ADOBE CS5 CLASSROOM IN A BOOK SERIES

Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 Classroom in a Book

• By Adobe Creative Team
• Published Jul 28, 2010 by Adobe Press. Part of the Classroom in a Book series.
• • Copyright 2011
  • Dimensions: 7-3/8 X 9-1/8
  • Pages: 416
  • Edition: 1st
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-321-70451-1
  • Dealer-$32.97/List-$54.95
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  The 22 project-based lessons in this book show readers step-by-step the key techniques for working in Premiere Pro CS5. Readers learn the basics on things like using audio, creating transitions, producing titles, and adding effects. Once they have the basics down, they'll learn how to take their projects further by sweetening and mixing sound, compositing the footage, adjusting color, authoring DVDs, and much more.
  
  This completely revised CS5 edition covers new features such as Ultra, the new high-performance keyer. New workflows for creative collaboration are also explored, from the script all the way to the screen using Adobe Story, OnLocation, Speech Search, and other Adobe tools that are right at users' fingertips. Best of all, the companion DVD includes lesson files so readers can work step-by-step along with the book.
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  Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Classroom in a Book

  • By Adobe Creative Team
  • Published Jul 6, 2010 by Adobe Press. Part of the Classroom in a Book series.
  • • Copyright 2011
    • Dimensions: 7-3/8 X 9-1/8
    • Pages: 400
    • Edition: 1st
    • ISBN-13: 978-0-321-70093-3
    • Dealer-$32.97/List-$54.95
      

  Photoshop Lightroom 3 delivers a complete workflow solution for the digital photographer. Readers learn how to manage large volumes of digital photographs, work in a non-destructive environment to allow for fearless experimentation, and perform sophisticated image processing tasks to easily produce good-looking pictures and polished presentations for both web and print. The newly expanded version of this software offers accelerated speed with refined, powerful performance.
  
  This completely revised Photoshop Lightroom 3 cross-platform edition covers how to work in the new import interface, add audio to your slideshows, shoot tethered, use the new crop overlay tool, customize a watermark, simulate film grain in your images, utilize more options for publishing your work online, and further customize your print packages.

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  Adobe Fireworks CS5 Classroom in a Book

  • By Adobe Creative Team
  • Published Jul 1, 2010 by Adobe Press. Part of the Classroom in a Book series.
  • • Copyright 2011
    • Pages: 336
    • Edition: 1st
    • ISBN-10: 0-321-70448-7
    • Dealer-$32.97/List-$54.95
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  This Adobe-authorized, self-paced guide to Adobe Fireworks CS5 is ideal for beginning users who want to learn key Fireworks concepts and techniques, while readers who already have some experience with Fireworks can use this book to learn Fireworks CS5's more advanced features and newest tools. Using step-by-step, project-based lessons, each chapter walks readers through the creation of a specific project, with successive chapters building on the reader's growing knowledge of the program. With Fireworks CS5, users can collaborate with other Adobe Creative Suite applications to design and mock up basic Web pages or interfaces for rich Internet applications. Demo a design live for a client, or export the design as an interactive PDF and email it to them. Fireworks sports a new user interface, shared in common with other applications in Creative Suite 5. Export complete Web page designs as web standards-compliant CSS-based layouts, or as PDF.
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  Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium Classroom in a Book

  • By Adobe Creative Team
  • Published Jul 1, 2010 by Adobe Press. Part of the Classroom in a Book series.
  • • Copyright 2011
    • Pages: 336
    • Edition: 1st
    • ISBN-13: 978-0-321-70450-4
    • Dealer-#2.97/List-$54.95
      

  Creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Creative Suite 5 choose Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium Classroom in a Book from the Adobe Creative Team at Adobe Press.
  
  The 8 project-based lessons show readers step-by-step the key techniques for working with all the applications in the Creative Suite. Readers learn what they need to know to create engaging layouts for print or web publishing.
  
  This completely revised Creative Suite 5 edition covers designing for mobile devices and creating animated Flash documents. The companion DVD includes all the lesson files readers need to work along with the book.
  
  This guide is ideal for beginning to intermediate users and provides countless tips and techniques to help them become more productive.

