In this episode special guest Chita Hunter gives an interesting look at creating "custom" Anchored Objects in Adobe InDesign CS3.

In this episode we learn how to open JPEGs/TIFFs in Adobe Camera RAW from Photoshop CS3. Editing with Camera RAW is very easy. Now you'll be able to do so even if your digital camera doesn't shoot in RAW.

Join Kevan O’Brien as he discusses how shooting progressive video rather than interlace video allows for higher quality and clearer/less noisy web video. By shooting progressive you reduce the amount of processing the encoder does, saving time and getting a resulting higher quality video for the bit rate. The Canon XH A1 is featured in this podcast, showing the capability of shooting in progressive mode at both DV and HDV quality, depending on how the video is to be further exploited beyond the web.

In this episode we'll see how to take advantage of the newly redesigned Lightroom Export features. We'll see how to create our own presets so that we can export our images in various formats for various needs.

One of the most popular questions I get from various Final Cut Pro users is what can they expect to gain from installing Production Premium CS3 and what will it mean to their future workflows. One thing that is perfectly clear is that the FCP users should expect to view Production Premium CS3  as an add-on to their current software and not a replacement to their favorite NLE editing app. The same would be true for any longtime Avid Xpress Pro or  Avid Media Composer Mac user as well.

In this episode, special guest Dave Helmly will run you through a concept edit from starting in FCP to PremierePro and AfterEffects and then back to FCP and finally to Bluray burning. Last step...Prove it...play it on a Playstation 3.

In this episode we'll take a look at how to get text and images out of PDFs. We're always talking about ways to create PDFs, well now it's time to go the other way. Let's extract some images and text to be repourposed in other apps.

In this episode special guest John Agger returns to present Getting Started with Mobile. He shows how to update your Device Central profiles and how to take advantage of the Mobile and Devices section of Adobe.com

In this episode we'll take a look at how you can use Bridge and your operating system (Finder on Mac/Windows Explorer on PC) together. Learn some renaming techniques and quick ways of viewing folders in Bridge.

In this episode special guest Chita Hunter shows how to use InDesign's Autocorrect feature to develop your own shorthand or quick keys for enter long words or phrases. You just type a few letters and autocorrect does the rest.

In this episode special guest Dave Helmly gives us a sneak peek at a quick workflow video showing the new support in After Effects CS3 for Panasonic P2 MXF.You will see this P2 feature as part of the next free update (v8.02) which is due to be release before the end of 2007. Also be sure to check out DAV's TechTable Blog.

In this episode special guest Chita Hunter returns to share an awesome tip for using the expression based language GREP in InDesign CS3's newly improved Find/Change dialog.

It's a celebration! This marks the 200th Episode of the Adobe Creative Suite Podcast. I couldn't be happier with the response from this audience. Thank You for watching, Terry White Now join Kevan O'Brien for this Inside Adobe episode as he walks you through how he produced and edited last week's podcast with Johnny L. Learn how you can utilize P2 media and Adobe tools such as Premiere Pro CS3 and Soundbooth CS3 to produce professional video podcasts.

In this episode special guest Mordy Golding returns to give us a hot tip on not only how to create Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard styled buttons, but also to turn this effect into a Graphic Style so that you can recreate the effect whenever you need to with ease.

John Loiacono (aka Johnny L), the SVP of Adobe’s Creative Solutions group, is back! Join Johnny and the Production Premium team in the DVA lab at Adobe San Jose, as Johnny in his unique (never boring!) style talks with the team about what went into the CS3 release, customer reactions, surprises, how we stack up against the competition, and what’s hot right now including the new update that adds compatibility with Panasonic P2 cameras. A demo of the P2 update is also featured.

In this episode world renowned Adobe Photoshop guru and author Scott Kelby is here to introduce his New 7-Point System for Adobe Photoshop CS3. In the first part of this episode Scott talks about the new book and how it came to be, then he wraps up with a cool Shadow/Highlight Tutorial!

In this episode special guest John Agger updates us on the latest developments in the Mobile and Devices space.

