CS4 Video Tutorials
Learn how to use Adobe® Creative Suite 4 with video tutorials selected by experts at Adobe. There’s everything from Getting Started videos for beginners to new features, product overviews, and workflows. All these videos can be viewed on the How To channel on Adobe TV. For a listing of each show and its contents, see below.
Learn Acrobat 9
New features and workflows
Learn Adobe Device Central CS4
Learn After Effects CS4
New features and workflows
- Introducing After Effects CS4
- Using the XML project file format
- Using the Cartoon effects
- Animating precisely with Separate Dimensions
- Creating FLV and F4V files
- Exporting from After Effects to Flash via XFL
- Understanding digital video metadata workflow
- Using Dynamic Link
- Creating Encore menus with After Effects
- Using markers and cue points
- Rotoscoping using After Effects and Photoshop
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Learn Dreamweaver CS4
New features and workflows
- Introducing Dreamweaver CS4
- Defining a site
- Styling text in the CSS Property inspector
- Using views and workspaces
- Working with Photoshop and Dreamweaver
- Working with Related Documents
- Introducing Adobe InContext Editing
- Spry Tooltip and form validation widgets
- Creating a Spry data set
- Using JavaScript, DOM, and Spry code hinting
- Connecting to an SVN server
- Using ConnectNow to share your screen
- Managing Design Suite workspaces
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Learn Encore CS4
New features and workflows
Learn Fireworks CS4
New features and workflows
- Introducing Fireworks CS4
- Understanding styles and symbols
- Creating interactive prototypes for reviews
- Scale objects with 9‐slice scaling
- Creating CSS/XHTML layouts
- Importing files into Fireworks
- Using Kuler color themes
- Importing files into Fireworks
- Using ConnectNow to share your screen
- Managing Design Suite workspaces
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Learn Flash Professional CS4
Getting started
- Understanding Flash
- Understanding Flash file types
- Exploring the Flash interface
- Setting up workspaces
- Using the drawing tools
- Object and merge drawing
- Understanding symbols
- Working with bitmap graphics
- Working with sound
- Working with video
- Understanding tweens
- Creating shape tweens
- Creating motion tweens
- Using the Motion Editor
- Working with motion presets
- Animating bones
- ActionScript 3.0
- Building an application
- Creating a Flash web movie
New features and workflows
- Introducing Flash Professional CS4
- Using InDesign Export to Flash (XFL)
- Creating motion tweens: Part 1
- Creating motion tweens: Part 2
- Using motion presets
- Using the Motion Editor
- Using inverse kinematics
- Working with 3D art
- Using the decorative drawing tools
- Using Kuler color themes
- Using ConnectNow to share your screen
- Exporting from After Effects to Flash via XFL
- Introducing Adobe Device Central CS4
- Managing Design Suite workspaces
- Understanding Flash integration
- Working with Soundbooth and Flash
- Exporting artboards to Flash
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Learn Illustrator CS4
New features and workflows
- Introducing Illustrator CS4
- Working with multiple artboards
- Working with color groups and color harmonies
- Working with gradients
- Using the Blob Brush tool
- Using Smart Guides and key alignment
- Using the Separations Preview
- Using Appearance and Graphic Styles
- Exporting artboards to Flash
- Using Kuler color themes
- Using ConnectNow to share your screen
- Managing Design Suite workspaces
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Learn InDesign CS4
New features and workflows
- Introducing InDesign CS4
- Understanding Flash integration
- Creating cross‐references
- Using Live Preflight
- Creating conditional text
- Using the Links panel
- Applying GREP styles
- Working with Smart Guides
- Export from InDesign to SWF
- Rotating spread view
- Using Kuler color themes
- Using ConnectNow to share your screen
- Managing Design Suite workspaces
- Using InDesign Export to Flash (XFL)
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Learn OnLocation CS4
Learn Photoshop CS4
New features and workflows
- Introducing Photoshop CS4
- Using effects and painting tools for 3D
- Converting from 2D to 3D
- Using the medical analysis enhancements
- Using advanced 3D techniques
- Making local adjustments in Camera Raw
- Using Photoshop with OpenGL optimization
- Making color corrections
- Using advanced compositing
- Making adjustments
- Working with masks
- Rotoscoping using After Effects and Photoshop
- Using Kuler color themes
- Using ConnectNow to share your screen
- Managing Design Suite workspaces
- Using 3D object layers from Photoshop
- Using Photoshop with Premiere
- Importing files into Fireworks
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Learn Adobe Premiere CS4
Getting started
New features and workflows
- Introducing Premiere Pro CS4
- Importing tapeless assets in Media Browser
- Batch encoding with Adobe Media Encoder
- Using Dynamic Link with Encore
- Viewing and editing metadata
- Using Speech Search to speed editing
- Mapping source tracks to target tracks
- Normalizing audio for the whole Master track
- Applying effects to groups of clips
- Creating FLV and F4V files
- Understanding digital video metadata workflow
- Using Dynamic Link
- Using markers and cue points
- Creating video-rich websites in Encore
- Using Photoshop with Premiere
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Learn Soundbooth CS4
New features and workflows
Learn Version Cue CS4
Learn CS4 Design Premium
Learn CS4 Web Premium
Learn CS4 Production Premium
- Introducing CS4 Production Premium
- Introducing OnLocation CS4
- Creating FLV and F4V files
- Exporting from After Effects to Flash via XFL
- Understanding digital video metadata workflow
- Exporting from After Effects to Flash
- Using Dynamic Link
- Creating Encore menus with After Effects
- Converting metadata and markers to cue points
- Using markers and cue points
- Using 3D object layers from Photoshop
- Creating video-rich websites in Encore
- Using Photoshop with Premiere
- Creating After Effects mobile compositions
- Authoring for Blu‐ray discs
- Exporting to Flash
- Working with Soundbooth and Flash
- Using Dynamic Link with Encore
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