixels, Raw workflow, more on Design Center

The Adobe Design Center fires off a salvo of new content:

New Dialog Box:

• A raw workflow in the real world by Jeff Schewe

New ThinkTank:

• Big, chunky pixels: New lo-fi animation by Dan Nadel

New Gallery:

• iamalwayshungry (see also Site)

New Tutorials:

• Some background information [After Effects] byBob Donlon
• Tweak to get the perfect trace [Illustrator] by Mordy Golding
• Use Flash text to display text in your website [Dreamweaver, Flash] by Garrick Chow
• Use watched folders to automate PDF creation [Acrobat] by Garrick Chow
• Create a night scene with Fireworks [Fireworks] by Angelo Sabal
• Apply video effects to clips with alpha channels [Premiere Pro] by Jeff Schell
• Set up a Version Cue PDF review [Version Cue] by Ted LoCascio
• Team Adobe Premiere Pro with Encore DVD [Encore DVD, Premiere Pro] by Chad Perkins

[Via]

November 06, 2006

Best practices for Flash, Flex, more in Design Center

The Adobe Design Center (which is now available in German, French, and Japanese) serves up new content for your delectation:

New Dialog Box:

• Why shoot raw? by Bruce Fraser

New Hot Topic:

• Best Practices, by Jen deHaan

New Gallery:

• Kristin Henry (of Galaxy Goo)

New Tutorials:

• Apply multiple headers using one master,
  by David Blatner and Anne Marie Concepcion
• Using a sharpening workflow in Photoshop CS2, by David Blatner and Bruce Fraser
• Manic Compression, by Bob Donlon
• Apply video effects to clips with alpha channels, by Jeff Schell
• Image editing tricks with Fireworks, by Jose Olarte 3
• Total Training videos: Tweening in Flash Professional 8, by John Ulliman

[Via]

October 29, 2006

AE+Flash for 3D, more in Design Center

The Adobe Design Center offers a whole pile of new content, as well as new product-specific pages (e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, After Effects) that make it easier to find training on particular topics.

New Dialog Box:

• More is better: Address multiple learning styles by Luanne Seymour
• Creating lens flares using Fireworks by Alan Musselman

New ThinkTank:

• Seeing is believing: Information visualization and the debate over global warming by David Womack
• Form in Motion: An interview with filmmaker Matt Hanson by Andrea Codrington

New Gallery:

• Manny Tan (see also Site)
• Studio aka (see also Site)
  

New Tutorials:

• Spin objects in 3D space using Flash and After Effects by Tom Green and Jordan Chilcott
• Create a PostScript file for conversion to PDF in Acrobat by Garrick Chow
• Asset creation and general setup in Adobe Creative Suite 2 from Adobe Creative Suite 2 Classroom in a Book
• Managing dictionaries in InCopy CS2 by Adam Pratt and Mike Richman
• Acquire Audio using the Extract Audio From CD command in Adobe Audition by Bruce Williams
• Turn internal styles into an external style sheet in Dreamweaver by Garrick Chow
  
• Working with tools of mass distortion by Mordy Golding
• Learning curves in Photoshop CS2 by Steve Caplin
  
• Integrate Adobe Premiere Pro with After Effects using Dynamic Link by Jeff Schell
• From GoLive CS2 Classroom in a Book:
  • A Quick tour of GoLive CS2
  • Creating a GoLive site
  • Adding and formatting text
  • Managing and publishing websites

[Via]
 

August 08, 2006

Flash video & AE tips, PDF searching, more in Design Center

The Adobe Design Center is brimming with new content:

New Dialog box:

• Tips for rookie video producers by Scott Fegette

New Gallery:

• Chris Georgenes (mudbubble.com): Profile

New Tutorials:

• After Effects 7.0 Classroom in a Book: 3 lessons
  • Getting to know the Workflow

  • Creating a Basic Animation Using Effects and Presets
  • Rendering and Exporting
• Working with Acrobat 7:
  • Find just what you need with advanced search options in Acrobat 7.0 by Garrick Chow

  • Speed up searching by creating an index by Garrick Chow
  • Discover the best Distiller settings for desired text and image quality by Garrick Chow
  • Find Words and phrases in PDF documents by Garrick Chow
  • Search PDF comments effectively by Brie Gyncild and Andrew Faulkner
  • Customize search preferences for your workflow by Brie Gyncild and Andrew Faulkner
• Enhance an object’s appearance with Live Effects by Mordy Golding
• Plot the perfect course: Media specifications for e-learning courses by Rafiq R. Elmansy
• Work with .rtf and .txt files in Adobe InCopy CS2 by Adam Pratt and Mike Richman

[Text via Jen deHaan]

July 20, 2006

Flash + After Effects text, warping in Photoshop, more

The Adobe Design Center has been updated with a passel of new content:

New Dialog box:
• Adobe on del.icio.us by Luanne Seymour and Jen deHaan

New Gallery:

• Jozias Dawson

New Tutorials:

• Prepare your web server for file handling using a remote folder in Dreamweaver 8 by Lucinda Dykes

• Team After Effects text animation with Flash by Tom Green and Jordan Chilcott
• Get to know the completely redesigned Layout Grid in GoLive CS2 by Lynn Grillo and Adam Pratt
• Map artwork to 3D surfaces with Illustrator CS2 by Mordy Golding
• Use image warp presets in Photoshop CS2 by Steve Caplin
• Export a clip from Adobe Premiere Pro for use with Adobe Encore DVD by Jeff Schell
• Integrating Adobe Audition and Adobe Premiere Pro
• Adobe Audition 2.0 Classroom in a Book: 3 lessons
  • Lesson 1: A quick tour of Adobe Audition

