Chris Meyer demonstrates the new 3D Point Control for expressions, plus the ability to tie together effects with complex arbitrary controls. He also lists the additions and enhancements to both expressions and scripting in After Effects CS5.5.

As an extension of Adobe's recent focus on metadata and being able to track information throughout a production, After Effects CS5.5 now has the ability to access the Media Start and End times as well as "tape" names for assets that include them.

Review recent enhancements for finding sources, effects, and parameters that may be buried deep inside an After Effects project, including the new-in-CS5.5 "Most Recently Used" search terms - plus the power of "and" versus "or" searches.

Chris Meyer reviews existing methods to work on one portion of a chain of compositions while viewing the final result in another, then introduces a new feature in After Effects CS5.5 that simplifies opening a second viewer for side-by-side work.

Learn the proper workflow for using Audition with After Effects CS5.5 to enhance the sound when audio is already embedded in video sources. Includes a tutorial for using Audition's Dynamics Processing module to improve the loudness of voiceovers.

Learn how the new stereoscopic 3D camera rig plus resulting chain of compositions in After Effects CS5.5 are manipulated by the Stereo 3D Controls effect, including setting camera separation (inter-axial distance) and the convergence options.

See how After Effects CS5.5 greatly eases the creation and control of stereoscopic camera rigs for 3D layers. Chris Meyer explains the resulting chain of compositions, including how to preview, where to add stereo footage, and what to render.

Explore the greatly enhanced 3D Camera Depth of Field options in After Effects CS5.5, including realistic iris simulations as well as the ability to enhance specular highlights.

Chris Meyer gives his thoughts on the all-important upgrade decision, and explains why he's so fond of the After Effects CS5.5 update.

Learn how the new Merge Clips feature in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 can save you hours of editing time by providing dual-system sound support that enables you to quickly match audio and video tracks recorded on separate devices and media. Plus, learn how new user-requested enhancements give you a efficient editing workflow.

Learn how the Mercury Playback Engine in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 takes performance to the next level, so that you get even faster playback of mixed-format timelines and more GPU-accelerated effects and transitions.

Learn the new presets, intuitive context menus, and dramatically enhanced watch folder support in Adobe Media Encoder CS5.5 to make outputting your work for delivery everywhere a simple and intuitive process.

Flash Professional CS5.5 has some great enhancements to speed up any project’s workflow. To illustrate these new features, Paul Trani takes you through a workflow from creating a new document, to using the enhanced code snippets panel and the ever more valuable Project panel, to ultimately publishing your project to multiple formats and devices.

Mobile devices can have a hard time processing complex vector graphics. With Flash Professional CS5.5 you now have the ability to export complex vector graphics as an easier-to-process bitmap while still retaining the graphic in vector format in Flash Pro. Paul Trani takes you through this process and shows you how to cache vector graphics as bitmap images.

Flash Pro and Flash Builder have always worked well together, and now they even have a unified Project file format. In this tutorial, Paul Trani shows that changes made in Flash Builder appear in the enhanced Project panel in Flash Professional CS5.5, and vice versa.

In this tutorial, Paul Trani takes you through the enhanced code snippets panel in Flash Professional CS5.5. With great new capabilities for those new to ActionScript, this enhanced panel helps you quickly understand and use code snippets as well as save your own custom code snippets for future use.

With the introduction of the Text Layout Framework (TLF), Flash can now handle even the most complex text layouts. In this tutorial, Paul Trani takes you through creating multicolumn TLF text while highlighting new functionality in Flash Pro CS5.5, such as the new tab ruler, which you can use to add gutters and custom tabs to your TLF text.

In this tutorial, Paul Trani shows you how Flash Professional CS5.5 enables you to easily scale contents of a file when you resize the stage. This is a great capability for anything from banners to mobile projects in which you need to target different dimensions.

With new phones and tablets appearing almost daily, how can you keep up with all the different screen sizes while maintaining an efficient workflow? In this tutorial, Paul Trani demonstrates how to use Flash Professional CS5.5 to efficiently target multiple screens using the Project panel, enhanced code snippets, and new publish settings.

In this video, Terry White shows you all the new features in InDesign CS5.5 - including linked text, articles panel, and the ability to embed audio and video – that will help you design more engaging eBooks than ever before.

