Learn expert tips and techniques to get the most out of Adobe Illustrator. Reduce the time you spend on mundane tasks and gain more time to focus on the activities that matter: the creative ones. Brenda Sutherland, Illustrator product manager, will show you how to work faster, smarter, and much more smoothly. Once you've tricked out Illustrator and made it the custom vehicle you've always wanted, you'll experience life in the fast lane by shaving valuable time off tasks you perform every day.

Follow Rufus as he jumps from one feature to the other in Adobe Illustrator, some older and some new. See what you may be missing if you are not yet using Illustrator CS5.

In this episode, our four presenters demonstrate Flash professional, After Effects, Dynamic Link, Dreamweaver, InDesign and Illustrator.

In this episode, Terry White demonstrates InDesign’s multiple art boards and Adobe Illustrator’s perspective drawing tool and Bristle Brush.

Import your Adobe Illustrator design document into Flash Catalyst CS5.5 and get prepared to add rich interactivity to the photo gallery RIA.

Make round-trip edits to RIA artwork in Adobe Illustrator, while maintaining the work you've done in Flash Catalyst CS5.5.

See how easy it is to quickly create a complex shape with the new Shape Builder tool in Illustrator.

Quickly create the illusion of the 3rd dimension in your illustration with the new Perspective Grid tool in Illustrator CS5.

Master the use of gradients in Illustrator to quickly add a 3-dimensional aspect to background colors or objects.

Looking for a more organic way to draw in Illustrator? Bristle Brush is for you. It’s like painting with vectors.

The Blob Brush tool in Illustrator is the fastest way to draw crisp, sharp vector graphics that have a natural feel to them.

Fast Track your Cut & Paste artwork by using the Appearance Panel to rapidly apply fills, strokes and effects to any shape you create in Illustrator.

In this episode you'll learn how to conduct online project reviews in real time from within Photoshop and Illustrator.

In this CS Review tutorial, Terry White shows you how to create a online review directly from Adobe InDesign CS5.5, share it with others and gather comments back in real-time. CS Review is also integrated with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5, Photoshop CS5, and Illustrator CS5.

Jacob Surber discusses the workflows available for importing graphics from Photoshop, Illustrator and Fireworks into a Flash Catalyst project, and suggests ways to make this process easier for developers and designers.

We create a fantastic time-lapse using Photoshop CS5 Extended. Thanks to the images from James at www.deepspaceplace.com. Unfortunately he set the white balance on Auto and it needed to be fixed. Not as easy as you would think! We use the color blend mode, and the blend if sliders to fix it. But we also keep the subtle color of the planets.

In this episode special guest Mordy Golding shows us 5 Tips for Drawing in Adobe Illustrator CS5. These tips are great for beginners and even experienced AI users that may be new to CS5.

Watch how Illustrator and After Effects can be used together to create organic animations using simple masks copied and pasted between the two applications. Also see how the Twirl tool in Illustrator can be used to distort paths and make it look as if “tendrils” are growing outward. This all comes together in After Effects by setting the first vertex and ensuring your blended masks don’t flip inside out.

This tutorial will show you how to create great looking type by applying Illustrator art brushes to your text. Learn how to keep your newly decorated text editable and how to prevent the art brushes from distorting along the text path.

Have you ever tried to import a graphic into Microsoft Powerpoint, only to discover the areas of the image you expected to be transparent have been replaced by a solid white background? In this episode, Colin shows how to export Adobe Illustrator graphics with transparency using the Portable Network Graphics (PNG) format.

Learn insider techniques for Illustrator CS5 from the source — David Macy, the Illustrator product manager. Learn how to take advantage of the new features in Illustrator CS5, and get the skinny on techniques you should be using right now but never had the time to learn on your own. Whether you design for print, web, interactive, or video, you'll leave this session with practical and effective techniques you can use every day.

Learn how to turn Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator artwork into high-quality interactive content without writing code with new Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5. Find out how you can add attention-grabbing interactivity, animation, video, and sound to your digital documents and presentations, all in Adobe InDesign CS5. And see how you can export InDesign documents for Adobe Digital Editions, a desktop reading application for devices such as the Amazon Kindle, the Sony Reader, and the Barnes & Noble nook.

Learn how to draw shapes and scenes in accurate 1-, 2-, or 3-point linear perspective to create the look of realistic depth and distance with the new Perspective drawing tools in Adobe Illustrator CS5. See how the new Perspective Grid tool supports drawing directly on planes of true perspective and the Perspective Selection tool allows objects to be moved, scaled, duplicated, and transformed dynamically in perspective.

