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12 Photoshop Cheat Sheets

computer_teacher — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 06:56:44 +0000

Here are 12 Photoshop Quick References and Cheat Sheets to help you access Photoshop’s tools and features quicker and more effectively.

Photoshop Cheat Sheets:

- Photoshop Brush Tool Cheat sheet
- Photoshop Shortcuts
- Pen Tool Cheat sheet
- Photoshop CS4 Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet
- Photoshop CS3 Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet
- Photoshop CS2 Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows)
- Photoshop CS2 Keyboard Shortcuts (Macintosh)
- Photoshop CS Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet
- Photoshop 7 Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet
- Photoshop 7.0 Quick Reference Card for Windows
- Photoshop 6 Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet
- Photoshop 5 Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet

32 Photoshop Elements Tutorials

computer_teacher — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 04:35:12 +0000

Here are 32 free Photoshop Elements Tutorials from photoshopelementsuser.com. This site has many more of these types of tutorials available in their paid member section. These Photoshop Elements tutorials are well written, with screen shots, or videos, to demonstrate and show you how to use the features and tools being described.

3 Digital Backgrounds to Make
Adding a Boken Light Effect
P.E.T.’s Best Tips and Tricks for Photoshop Elements
Introducing Photoshop Elements 9
A Basic Elements Vocabulary
Picture-Perfect Gift Tags
Creating Masks with Threshold Adjustments
Removing Chromatic Aberration with Elements
Faking the “Looking at the Past” effect
Elements 9: New Guided Edit Modes
Elements 9: Easy Layer Masks
Elements 9: Content-Aware Healing
Adding Whimsical Scribbles to a Photo
Getting the Orton Effect
Create a Reusable Photo Frame
Getting the Hipstamatic Look
Introduction to the Editor
Introduction to the Organizer
Importing Your Camera Images into the Organizer
Adobe Bridge: Introduction
Adobe Bridge: Importing Your Photos
Elements 8: Getting True Symmetry in Your Photos
Quick & Easy Calendars From Templates
Adjustment Layer Panels
Photomerge Exposure
Elements 8: Recompose Tool
Elements 8: Updated Organizer (Windows)
Elements 8: The New Look (Part 2)
Elements 8: The New Look

5 Quick References for Photoshop and Dreamweaver

computer_teacher — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 01:35:16 +0000

Here are 3 Photoshop and 2 Dreamweaver Quick References, or Cheat Sheets, hosted by customguide. I found these on google, doing this search. These quick reference cards are in pdf format. Photoshop versions include 6, 7, and CS3 for Mac, and the Dreamweaver versions are 8 and CS3.

Photoshop 7 Quick Reference, Photoshop 7 Cheat Sheet
(3 pages, 905kb)

Photoshop 6 Quick Reference, Photoshop 6 Cheat Sheet
(3 pages, 905kb)

Photoshop CS3 for Mac Quick Reference
(2 pages, 1.01mb)

Dreamweaver CS3 Quick Reference, Dreamweaver CS3 Cheat Sheet
(3 pages, 990kb)

Dreamweaver 8 Quick Reference, Dreamweaver 8 Cheat Sheet
(2 pages, 1.10mb)

Acrobat PDF Tutorial

computer_teacher — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:24:10 +0000

Here is an Adobe Acrobat PDF Tutorial, from the University of Texas, that shows you how to create PDF files using various methods and also how to edit these files. PDF stands for portable document format. A portable document format (PDF) can be read on any computer and any platform (Windows, Mac, Unix). There are a variety of programs which read PDFs, the most common being Adobe applications such as Adobe Acrobat Professional, Adobe Reader, Adobe Designer. PDFs are particularly useful for those in the information fields. Once a file or document is converted to a PDF, the “look” is preserved exactly as it was intended. This PDF tutorial is also available in pdf format here: PDF Tutorial (12 pages, 481kb).

Tutorial Objectives:

1) You will learn several ways to create static PDFs. You can:
       – create a PDF by converting a file
       - create PDF by converting multiple files
       - create PDF by converting a website
       - create PDF by scanning a document

2) You will learn basic editing tools in Adobe Acrobat Pro.

Contents of this PDF Tutorial:

Create From One File

Create From Multiple Files

Create by Converting a Website

Create by Scanning a Document

Editing a PDF

Conclusion

Graphics and Multimedia Tutorials

computer_teacher — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:20:02 +0000

Here are several well done Graphics and Multimedia Tutorials, from the School of Information at the Unversity of Texas. These tutorials cover many applications and areas, such as Digitzing Video, Illustrator, Photoshop, SnagIt, Gimp, Digital imaging, iDVD, i Movie, and Windows Movie Maker.

