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An introduction to basic drawing tools in Adobe Illustrator, from creating a new document to drawing shapes, applying color, and working with type and brush strokes.

Scott Kelby shows you how to apply special effects to your photography using Adobe Lightroom Classic. Choose from presets, add vignettes, sun flares, and spotlights, or create a panorama or HDR with your color or black-and-white images.

Create animations in Adobe Animate using motion tweening. Learn to adjust almost any aspect of an object—position, color, transparency, size, rotation, and more—and export your animation as a movie.

Organize and manage your photo library using Adobe Lightroom Classic. RC Concepcion shares best practices for your workflow, including different ways to import photos, add keywords and metadata, and apply editing presets.

Familiarize yourself with the Adobe After Effects project workflow using layers, guides, effects, and presets. Animate and add text to imported Illustrator files, and render and export your composition for viewing.

Get started with an Adobe InDesign layout and add objects, text, and graphics to your document.

Do more with your images in Adobe Photoshop by using masks and channels to isolate and manipulate specific layers or parts of an image.

Locate, identify, and organize your photos with tools and functions in the Organizer workspace.

Learn to work with code in Adobe Dreamweaver, from creating HTML code and SCSS styling, to testing and troubleshooting dynamic code.

Step-by-step tutorials on managing user home folders on Mac. From deleting users' accounts while preserving home folder contents, to migrating and restoring home folders, learn troubleshooting tips to support your Mac user.

Learn CAD/CAM basics using SolidWorks, from feature-based modeling to macros that aid in design automation. Step-by-step projects teach you how to construct a spur gear, create a compression spring, and more.

Follow along interior design and space planning projects and start to draw conferences and lecture rooms using AutoCAD 2022. Learn essential commands and settings, draw using polar tracking, and use Point Style to set the appearance of points.

The advanced Motion Editor in Adobe Animate can help you create complicated animations with motion tweens. Learn to edit property curves, apply ease curves, and produce realistic motion with this sample chapter from Adobe Animate Classroom in a Book (2021 release).

The Project Manager in Adobe Premiere Pro enables you to manage, archive, copy, and share your projects and media. Learn foundational skills such as importing and organizing your content in this sample chapter from Adobe Premiere Pro Classroom in a Book (2021 release).

Learn to troubleshoot common macOS Big Sur network configuration issues using Network preferences and the command-line interface (CLI) in this sample chapter from macOS Support Essentials 11 - Apple Pro Training Series: Supporting and Troubleshooting macOS Big Sur.

In this sample chapter from The Type Project Book, Nigel French and Hugh D'Andrade discuss the avant-garde art movement known as Dada. Learn how to use the Touch Type tool, experiment with scale, and apply overprinting effects to create your own Dada-inspired poster using Adobe Illustrator.

Learn the basics of Photoshop layers with this sample chapter from Adobe Photoshop Classroom in a Book (2021 release). Conrad Chavez and Andrew Faulkner show you how to use the Layers panel to rearrange layers, add layer masks, and apply blending modes, gradients, filters, text, and other effects.

Apply materials to 3D objects with this sample chapter from Adobe Dimension Classroom in a Book (2021 release) and obtain an overview of the two types of materials in Dimension (MDL and SBSAR), how to import materials from Adobe Stock, and how to adjust material properties, such as glow, opacity, and translucence.

Learn how to dodge and burn photographs using Adobe Photoshop. In this sample chapter from The Hidden Power of Adobe Photoshop: Mastering Blend Modes and Adjustment Layers for Photography, Scott Valentine teaches how to selectively lighten (dodging) or darken (burning) individual areas of an image to regulate exposure.

Easily edit and organize photos using Adobe Photoshop Elements. In this sample chapter from Adobe Photoshop Elements 2021 Classroom in a Book, Jeff Carlson explains image correction basics like white balance; editing modes such as Quick Edit, Guided Edit, and Expert Edit; and tools including Smart Fix, Auto Smart Tone, and Smart Brush.