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Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium How-Tos: Working with Illustrator
Feb 16, 2011
Whatever task you throw at Illustrator, or whatever your particular artwork needs are, there are a multitude of features that help you explore creatively, work efficiently, and publish reliably.
Adobe Digital Imaging How-to #54: Using Mini Bridge in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Nov 23, 2010
It can be inefficient to frequently switch back and forth between Photoshop and Bridge to find the files you need. This drawback has been resolved in Photoshop CS5 with the new Mini Bridge panel. Dan Moughamian shows you how to use it.
Adobe Digital Imaging How-to #52: Simplifying the Menus in Photoshop CS5
Nov 9, 2010
In this excerpt from his book, Dan Moughamian shows you how to simplify the menus in Photoshop CS5, including how to customize the main menu and customize panel menus.
Adobe Digital Imaging How-to #53: Custom Keyboard Shortcuts in Photoshop CS5
Nov 16, 2010
In this excerpt from his book, Dan Moughamian shows you how to customize keyboard shortcuts in Adobe Photoshop CS5, including customizing shortcuts for the main menu and customizing Tools panel shortcuts.
Adobe Digital Imaging How-to #55: Using Live Preview Rotation
Nov 30, 2010
Dan Moughamian talks about his favorite uses of the Rotate View tool in Photoshop CS5.
Adobe Digital Imaging How-to #56: Pan & Zoom Techniques
Dec 7, 2010
Dan Moughamian shows you how to work with the Hand tool and the Zoom tool with the new Scrubby Zoom option in Adobe Photoshop CS5.
Adobe Digital Imaging How-to #57: Using the HUD Color Pickers in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Dec 16, 2010
Photoshop CS5 has two new HUD (or Heads Up Display) color pickers that enable you to choose colors on the fly, rather than having to visually target and click on the small color wells in the Tools panel.
Adobe Digital Imaging How-Tos: Comparing Similar Photos
Dec 9, 2010
Lightroom excels at comparing photos with similar composition and exposure values, side by side, in order to determine which shot has the best detail and color, and it's arguably the most important part of working in the Library module. Dan Moughamian shows you how to compare similar photos in Lightroom 3.
Adobe Digital Imaging How-Tos: Creating Text on a Path
Jan 19, 2011
Dan Moughamian shows you how to create text that follows along a contour in one of your photos.
Adobe Digital Imaging How-Tos: Getting Creative with Puppet Warp
Dec 8, 2010
Dan Moughamian shows you how to have fun with Puppet Warp in Adobe Photoshop CS5.
Adobe Digital Imaging How-Tos: Going Retro: Film Grain
Dec 10, 2010
Lightroom 3 provides new styling tools that allow you to add simulated film grain to your black-and-white (or color) photographs, in an attempt to recapture the look and feel of black-and-white film photos. Dan Moughamian shows you how to create this effect.
Adobe Digital Imaging How-Tos: Introducing Bristle Tips
Dec 9, 2010
Dan Moughamian shows you how to use Bristle Tips, and excellent painting enhancement tool in Adobe Photoshop CS5.
Adobe Digital Imaging How-Tos: Layer Styles: Drop Shadows in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Dec 8, 2010
Dan Moughamian shows you how to add a drop shadow in Adobe Photoshop CS5.
Adobe Digital Imaging How-Tos: Organizing and Previewing Multiple Adjustments
Dec 10, 2010
The Layers panel provides a very simple means of grouping and previewing adjustment layers together. Dan Moughamian shows you how.
Adobe Digital Imaging How-Tos: Setting a Strong Foundation with Basic Edits
Dec 10, 2010
Dan Moughamian shows you how to use the Basic panel to work with raw photos in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.
Adobe Digital Imaging How-Tos: Share Photos on Flickr
Dec 9, 2010
This tip will show you the new capabilities in Lightroom 3 that integrate directly with Flickr, so you can upload files directly from the Library module.
Adobe Digital Imaging How-Tos: Softening Focus with the Lens Blur Filter
Dec 10, 2010
Dan Moughamian shows you how to use the Lens Blur filter, which is designed to apply an authentic-looking blur to specific areas of an image, while leaving other areas unaffected.
Adobe Digital Imaging How-Tos: Using the HUD Color Pickers
Dec 10, 2010
Dan Moughamian describes Photoshop CS5's two new HUD (or Heads Up Display) color pickers that enable you to choose colors on the fly, rather than having to visually target and click on the small color wells in the Tools panel.
Adobe Digital Imaging How-Tos: Using the Mixer Brush
Dec 9, 2010
The secret of the Mixer Brush is that it treats color pixels like real paint; this means that you can blend colors in new ways and create new kinds of brushstrokes that previously were not possible. Dan Moughamian shows you how to use this Adobe Photoshop CS5 tool.
Adobe Illustrator Master Class: An Interview with Sharon Milne
Jan 8, 2013
Peachpit interviews Sharon Milne, author of Adobe Master Class: Illustrator Inspiring artwork and tutorials by established and emerging artists, about her book, what binds Illustrator artists together, and why vector illustration is so important.

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