Audio

Digitization

Graphics

Photos

Video

61 Adobe Acrobat 9 Tutorials

computer_teacher — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 04:46:04 +0000

Here are 61 of the latest Adobe Acrobat 9 Tutorials, hosted by Adobe. These Acrobat tutorials will show you how to use Acrobat more effectively, become more productive with it; and you’ll learn how to make the most of Acrobat’s tools and features. The “Getting Started” tutorials will help you to get up to speed with Acrobat, and the “Learn More” section will help you if you are a more experienced user. These tutorials are in video and pdf format. Tuttorials marked with an asterisk* are available only in Adobe Video Workshop, to locate these videos click the link to open Video Workshop, choose Acrobat 9 Family from the Select A Product list, and scroll through the Title list.

Acrobat 9 Tutorials Table of Contents:

Getting Started

Introduction and PDF workflows:
- Introducing Acrobat 9 Pro
- What is Acrobat?
- Sharing your ideas
- Working with others
- Simplifying form creation
- Business workflow
- Creative workflow

Creating PDFs:
- Creating PDFs from 2D content
- Creating PDFs from 3D content*
- Combining documents into a single PDF
- Creating PDFs from window capture, screen capture or selection
- Web capture & compare
- Achieving accurate content in your PDF
- Ensuring your PDF conforms to a PDF standard
- Overview of PDF Portfolios
- Customizing a PDF Portfolio template
- Combining files into a PDF Portfolio
- Enabling usage rights for Adobe Reader

Editing PDFs:
- Editing/updating files within a PDF Portfolio
- Adding headers/footers to your PDF documents
- Adding watermarks to your PDF documents
- Optimizing your PDF document

Learn More

Creating and editing PDFs—advanced techniques:
- Comparing two PDF documents
- Working with layers
- Bates numbering
- Using batch processing to automate tasks in Acrobat*
- Archiving e-mails as PDF from Microsoft Outlook*
- Working with geospatially-enabled PDFs
- Scan & OCR—paper to PDF*
- Using Adobe Presenter to augment PPT presentations

Working with forms:
- Creating basic fillable forms (using Form Wizard)
- Automating form field creation
- Understanding Acrobat Tracker for forms
- Adding formatting and calculations to PDF forms*
- Editing forms in Acrobat*
- Acrobat and InDesign forms workflow

Adding multimedia and interactivity:
- Adding interactivity to your PDF document (links and bookmarks)
- Adding multimedia to your PDF document
- Attaching a Flash widget to PDF documents
- Insert Vvideo (i.e. FLV) into Word or PowerPoint through PDFMaker*

Collaboration, review, and commenting:
- Document collaboration using shared reviews
- Collaboration using shared reviews via Acrobat.com
- Co-navigating PDF documents using Acrobat.com
- Send documents for review by e-mail
- Enable for commenting in Adobe Reader
- Initiating a shared review using Microsoft SharePoint
- Setting up Microsoft SharePoint for a shared review with Adobe Acrobat 9
- Using familiar commenting tools
- Commenting on video in Acrobat
- Combining comments
- Initiating a data collection workflow using Acrobat.com*

Security:
- Protecting your PDF using a password
- Signing PDF files and creating appearances
- Creating a self-signed digital ID
- Using examine document to remove sensitive information
- Remove sensitive information using redaction tools
- Create secure attachments using security envelopes*

Exporting, printing, and sharing:
- Exporting PDF files to Office formats
- Printing documents
- Preflighting for creative pros
- Sharing your document on Acrobat.com*

Photoshop Tutorials from Photoshop Essentials

computer_teacher — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 07:08:15 +0000

Photoshop Essentials offers many well written and illustrated Photoshop Tutorials, covering many of Photoshops features and tools needed for creating and editing images. Categories covered by these Photoshop tutorials include basics, photo effects, text effects, digital photo basics, photo editing, Photoshop brushes, and tips and tricks. The first 10 tutorials are listed and linked in each of these areas.