In this episode special guest Chita Hunter returns to show us how to create personalized designs or collateral in InDesign CS3 using the DataMerge feature.

In this episode we'll explore the concept of Master Pages and more importantly how to unlock specific Master Items on case by case basis. You can quickly and easily turn a Master Item into a document page item.

In this episode special guest Kevan O'Brien takes us through the basics of using a Wacom Intuos 3 tablet.

In this episode we go on location to Adobe MAX in Chicago with interviews of Edward Finkler, AIR Derby Winner and Joshua Hirsch, Minister of Technology, Big Spaceship. They will talk about how they used Adobe's Creative Suite products for their latest state of the art projects.

In this episode we'll see how to add a little flare to what would have otherwise been a pretty ordinary logo. OpenType is the hot new font standard and most of the CS3 apps take advantage of this new format. See how you can add a little punch to your designs by taking advantage of OpenType.

It's time to go on a virtual diet in Photoshop. Actually we're going to use the Liquify filter to take about 10 pounds off this guy. You'll learn a couple of tips as well to keep it from looking fake.

In this episode we'll take a look at how to use Bridge to rename dozens, hundreds or thousands of files in an instant. So if you're tired of seeing your images with the generic names given them by the camera, then you'll definitely want to check out this episode.

In this episode Kevan O'Brien shows how motion graphic titles can be recreated inside Premiere Pro with the use of Photoshop when the original After effects comp isn't available and you don't have all the elements.

In this episode I'm on the road at Photoshop World in Vegas. I had a couple of moments to do a couple of interviews on the show floor. Also at the end we'll see a Flash tutorial from Colin Smith of the Photoshop Cafe.

In this episode we take a look at various ways of creating interesting shapes in InDesign CS3. These shapes can be used as frames for both text and images. This clip is an excerpt from my upcoming Intermediate InDesign CS3 DVD.

In this episode we learn how to setup Adobe Version Cue CS3 from scratch. We'll create a new project and then using Photoshop we'll add an image to the project. From there we'll use Adobe InDesign CS3 to import from Version Cue and continue to update new versions of the image with Photoshop.

In this episode we take a look at combing Adobe After Effects CS3, Bridge CS3 and stock art from Digital Juice to make animated lower 3rds for your next video project. Get high-end professional results in a matter of minutes!

In this episode special guest Kyle Thompson shows how to create printer friendly style sheets in Dreamweaver CS3.

Photoshop World Las Vegas 2007 was a Blast! Check out the Adobe keynote address by Johnny L, SVP Creative Solutions Business Unit for some great insights, never before shown technology and a humorous slant on the Photoshop business.

In this episode we learn how to use one of Acrobat 8 Professional's new features which is called Shared Review. We learn how to do a shared cross platform PDF review and even host it on a WebDAV based .Mac iDisk.

In this episode we learn some tricks to allow you to create a default fitting for all new frames that you create in your documents. With InDesign CS3's new ability to assign a fitting option to a frame, you'll want to check out this episode to see how to do it for all of your frames going forward.

In this special Inside Adobe episode, I get to interview Adobe's Sr. Technical Evangelist Ben Forta. Ben evangelizes Adobe's various platforms with designers and developers alike. In this episode he talks about how Flex and Cold Fusion are important and that designers shouldn't be afraid to test the waters. He also gives some info on the upcoming MAX conference.

In this episode special guest Mordy Golding shows how to use Kuler and get the Pantone colors you need in Adobe Illustrator CS3.

In this episode special guest John Agger debuts the first of a series of podcasts on mobile for creative professionals. He gives an overview of why mobile is important, and gives a quick glimpse of the new LG Prada flash-based phone. He also steps through Device Central and shows you how you can quickly create your own mobile wallpaper.

Russell Brown, Creative Director at Adobe Systems, is back this week to give us a deeper look at the new Auto Blend feature in Photoshop CS3. That's right, it's the Rusell Brown Show today!