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  ActionScript 3.0 for Adobe Flash Professional CS5 Classroom in a Book

  • By Adobe Creative Team
  • Published Jun 24, 2010 by Adobe Press. Part of the Classroom in a Book series.
  • • Copyright 2010
    • Pages: 384
    • Edition: 1st
    • ISBN-13: 978-0-321-70447-4
    • Dealer-$32.97/List-$54.95
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  This project-based guide from Adobe will teach readers all they need to know to create engaging interactive content with ActionScript 3.0 for Flash Professional CS5. Using step-by-step instructions with projects that build on the knowledge acquired in each lesson, readers will learn the fundamentals of adding interactivity to Flash files using ActionScript, starting with using prewritten Code Snippets, but progressing to customizing and writing their own ActionScript code.
  
  The tutorials start with simple navigation and timeline control and progress through controlling animation with ActionScript; using Event Listeners and writing event-handling functions; and controlling loading of and interaction with data, text, video, sound, and images. Readers will also learn to use third-party libraries and create Adobe Air applications. This Classroom in a Book also covers the improved text-handling tools that are new to Flash Professional CS5. The companion CD provides users with all the sample files they need to complete all the projects.

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  Adobe After Effects CS5 Classroom in a Book

  • By Adobe Creative Team
  • Published Jun 8, 2010 by Adobe Press. Part of the Classroom in a Book series.
  • • Copyright 2010
    • Pages: 400
    • Edition: 1st
    • ISBN-13: 978-0-321-70449-8
    • Dealer-$32.97/List-$54.95
      

  Those creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe After Effects CS5 choose Adobe After Effects CS5 Classroom in a Book from the Adobe Creative Team at Adobe Press. The 14 project-based lessons in this book show readers step-by-step the key techniques for working in After Effects CS5 and how to work efficiently and deliver in the widest possible range of media types. In addition to learning
  

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  Adobe Photoshop CS5 Classroom in a Book

  • By Adobe Creative Team
  • Published May 27, 2010 by Adobe Press. Part of the Classroom in a Book series.
  • • Copyright 2010
    • Pages: 464
    • Edition: 1st
    • ISBN-13: 978-0-321-70176-3
    • Dealer-$32.97/List-$54.95
      

  Creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Photoshop CS5 choose Adobe Photoshop CS5 Classroom in a Book from the Adobe Creative Team at Adobe Press. The 14 project-based lessons in this book show readers step-by-step the key techniques for working in Photoshop CS5.
  
  In addition to learning the key elements of the Photoshop interface, this completely revised CS5 edition shows readers how to edit images with precise selection control, correct a wide range of lens-based errors, interactively transform their images with the new Puppet Warp tool, and easily remove or replace image elements with the new Content-Aware Fill mode. The book also covers new powerful painting effects to artistically enhance images and shows how to combine multiple exposures into a single HDR image.
  
  For the first time, the companion DVD will feature, in addition to the lesson files, 2 hours of free video tutorials from Learn Adobe Photoshop CS5 by Video by Adobe Press and video2brain, a great added value!.

Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 Classroom in a Book

• By Adobe Creative Team
• Published May 26, 2010 by Adobe Press. Part of the Classroom in a Book series.
• • Copyright 2010
  • Pages: 432
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-321-70177-0
  • Dealer-$32.97/List-$54.95
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  The 18 project-based lessons in this book show readers step-by-step the key techniques for working in Dreamweaver CS5. Readers learn what they need to know to create a professional website without having to delve into code. This completely revised CS5 edition covers Adobe's Spry framework for Ajax to create dynamic interfaces, Spry widgets (pre-built user interface components) to quickly add common components to Web pages; and Live View, a working browser rendering right in the program. The book also shows how to enter text in headings, paragraphs, lists, and tables; insert graphics and Photoshop Smart Objects; add links to text and images; apply cascading style sheets; and customize the Dreamweaver workspace. Readers will also learn to add interactive elements to their sites, such as Flash video and animation, get guidance for working with code, and finally publish a finished site to the Web.
  
  The companion DVD includes lesson files so readers can work along with the book, as well as 2 hours of FREE video tutorials from 'Learn Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 by Video' by video2brain and Adobe Press.
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Adobe Illustrator CS5 Classroom in a Book

• By Adobe Creative Team
• Published May 24, 2010 by Adobe Press. Part of the Classroom in a Book series.
• • Copyright 2010
  • Pages: 480
  • Edition: 1st
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-321-70178-7
  • Dealer-$32.97/List-$54.95
    

Creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Illustrator CS5 choose Adobe Illustrator CS5 Classroom in a Book from the Adobe Creative Team at Adobe Press. The 15 project-based lessons in this book show readers step-by-step the key techniques for working in Illustrator CS5.