Photoshop Tutorials at Photoshopessentials.com:

Latest Photoshop Basics Tutorials

- Get Photos From Camera
- Photoshop Free Transform Tutorial
- Transforming Selections Tutorial
- Quick Selection Tool Tutorial
- Photoshop Magic Wand Tutorial
- Photoshop Essential Color Settings
- Photoshop CS5 Essential Preferences
- Locate, Preview, Open Images with Mini Bridge In Photoshop CS5
- Getting Photos From Your Camera With Adobe Bridge CS4
- Photoshop Brush Dynamics Tutorials
:: View All Photoshop Basics Tutorials

Latest Photoshop Photo Effects Tutorials

- Color Grid Design Tutorial
- Starry Night Sky Tutorial
- Photoshop Cast Shadow Tutorial
- Snowflakes Photo Border Tutorial
- Holiday Greeting Card Photo Border
- Dead Zone Blur Streaks Effect
- Water Ripples Effect In Photoshop
- Add A Realistic Rainbow To A Photo In Photoshop
- Dancing In The Stars Tutorial
- Add Bubbles With A Custom Photoshop Bubble Brush
:: View All Photoshop Photo Effects Tutorials

Latest Photoshop Photo Editing Tutorials

- Crop, Straighten Scanned Images
- Photoshop Neutral Gray Tutorial
- Straighten & Crop With Photoshop CS5
- Reducing Wrinkles Tutorial
- CS5 Content Aware Fill Tutorial
- Photoshop CS5 New Features – Content-Aware Healing
- Removing Skin Blemishes With The Spot Healing Brush
- Reducing Noise In Images With Photoshop
- Changing Eye Color In An Image
- The Color Replacement Tool In Photoshop
:: View All Photoshop Photo Editing Tutorials

Latest Photoshop Text Effects Tutorials

- Metal Text Effect Tutorial
- Text Perspective Shadow Tutorial
- Textured Text Effect Tutorial
- Photoshop Fire Text Tutorial
- Photoshop Images In Text Tutorial
- How To Fake Text Wrap In Photoshop
- Wrap Text Around An Object In 3D In Photoshop
- Easy Plastic Text Effect With Layer Styles
- Create A Worn And Torn Text Effect
- Create A Fragmented Tiles Text Effect
:: View All Photoshop Text Effects Tutorials

Latest Photoshop Digital Photo Essentials Tutorials

- JPEG Image Compression Tutorial
- 16-Bit Image Editing Tutorial
- Photoshop RGB Color Channels Tutorial
- Resizing vs Resampling Tutorial
- Understanding Image Pixels Tutorial
- Image Quality: Image Resolution, Pixel Dimensions and Document Size
- Photo Printing: How Image Resolution Affects Print Quality
- Image Resizing: Resizing Images In Photoshop
:: View All Digital Photo Essentials Tutorials

Download Free Photoshop Brushes

- Paint Blotches Photoshop Brushes
- Rocks And Stones Textures Photoshop Brushes
- Marks And Scratches Textures Photoshop Brushes
- Wood Texture Photoshop Brushes
- Large Butterfly Photoshop Brushes
- Super Mario Photoshop Brushes
- The Simpsons Photoshop Brushes
- World Of Warcraft Brushes
- Super Mario Photoshop Brushes
:: View All Free Photoshop Brushes

Latest Photoshop Tips and Tricks Tutorials

- Saving And Reusing Text As A Custom Shape
- Handy Tricks & Keyboard Shortcuts For Type
- Make Colorizing An Image With Hue/Saturation Easier
- Make Layer Styles And Masks Work Together

Beginning Photoshop CS4 Tutorial

computer_teacher — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 22:48:14 +0000

Here is an introductory Photoshop CS4 Tutorial, hosted by Hillsborough Community College. This Photoshop tutorial provides step-by-step details for getting started using Photoshop, how to use the interface, and how to modify images. Also available is this help sheet for the Basics of Photoshop Elements (1 page, 124bk, pdf) which shows how to open a file, resize an image, and save an image. Adobe Photoshop’s user interface and overall functionality is consistent with Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe ImageReady, and other products in the Adobe Creative Suite.

Photoshop CS4 Tutorial (29 pages, 128mb, pdf)

Contents:
- 1: Getting Started
- 2: Interface Layout
- 3: Palettes
- 4: Toolbox
- 5: Selection Tools
- 6: Alteration Tools
- 7: Drawing and Selection Tools
- 8: Assisting Tools
- 9: Color Boxes and Modes
- 10: Basic Image Editing
- 11: Cropping
- 12: Resizing
- 13: Correcting
- 14: Sharpening/Softening
- 15: Saving

2 Dreameaver CS3 ebooks

computer_teacher — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 18:52:06 +0000

Here are 2 Dreamweaver CS3 ebooks, one includes material on learning how to use Dreamweaver with CSS, Ajax, and PHP. These ebooks are in pdf format. These will help you to use Dreamweaver for effectively and build more attractive web pages and sites.

