This fun show covers all aspects of sweet stuff in Adobe Creative Suite including Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Bridge, Flash and more. Hosted by Mike McHugh from Adobe Pacific.
Join Mike McHugh as he demonstrates one of Adobes iPad apps Eazel. Learn how to draw with the exciting new interface design. Then Transfer your drawings over to Photoshop CS5 to creating a great new drawing.
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.
Not for the faint of heart. This advanced interactive lesson in InDesign CS5 covers many of its interactive features. The Buttons panel, Animation, Timing, and Mult-istate Objects. We get them all working together to make a roll down menu that triggers a multi-state object. This could be very useful for many different projects with a little imagination and creativity. Don’t Forget you can follow mike on Twitter @CS_TV.
A very special guest Brian Chau from Adobe, shows us exactly how to use Flash CS5 to publish directly to an Android 2.2 device. We show you where to get the needed extensions http://labs.adobe.com/ and then into Flash CS5 and look at some special AS3 for gestures on touch screen devices. We also look at the publish settings for Android and publish and Air application and deploy directly to the device.
Sometimes when you get a PDF, you need to extensively edit the content. Or maybe even import it back into InDesign for layout! You can save the PDF file as a Word Document or even Excel Document for immediate and swift importation . Its a very useful new feature of Adobe Acrobat X.
Its so annoying when you see an InDesign document that has been put together with tabs and spaces all over the place. Common everyone lets get the tabs right and then put them into paragraph styles as well. Its not that hard when you see how to use the tab ruler. We do Right indent tabs, leaders and indent to here as well.
InDesign CS5 has a whole bunch of new interactive features. We take a close look at how to use the multi-state objects to create a simple image gallery. We use Adobe Bridge to drag and drop or place images, we also use the new corner effects. But more importantly than that we use the ugliest arrow heads ever.
Adobe Illustrator has some fantastic vector drawing tools, great for creating repeated patterns for use on fabrics clothing and any design work. However if you you make the repeat too large the files can become quite cumbersome and the file sizes are massive. Learn how to create the most efficient, flexible Illustrator artwork.
Get a glimpse behind the scenes of Creative Sweet TV. Using Premier Pro to do a really quick and really effective green screen key. Using native AVCHD footage and very basic fold out screen. The entire episode created with Premiere Pro CS5.
This week Mike is in a particularly aggressive mood. But its because wants everyone to be awesome using InDesign Shortcuts. This week Creative Sweet TV showcases the top ten essential shortcuts required to set type in InDesign. The shortcuts include, Soft returns, point size, leading, baseline shift, Indent to here, right indent tabs and the list goes on…
Get smooth flawless skin, remove wrinkles and brighten eyes. Whilst the tutorial is very fast moving many of the techniques can be used in more detail to get some fantastic results. Its all non destructive and uses many layers.
Learn how to fix Widows and Orphans within InDesign Paragraph composer. Don’t switch it off, it works really well if you know what to do. Use non breaking spaces and keep options to get it all sorted. You can follow Mike on Twitter @CS_TV
Learn how to use the InDesign CS5 Table of Contents feature. Its based on using Paragraph Styles to format your document. Once created the table of contents will be interactive when you create a PDF e-book or even a .swf output. Learn how to style them and all about the options available when creating it.
If you want to be a pro at using Adobe Illustrator you need to know these essential tips. These are my absolute favorite and most used tips and shortcuts. Pay close attention because there a quite a few. Drawing tips duplicating tips pen tool tips and coloring shortcuts.
If you're just starting out with Photoshop and need to get a grip on what resolution you need then this is the episode of Creative Sweet TV for you. We take a good close look at what the required resolutions are for print and onscreen. What is the best way to reduce the size of an image, and how to get the best results when doing any type of image resizing.
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.
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.
Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended has got some great additions to its 3D capabilities. Learn how to extrude some text and get it to integrate into a photograph by casting a shadow over the background.
