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Creating and Using Masks in Adobe Flash Professional CC
By Adobe Creative Team
May 16, 2013
Learn to work with masks in Adobe Flash Professional CC, including defining the mask layer, creating the masked layer, and seeing the effects of the mask.
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Using Adobe Media Encoder in Flash Professional CC
By Adobe Creative Team
May 16, 2013
You can convert your video files to the proper FLV or F4V format using Adobe Media Encoder, a stand-alone application that comes with Flash Professional. Adobe Media Encoder can convert single files or multiple files (known as batch processing) to make your workflow easier.
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Adding Form Fields in Adobe InDesign CC
By Adobe Creative Team
May 15, 2013
In this excerpt, learn how to add text fields, add radio buttons, add a combo box, add a description to a form field, set the tab order of the fields, and add a button to submit the form.
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Adjusting the Layers and Creating a Track Matte in Adobe After Effects CC
By Adobe Creative Team
May 15, 2013
Learn how to precompose layers, create the track matte, and add motion blur in Adobe After Effects CC.
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Balancing a Scene Using Adobe SpeedGrade CC
By Adobe Creative Team
May 15, 2013
Ideally, each clip within a scene of a movie should look like it was shot at the same time and in the same place. This excerpt shows you how to compare clips using multiple playheads and use the Shot Matcher with playheads.
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Getting Around Your Project in Adobe SpeedGrade CC
By Adobe Creative Team
May 15, 2013
Learn how to use the Timeline to navigate and play through your project along with how to use the Monitor and video scopes to evaluate the images you’re working on.
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Mastering Diagnostics in Adobe Audition CC
By Adobe Creative Team
May 15, 2013
Adobe Audition CC's diagnostic tools are quite advanced and intended more for professional broadcast and similar uses, but some are applicable even to basic projects. This excerpt explains checking phase, amplitude statistics, frequency analysis, and loudness metering.
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Previewing Files and Modifying Existing CSS Layouts Using Adobe Dreamweaver CC
By Adobe Creative Team
May 15, 2013
Learn how to modify an existing CSS layout in Adobe Dreamweaver CC.
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Using Pattern Brushes in Adobe Illustrator CC
By Adobe Creative Team
May 15, 2013
In Adobe Illustrator CC, there are hundreds of interesting Pattern brushes that you can choose from when creating your own projects, from grass to cityscapes. This excerpt shows you how to apply an existing Pattern brush to a path.
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Using Smart Filters in Adobe Photoshop CC
By Adobe Creative Team
May 15, 2013
Learn how to apply the Liquify filter, position other layers, and edit a Smart Filter in Adobe Photoshop CC.
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Nikon D5200: The Professional Modes
By Rob Sylvan
May 13, 2013
If you really want to take that next step in controlling your photography, it is essential that you understand not only how to control the Nikon D5200's professional modes, but why you are controlling them. Rob Sylvan explores Program Mode, Shutter Priority Mode, Aperture Priority Mode, and Manual Mode.
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Hand Held Hollywood: An Interview with Taz Goldstein on Filmmaking with the iPhone and iPad
By Peachpit Press, Taz Goldstein
May 10, 2013
Peachpit talks to Taz Goldstein, author of Hand Held Hollywood's Filmmaking with the iPad & iPhone, about the best apps and devices for filming with the iPhone and iPad, and his most memorable moment as a director.
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How to Shoot a Moving Target with Your Canon EOS 6D
By Colby Brown
May 2, 2013
One of the biggest challenges when it comes to photography is learning how to capture motion inside your frame. In this chapter, you will learn the tips and techniques that will help you capture moving subjects in the way you envision.
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How to Use Light in Your Sports Photography
By Bill Frakes
May 1, 2013
This chapter walks you through the many types of light available—ambient light, both daylight and artificial—and how to use them to your advantage.
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Finding Your Artist's Voice
By Bonny Pierce Lhotka
Apr 25, 2013
Bonny Lhotka offers an assemblage of ideas to motivate photographers and artists to assess their work from a new viewpoint.
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Getting Started with Word 2013
By Steve Schwartz
Apr 22, 2013
In this introductory chapter, you’ll learn about the Word interface, working in different views, and entering and editing text.
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My Favorite Features in ColdFusion 10
By Raymond Camden
Apr 17, 2013
Are you a ColdFusion user who hasn't upgraded to ColdFusion 10? Or perhaps you have, but still haven't really dug into what's new. In this article, Adobe evangelist Raymond Camden introduces you to some of his favorite new features in the latest version of ColdFusion.
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Responsive Design Workflow: Designing in Text
By Stephen Hay
Apr 15, 2013
In this chapter, Stephen Hay discusses responsive design with text, including marking up plain text and converting plain text to HTML.
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Nikita Prokhorov’s Ambigram of the Month: Easy/Hard
By Nikita Prokhorov
Apr 11, 2013
Nikita Prokhorov, author of Ambigrams Revealed: A Graphic Designer's Guide To Creating Typographic Art Using Optical Illusions, Symmetry, and Visual Perception, takes you through his process of creating an ambigram for easy/hard.
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The Canon EOS M Creative Zone
By Jeff Carlson
Apr 8, 2013
If you really want to take that next step in controlling your photography, it is essential that you understand not only how to control the Creative modes offered in the Canon EOS M, but why you are controlling them. Jeff Carlson walks you through the Creative Zone.

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