Here is a freely available ebooks, titled Photoshop 7.0 Scripting Ebook that will help you understand and learn how to use and write scripts in Visual Basic or Javascript for making Photoshop easier to use. These scripts in effect direct Photoshop to execute predefine tasks, which can also be actions that are repeated many times, thus saving time through automation. These tasks can be actions such as resizing or reformatting documents. (91 pages, 887kb, pdf format)


Table of Contents for  Photoshop 7.0 Scripting Ebook

Chapter 1 Introduction
   About this manual
   What is scripting?
   Why use scripting?
   What about actions?
   System requirements
   JavaScript
   Choosing a scriptingl anguage
   Legacy COM scripting

Chapter 2 Scripting basics
   Documents as objects
   Object model concepts
   Documenting scripts
   Values
   Variables
   Operators
   Commands and methods
   Handlers, subroutines andfunctions
   The Scripts menu
   Testing and troubleshooting

Chapter 3 Scripting Photoshop
   Photoshop scripting guidelines
   Viewing Photoshopobjects, commands and methods
   Your first Photoshop script
   Object references
   Working with units
   Executing JavaScripts from AS or VB
   The Application object
   Document object
   Layer objects
   Text item object
   Selections
   Working with Filter
   Channel object
   Color object
   History object
   Clipboard interaction
   Action Manager scripting

Here are 3 great ebooks for Adobe Photoshop 6 that show and demonstrate many of Photoshops features and functionality. These will help you learn this important graphics and imaging editing application. Many of these features are also available in previous versions of Photoshop and in more recent versions.


Photoshop 6 Ebook #1
(448 pages, 6.2mb, pdf format)

Table of Contents:

• Getting Started
• Adobe Photoshop Basics
• What’s New in Adobe Photoshop 6.0
• Chapter 1 - Looking at the Work Area
• Chapter 2 - Getting Images into Photoshop and ImageReady
• Chapter 3 - Working with Color
• Chapter 4 - Producing Consistent Color (Photoshop)
• Chapter 5 - Selecting
• Chapter 6 - Drawing and Editing
• Chapter 7 - Using Channels and Masks
• Chapter 8 - Using Layers
• Chapter 9 - Using Type
• Chapter 10 - Designing Web Pages
• Chapter 11 - Creating Animations (ImageReady)
• Chapter 12 - Optimizing Images for the Web
• Chapter 13 - Saving and Exporting Images
• Chapter 14 - Printing
• Chapter 15 - Automating Tasks

• Part I: Welcome to Photoshop
• Chapter 1: What’s Up with Photoshop 6?
• Chapter 2: Inside Photoshop
• Chapter 3: Image Fundamentals
• Part II: Painting and Retouching
• Chapter 4: Defining Colors
• Chapter 5: Painting and Editing
• Chapter 6: Filling and Stroking
• Chapter 7: Retouching, Repeating, and Restoring
• Part III: Selections, Masks, and Filters
• Chapter 8: Selections and Paths
• Chapter 9: Masks and Extractions
• Chapter 10: Corrective Filtering
• Chapter 11: Full-Court Filtering
• Part IV: Layers, Objects, and Text
• Chapter 12: Working with Layers
• Chapter 13: The Wonders of Blend Modes
• Chapter 14: Shapes and Styles
• Chapter 15: Fully Editable Text
• Part V: Color for Print and the Web
• Chapter 16: Essential Color Management
• Chapter 17: Mapping and Adjusting Colors
• Chapter 18: Printing Images
• Chapter 19: Creating Graphics for the Web

• Getting Started
• Prerequisites
• Lesson 1 - Getting to Know the Work Area
• Lesson 2 - Working with Selections
• Lesson 3 - Layer Basics
• Lesson 4 - Painting and Editing
• Lesson 5 - Masks and Channels
• Lesson 6 - Photo Retouching
• Lesson 7 - Basic Pen Tool Techniques
• Lesson 8 - Vector Shapes and Clipping Paths
• Lesson 9 - Advanced Layer Techniques
• Lesson 10 - Creating Special Effects
• Lesson 11 - Setting Up Your Monitor for Color Management
• Lesson 12 - Producing and Printing Consistent Color
• Lesson 13 - Preparing Images for Two-Color Printing
• Lesson 14 - Optimizing Images for the Web
• Lesson 15 - Creating Web Graphics Using Slices and Rollovers
• Lesson 16 - Designing Web Pages Using Multiple Adobe Programs
• Lesson 17 - Creating Animated Images for the Web
• Review Questions
• Review Answers

FlashTutorials.us provides many free Macromedia Flash Tutorials links to high-quality Flash tutorials around the web. Below are the categories of Flash functionality and features that they offer tutorials on. Macromedia Flash permits web developers to bring together video, audio, graphics, and text into a web site or web applicaction to increase the user experience and provide interactivity.

Topics for Flash Tutorials:

• ActionScript
  
  
• Animation
  
  
• Flash Basics
  
  
• Flash Effects
  
  
• Text Effects
  
  
• Video Content
  
  
• Sounds and Audio
  
  
• Dynamic Content
  
  
• Optimization
  
  
• Interactivity
  
  
• Interfaces
  
  
• Games

Here are some excellent Photoshop Elements Video Training Tutorials from Ball State University. With Photoshop Elements, you can to edit, enhance, organize, and share your digital photos and images. These Photoshop Elements video tutorials will show you how to use some of the most important features of this photo and imaging editing application. Some of the features taught here are: the Zoom Tool, Resizing, Cropping, the Elliptical Marquee Tool, the Lasso Tool, Adding Text, Using Filters and Frames, Special Effects, and Using a Scanner with Photoshop Elements.