Learn how to design for an effective user experience, which should be the underlying goal for any application. See how to use Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5 along with Adobe Illustrator CS5, Photoshop CS5, Fireworks CS5, and InDesign CS5 as user experience design tools. This session covers creating personas, site maps, storyboards, and wireframes and how these elements are combined to create a finished application. To extend your knowledge from this session, attend the "Hands-on: Using Flash Catalyst CS5 to Design Rich User Experiences" lab.

Discover how to make your vector art stand out. In this session, you'll learn about the variety of output options within Adobe Illustrator that can be used to create dynamic designs and illustrations. Artist Greg Geisler, one of the creators of the Illustrator how-to guides on Adobe.com (http://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator/howto/), will walk you through his process for creating visually rich artwork. He'll show techniques using various tools in Illustrator, discuss integration between Illustrator and Flash Professional, and explore going beyond Illustrator with additional techniques such as laser cutting. Join this session and get more out of Illustrator.

In this episode Terry White shares 10 Random Illustrator CS5 tips to make you more productive. Although all of these tips work in the latest version of Illustrator, some go back to previous versions and therefore can be used by all.

It’s typical to design in Illustrator using multiple layers, but you can dramatically increase your productivity by using the Appearance panel and this tutorial will show you how to get started.

This productivity tutorial will show you who to take advantage of Illustrator’s dynamic transform effects to instantly update multiple business cards in any layout.

Greg Rewis walks you through demonstrations to get you up to speed with creating SVGs for multiple devices and the web.

Learn how to create live captions in InDesign CS5, that use the data entered into the meta data of an image. Adobe Bridge can allow you to enter a description into the IPTC core data and then InDesign CS5 can access that and auto format it using Paragraphs styles.

Create sharp web graphics with Adobe Illustrator CS5. Join Terry White as he takes a look at some of the little known new Adobe Illustrator CS5 features including Pixel Preview, Align to Pixel Grid and the Artboards Panel.

The new Puppet Warp feature in Photoshop CS5 comes to the rescue. We explore all the options available when warping objects. All the spoons are broken, and in a strange sequence of events Mike magically bends a fork instead. Don’t forget you can follow @CS_TV on twitter to get all mikes latest updates.

See what all the different export settings mean to your PDF files. Not only that, we have a look the new Background Processes Panel in InDesign CS5.

Showcasing new features of Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium to prepare students for future success in graphic and print design. CS5 is industry-standard software that teaches design, communications, and project management.

Showcasing new features of Adobe Creative Suite 5 Web Premium to prepare students for future success in web design, web development, and interactive design technology.

The new tools to create complex selections in Photoshop CS5 allow both professional long time users to get a great result faster and new users to to get a professional result without tearing their hair out.

Join Eran Stern as he walks you through some of the new workflow improvements you'll find in After Effects CS5 and Illustrator CS5.

Make round-trip edits to RIA artwork in Adobe Illustrator, while maintaining the work you've done in Flash Catalyst.

Import your Adobe Illustrator design document into Flash Catalyst and get prepared to add rich interactivity to the photo gallery RIA.

Use the new pixel-aligned feature to create web graphics that fit optimally with your finished product, and take a peek in Preview mode.

Use the new Artboards panel to name artboards and adjust settings of artboards in Illustrator CS5.

Create complex art from simpler basic shapes by using the Shape Builder tool in Illustrator CS5.

Learn how to use the Draw Behind and Draw Inside drawing modes to efficiently achieve various layer effects in Illustrator CS5.

Navigate the stacking order in an Illustrator document by using the Selection tool. Select and isolate grouped objects and go into Outline Mode to view them more clearly. Learn how to select objects beneath the selected layer.

Choose the Selection tool to select an object or group of objects or the Direct Selection tool to select individual paths or anchor points. Choose the Group Selection tool to select nested groups. Use modifier keys to add or subtract from selections.

Create artwork of a specific size that is aligned, scaled, and positioned properly by using rulers and guides. Toggle the rulers on and off, change the units of measurement, add and lock guides, and use the x and y coordinates to navigate a document.

Explore ways to work with symbols in Illustrator CS5, such as how to specify and control registration points, work with smart guides, reset a symbol's instance, and work with layer structure.

Learn the 9-slice scaling method and scaling options in Illustrator CS5, including how to preserve symbol instance proportions when scaling.

Set up your document for perspective drawing by defining the perspective grid in Illustrator CS5. Learn how to change the grid settings.

Learn how to create a simple interactive game. See how you can create a new Flash Catalyst project, starting from a design created in Illustrator.

Once you’ve brought artwork into Flash Catalyst, you’re ready to start defining the components that will add interactivity to a project. In this movie, learn how to create button components from Illustrator art and edit a button’s appearance.