15 Flash Tutorials

computer_teacher — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 21:41:23 +0000

Here are 15 Flash Tutorials at developertutorials.com that show you how to create better and more compelling Flash animations and also how to optimize Flash pages for SEO.

15 Flash Tutorials:

SEO: How to optimize Flash pages (Part II)
SEO: How to optimize Flash pages (Part I)
Flash Momentum Tutorial
Flash Race Car Tutorial
Customized Cursor in Flash
How to Change the Movie Visibility Using Action Script
Changing Colors for the Flash Movie
Using Symbols in Flash
Customized Right Click Menu in Flash
Creating a Professional Looking Animated Preloader
Flash 5 Tutorial
Flash MX 2004 Layers and Animation Explained
Building Easy Text or Images Scrolling with Flash MX 2004
Using the Flash Toolbar

63 Photoshop Tutorials

computer_teacher — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:38:46 +0000

Here are 63 Photoshop Tutorials, from developertutorials.com. These tutorials cover the latest versions of Photoshop, along with some older versions near the bottom of the linked list below. Features and tools covered by these Photoshop tutorials include lighting effects, text effects, logo design, Photoshop and XHTML, designing WordPress themes, keyboard shortcuts, pen tool, brush tool, and scripting in Photoshop.

63 Photoshop Tutorials:

Photoshop Tutorial: Create a Colorful Explosion Retro Inspired Design
Create a Cool Grunge Wallpaper with Photoshop
Create a Fresh Nature-Themed Wallpaper Using Photoshop
Lost in Space Typography in Photoshop
10 Cool Photoshop Gold Text Effects Tutorials
Easy Star Light in Photoshop
Glowing and Sparkling Intense Light 3D Logo
Awesome Milk Typography Effect in Photoshop
Page 3: 101 of the Most Amazing Photoshop Lighting Effects Tutorials
Page 2: 101 of the Most Amazing Photoshop Lighting Effects Tutorials
101 of the Most Amazing Photoshop Lighting Effects Tutorials
15 Awesome Photoshop Movie Poster Tutorials
OSX Photoshop Alternative Round-Up
Quick Photoshop Lighting Tips for Photographers
Smart Objects and Filters for Smart Designs
The Fundamentals of Strong Logo Design
The 10 Biggest Brands in Design Blogs (Part 2)
The 10 Biggest Brands in Design Blogs (Part 1)
Grunge Tables with Photoshop and XHTML (Part 4)
Grunge Tables with Photoshop and XHTML (Part 3)
Grunge Tables with Photoshop and XHTML (Part 2)
Grunge Tables with Photoshop and XHTML (Part 1)
Eight Ways to Turn Photoshop Designs Into Web Pages
The Tutorial for all Tutorials
Designing and Coding a WordPress Theme From Scratch (Part 10)
Designing and Coding a WordPress Theme From Scratch (Part 9)
Art Supplies for the Photoshop Guy
Designing and Coding a WordPress Theme From Scratch (Part 7)
Designing and Coding a WordPress Theme From Scratch (Part 5)
Designing and Coding a WordPress Theme From Scratch (Part 4)
Designing and Coding a WordPress Theme From Scratch (Part 3)
Designing and Coding a WordPress Theme From Scratch (Part 2)
Designing and Coding a WordPress Theme From Scratch (Part 1)
Five Point Form: Mastering Professionalism as a Freelance Designer
20 Time Saving Keyboard Shortcuts for Photoshop
Understanding Scripting in Photoshop
Color Proofing Photoshop
Creating Energy Spheres in Photoshop
Creating a Realistic Sun in Photoshop
5 Tips for Photoshop Efficiency
Photoshop “Inferno” Typography Tutorial
Photoshop Indiana Jones Poster Tutorial
Photoshop Plasma TV Design Tutorial
Designing a Black Zune 2 in Photoshop
Design a Cool Old Book with Photoshop
Making a Cool Anime Header in Photoshop
Making Your Own Watermark with Photoshop
Minimize, Colorize and Bodypaint a Supercar
Candy Coated Photoshop Tutorial
Photoshop Tutorial: Reflective Eye
Making a Seamless Granite Background From a Photo in Photoshop
Design a Print Ready Valentine’s Day Postcard
Making a Seamless Parchment Paper Background
Create a Sony Playstation 3 in Photoshop
Creating a Custom MP3 Player with Photoshop
Using Gaussian Blur to Add a Sense of Depth to Your Second Life Snapshots
Web 2.0 Style Button
Marquee Based Selection
Seamless Backgrounds with Photoshop
Digitally Coloring Hair with Photoshop
What is New in Photoshop CS2
Introduction to Photoshop
Drawing a Wavy Image using Pen Tool
Create Realistic Smoke in Photoshop
Creating your own Action and Droplets for Repeating Tasks
Installing Brush Sets in Photoshop
Create Surreal Images with Photoshop
Outline Text in Photoshop
Photoshop Rock Text Effect
Glow Text Effect in Photoshop
Flashy Text Effect
Extracting Objects in Photoshop
Psychedellic Brush in Photoshop
Creating a Star Brush in Photoshop
Creating a Vignette Effect in Photoshop
Creating Gel Text in Photoshop
Photoshop Extract Dialog Panel
Re-arranging Brushes in Photoshop