In this Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.5 tutorial, Greg Rewis shows you how to use HTML5 to efficiently create web and mobile experiences.

Chris Meyer introduces his favorite new features in After Effects CS5.5 from the perspective of a long-time user and motion graphics artist.

Chris Meyer gives an overview of the significant updates to 3D space inside After Effects CS5.5, and then explores the creative options provided by the new 3D Light Falloff parameters.

After Effects CS5.5 sports several new tools that automatically sets a 3D camera's depth of field focal plane to align with chosen objects inside your 3D worlds.

After Effects CS5.5 makes it easy to create a 3D Orbit Camera Rig, which simplifies circular animations. Chris Meyer expands on this by demonstrating how to perform smooth crane and zoom moves with this rig as well.

The greatly improved Camera Lens Blur effect in After Effects CS5.5 allows you to add the same advanced iris simulations and highlight enhancements to already-shot 2D footage offered in CS 5.5 by the impressive new 3D camera depth of field.

The Stereo 3D Glasses effect has been updated in After Effects CS5.5, including better convergence and alignment options for correcting problem footage plus a wider range of stereoscopic viewing options. Color balance workflows are also explored.

After Effects CS5.5 includes the long-requested ability to save a project file back to the prior version. Chris Meyer demonstrates how this interacts with the new features added in CS5.5, including the ability to remember CS5.5-specific effects.

Creating a Loop & changing the Animation Speed in After Effects CS5.

Logging Clip Data & Capturing in Premiere Pro CS5.

In this short video, Jason Levine will show you how to use the new Ultra Keyer in Premiere Pro CS5 to pull quick keys from your footage, even with unevenly lit green screen. Once again, the 'key' here (ha ha) is the fact that Jason is running this process without rendering, leveraging the Mercury Playback Engine solely in software mode.

Exploring the Benefits of Using CSS in Dreamweaver CS5 when planning a website.

Follow along as Keith Gilbert shows you how to create a very simple banner ad using Flash Professional CS5 – without writing any code.

Follow along as Keith Gilbert shows you how to create a simple web application using Flash Catalyst CS5 – without writing any code.

Follow along as Keith Gilbert shows you how to create an interactive guide using InDesign CS5.

In this brief video, Worldwide Product Evangelist Jason Levine will explain the basis of transcoding, showcasing the workflow outside of CS5; he''ll then show you what a native workflow is all about in Premiere Pro CS5, and explain some scenarios for staying native or moving to an intermediate codec. This video also points out some of the misconceptions about transcoding, but also highlights some of the round-tripping capabilities of CS5 with FCP and AMC.

Learn how easy it is to create PHP code by using some of the new code-hinting features in Dreamweaver CS5

Join Russell Brown as he walks you through a 3D feature called "Repousse;" his favorite feature in Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended. 3D Text.

Learn about Adobe Bridge CS5, the standalone file browser and cross-program manager for organizing assets used in Creative Suite applications.

Use Dreamweaver CS5 to view code hints related to content management system frameworks such as WordPress, Drupal, and Joomla. Learn how to set up site-specific code hinting for a CMS so you can easily work with your PHP website in Dreamweaver.

The integration of web tools in the CS5 Web Premium suite works for the interaction designer and the web application developer.

Adobe Evangelist Terry White demos the hottest new CS5 features for designers, including new features in Photoshop CS5, Illustrator CS5, InDesign CS5, and Flash Catalyst.

With Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended, you can use new HDR Pro technology to create photorealistic or wildly surreal 32-Bit HDR images with unprecedented speed, control, and accuracy. Exposure Merge offers automatic ghost removal and greater control with tone mapping and adjustments so you can retain complete clarity and see the full tonal range.

New in Photoshop CS5 Extended, check out how to take your 3D model and easily add an animated depth of field effect. See it in action.

With Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended you can perform day-to-day imaging tasks faster and work faster with very large images by taking advantage of even more RAM—up to 128GB on desktops and 8GB on laptops. (Requires a 64-bit-capable computer with a 64-bit version of Mac OS, Microsoft Windows 7, or Windows Vista).

Automatically correct lens distortions and fix chromatic aberration and vignetting with Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended, which use an image file’s EXIF data to make precise adjustments based on the type of camera and lens you used.