In this episode special guest Tom Petrillo, Adobe Systems takes us through the process of applying metadata in Bridge CS3 and then using that metadata automatically in InDesign CS3

In this episode special guest Kevan O'Brien, Adobe Systems outlines a workflow for creating storyboards from Photoshop files, using "auto crop and straighten" through bridge and soundbooth into Adobe Premiere CS3.
Its a workflow that he used for storyboarding of commercials and works well.

In this episode special guest Kyle Thompson shows how to create a navigation bar from scratch in Fireworks CS3.

In this episode we dive a little deeper and learn how to move audio from the Premiere Pro timeline into SoundBooth CS3 to fix an audio problem and then return it back to Premiere Pro.

Now that Adobe has shipped the last two remaining Creative Suite products, CS3 Production Premium and the CS3 Master Collection, it's time to revisit the question: "Which suite is right for you?" In this episode we'll cover the components of the suite and use the Product Selector to figure out which suite is right for you and the best upgrade pricing.

In this episode, Adobe's Kyle Thompson joins us again and picks up where he left off with creating and using Dreamweaver Templates. This time he brings Adobe Contribute CS3 into the mix.

In this episode we'll take a look at the new Numbering options in InDesign CS3. Now with InDesign you can create more sophisticated paragraph numbering schemes and tie them to paragraph styles.

In this episode special guest Lynn Grillo takes us through the steps to trace scanned artwork using Live Trace, paint it using Live Paint and then finally changing the colors using Live Color. This is a much watch episode!

In this episode we'll take a look at a couple portrait retouching techniques for whitening eyes and teeth as well as smoothing skin, acne and blemishes. After applying these simple techniques you'll never look at portraits the same again.

Adobe Bridge CS3 has the ability to see the contents of any folder. However, if you have folders nested several levels deep, it may be a pain to have to keep drilling down to find what you want. In this episode I'll take the pain out this process by showing you how to use Bridge CS3's flat file view.

In this episode of the Adobe Creative Suite Podcast, Adam Pratt of
Adobe Systems will walk you through ten of the hottest new features in Adobe GoLive 9. Even though GoLive is no longer in the Creative Suite, this brand-new release introduces several exciting new features that can make your life easier.

This is the one you've been waiting for. In this episode I will take you through the complete Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.1 workflow. From start to finish. We'll import photos, manage them in the Library, work with metadata, develop them in the Develop module, export them for email and then wrap things up with the Slideshow, Print and Web modules. While it's not possible to show every single feature of Lightroom in a single episode, this episode covers the bulk of what makes Lightroom such a great tool.

Encore CS3 is GREAT tool for creating DVDs and now Blu-ray DVDs. It can even export your DVD project to Flash for the web. However, no matter what your intended output, at some point you're probably going to want to create a photographic slideshow on your DVD. In this episode we'll learn how to add a photographic slideshow with music to a DVD project.

Photoshop CS3 now includes the Zoomify plug-in. With this plug-in you can take your large images and put them up on the web without your clients having to wait for the large files to download. This technology generates a Flash based animation that allows your visitors to zoom in and pan around your images. In this episode we'll start from scratch creating a panoramic image and then use the Export for Zoomify command to put it on the web.

Bridge CS3 comes with a completely redesigned Bridge Home that replaces Bridge Center from Bridge CS2. Bridge Home is FAST and Flash Based. It dynamic updates with the latest information. In this episode we'll learn how to use Bridge Home to get to all the FREE resources for learning more about your Adobe CS3 products. See videos, tips and more.

Now that Adobe Production Premium CS3 is shipping as well as the Master Collection, I thought it's time that I started to cover some of the video and audio apps here as well. So in this episode we'll take a look at Adobe Premiere CS3's Multi-Camera Editing feature. See how you can use up to 4 cameras on a shoot and easily editing the cuts between scenes.

In this episode special guest Kyle Thompson, Solutions Engineer at Adobe Systems takes us through how to create page templates using Dreamweaver CS3. Using templates can streamline your work in updating the design of your site and can be used in conjunction with Adobe Contribute CS3 to enable your clients to update their own sites with the content they want to refresh regularly while you maintain control over the design aspect.