Readers learn how to create vector artwork for virtually any project and across multiple media: print, websites, interactive projects, and video. In addition to learning the key elements of the Illustrator interface, they'll learn how to integrate their artwork with Adobe Flash movies, Adobe InDesign layouts, and Adobe Flash Catalyst software to add interaction to their designs.

This completely revised CS5 edition covers new perspective drawing tools, variable-width watercolor strokes, multiple artboards with video-specific presets, the new realistic Bristle brush and Shape Builder tool, and the ability to maintain consistent raster effects across media.

Adobe Flash Professional CS5 Classroom in a Book

• By Adobe Creative Team
• Published May 19, 2010 by Adobe Press. Part of the Classroom in a Book series.
• • Copyright 2010
  • Pages: 384
  • Edition: 1st
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-321-70180-0
  • Dealer-$32.97/List-$54.95
    

Those creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Flash Professional CS5 choose Adobe Flash Professional CS5 Classroom in a Book from the Adobe Creative Team at Adobe Press. The 10 project-based lessons in this book show readers step-by-step the key techniques for working in Flash CS5.

Readers learn what they need to know to create engaging interactive content with Flash CS5. In addition to learning the key elements of the Flash interface, including panels, timelines, and frames, readers learn how to work with graphics, create and edit symbols, modify text, add interactivity with ActionScript 3.0, and incorporate animation and sound into their projects. They also learn how to prepare and export their finished projects for publishing. This completely revised CS5 edition covers the new text engine, Deco drawing tools, Spring feature for inverse kinematics, video enhancements, and more.

The companion DVD includes lesson files so readers can work along with the book, as well as 2 hours of video tutorials from 'Learn Adobe Flash Professional CS5 by Video' from video2brain and Adobe Press.

Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5 Classroom in a Book

• By Adobe Creative Team
• Published May 13, 2010 by Adobe Press. Part of the Classroom in a Book series.
• • Copyright 2010
  • Pages: 368
  • Edition: 1st
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-321-70358-3
  • Dealer-$32.97/List-$54.95
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• This official training guide from Adobe will teach readers all they need to know to create rich interactive experiences with Flash Catalyst CS5, Adobe's exciting new interaction design tool. Flash Catalyst CS5 lets designers create real Adobe Flash and Adobe AIR applications without having to learn ActionScript.
  

Using step-by-step instructions in projects that progressively build skills, readers of this Classroom in a Book will learn how to prepare and import artwork from applications such as Adobe Photoshop and Fireworks into Catalyst, and then add interactive functionality in a familiar interface and with tools that are intuitive to use.

Readers will learn how libraries let them organize and reuse assets, how to use layers to view and control objects, how to work with pages and states to create interactive components, how to add transitions and action sequences, and how to work with video and sound. Readers will also learn to incorporate Flash files from other applications and use Flash Builder to extend their projects' functionality.

The companion CD provides users with all the sample files they need to complete all the projects.

Adobe InDesign CS5 Classroom in a Book

• By Adobe Creative Team
• Published May 11, 2010 by Adobe Press. Part of the Classroom in a Book series.
• • Copyright 2010
  • Pages: 416
  • Edition: 1st
  • ISBN-10: 0-321-70179-8
  • Dealer-$32.97/List-$54.95

Creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn InDesign CS5 choose Adobe InDesign CS5 Classroom in a Book from the Adobe Creative Team at Adobe Press. The 14 project-based lessons show readers step-by-step the key techniques for working with InDesign CS5. Readers learn what they need to know to create engaging page layouts using InDesign CS5.

This completely revised CS5 edition covers the new tools for interactive documents, simplified object selection, multiple page sizes, track text changes, new layers panel, production enhancements, and print to digital capability. The companion CD includes all the lesson files that readers need to work along with the book. This thorough, self-paced guide to Adobe InDesign CS5 is ideal for beginning users who want to master the key features of this program. Readers who already have some experience with InDesign can improve their skills and learn InDesign's newest features.

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