  • Lesson 2: Adobe Audition basics
  • Lesson 3: Lesson 13: Integrating Adobe Audition and Adobe Premiere Pro

[Via Jen deHaan]

July 11, 2006

Smokin’ AE particles, complex Flash masks, more in Design Center

The Adobe Design Center offers a trunkful of new content:

New Dialog box:

• Create the illusion of fire and smoke: CC Particle Systems II and After Effects 7.0 by Bob Donlon

New Gallery:

• Futurefarmers: Futurefarmers in the gallery

New Tutorials:

• Save a PDF file as a Word document, HTML file, or image by Donna Baker

• Make it right with the editing tools in Acrobat by Jennifer Alspach
• Make motion more realistic with Motion Blur by Jeff Foster (video tutorial)
• Create a complex mask in Flash 8 by Tom Green and Jordan Chilcott
• Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 Classroom in a Book: 3 lessons
  • Lesson 1: Touring Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0

  • Lesson 2: Taking a quick run-through of Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0
  • Lesson 3: Shooting and capturing great video assets)

[Text cheerfully boosted from Jen deHaan]

June 25, 2006

Flash video, AE, InDesign, and more on Design Center

A number of new articles have gone live on the Adobe Design Center:

• New Tutorials:
  • Adjust Bézier curves and make motion paths take flight by Jeff Foster.

  • Create and configure a Dreamweaver site by Lucinda Dykes
  • Use the image tools in Dreamweaver to work with images in your website by Nolan Hester
  • Broadcast video using the camera object in Flash by Tom Green and Jordan Chilcott
  • Enhance your Flash movie with sound by Russell Chun and H. Paul Robertson
  • Frame video with a mask by Tom Green and Jordan Chilcott
  • Work with Word documents in InCopy CS2 by Adam Pratt and Mike Richman
  • Place Word documents into InCopy CS2 for ultimate control over styling and formatting by Adam Pratt and Mike Richman
• New in the Think Tank:
  • New music for the masses By Tina Blaine
• New in the Gallery:
  • Big Spaceship: Gallery

Thanks to Jen deHaan for the heads-up.

June 12, 2006

Adding Flash to PDF & more in Adobe Design Center

Jen deHaan has pointed out a number of new updates to the Adobe Design Center:

• New in Tutorials:
  • Action item: Be more productive by using Actions in Photoshop
    by Bruce Fraser and David Blatner

  • Add some Flash to your PDF files from Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Classroom in a Book
  • Achieve photorealism with Gradient Mesh from Real World Adobe Illustrator CS2 by Mordy Golding
  • Use layer masks to make realistic photomontages by Steve Caplin
  • Make your PDF files sing by adding sound to them from Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Classroom in a Book
• New in Dialog Box:
  • Video on the web: My favorite designers by Hillman Curtis
• New in Gallery:
  • Monkeygravy Studio

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May 23, 2006

Photons to Ink; Adobe Proxy & Edge

Here’s a fistful of good learning resources:

• Now ready for download: Volume II, No. 2 of Proxy, the quarterly design magazine from Adobe. This issue features a talk with John Maeda of MIT’s Media Lab; type geekery with Robert Slimbach; vectorizing in Illustrator; top 10 keyboard shorcuts in Creative Suite 2; enhancements to Adobe Stock Photos, and more.

• The May 22 Adobe Edge newsletter is also live. Featured in this installment: Driving the Jaguar Experience Online | Edge Interview with Tim O’Reilly | Flex 2: What’s in It for Flash Developers? | Merging Two Sites: The New Adobe.com | Get More from Your Ajax Applications | Tips for Rookie Video Producers | Tapping into the Adobe Developer Community [Via]
• The accomplished teacher/photographer duo of Katrin Eismann and Jack Reznicki are conducting their Photons to Ink weekend seminar June 24-25 in NYC. Looks like lots of good info will be flowing.
• Update: The Adobe Design Center has been refreshed as well. New content includes:
  • Gallery: Flash movies from Ernesto Lavandera & Michele D’Auria

  • Think Tank: Getting Real: An interview with Jason Fried by Khoi Vinh
  • Dialog Box: Video on the Web — getting started by Hillman Curtis
  • Tutorials:
    • Trapping by Olav Martin Kvern, David Blatner

    • Color management by Olav Martin Kvern, David Blatner
    • Simple Adjustment Layers by Bruce Fraser, David Blatner
    • Closed and Open shape path tools by Mordy Golding
    • Frame by frame animation by Helge Maus, Sascha Wolter

February 21, 2006

Errol Morris, AE7->FLV, more in Motion Design Center, Adobe Proxy

December 18, 2005

Flash + AE video tutorial

A few days ago on the Flashcoders list, some people were discussing ways that Flash and After Effects can be used together. Video support in Flash has opened some cool possibilities, but note that AE also exports Flash SWF files. The newly launched Motion Design Center features a video tutorial on using AE to animate text, then import it into Flash. [Update: In case they're useful, you can find my old tutorials on AE SWF->Flash (demoing parent-child relationships, text animation, etc.) here.]
Now that the product teams can work together, we have opportunities to take integration to a new level. As we build the roadmap, we’d love to get your feedback on what’s most important.