I'm totally hooked on Contribute CS3 for updating my blog. However, now I've got the best of both worlds. I can use Contibute's easy interface, but when I need to insert some custom HTML code in my site, I can. Check this episode out to see how to use the HTML Snippet Feature.

Adobe has just released an update to the very popular Photoshop Lightroom. Lightroom 1.1 packs several new features and enhancements to existing features. In this episodes we'll explore some of the highlights of this great app. If you're a digital photographer or Lightroom user, you'll definitely want to check out this episode.

InDesign CS3 has a ton of little refinements that may go unnoticed if you're not careful. In this episode we take a look at one of those little refinements in the InDesign CS3 Contact Sheet feature. We can now totally customize our captions to include metadata from the files we're using to build the contact sheet.

Special guest Colin Smith from the Photoshop Cafe is back once again to get us up and running with Flash. In this episode he shows us the difference between Frames and Keyframes. You can learn more about Flash from his DVD "How to Wow with Flash".

In this episode we're going to take a look at the NEW enhancements to the Live Paint Bucket. It takes full advantage of the New Color Group Swatches. We'll download some colors from Kuler too.

Dr. Brown is back! Adobe's Creative Director, Russell Preston Brown is back to show us how to use the New Stack Modes in Photoshop CS3 Extended. In this episode Russell takes a QuickTime movie directly into Photoshop CS3 Extended and then uses the Stack Mode to remove images from the video.

Now you can turn those PDFs from Reader Spreads into Printer Spreads on the fly directly from Acrobat 8 Professional's print dialog box. This used to be a task that would have to be performed before making a PDF. Now Acrobat makes it a piece of cake.

In this episode I went on location to Scott Kelby's Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Live Tour in Boston. Scott has been performing his Lightroom tour to sold out audiences across the US. This episode is an excerpt from the full day class (which is in New York Today!) and shows Scott covering the Lightroom Develop Module. Keep in mind that this is only 16 minutes out of an entire day. If you really want the full impact of this class, you should really check out Scott's tour or his New Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book for Digital Photographers.

We're pleased to have John Loicano aka Johnny L, Adobe's SVP over the Creative Solutions Business Unit, join us once again for a candid look at the CS3 business at Adobe as well as his views on the current state of publishing and the reaction to CS3 in Europe.

Although Creative Suite 3 just started shipping in April, there are already some pretty significant updates to talk about. Bridge CS3 just got updated to 2.1 and Camera RAW got updated to 4.1. Adobe also made available the Adobe Media Gallery for Bridge CS3. In this episode we'll take a look at them all.

I got so much great feedback on making the CS3 Wallpapers available to you that I decided to give you another gift. You can now download your own Adobe CS3 Screen Saver. Both the Mac and Windows versions are available. Enjoy!

In this episode special guest Mike McHugh from Creative Sweet TV shows us how to create a Flash animation using Illustrator and edit it using Flash CS3. Also how to create documents using Device Central.

InDesign has always had a powerful Find/Change utility. However, in InDesign CS3 it goes way above the call of duty and goes beyond text. In this episode we'll see how to Find and Change colors in your document as well as take a peek at the new GREP searching capabilities to Find and Change in ways that just weren't possible before.

In this episode I take you through the steps on setting up Adobe Contribute CS3 to post to the most common blogging engines out there. This will allow you to update your blog with a WYSIWYG tool that's easy to use and ties in nicely with the rest of the Creative Suite apps.

In this episode special guest Mike McHugh from Creative Sweet TV shows us how to create a very fancy looking Spry Accordion Panel using Dreamweaver CS3.

Adobe Bridge in CS2 had a slideshow feature that did a basic slideshow. The slideshow in Bridge CS3 has come a long ways and adds a few very nice features for showing slideshows to your clients as well as giving you more options over controlling the look and feel of your show. In this episode we'll explore those options.