We look at some of the key new options for designers doing page layout. Set up a grid of images easily and quickly using, Mini Bridge, fitting options, auto fit and the new Gap tool.
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.
Creating artwork for print has come along way with InDesign. You need to check for many things before printing, like missing fonts, resolution even specific spot colors. Lets look at the Live Preflight in InDesign CS4.
Two of the most important tools in Photoshop are the Clone tool and the Heal Brush Tools. Tackle them both and learn a few extra tips along the way. Retouch an old Photograph and take away spots and creases
Just watch this video tutorial all about the secrets of getting justified text looking just right. None of that horrible hyphenation either. Just letter space, word space and a just a little bit of typographic cheating is in order.
Photoshop CS4 can help you save lives, or at least improve the lives of many people if you follow the tutorial and prepare your artwork well. We have a look at how to proof color, not only for CMYK, but also test our images to see if people with color blindness can read them well.
Learn how to trace placed images into Illustrator CS4 with a number of different methods. Redraw a logo, and redraw a map as well. Also take a hand drawn image that contains line work and convert it to vectors with the Live Trace Feature.
Mike shows you a trick he learned from Russell Browns at Adobe Max; how to take a Camera Raw image of a Samurai Warrior shot on a green screen background and cut him out using masks and Hue Saturation.
If you want to learn Actionscript then this tutorial is for you. Using Adobe Illustrator and Flash CS4 you can easily create a button and you barely have to write any code!
Learn how you can make a free Adobe account and get access to PDF creation, word processing with Buzzword and screen sharing with Connect Now. Create a flash gallery and much much more!
Would you like to see if your car looks better in Blue? Use Adobe Photoshop CS4 and try before you buy. Learn about the new Adjustments panel and Hue Sauration adjustments.
There are many new techniques in Adobe Illustrator that can save you time on projects. Watch in amazement as both Mike McHugh and John Warnock show you how it's done.
Come on a fantastic journey… 3 hours from Melbourne Australia with a boot full of gadgets, telescopes, Photoshop and a hairdryer to keep the mist off the lens.
Become an instant POWER user of InDesign CS4. Learn the top 5 most useful keyboard shortcuts of InDesign CS4. Real world examples that are going to save you hours of work.
Every photo in a magazine is retouched to enhance natural beauty. For a change lets use Photoshop CS4 to make yourself look like you have been homeless and drinking like a fish for 6 months.
The blob brush tool in Illustrator CS4 is a simple and powerful tool. Learn how to customize it and use all the options to create some truly creative illustrations.
Its Alive and in full glorious 3d. Learn how to turn simple 2d images into fantastic 3d images for lenticular printing and for viewing with red blue 3d glasses. Using Photoshop CS4 extended it could not be more fun.
Shot on location in New Zealand, home of such movies as the Lord of the Rings and theChronicles of Narnia. What a great place to showcase Adobe CS4 Production Premium's truly tapeless video workflow with no rendering!
Get ready for fun with CS4. Live from sunny Christchurch in N.Z. Mike McHugh is very excited about all 14 new point products and the 6 all new suites. Take a quick look at his favorite features.
See some fantastic examples of Adobe AIR applications created by the Airey Fairy himself Mr. Paul Burnett. Then learn how to use Fireworks CS4 to create your very first Adobe AIR Application.
Recorded live at Adobe HQ in San Jose. A fantastic, easy tip using the newly released Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.0. Clear up skin and smooth it out with just one Slider.
Not sure where to get started with Photoshop? Does After Effects seem daunting? Join host Dennis Radeke as he dives into the basics of Adobe's video and audio products.
Paul Burnett, Adobe Evangelist for Flash, walks you through a range of features in Flash CS4 from introductory to intermediate to advanced tips and tricks. Each episode covers a different area of Flash CS4.
Join Adobe Design Evangelist Rufus Deuchler as he gives you a guided tour of all the cool new features, tips and tricks in Adobe Creative Suite Design Premium.