70 Adobe Acrobat Tutorials

computer_teacher — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 05:03:43 +0000

Here are 36 Adobe Acrobat 9 Tutorials and 34 Acrobat 8 Tutorials, from the University of Wisconsin. These tutorials teach the following Acrobat features: searching, printing, creating a pdf file, page thumbnails, bookmarks, text editing, comment and markups, spell checking, redacting, pdf forms, tabbing order, submit button, and capturing data.

Acrobat 9 Tutorials:

General

Creating PDF Files

Annotating a PDF File

Using the Redaction Tools

PDF Forms

Acrobat 8 Tutorials:

General

Creating PDF Files

Annotating a PDF File

PDF Forms

69 Tutorials for InDesign CS3 and CS2

computer_teacher — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 05:03:09 +0000

Here are some good InDesign Tutorials, 38 for InDesign CS3 and 31 for InDesign CS2. Adobe InDesign CS3 is a professional document layout program. It is excellent for working with documents that feature complex formatting and/or multiple pages, such as newsletters, resumes, reports, and handouts. These tutorials cover and demonstrate many of the features you need to understand well in order to use this document layout application from Adobe, such as the InDesign Dock and Toolbox, adding and editing text, type specifications, text frames, bullets and numbered lists, character formatting, tabs, master pages, text wrapping, drawing and manipulating objects, inline and independent graphics, layers, styles, jump lines, and templates.

38 InDesign CS3 Tutorials:

Getting Started with InDesign

InDesign Basics

Layout Solutions

Working with Graphics in InDesign

Automating Your Work

31 InDesign CS2 Tutorials:

Getting Started with InDesign

InDesign Basics

Layout Solutions

Working with Graphics in InDesign

Automating Your Work

81 Dreamweaver 8 Tutorials

computer_teacher — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 20:25:11 +0000

These are 81 Dreamweaver 8 Tutorials, covering the same areas as the Dreamweaver CS3 tutorials I posted earlier today. These will help you learn the following features of Dreamweaver 8: properties pane for text, images, and tables; font attributes and colors; character and paragraph formatting; check spelling; preview pages in a browser; numbered and bulleted lists; creating and managing hyperlinks; working with images, colors, and tables; using CSS, forms, templates, and find/replace; maintaining your website.

Environment

Basics

Lists

Bulleted & Numbered List Basics

Links

Images

Image Maps

Working with Hotspots

Colors

Tables

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

Templates

Local & Remote Sites

Forms

Find and Replace

Maintaining a Website

81 Dreamweaver CS3 Tutorials

computer_teacher — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:24:51 +0000

Here is collection of 81 excellent Dreamweaver CS3 Tutorials, from the University of Wisconsin. These will help you learn many of the features of Dreamweaver and get you up to speed using this popular web development application from Adobe. The topics these Dreamweaver tutorials teach include the following: text, images, and tables properities panes; font attributes and colors; character and paragraph formatting; check spelling; preview pages in a browser; numbered and bulleted lists; creating and managing hyperlinks; working with images, colors, and tables; using CSS, forms, templates, and find/replace; maintaining your website.

Environment