One of the new technologies rolled into Adobe Illustrator CS3 is Kuler. Kuler first appeared on Adobe Labs and has become its own community where people are posting color groups left and right. Now you can not only take advantage of these color groups on the web and download them, but you can also get to them directly in Illustrator CS3.

Very special guest Russell Preston Brown aka Dr. Brown comes to us in this episode and shows off the new Clone Source panel in Photoshop CS3. See how this creative genius takes the Clone Source feature to a whole new level.

In this episode we'll take the wraps off the brand New Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium. Production Premium includes brand new versions of Premiere Pro, After Effects Professional, Encore, Flash, Photoshop CS3 Extended, Illustrator and a brand new app called Soundbooth CS3. Sit back and buckle up, it's going to be one heck of a ride!

In this episode special guest Colin Smith shares with us how to use Symbols in Flash. This clip comes from his very popular "How to Wow with Flash 8 Professional" DVD. Colin also runs the Photoshop Cafe and you can see more of his work at PhotoshopCD.com

Many of you have asked me for the CS3 wallpaper/desktop picture that you have seen on my screen during many podcast episodes. I'm pleased to inform you that you can now get some CS3 wallpaper love of your own. You can download the CS3 imagery for your desktop here: Design Premium, Web Premium, Production Premium, Master Collection, CS3 Creative License. Enjoy!

Hey, what good is taking all those digital photos if you can never find the one you want? In this episode we'll take a deep dive on adding keywords to your photos in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Why Lightroom? I know it's not a part of the Creative Suite. However, it is a workflow tool in digital photography with a lot of interest from my Photoshop viewers. So I will continue to cover it here.

See the Adobe Keynote from Photoshop World Boston - 2007. Special Photoshop CS3 Extended presentations from Adobe's John Nack and a sneak peek at some never before seen technology. Johnny L shares his vision on the world of digital imaging and how Adobe is meeting the needs of the professional Photoshop community.

Tables were a welcome addition to InDesign CS. However, one of the most popular requested features has been Table Styles. Ask no more, you now have Table Styles in InDesign CS3. In this episode we'll explore how to create one from scratch. We'll also see how to incorporate Paragraph Styles so that our text is formatted at the same time as our table.

I like a lot of things in the CS3 apps and in Illustrator. However, the tool that I'm having the most fun with in Illustrator CS3 is the new Eraser Tool. In this episode we'll take a closer look at it and learn about some of its hidden capabilities.

In this special "Inside Adobe" series we bring you special guest Devin Fernandez, Creative Suite Product Manager from Adobe Systems to give us a great overview of the products that make up the Creative Suite 3 Web Premium to include: Dreamweaver CS3, Flash CS3, Fireworks CS3, Photoshop CS3 Extended and Illustrator CS3. If you do web work, you don't want to miss this episode.

Now you can take the guess work out of measuring objects in your photos or in your illustrations using the New Measure Tool in Photoshop CS3 Extended. This tool works in perspective in the enhanced Vanishing Point Filter

One of the greatest new features for photographers in Bridge CS3 is the new Stack feature. However, in this episode we'll not only take a look at how Stacks work for photographers, but also for videographers. That's right, video folks can also take advantage of this in interesting ways.

In this special extended episode I will walk you through all of the apps included in the New and recently shipping Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium edition. We'll take a look at Bridge, Version Cue, Photoshop CS3 Extended, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Flash, Device Central and Acrobat 8 Professional.

We've created PDFs from various Adobe products and we've even created them from non-Adobe products. In this episode we'll not only see how to create a PDF from a flatbed scanner, but we'll also make the text searchable using Acrobat's OCR capabilities while maintaining 100% readability and accuracy.

The merger of Adobe and Macromedia took place a little over a year ago, however it wasn't until CS3 that the products started to become integrated. In this episode, we'll take a look at the new integration between Dreamweaver and Photoshop.

Now that CS3 is out in the open, some users are a bit overwhelmed with all the options and upgrade paths available. In this "Inside Adobe" episode, we'll take a look at the new CS3 Product Selector that walks you through how to choose the appropriate upgrade not only based on what you want to do, but also based upon the products you may already own.

