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Free Dreamweaver Training Tutorials

December 23, 2005, 6:23 pm

Here are free training tutorials and learning materials for Dreamweaver that will help you greatly in learning this web site authoring application. All of these tutorials were developed and are hosted by macromedia.com, so they will give you the most up-to-date information, instructions, tips, and techniques on using Dreamweaver to its fullest capabilities.

Interactive and Video Dreamweaver Tutorials:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/video_tutorials.html

Sample Applications and Tutorials:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/sample_files.html

Dreamweaver Support Forums:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/index.cfm?forumid=12

Dreamweaver Developer Center:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/

Dreamweaver Design Tutorials:

* Design:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/design.html

* CSS:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/css.html

* Templates:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/templates.html

* Accessibility:
http://www.adobe.com/resources/accessibility/dw8/

Dreamweaver Application Development Tutorials:

* Application Development:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/application_development.html

* ASP.NET:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/dotnet.html

* Databases:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/databases.html

* ColdFusion:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/cfml.html

* Web Services:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/webservices.html

* PHP:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/php.html

* XML and XSLT:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/xml.html

More Dreamweaver Tutorials:

* E-Commerce:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/ecommerce.html

* E-Learning:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/elearning.html

* Extensions:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/extensions.html

* Migrating to Dreamweaver:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/migrating.html

* Getting Started:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/getting_started.html

* Best Practices:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/best_practices.html

* Cross-Product Integration:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/cross_product_integration.html

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122 Photoshop Tutorials

December 22, 2005, 2:41 pm

Here are 122 Adobe Photoshop tutorials showing you how to use this popular and feature-filled graphic editing tool to create varioius Texts, Shapes and Objects, Textures, and Effects.

122 Photoshop Tutorials

Text


	Chrome Text	Rough Chrome	Rust
	Easy chrome text.	Want it rough?	Old, rusted text.

	Metallic	Metallic	Glow
	Metallic text without too much effort.	Create rough metallic text.	Give that text a cool glow!

	Texture I	Texture II	Texture III
	Text with a texture.	Give your text a texture.	Textured 3D text.

	Gel Text	Round Shapes	Party letters
	Smooth gel text.	Make those hard edges smooth.	Get in the mood by creating party letters!

	3D Text	Gold	Reflections
	3D Text. The other way.	Smooth gold text.	Reflecting text in the water.

	Chipped Text	Plastic I	Plastic II
	Damage your text bad!	A real plastic font.	Create the smoothest plastic.

	Outlines I	Outlines II	Slime
	Create lines around anything.	Lines around your text.	Create rust or blood dripping from text.

	Shadow Text	Rusty Metal	Layer Style
	Text with a little shadow	Give your metal a little rust.	Photoshop 6 only.

	Chrome II	Chiseled	Baby blue
	Chrome with a texture.	Let the text sink in the background.	A nice soft color.

	Circular Text	Around Circle	Heated Metal
	Even in Photoshop 5.5	Make a circle with text.	Your text at 1000° C.

	3D Pop out	Stamp	Pushed In
	Make your text pop out!	Stamp using lightning effects.	Your text deeply pushed in.

	Grungy	Techno	Gold II
	Grungy text!	Text with techno dots.	Gold part II.

	Aqua text
	Smooth aqua text.


Shapes and objects

	Wire sphere	Starburst	Lightning
	Create a 3D Wire sphere.	Create an eye-catching starburst.	Draw your own lightning.

	Wires	3D Button	Round Buttons
	Tubes and wires.	Old style Photoshop 6 button.	Round and great looking!

	Aqua Button	Aqua Button Pro	Aqua Button Pro
	Smooth aqua button.	Create a Mac OS X style button	Photoshop 6 only!

	Plastic Shape	Interface	Scrotch Tape
	Create a smooth plastic shape.	Basic interface building.	Create a small piece of tape.

	Push Pin	Mac Button	Laser
	Maybe you need it?	The real one!	Ever had a dream to be a Jedi?

	Very thin Wires	Thin Wires	Thick Wires
	Electrical wires?	Small cable-wires	Really thick wires.

	Blade	3D Pipe	Nails
	Chop your foes in half.	Create a rusty old pipe.	Not 9", but nice anyway!

	Power Button	Plastic Button	Speaker.
	Clean and simple.	Nice for a menu.	Old and rusty speaker.

	Square Button	Mounted Button	Round Button
	A basic square button.	A button mounted in your background.	Very basic idea of a round button.

	Polka Dots	Basic interface	3D Shapes
	Very similar to the techno dots.	The first steps to your interface.	A 3D Shape without a 3D program.

	Pressed Button	3D Button	Textured Button
	Great for your JavaScript rollovers.	Simple version of the 3D button.	Give it a nice texture.

	Rounded Button	Screw	Text panel
	A button with a rounded edge.	Screw who?	Just take a look.


