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The new Creative Suite is out and we're going to take a look at some of what it has to offer. If you're familiar with the functions of the Pathfinder panel in previous versions of Illustrator and use them in your workflow, I believe the new Shape Builder Tool in Illustrator CS5 is going to prove quite useful. It shares much of the same functions as the panel, but is in a more intuitive and easier to use tool. We'll take a look at how this can speed up tasks that used to involve making multiple selections and using the panel for additions and subtractions. Sponsor: Hold your meetings online for just $49 a month Try GoToMeeting free.

The new Creative Suite is out and we're going to take a look at some of what it has to offer. Clipping masks have long been available to for use in Illustrator, but with the new Draw Inside Mode in Illustrator CS5 clipping artwork inside of objects is easier and faster than ever. We'll look at the new way to clip an image in type that is still live and editable! Sponsor: Hold your meetings online for just $49 a month Try GoToMeeting free.

The new Creative Suite is out and we're going to take a look at some of what it has to offer. Not a pro at designing your own brushes, don't have a Wacom Tablet with pressure sensitivity? Don't worry, with the new Width Tool in Illustrator CS5 you can add variance and style to your ordinary path strokes. We'll take a look at how this tool can improve path strokes in logo and object examples. Sponsor: Hold your meetings online for just $49 a month Try GoToMeeting free.

The new Creative Suite is out and we're going to take a look at some of what it has to offer. Drawing objects with perspective in Illustrator is definitely nothing new, but with the Perspective Grid Tool in the new Illustrator CS5 this task becomes quick and easy. We'll explore how this tool works to help you draw beautiful objects in perspective in just minutes. Sponsor: Hold your meetings online for just $49 a month Try GoToMeeting free.

The new Creative Suite is out and we're going to take a look at some of what it has to offer. Are you a Bridge User? Have you ever wanted to use bridge without leaving the friendly confines of Photoshop? Now with the Mini Bridge in Photoshop CS5 you can! We'll take a look at this new panel and how it may be able to speed up your workflow. Sponsor: Hold your meetings online for just $49 a month Try GoToMeeting free.

The new Creative Suite is out and we're going to take a look at some of what it has to offer. Have you ever wondered why they stick that ugly yellow color in as the default for an inner glow layer style? Have you ever wanted to change that? Now you CAN! Set your own defaults for layer styles in Photoshop CS5 and improve your workflow by NOT having to change the Photoshop defaults every time you use a layer style. Sponsor: Hold your meetings online for just $49 a month Try GoToMeeting free.

The new Creative Suite is out and we're going to take a look at some of what it has to offer. Is it worth your learning curve time and hard earned money... you be the judge. We start by taking a look at a new feature of Photoshop CS5 call Content Aware Fill. If you have a missing or damaged piece of a photo to restore, this may be a big help to you. Sponsor: Hold your meetings online for just $49 a month Try GoToMeeting free.

There are severral different ways to set up an image rollover on a link, but the method we'll cover in this episode is quick, easy and efficient. We'll run through how to use a CSS class on a link to make a plus icon turn darker in color when moused over using only CSS and one image. Sponsor: Hold your meetings online for just $49 a month Try GoToMeeting free.

You might find yourself in a position from time to time where you have to accept files from another designer and continue to work on them. Before you get to work, you might want to do some investigating of the files to see how things are organized and make sure you're comfortable with the setup. In this episode we'll look at a few methods of investigation in InDesign to help you check up on the formatting of type and image layout. GotoMeeting Hold your meetings online for just $49/mo. Try GoToMeeting FREE for 30 days.

HTML and CSS can give you a lot of control over what your web designs look like, but sometimes the attributes need a little push in the right direction to get them working. In this episode we'll use Dreamweaver to make a table span the height of the browser window using the height attribute... something that isn't as easy as it may seem. GotoMeeting Hold your meetings online for just $49/mo. Try GoToMeeting FREE for 30 days.

One of many irritating issues that we see when placing a Word document's contents into InDesign is the persistence of hyperlinks and their ugly blue color, underlines and strange gray surrounding box. In this episode we'll take a look at an easy way to rid yourself of these annoying hyperlinks in one swoop. GotoMeeting Hold your meetings online for just $49/mo. Try GoToMeeting FREE for 30 days.

If you are not familiar with the Adobe Labs website, you should probably change that as soon as possible! There are tons of great new and improved technologies up there for you to try, one of which is BrowserLab. This handy little app lets you view webpages in several different browser and operating system combinations so you can see if your designs look funky in a particular browser or operating system. We'll take a look at the functions and how it can improve your web design workflow. Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts to start your free trial today.

So now that we have our image extracted and looking 'sticker-like," its time to get to peeling! Again using the handy warp mode of the transform feature of Photoshop, we will literally peel back the sticker image and add on some finishing touches to make it look like a realistic peeled sticker. Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts to start your free trial today.

One of the effects you may have been seeing around the web lately is a 'peeling sticker' effect in which a graphic or logo looks like it is being peeled up from the page. Using the handy warp mode of the transform feature of Photoshop, we can easily create this effect and with some slight adjustments, make it look pretty darn real! In this first part of the tutorial, we'll extract an image from its background and prepare it for the peeling effect. Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts to start your free trial today.

There are some handy CSS attributes that if you use the CSS features of Dreamweaver, you may not have known existed. The min-height attribute is one of those. In this episode we'll take a look at this attribute and how it can enhance your web designs. Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts to start your free trial today.