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With the popularity of glass buttons and web 2.0 stylings, the rounded corner is something you may have been using quite a bit lately. There are a few very easy ways to accomplish rounded corners on your objects in the Creative Suite applications, but there are some pitfalls as well. We'll take a look at a couple techniques in Illustrator, InDesign and Flash that will help you corner with ease! Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts to start your free trial today.

Illustrator includes a set of tools that may not be the most popular or widely used in the application, but they serve a distinct purpose and serve it well. I speak of the set of 9 graphing tools that allow you to plot and update data, and stylize that result with the tools offered by the application. Today we will cover some of the functions of these tools and how they can help you beautify the number crunching that goes on behind the scenes. Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts to start your free trial today.

Photoshop is now on the web, and sharing some of its features for FREE! Upload your photos to Photoshop Express, create galleries to share with the world and take advantage of some state of the art tools, some that even elude to what may be coming in Photoshop CS4. We'll take a look at some of the features of Photoshop Express and how they can help you manage your online library. Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts to start your free trial today.

There is a world of possibilities as far as stylizing type goes, but we'll look at a few quick techniques. We'll start by simply copying some text from the background image and adding some styles and filters to it to create a glassy or watery-type effect, and play with some easy adjustment layers to refine the look. Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts to start your free trial today.

The theme of this episode is a simple way to execute a simple task. If you've ever had a problem scaling multiple objects in InDesign, or scaling text or images instead of just the frame they sit in, here's a technique for you. Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts to start your free trial today.

In this episode we'll look at a quick and easy way to turn several individual files (like jpegs or tiffs) into one PDF file. This can come in very handy for quickly putting together a PDF of samples of your work, which many employers ask for these days. Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts to start your free trial today.

Everyone has seen the new document screen in InDesign... we're not revealing any new discoveries! We are however, going to go through everything in that box to make sure we are using it to our potential. You can actually get a jump start into making your document by simply using some of the tools Adobe has provided for you. Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts to start your free trial today.

I don't do this often, but this application TimeLog is worth devoting a whole show to. If you're a designer, and especially if you're freelancing, you MUST keep track of your time when you work. This application is a great tool to help you do just that. In this episode we'll highlight some of the great features of TimeLog 4. Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts to start your free trial today.

Another great way to take control and spice up your blog is to make use of plugins. They are easy to find... just google "Wordpress Plugins," free to download, and easy to implement. With these handy upgrades you can do things like add flash movies or animations to your blog, post via email, and add a podcast to your posts, which is what we'll look at today. Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts to start your free trial today.

One of the easiest ways to gain control over how your blog looks is by playing with the css file. This file holds all the style directions for your new site and if you know how to edit it you're in good shape. If you don't, fear not, there are ways to figure out what is going on and edit in Dreamweaver (and other html editors. We'll play with the color of text, links and hover states of links to get you started.

The sidebar of a blog is an important section that houses your links, archives, calendars, etc. and having control of this can be vital to your blog design. There are a couple methods of managing this area that we will take a look at in this episode; one that WordPress provides through the interface, and one that will require some html knowledge. Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts to start your free trial today.

One of the first things you will probably want to change about your blog template is the header image. This can be easily accomplished by simply dropping in a new image and possibly editing the style.css file and/or the header.php file. View this screencast for more details. Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts to start your free trial today.

In part one of this mini-series, we'll look at where the files are found on our server in a WordPress blog and point out which of those we will be altering to make our blog theme look the way we want it to. Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts to start your free trial today.

Just when you though InDesign and Illustrator couldn't be any more amazing, they surprise and delight again. Ever needed to move and object in your layout over 2mm to the right? How about increasing the size by 23%? If you answered yes, you may have had to make some calculations in the past to get these done. No more! In this episode we'll use the dialogue boxes to do the math for us.

Do you have a repetitive task that must be done often? if so this little technique could save you a boatload of time! we'll do a bit of review on creating actions, and then take it a step further by wrapping that in a handy droplet that you can simply "drop" your files on to set the action in motion. Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts to start your free trial today.