In this tutorial you’ll learn how to take an average photo of an average object and make it look like it was shot in a studio on a white background with expensive lights and an even more expensive camera.  And you do this all from within Photoshop CS4 using layer masks, adjustment layers and layer effects.

Photoshop: Studio Quality Results without the Studio from Paul Trani on Vimeo.

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The eSeminar is now OnDemand on Adobe’s site for you to view at your leisure. Check it out:

http://www.adobe.com/go/cs4ondemands

Description: Learn how your company can stay ahead by creating rich interactive customer experiences using Adobe Flash® CS4 Professional and the many groundbreaking Web design tools for animation and interactivity within Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium software. In this session I will show you some easy steps you can do to get your brand from print to web to mobile all while maintaining design integrity and adding rich interactivity. You will learn how to:

• Create Flash files from InDesign
• Animate in Flash
• Add interactivity
• Edit video with Photoshop CS4 Extended
• Import into Flash
• Understanding mobile design

The eSeminar is now OnDemand on Adobe’s site for you to view at your leisure.  Check it out:

http://www.adobe.com/go/cs4ondemands

Learn how your company can stay ahead by creating rich interactive customer experiences using Adobe Flash® CS4 Professional and the many groundbreaking Web design tools for animation and interactivity within Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium software. In this session I will show you some easy steps you can do to get your brand from print to web to mobile all while maintaining design integrity and adding rich interactivity. You will learn how to:

• Create Flash files from InDesign
• Animate in Flash
• Add interactivity
• Edit video with Photoshop CS4 Extended
• Import into Flash
• Understanding mobile design

Trick Out Photoshop

Designing for Mobile

Flash Professional evangelist Paul Burnett and Flash Professional expert trainer Paul Trani go head to head with Flash CS4 and Flash CS3, putting the best of these two releases to the test!

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When it comes to animating in Flash, or any other technology for that matter, it is essential to understand the principles of animation.  Once you understand these fundamentals it will give your animations that extra little something helping them stand out.  Not understanding these principles is what makes animations look just plain wrong.