InDesign CS3 just keeps getting better. In this NEW CS3 version, InDesign's transparency effects become even more powerful. InDesign borrows some of our most favorite effects from Photoshop. In this episode we'll take a look at the new Effects Panel.

In this episode special guest Mordy Golding takes us through some creative uses of Illustrator's scribble effect. Mordy is an Illustrator expert and author of Real World Illustrator, Teach Yourself Illustrator and Teach Yourself Creative Suite. We're pleased to have him here and hope to see more episodes from him.

In this NEW series: CS3 Creative License we'll continue to take a look behind the scenes at Adobe. In this episode we get to hear from Johnny L, SVP Creative Solutions Business Unit. Johnny gives his insights on the NEW CS3 products and Adobe's overall creative solutions strategy. Join us as we take a look inside Adobe.

Now that Adobe has taken the wraps off of Photoshop CS3 Extended we'll start to take an in-depth look at this new addition to the Photoshop family. In this first "extended" episode we'll take a look at Photoshop's new support for importing video files and cloning from one frame to other frames. From there we'll explore the export options back to video and a series of frames

The Bridge CS3 is loaded with New features and performance enhancements. Some of the new features aren't as obvious. In this episode we'll take a look at the New Synchronize Window command as well as some other hidden features in the slideshow area.

This is what you've been waiting for! This special episode covers the BRAND NEW Adobe Creative Suite 3 Family. See the latest enhancements. Learn about what's new in each of the Suites. Adobe has been not only working hard on its next generation apps, but it has also been hard at work integrating the former Macromedia products as well. Not to mention optimizing for the intel based Macs, Leopard and Vista. This special episode gives you a peek Inside Adobe. Also don't forget to check out the Adobe CS3 Launch Event webcast live from New York on 3/27 at 3:30 PM EST. Go to adobe.com for details.

Now that we have mastered importing our images into Lightroom, the real test of a good photographer is narrowing your images down to the best ones. In this episode we'll see how to use a variety of different options in Lightroom to accomplish just that. If you don't have Lightroom yet, remember you can download the 30 day free trial at adobe.com and work along with me.

InDesign CS2 now has the ability to easily convert your frames from one shape to another. In this episode we'll explore those options and even go a few steps further by creating some custom shapes for our text frames using the Pen tool.

Sometimes you need to add things to your photographs and scanned documents. Usually we add text and that's cool. However, in this episode we'll go beyond text and learn the differences between shape layers, paths and pixel filled shapes. Whether you want to add arrows or use a custom shape to mask an image, this episode is your key.

In this episode we'll take a look at getting started with Dreamweaver 8. Now that Dreamweaver is a part of the Creative Suite, it's time that we take the plunge and start learning this industry standard app from the ground up. While I'm certainly no Dreamweaver expert, I do have an interest in learning this app inside and out. So you get to come along for the ride.

In this episode we'll take a look at how to create distressed type. This episode is by special guest podcaster Cheryl Graham. Cheryl created this video for the Illustrator Techniques website. This is an AWESOME resource for learning more about Illustrator and I highly recommend that you check it out (after watching this podcast of course)!

Special thanks goes to the Illustrator Techniques guys - http://illustratortechniques.com

When I think cropping I think Photoshop, however there have been plenty of times where I needed to crop a PDF. In this episode we'll take a look at the various ways to do it and some reasons why you would. The nice thing about cropping a PDF is that the information that is cropped off is never actually deleted.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 has shipped! I couldn't be happier. Although Lightroom is not a part of the Creative Suite there is a lot of interest in the product from my viewers. Therefore I will give it some coverage. This episode starts from the very beginning - Importing your images. A lot has changed since the public beta, so you owe it to yourself to check it out. You can also download a fully functional 30 day trial from Adobe.com

Libraries have been used in page layout applications for years. InDesign CS2 has one of the best implementations of Libraries, however, InDesign CS2 also introduces Snippets. In this episode I will show you the ins and outs of both and let you decide which one is best.

