Have you ever wanted to create hidden “easter egg” menus in your DVDs or Blu-ray disks? This tutorial will show you how to use Photoshop layers and Encore button routing to hide secret clickable areas for your disks.

In Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 tutorial, Karl Soule shows how to adjust which areas of the video are affected by each of the 3 wheels, and how to blend the color effects better.

For editors dealing with footage using split-mono tracks (voice on one track, ambient sound on another) this quick tutorial on audio channel mapping is a must-see.

After Effects makes it simple to use text as an outline for a different layer. Karl Soule’ explains how.

Ever had some footage, and weren’t sure which timeline preset to use? Now, there’s an easy trick to get started editing natively.

There are 2 different ways to add effects to audio in Premiere Pro. Karl Soule’ walks through both techniques, and when to use each technique.

Learn about using an OnLocation workflow to marry Adobe Story scripts and metadata to shots. Bring the shots and their metadata into Adobe Premiere Pro for editing.

Learn how to use OnLocation to add metadata, including script dialog from Adobe Story, to your shots. Learn how to import shots, with their associated metadata, into Adobe Premiere Pro for editing.

See how to get all the benefits of real-time, on-set logging even when working with tapeless cameras with OnLocation CS5.

In this episode of Short and Suite, Karl talks about OnLocation CS5's new ability to support tapeless workflows on set and shows you how to quickly create a rough cut edit using OnLocation and Premiere Pro CS5.

Learn how to use OnLocation to create shot lists and log shots, and to add comments to them. Examine one method that involves shooting straight to the computer hard disk and another method that is useful when shooting with an un-tethered camera.

In this episode of Short and Suite, Karl Soule demonstrates how Adobe Story, collaborative script writing software for creative professionals, can help you create your next script or screenplay.

Use Adobe Story to help write screenplays, scripts, and to collaboratively work on production and post-production. Plan your shoot more efficiently by leveraging your script in Adobe OnLocation to create shot lists and import your clips into Adobe Premiere Pro to create a preliminary rough cut.

Learn about video editing with Adobe Premiere Pro. Import assets, find footage with Speech Search and Face Detection, composite and apply effects with the Mercury Playback Engine, and output through the Adobe Media Encoder.

Learn the steps of the basic Adobe Premiere Pro workflow, from importing to editing to exporting.

Learn how to eliminate image distortion by identifying the pixel aspect ratio of your assets, and choosing sequence presets to match.

Learn how to import files with the Import command, the Media Browser, and Adobe Bridge. Also, learn the advantages of using the Media Browser for file-based assets.

Learn how to use the Project panel and the Automate To Sequence command to quickly create a rough cut.

Learn how to export a frame from a video clip and use it to create a freeze-frame effect.

Learn how to create a title in the Titler, to change the font, to add a drop shadow, and to add the title to a sequence.

Learn how to use audio tracks and cross-fades to add ambient sound to cover breaks in audio.

Learn how to export a sequence, or a part of a sequence, into any of a number of formats. This instruction includes the use of the Export Settings dialog box, and Adobe Media Encoder.

Learn how to make the most of metadata and speech analysis. This tutorial shows how to start your project in Adobe Story, move it into OnLocation, import it into Adobe Premiere Pro, and then send it out to disc or the web via Encore.

Tour Adobe Media Encoder CS5 and learn how to add files to the encoding queue, customize settings, and thin and edit XMP metadata. Learn how to use Adobe Media Encoder with After Effects and Premiere Pro.

Learn how to create an animated DVD menu quickly, by using After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Encore.

Learn how to set up your system to play back video, even layered HD video with effects, without rendering. This tutorial describes the best hardware and settings for getting the Mercury Playback Engine to deliver great performance and stability.

Learn how to take advantage of GPU-accelerated effects. This tutorial shows how to identify accelerated effects, and to activate GPU support. It also lists the graphics cards that support GPU acceleration in Adobe Premiere Pro.

Learn about using Soundbooth CS5 to edit, repair, and enhance audio. Record voiceovers, remove unwanted noises, add effects, and integrate professional sounding audio projects in other Creative Suite applications.

Explore Encore CS5, Adobe’s DVD and Blu-ray disc authoring software. Learn the advantages of using Encore—for both business users and creative users.

Learn about Adobe After Effects CS5, the powerful, industry-standard motion graphics, animation, compositing, and visual effects application.

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

Learn about the After Effects workflow. Import footage into a project. Create layers in a composition by dragging footage into the Timeline panel. Render and export a movie by using the render queue.

Learn how to customize the After Effects user interface. Resize, rearrange, group, undock, and open panels. Save, reset, and switch workspaces.

The first step in many After Effects workflows is to import footage, whether it's video, still images, or audio. Explore the multiple ways to import files and organize assets in the Project panel.

Add layers to a composition by dragging footage from the Project panel into the Timeline panel. Change the stacking order of layers.

Learn how to work in the Timeline panel. Hide and show layers with the Video switch. Learn about layer duration and how to use composition markers. Zoom in and out in the Timeline panel, and move forward and backward in time.

Animate layers quickly and easily by using animation presets. Drag and drop animation presets onto layers in the Timeline panel and combine them for a unique result.

Animate layer properties by using keyframes. Modify properties over time by using the Effect Controls panel and the Timeline panel. Adjust the start and end points for an effect. Change the direction of an animation and adjust a layer's opacity.

After Effects ships with more than 200 effects, including effects for color correction, distortion, and even audio adjustments. Search for an effect and drag and drop it onto a layer in the Timeline panel. Adjust effects in the Effect Controls panel.

Adobe CS5 Production Premium ups the ante with industry-leading performance breakthroughs and innovations that accelerate post-production.

Learn how After Effects running natively on 64-bit systems helps you be more productive.

Key HD footage in real time with the new Ultra Chroma Keyer in Adobe Premiere Pro. Optimized for footage that includes uneven lighting, wrinkled backgrounds, and frizzy hair, Ultra preserves shadows and can achieve complex keys on smoke, liquids, and transparent objects. GPU acceleration dramatically increases rendering speeds, whether you’re keying DV or HD.

See how to turn spoken dialogue into searchable text either by synchronizing content with your Adobe Story script, or by using reference scripts that are optimized for your content. Accelerate editing by marking in and out points in the speech analysis text to speed production time.

Create a more engaging experience with web DVDs that include a search interface for viewers to jump directly to content of interest. When you use Speech Search in Adobe Premiere Pro to turn spoken dialogue into searchable text, the information is passed along to Encore, and is used along with subtitles and menu button text to make your web DVDs searchable.

Isolate moving foreground elements from their backgrounds faster using a revolutionary new approach that works much like the Quick Select tool in Photoshop.