With Photoshop CS5 Extended, you can create 3D logos and artwork from any text layer, selection, or layer mask with new Adobe Repoussé technology. Twist, rotate, extrude, bevel, and inflate these designs, and then easily apply rich materials like chrome, glass, and cork to explore different looks. And take your designs even further by leveraging the Adobe 3D Forge engine for advanced editing of your 3D models.

Learn how Photoshop CS5 works with Lightroom 3 to manipulate your images faster than ever before.

See how the all new Layers panel lets you manage objects in complex documents with more control in InDesign CS5.

See how InDesign CS5 allows you to take advantage of metadata embedded in an image to create live captions and then automatically and flexibly place them in your layout.

Take the frustration out of finding previously used assets with Adobe Mini Bridge. See how to peer into your InDesign CS5 documents to find linked images, text and more to use them in another layout.

Web and interactive designers count on Adobe Photoshop software to help them create just the right look for their clients. Now with Photoshop CS5 Extended, you can keep exploring new creative possibilities in web and interactive design. For example, take advantage of new Adobe Repoussé technology to quickly make your pages and designs pop with 3D artwork for logos, buttons, and more. Plus, you get enhanced 3D animation effects with the ability to take your 3D model and easily add an animated depth of field.

Adobe Photoshop software is the tool of choice for designers and web professionals. Now with Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended, you can continue to push the boundaries of traditional digital imaging. Realistically blend colors on canvas with the new Mixer Brush. Create superior composites for print or web layouts with new technology that makes it easy to select even the trickiest image elements, like hair. Remove an image element, and let Content‐Aware Fill intelligently replace the missing pixels. Easily create 3D logos and artwork from any text layer, selection, or layer mask using new Adobe Repoussé technology. Use new Exposure Merge technology to create photo realistic or wildly surreal 32-bit HDR images with unprecedented speed, control, and accuracy. And import animated GIFs. Plus so much more.

With Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended, when you remove an image element, Content-Aware Fill replaces the missing pixels almost magically. This revolutionary new tool matches lighting, tone, and noise so it looks like the deleted content never existed.

Draw shapes and scenes in accurate 1, 2, or 3-point linear perspective with the new Perspective Drawing tools in Illustrator CS5.

Learn how to collaborate with even greater efficiency using new Track Text Changes in InDesign CS5.

See how to build complex layouts in less clicks with paragraphs that span or split columns in InDesign CS5.

Avoid the inconvenience of missing fonts. See how InDesign CS5 automatically installs needed fonts when the document is opened.

See how InDesign CS5 allows you to export a PDF document in the background while you continue to work.

Work faster with everyday tools in Illustrator CS5. Draw behind, disregarding stacking order, and draw or place an image inside, instantly creating a clipping mask.

Paint expressively with vectors that look like natural media brushstrokes using the new Bristle Brush in Illustrator CS5.

Create vector objects precisely on the file’s pixel grid to generate clean, sharp graphics for the web and mobile devices in Illustrator CS5.

Create, edit, and fill shapes intuitively, directly on your artwork, using the new Shape Builder Tool in Illustrator CS5.

Learn how to work with the latest tapeless and DSLR formats in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.

New in Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended - Easily take your imagery and designs in new artistic directions with natural and realistic painting effects. The new Mixer Brush lets you define multiple colors on a single tip to paint with subtle color blends, or you can use a dry brush to blend a photo’s colors to create a beautiful painting. New Bristle Tips enable you to easily paint with lifelike, naturally textured brush strokes using defined bristle properties like shape, length, and stiffness, and you can experiment away by adding Bristle Tips to a variety of Photoshop brush tools.

Whether you're helping corporate clients communicate through images, expressing your vision in fine art, or capturing life's moments at weddings, in portraits, or for news media, you're driven by the art of your craft. That's why professional photographers have long relied on Adobe Photoshop software for the ultimate in creative control and image quality. New Photoshop CS5 helps you achieve the visual and emotional effects you’re after with re-engineered features for reducing and adding grain, performing post-crop vignetting, and sharpening. CS5 reinvents HDR imaging with Exposure Merge, which makes it easy to preserve the full tonal range of a scene—or go from photorealistic to wildly surrealistic—and automatically remove ghost artifacts. It delivers new black-and-white conversion features and a GPU-enabled crop experience. It accelerates your workflow with powerful new selection technology, integrated Adobe Mini Bridge for faster file browsing, and cross-platform 64-bit support for faster performance.

