Learn how to use the Black & White panel controls in combination with the controls in the Basic panel to create a stronger and more dramatic black and white photograph. Applies to Lightroom versions 4 & 5. Learn more from the full courses at lynda.com.

Learn how to selectively copy and paste attributes to multiple clips. Author Rich Harrington demonstrates the expanded controls within the Paste Attributes option dialog in Premiere Pro. Learn more from the full courses at Lynda.com..

Learn about a Photoshop tool that allows you to paint in adjustments into specific areas of your photograph. Instead of making broad and global adjustments to your photograph, the Adjustment Brush allows you to paint in exposure, contrast, highlights, or any of the other controls into specific areas. Applies to the CC and CS6 versions of Photoshop. Learn more from the full courses at lynda.com.

Learn timeline-based editing techniques in Premiere Pro. Infinite Skills author Jeff Sengstack explains how to use the timeline's separate source and track indicators to gain more control over timeline navigation, copy/paste, and inserting and overwriting clips from the Source monitor and the Project panel.

Justin Seeley shows you how to place raster graphics into brushes in Illustrator. You will also learn to control your brush scaling and adjust the brush attributes to fit your individual needs. Learn more from the full course at lynda.com..

Although Word has a loose equivalent to user variables, this features is far easier and more straight-forward in FrameMaker 11. Unlike Word, no macros or arcane program strings are required. User variables are ideal for product names, company locations, designated staff members ... anything that is likely to change in your document. Simple actions allow you to globally update not only the content of variables, but their appearance as well. You can combine this feature with conditional text control, which allows you to swiftly "show" or "hide" different sections of text, tables or entire graphics that are associated with a certain version of your documentation. This allows a single set of source files to produce multiple versions of your documentation for various customers or internal content consumers. These features can be invoked with simple keyboard shortcuts while authoring, and you can import their values and setting from one document into an entire book!

Explore the cleaner, more efficient interface design of the Source and Program Monitors. Learn about the customizable transport controls and the easy-access playback resolution.

Developer Evangelist Kevin Hoyt demonstrates the capabilities of device orientation and motion events, and how physical device interaction can be used to control content.

Adobe Gaming Solutions Architect Allen Ellison catches up with Luke Lam of PlayJam to demonstrate PlayJam's popular games on a TV console, and use an iPhone to act as a control device. (Learn more about building TV games and apps.)

Create custom buttons and interactions to control audio and video playback in Flash Catalyst CS5.5.