Textures

	Golfbal	Steen	Metallic Panels
	Geef een golfbal motief aan alles wat je wilt.	Maak een steen texture.	Create bevelled brushed metal.

	Dots	Stone II	Rust
	Dots, dots, dots and ehh... dots?	Create a realistic texture in seconds.	How to create base rust.

	Blending	Bricks	Bumps
	Create a new texture by blending.	Want to build a wall?	Height in your texture.

	Fence	Big scratch	Damages
	Well, just a fence actually.	A big scratch in a ship's hull?	Damaged metal.

	Scratches	Rust sample	Wood
	Scratches on the wall.	Rust texture	Excellent for furniture.

	Gold	Logo	Techno Dots
	Bright gold colors.	For your webpage background.	Fashionable techno dots.

	Metallic	Wall	Rust
	What more to say?	In-house walls.	And not a little!

	Dirty
	Create a dirty texture.


Effects

	Scanlines	Achtergrond	Extract
	De manier om van die trendy lijntjes te maken.	Ook altijd van die wazige achtergronden willen maken? Leer hoe.	Leer om een plaatje te extracten.

	Samenvoegen	Scheef	Transparant
	Een manier om 2 plaatjes in elkaar over te laten lopen.	Scheve foto? Maak hem recht mbv je lineaal!	Doorzichte plaatjes zonder kartelhoekjes.

	Ronde hoeken	Reflecting Sphere	Lightning Effects
	Ronde hoeken geven aan je tekeningen.	Without using a 3D program!	How to master lightning effects.

	Drop Shadow I	Drop Shadow II	Bad Tv Reception
	Add depth and contrast to your imagery.	Add depth and contrast to your imagery.	Create TV reception from far away.

	Blending	Brighter	Transparency
	Simple blending	Make your photos brighter.	GIF Transparency explained.

	Scan lines I	Scan lines II	Photo Manipulation
	Basic Scan lines	Advanced Scan lines	Become even more handsome!

	Text on Button	Cracks	Tiled Backgrounds
	How to place a text on a button.	Create cracks in metal.	Create those nice tiled backgrounds.

	Round Corners	Prodigy	Brush Beveling
	For simply everything!	Why prodigy? Find it out!	A nice use for your brush!

	Photo Touchup	Simple Blending II	Seamless Backgrounds
	Great for holiday pictures!	Blend two pictures	The easy way.

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Viewlet Tutorials for Acrobat, GoLive, ImageReady, InDesign, Photoshop

December 20, 2005, 10:00 am

Here are 16 Viewlet Tutorials for Acrobat, GoLive, ImageReady, InDesign, Photoshop, and Premiere. These tutorials will play a video training session in your browser, and you can interact with them so you can learn your own pace. They were created by students at the University of South Florida.

Video Viewlet Tutorials:
http://www.coedu.usf.edu/IT/resources/viewlets.cfm

Acrobat:

Creating Interactive forms in Adobe Acrobat 5.0:
http://www.coedu.usf.edu/it/viewlets/acrobat_forms_viewlet_viewlet_swf.html

GoLive:

Creating a simple webpage with Adobe GoLive:
http://www.coedu.usf.edu/it/Viewlets/ccronk_viewlet_viewlet.html

ImageReady:

How to create rollovers in ImageReady:
http://www.coedu.usf.edu/it/Viewlets/Ragan_viewlet

Basic Animation using Adobe ImageReady:
http://www.coedu.usf.edu/it/viewlets/A4haustetter_viewlet_swf.html

Creating a text rollover menu in Adobe ImageReady:
http://www.coedu.usf.edu/it/viewlets/MySimpleRollover_viewlet_swf.html

InDesign:

Getting started in InDesign 1.5:
http://www.coedu.usf.edu/it/viewlets/rudnick/indesign_viewlet_swf.html

Flowing text along the edge of a shape within InDesign 2.0:
http://www.coedu.usf.edu/it/viewlets/kealyqarbon2_viewlet.html

Adjusting Loose Lines in Adobe InDesign 2.0:
http://www.coedu.usf.edu/it/viewlets/Loose_viewlet_swf.html

Getting started with InDesign 2.0:
http://www.coedu.usf.edu/it/viewlets/InDesign_1_viewlet_swf.html

Importing a graphic into InDesign 2.0:
http://www.coedu.usf.edu/it/viewlets/ImportingGraphics_viewlet.html

Applying Text Attributes within Adobe InDesign 2.0:
http://www.coedu.usf.edu/it/viewlets/A4teolis_viewlet_swf.html

How to insert a graphic into InDesign 2.0:
http://www.coedu.usf.edu/it/viewlets/placegraphic_viewlet_swf.html

Changing units of measure in InDesign 2.0:
http://www.coedu.usf.edu/it/viewlets/inches3_viewlet_swf.html

Photoshop:

Creating a neon effect in Photoshop 6.0:
http://www.coedu.usf.edu/it/viewlets/neon_viewlet_swf.html

Using layered effects in Adobe Photoshop 5.5:
http://www.coedu.usf.edu/it/viewlets/wagner_viewlet.html

Premiere:

How to capture video into Adobe Premiere 6.0:
http://www.coedu.usf.edu/it/viewlets/APHow_to_Capture_Video_viewlet_swf.html

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Macromedia MX Tutorials: Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Freehand, Director

December 19, 2005, 1:01 am

Here are 5 Free Macromedia MX Training Tutorials, one each for Dreamweaver MX, Flash MX, Fireworks MX, Freehand MX, and Director MX. These are provided free by trainingcafe.com, which is no longer hosting free learning modules, except for these.

Free Macromedia MX Training Tutorials:

Dreamweaver MX:
http://www.trainingcafe.com/members/mmf/learn.asp?m_id=17
Dreamweaver MX is a professional visual editor for creating and managing websites and pages. It provides advanced design and layout tools, enabling you to create web pages without writing a line of code.
In this module you'll learn:
- 1. How to use the Dreamweaver interface
- 2. How to organize and set up a website
- 3. How to set up a web page and modify its properties
- 4. How to add elements to a web page
- 5. How to create and edit a table
- 6. How to use frames
- 7. How to publish your website

Flash MX:
http://www.trainingcafe.com/members/mmf/learn.asp?m_id=16
Flash is a popular web animation tool your can use to create real-world applications, such as simulations, interactive diagrams, animations, Web page designs and online learning.
In this module you'll learn:
- 1. How to use the Macromedia Flash MX interface
- 2. How to draw simple objects in Macromedia Flash MX
- 3. How to edit text in Macromedia Flash MX
- 4. How to create and edit layers
- 5. How to use symbols and instances
- 6. How to Motion Tween*
- 7. How to use scenes to organize your movie
- 8. How to attach actions to an object
- 9. How to export a Macromedia Flash MX file

Fireworks MX:
http://www.trainingcafe.com/members/mmf/learn.asp?m_id=18
Fireworks MX creates high quality JPEG and GIF graphics with smal file sizes in a few number of steps, great for web graphics.
In this module you'll learn:
- 1. How to use the Fireworks interface
- 2. How to draw objects
- 3. How to edit bitmaps
- 4. How to create buttons and rollovers for a web page
- 5. How to create hotspots and slices
- 6. How to optimize and export web graphics
- 7. How to integrate Dreamweaver and Fireworks

FreeHand MX:
http://www.trainingcafe.com/members/mmf/learn.asp?m_id=24
FreeHand is a powerful design tool that can be used to produce both print and Web graphics.
In this module you'll learn:
- 1. distinguish a vector image from a bitmap image
- 2. identify FreeHand's various toolbars
- 3. use FreeHand's panels
- 4. enter and format text
- 5. create and modify paths
- 6. import and trace graphics
- 7. organize artwork with layers

Director MX:
http://www.trainingcafe.com/members/mmf/learn.asp?m_id=25
Director MX is a professional authoring tool for creating and combining multimedia in a single integrated presentation. Its movies can be viewed either on the Internet or as a stand-alone projector saved on a disk.
In this module you'll learn:
- 1. How to use the Director MX interface
- 2. How to create cast members
- 3. How to create animations in Director MX
- 4. How Director MX uses Lingo to control movie elements
- 5. How to create interactivity
- 6. How Director MX uses sound and video files
- 7. How to use 3D in Director MX
- 8. How to create projectors

Need help with older versions? Check out these training modules:

Macromedia Dreamweaver 4:
http://www.trainingcafe.com/members/mmf/learn.asp?m_id=2

Flash 5:
http://www.trainingcafe.com/members/mmf/learn.asp?m_id=1

Fireworks 4:
http://www.trainingcafe.com/members/mmf/learn.asp?m_id=3

FreeHand 10:
http://www.trainingcafe.com/members/mmf/learn.asp?m_id=5

Macromedia Director 8.5:
http://www.trainingcafe.com/members/mmf/learn.asp?m_id=4

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Flash 8 Documentation, User Guides, and Tutorials

December 16, 2005, 11:09 pm

Here are the official LiveDocs and the Documentation, User Guides and Tutorials for Macromedia Flash 8, which is the most current version of Flash available. This is the definitive documentation and tutorial content for Flash 8 offered by Macromedia (now Adobe). LiveDocs pages also display user comments and include an Add Comments button that allows you to comment on a page's contents and usefulness.

Flash 8 Documentation, User Guides, and Tutorials

Flash 8 Live Docs

Download Flash 8 Documentation

In ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference, you can learn to do the following:

Use specific APIs accurately
Understand the breadth and depth of ActionScript
Repurpose tried-and-tested code in your own applications

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