Manage your media visually with Adobe Bridge CS5 software, which now offers more flexible batch renaming, support for drag and drop between Creative Suite components, and the ability to access files in the context of what you’re working on by using the customizable Adobe Mini Bridge panel in Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended.

With Photoshop CS5 Extended, you can easily enhance the realism of your 3D designs by generating shadows with simple steps to invoke the shadow catcher. Browse different looks for your 3D models and extruded designs by picking realistic materials like chrome and cork from the rich new materials library. Explore with different focus points in your 3D scene by previewing and adjusting the range for depth of field. Even use stunning HDR images or panoramas to light your 3D scene.

The vast majority of video professionals use Adobe Photoshop software to help them create and enhance visual effects and motion graphics, or to prepare still images and text for inclusion in video projects. With new Photoshop CS5 Extended, you can leverage cross‐platform 64‐bit support, the unrivaled Photoshop image‐editing toolset, and Adobe 3D Forge—the powerful Photoshop 3D engine that enables you to create and enhance 3D and motion‐based content. Plus, you can enjoy tighter integration with Adobe tools you use every day, including Adobe After Effects CS5, and Adobe Premiere Pro CS5. Realistically blend colors on canvas with the new Mixer Brush, and paint on 2D and 3D artwork more naturally using lifelike Bristle Tips. Remove an image element, and let Content‐Aware Fill intelligently replace the missing pixels.Use new Exposure Merge technology to create photorealistic or wildly surreal 32-bit HDR images with unprecedented speed, control, and accuracy. Take advantage of new Adobe Repoussé technology to easily create 3D artwork from any text layer, selection, or layer mask. And so much more.

Join Worldwide Design Evangelist Terry White as he runs through his 5 favorite Photoshop CS5 features. Included are new enhanced selection abilities and noise reduction tools.

Join Terry White as he shows you some of the new features you can find in the new InDesign CS5.

Join Worldwide Design Evangelist Terry White as he runs through his 5 favorite Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 and Flash CS5 features. Included are new Live View Features and BrowserLab.

Join Terry White as he covers some of the exciting new features found in Illustrator CS5 including Perspective Drawing, Multiple Artboard Enhancements and New Brush features.

Join Terry White as he walks you through the brand new Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS5 extended.

View the top 5 Photoshop CS5 photo editing software features. Russell Brown, Photoshop senior creative director, presents his favorites from over 100 new features, including Content-Aware Fill, Puppet Warp, HDR Pro, realistic paint brushes, and new selections tools for the trickiest elements like hair.

Create, preflight and publish documents faster. New and enhanced tools and on-object controls help speed up and simplify repetitive, everyday tasks such as selecting and editing frames and frame content, adjusting the white space between images, or creating grids. The ability to create pages with different sizes in a single InDesign file, and other productivity features in InDesign CS5 let you complete your page layout in fewer steps.

Terry White shares a few of his favorite new features in CS5 Design Premium including making precision selections, quickly with Photoshop, create expressive graphics easily with variable-width strokes in Illustrator and delivering visually engaging interactive documents that include video, audio and animation with InDesign.

Join Design Evangelist Rufus Deuchler as he shows how you can save time when applying and editing fills, strokes, effects and more with the new Appearance panel in Illustrator CS4.

Learn about some exciting new features in CS4: document windows, multiple artboards, gradients, appearances, and the Recolor Artwork dialog box.

Save a huge amount of time building web pages by using Dreamweaver CS4's new Related Files bar. Greg Rewis shows how you can instantly find and modify all your related files.

Discover how to efficiently preview, manage, and find creative assets using Bridge CS4, the visual media management tool.

Tour the Encore CS4 interface. Import assets, create timelines, and link objects. Output video to DVD, Flash, and Blu-ray using the Build panel.

Discover how to efficiently preview, manage, and find creative assets using Bridge CS4, the visual media management tool.

Acquire footage, edit, animate graphics, clean soundtracks, and create a DVD, using Adobe Production Premium CS4.

Get an overview of the After Effects CS4 workflow. Add effects to graphics, animate characters, and make color corrections.