Learn about Illustrator CS5, a versatile, out-of-the-box solution for creating vector graphics. Illustrator supports cross-media design and multiple graphics formats, and provides endless options to create lifelike designs and artwork.

In this movie, learn how to define the pages and states for a simple interactive game. You’ll also learn how to duplicate and reuse existing button components in a design.

In this movie, learn how to add an interaction to a button component that when clicked triggers a move to a different page in a design.

In this movie, learn about the unique interaction-based Timeline in Flash Catalyst and how to create transitions that animate or move between two states of a design.

Discover how to combine the use of layers in Illustrator with Flash Catalyst pages to create structure and organization in an interactive tour.

Learn about changing the stacking order of objects in an interactive tour, using familiar commands from Illustrator. Use the align commands to easily align objects on the artboard.

Create new artwork in perspective in Illustrator CS5 by using the Perspective Grid tool. Create shapes and panes mapped to perspective.

Discover ways to map flat artwork into perspective in Illustrator CS5. Transform artwork by allowing automatic plane positioning and perpendicular movement of objects.

Using the Width tool, create variable-width strokes and use various stroke profiles for consistent style in Illustrator CS5.

Control various elements of dashed lines in Illustrator CS5, including line length, corners and gaps.

Create original art or pattern brushes, and learn how to adjust segments of a brush pattern in Illustrator CS5.

Establishing an intent for artwork, considering the audience and destination, before beginning a project makes it easier to repurpose artwork later. Use New Document Profile settings to define size, artboards, bleed, and color mode for the document.

Understand the benefits of using modifier keys in combination with the drawing tools in Illustrator CS5.

The Blob Brush and Eraser tools perform pathfinder operations behind the scenes as you draw. Draw over existing brush strokes with the Blob Brush to merge the strokes. Select objects before drawing with the Eraser tool to erase only selected areas.

Learn how to create and prepare artwork in Illustrator for use in After Effects. Learn how to maximize the quality and flexibility of vector graphics in After Effects.

Learn how to create, set up, and manipulate 3D cameras with the improved camera tools.

Create variable-width strokes in Illustrator CS5. Control the thickness of a stroke at any point along a path by using the Width tool. Apply, save, and re-apply variable widths across multiple paths by using width profiles.

Join Eran Stern as he shows you some of the workflow improvements in After Effects CS5 and Illustrator CS5.

When the wireframe is finished, it's time to start adding the visual design. Doug covers how to update a project’s components piece-by-piece using Adobe Illustrator and Flash Catalyst CS5.

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.

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.

Symmetrically align dashes and infinitely adjust stroke widths, all part of Beautiful Strokes in Illustrator CS5.

With Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium software, designers will be able to express ideas faster and more naturally, and will discover new possibilities to deliver ideas in digital media without writing code. Work faster and more efficiently using more precise image-selection tools in Photoshop CS5 Extended, variable-width strokes in Illustrator CS5 and intuitive object object-selection features in Adobe InDesign CS5. Turn Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator artwork into high-quality interactive content without writing code with new Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5.

Work on up to 100 artboards of varying sizes in a single file, organized and named the way you want, using the enhancements to Multiple Artboards in Illustrator CS5.

Take Illustrator CS5 designs into Flash Catalyst and create interactive experiences without writing code. Refine your vector art in Illustrator while preserving the structure and interactivity you added in Flash Catalyst

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

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.

Learn the Top 3 Features of Flash Professional CS5. Includes the Flash Text Engine, new Text Layout Panels, iPhone App Development, streamlined workflow with FXG support and the ability to import between the Flash tools, Photoshop and Illustrator. (We know that sounds like more than 3)

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 Worldwide Design Evangelist Terry White as he runs through his 5 favorite Adobe Illustrator CS5 features. Included are Perspective Drawing, The Width Tool, The Shape Builder Tool and more!

Make fast work of common design and production tasks like image re-touching with magical content aware fill in Photoshop Extended, creating complex shapes with Shape Builder tool in Illustrator, and intuitive object-selection features in InDesign and more.

Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium will let you streamline common design and production tasks with feature-packed releases of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver and Flash Professional. And extend the reach of your work by creating interactive content with new Flash Catalyst - without writing code.

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.

Deliver engaging work onscreen to connect with more people in more ways. See how you can use new Flash Catalyst to transform Photoshop or Illustrator artwork into functional designs for user interfaces, info-graphics and rich internet applications.

Achieve beautiful paint effects using lifelike brush strokes in Photoshop Extended and expressive Vector-Painting Brushes in Illustrator, or use 3D Extrusion Tools in Photoshop Extended to create artwork that will stand out in print and digital media.