Not only do we get a new Photoshop CS3 and a new Bridge CS3, but we also get a new Camera RAW as well. In this episode I'll show you a couple of cool new features in the new Camera RAW dialog box.

It's time to make the transition to Dreamweaver here at the Creative Suite Podcast. Don't worry, GoLive is still my first love. However, I have had several requests to start adding some Dreamweaver content here now that Dreamweaver is part of the Creative Suite. So in this first Dreamweaver episode I'll show you how I used Dreamweaver for the first time. I needed to add a Flash movie to my GoLive page. There is no easier way to do it than to use Dreamweaver. In this episode I'll show you how.

The Live Trace feature in Illustrator CS2 is great for tracing sketches and photos. However, you probably never thought to use it for something moving like a movie file. In this episode we'll use a couple of tricks and a few hidden features to turn your movie file into a illustrated animation. This is way cool!

We've seen how to digitally sign PDFs in Acrobat before. However, in this episode not only do I show you how to do it in Acrobat 8 Professional, but I also show you how to take your signature to the next level with your own picture. There will be no doubt that the signature is from you.

The Bridge in CS2 offers the ability to save workspaces. However, in Bridge CS3 it takes it up a notch by allowing you to totally rearrange the panels to your liking. In this episode we will take a look at how to really set up the Bridge for the way you like to work.

In all the other InDesign episodes we've drilled down on the features of InDesign CS2. In the episode we'll start putting some of what we learned to the test. We'll take my buddy Jack's flyer and give it a makeover in InDesign. Jack is admittedly a software developer and not a designer. So I've offered to give his latest flyer a little design help.

Sure there are various ways of creating panoramic images in Photoshop. In this episode I'll show you a new way that was introduced in the Photoshop CS3 Public Beta that uses a new feature called Auto Align Layers. Even if the exposure is off on the various shots, we can easily fix it with another new feature called Auto Blend Layers.

When you place an image in the same box as text, chances are you're going to want the text to wrap around the image just as you would in page layout. In this episode, I'll show you just how easy it is to not only wrap the text around, but to also give your image some extra white space around it.

With any drawing tool you would expect to be able to create lines with arrowheads. In this episode I'll not only show you how to do it in Illustrator, but I will also show you how to give your arrows a little flare by reshaping them with the Pencil Tool. That's right, I've found a great use for the tool that no one likes to use.

In this episode I will walk you through setting the most important preferences in Acrobat 8. While Acrobat has some pretty good default settings, you will definitely want to get in there and make the application more to your liking. I will also walk you through how to customize the UI by adding the tools you need and taking away the tools that you don't.

The Bridge in CS3 gets a much needed boost to productivity by allowing you to bring your images directly into a folder from your camera or card reader. In this episode I'll show you the ins and outs of how it works and why you will never want to go back to doing it the old way.

Here's another request from a viewer. She wanted to know how to apply a drop shadow to an image and yet have the shadow actually appear away from the edge of the image. Well not only did I address that in this episode, but I took it a few steps further. Check it out.

Now that you have Photoshop CS3 Public Beta in your hands we'll continue to dive into this new release and check out more of the new features. One of the hot new features that anyone who as ever needed to create a black and white photo will appreciate is the NEW Black and White feature. I'll show you the ends and outs of this and how to apply the effect non-destructively.

I get this question all the time, "how do I create an HTML email?" So I'm finally getting around to showing you how. In this episode we'll see how to create an HTML page that can be emailed directly to your contacts. You'll see what you need to do with your graphics and your links, plus a couple of tips along the way.

This is my 100th Episode! While the topic is not earth shattering, it is with great pride that I have reached the major milestone. Also being in the top 100 "Best of 2006 - People Choice" on iTunes is a huge honor. In this episode we'll take a look at a feature in Illustrator that has been there (virtually unchanged) for years. Why? Because one of my viewers asked for it (nicely). So kick back and take a trip down memory lane with this corner stone feature. Also Happy New Year!