Explore the various ways you can set up projects in After Effects including importing individual or multi-layered files from Illustrator and Photoshop. Review some of the options for sorting folders and elements in the project window to keep you organized. Plus take a look at the Flowchart panel and get an understanding of the value of flowcharts as a visual reference to easily see how your project elements relate to each other.

Explore the various ways you can set up projects in After Effects including importing individual or multi-layered files from Illustrator and Photoshop. Review some of the options for sorting folders and elements in the project window to keep you organized. Plus take a look at the Flowchart panel and get an understanding of the value of flowcharts as a visual reference to easily see how your project elements relate to each other.

Discover the advantages of the new and improved Color panel, reviewing what's new with fill/stroke opacity, gradients, and cut and paste of information for Hex and RGB color.

Explore the expanded support for CSS3 by creating a graphic and reviewing the powerful CSS Properties panel with the CCS rules you can copy, add comments to, and optimize for Firefox, Opera, Explorer, and Webkit.

Learn to use the Preview Panel to generate a RAM Preview of your animation that plays in real time. Review the features available in the panel, how to adjust the work area in the timeline, and how to generate a preview to see your results at full speed. Also explore Frame Rate, Skip and Shift+Ram Preview, as well as the From Current Time feature. Finally, learn some handy keyboard shortcuts that can save you time.

This video details how to use the new Review Panel in Acrobat X Std. or Pro. to track your reviews.

This video details how to use the new Review Panel in Acrobat X Std. or Pro. to initiate a Shared Review of your PDF document.

Using the Media panel, the Preview panel, and the Timing panel to determine what happens when, it is now possible to review all of the assigned animations directly in InDesign.

In the last of our films from Adobe and D&AD's Think Tank series, CR editor Patrick Burgoyne chairs a discussion on the potential of the digital medium.

In this second excerpt, the panel looks at whether there is a workable system for charging for creativity.