Getting Started

Introduction to the Editor 
Learn how to start Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 and view a brief overview of the Editor screen.
    
Access Photos Already Saved on Your Computer
Use Photoshop Elements to access a picture that is already saved on your computer and then save it with a new file name.

The Zoom Tool
It is easy to change which portion of a picture you are looking at by using the Zoom Tool.  You can zoom in to see details of a smaller section of the image or zoom out to see more of the image.

Crop or Resize an Image

Resize a Picture
Easily change the size of a picture to make it fit the area where you are going to use it.

Cropping Photos
Cropping allows you to remove distracting background elements and focus in on the target of your photo by selecting the part of the photo you want to keep and deleting everything else.

Selecting Part of an Image

Using the Elliptical Marquee Tool
The Elliptical Marquee Tool allows you to select a round or oval section of an image.  Learn how to select a section, remove the image outside the selection, and then save the image.

Selecting with the Lasso Tool
The Lasso Tool can be used to select areas of an image that have an irregular shape. 

Working with Text

Add Text to a Photo
Photoshop Elements makes it easy to add text to a photo and then save the text and photo as a single image.

Filters and Special Effects

Soften the Border of a Photo
Soften the edge of a photo so that the edges appear to fade out.  Includes an explanation of the feather tool.

Using Artistic Filters
Modify the appearance of photos by apply filters and special effects.  This TechClip explains how to use the Artistic filters that can be used to make photos look like drawings or paintings.

Add a Frame to a Photo
Photoshop Elements makes it easy to add a picture frame to a photo.  There are several styles of frames to choose from.  Some of the frames look like traditional picture frames while others look more like special affects that modify the edges of the photo.

Convert a Photo to Black and White
Converting a color photo to black and white photo is easy with Photoshop Elements. 

Using a Scanner

Scan an Image and then Edit It
Use a scanner to import an image into Photoshop Elements so that you can modify it.

Here are some excellent FrontPage 2003 Video Training Tutorials from Ball State University. FrontPage is the web page authoring and editing application from Microsoft.. These FrontPage video tutorials will teach you and show you many important features of FrontPage, such as Formatting Web Pages (background picture and sounds, alternative image text); Managing a Web Site (backup site, delete site, reports about site, do redirect, uploading files); adding shared borders; create, restrict, remove a subsite; and apply, create, remove themes.


Formatting a Web Page

Add a Background Picture to Your Web Page
Add a picture as the background of your web page. The picture will appear behind any text you enter on the page.

Include a Background Sound
Learn how to add background music or a sound to your web page that will automatically play when the page is accessed.

Remove the Scroll Bar from a Frame
You can easily remove the scroll bar from a frame page.

Add Alternative Text to Images
Add alternative text, sometimes called alt tags, to an image. This helps makes your web site accessible to a visually impaired person.

Create an E-mail Link
Add a link to your web page so that if the link is clicked, an e-mail is sent to the desired e-mail address.

Backup Your FrontPage Web Site
It is always a good idea to back up your computer files. Your web site is no exception. Learn how to use FrontPage 2003 to back up your web pages.

Delete a Published File
Keep your web space clear of old content.  Remove a file or an entire page from your site.

Reports Option Within FrontPage
Use the FrontPage Reports option to see the status of each page in your site.  This will allow you to determine if each page has been published. Restrict Access to Your Site
Use FrontPage 2003 to restrict who can access your web site.

Remove a Restriction from the Root of a Web Site
FrontPage 2003 can be used to remove access restrictions that you have placed on your web page.

Set Up a Redirect
Place a redirect on an old page so that if people go to it, they are automatically sent to another page. This is a great way to direct people to a new web page that is replacing an old one.

Upload File to Your Web Site Using FrontPage 2003
Create a web page that can be used to upload files.

Turn on Shared Borders
Learn to turn activate shared borders.

Add Shared Borders
Add shared borders to a web site if you want the same text or buttons to appear on a portion of all your pages within the site.

Use FrontPage 2003 to Convert a Folder to a Subsite
Subsites are used so that more than one web site can be hosted in the same web space. They can also be used if different parts of your site need to have different permissions. Learn how to set up a subsite using FrontPage 2003.

Restrict a Subsite With FrontPage 2003
Subsites are used so that more than one web site can be hosted in the same web space. Restrict access to a subsite without changing access permissions for the other sites in your web space.

Removing a Restriction from a Subsite
Subsites are used so that more than one web site can be hosted in the same web space. Learn how to remove access restrictions that you have placed on a sub-site. 

Apply a Theme to Your Web Site
FrontPage comes with themes that can be applied to your web site. They include coordinated fonts, colors, bullets, graphics, and navigation bars. Learn how to apply a theme to your web site.

Create Customized Theme 
Create a customized theme by changing the background color of an existing theme.  

Remove a Theme from a Single Page
Remove a theme from a single page in your website, while leaving it on the rest of the pages within the site.

Remove a Theme from Your Web Site
FrontPage comes with themes that can be applied to your web site. They include coordinated fonts, colors, bullets, graphics, and navigation bars. This TechClip shows you how to remove a theme that has previously been applied to your web site.