Free Webinar: What's New in InDesign CS5: Part 1

Our friends at webucator.com, who offer InDesign CS5 training, are offering a free webinar on InDesign CS5. You can sign up at http://webucator.com/webinars.

InDesign CS5 Webinar Overview:

This InDesign CS5 webinar will give a quick overview of the new tools that are unique to the latest edition of InDesign. Along with other tips, this webinar will demonstrate the new capabilities of the Selection Tool, uses of the Page Tool, and easy methods of grid placement.

The webinars currently available:
September 28, 1-1:30PM EST
September 30, 3-3:30PM EST

Free OnOne Webinar: Enhancing Your Portraits, with Dave Cross

Join NAPP instructor and professional photographer Dave Cross for this valuable webinar that's jam-packed with tips and tricks for getting the most out of your portrait images using PhotoFrame 4.5 Professional Edition.

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Free OnOne Webinar: Live from Las Vegas with Vincent Versace at Photoshop World

Join Vincent Versace, live from Photoshop World in Las Vegas as he demonstrates how he uses Plug-In Suite 5 to achieve an iconic look to his photos.

See examples of Vincent's work here

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Free OnOne Webinar: Creating Images with Impact by Scott Stulberg

Travel and stock photographer, educator and author, Scott Stulberg travels the world shooting stock photography that appears in magazines, billboards, greeting cards and brochures. Many of his high impact images are created using Photoshop and onOne Sofware plug-ins - both essential to his workflow. In this live webinar, Scott will demonstrate some of the techniques he uses in his workflow to create images that truly stand out, including his use of onOne plug-ins FocalPoint, PhotoTools & PhotoTune.

See examples of Scott's work here

Register for August 25th webinar, 11AM Pacific
Register for September 8th webinar, 11AM Pacific

PEACHPIT PHOTO CLUB PRESENTS: Renowned wedding photographer David Ziser

Tuesday, July 20 • 8PM EST


David Ziser, author of Captured by the Light: The Essential Guide to Creating Extraordinary Wedding Photography, will present "Making Your Lighting Exciting". In his typical rapid-fire approach, he will discuss and illustrate some of the fastest and easiest ways to make your lighting exciting with both your on-camera and off-camera flash. 


David's down-to-earth and easy manner of teaching will have you shooting some very cool images in no time at all.
To keep the creative juices flowing, Photo Club members will receive a fun assignment at the end of the session. Once completed, Photo Club members can upload their assignment to the Peachpit Photo Club Flickr Group, where your friends at Peachpit, along with David's help, will help critique your work. And of course, there will be a chance for prizes!


Sign up for the webcast today!
http://www.peachpit.com/photoclub

D2W designer/developer workflow conference - online

So how is this different than the normal registration?

It is online. So you are free to watch any of the presentations live, but when you register, you also get access to the recorded presentations. That is 33 sessions from some of the biggest and best names in the business, including the keynote by Adobe's Doug Winnie.

After you register, you'll get an email back telling you the live room recordings. You'll be sent where to view the recordings after the conference.

What is D2W?

Kansas City's first Designer/Developer Workflow Conference. June 19-20 in downtown Kansas City, MO near the Power & Light District. We have some of the best speakers both locally and internationally coming to talk on all things workflow. If you are a designer, developer or both, this conference is for you.

Why Workflow?

What’s the big deal about workflow? Workflow is something we all do, day in and day out - although you may not even think about it. Do you work with multiple applications during the day? Do you work with team members, departments, clients, etc.? Improving those workflows is what D2W is all about. We have 3 tracks, with 60-minute sessions. Sign up as a designer, developer, or as a hybrid of both. In addition to the sessions centering around workflow, there'll be several biz-type sessions for Web professionals.

Who is speaking?

We have an amazing speaker list. Doug Winnie, Flash Catalyst Product Manager and Workflow Manager, Paul Trani - Flash Platform Evangelist, Pariah Burke - Adobe Instructor and workflow is his middle name, Rob Huddleston - Adobe Instructor and author extraordinaire as well as Tom Green who is a legend in the Flash world. We have many more amazing speakers, check out the speakers page and find out more.

Details

When:
June 19-20 2010 Registration and badge pick-up will be from 8:30-9am Saturday June 19th.

Details:

3 main tracks – Designer, developer, and hybrid, with some business/management sessions as well.

REGISTER and INFORMATION: http://d2w-online.eventbrite.com/

Free Webinars from Adobe in June

Introducing Adobe Business Catalyst
June 1, 2010
9:00 A.M. PT
June 11, 20109:00 A.M. PTLearn from the experts about Adobe Business Catalyst, a new hosted service that replaces 5 separate tools for building Online Business.
Register now



Getting Started with ColdFusion Builder
June 9, 2010
11:00 A.M. PTMove your first application to Adobe ColdFusion® Builder. This session will cover the similarities and differences between ColdFusion Builder and non-Eclipse based development tools and more.
Register now



Open Source Media Framework 1.0 Launch Presentation
June 9, 2010
11:00 A.M. PTGet to know the fundamentals of Open Source Media Framework (OSMF). Join us for a high level overview of why you would want to use OSMF and then dive into its underlying structure.
Register now



Flash Media Server Users
June 15, 2010
9:00 A.M. PTGet the support and education you need in online video streaming, creation of interactive video experiences, application development and idea exchange.
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Open Source Media Framework Users Group
June 16, 2010
10:00 A.M. PTLearn how to create rich video experinces on the web with OSMF. OSMF is a free, open source, ActionScript® 3 based toolkit for developing rich media experiences on the web.
Register now



Adobe Creative Suite Web Premium 5
June 16, 2010
10:00 A.M. PTLearn how to use the new features in Adobe Creative Suite Web Premium 5 to improve Your Web and Development Workflows.
Register now

Video: Adobe Photoshop CS5 Hair Masking (by Focal Press)

PEACHPIT PHOTO CLUB PRESENTS - Photoshop Guru Matt Kloskowski

PEACHPIT PHOTO CLUB PRESENTS
Photoshop Guru Matt Kloskowski
Tuesday, May 18 • 5pm PST / 8PM EST
Sign up for the (free) webcast today!  http://www.peachpit.com/photoclub


Matt Kloskowski will demonstrate Photoshop CS5 and the latest tips and tricks geared for photographers. What can you plan on getting out of it? Let's just say you'll leave with more insight, inspiration, tips and trips than you ever bargained for. And of course, you'll get a chance to ask Matt your burning Photoshop questions.
To keep the creative juices flowing, Photo Club members will receive a fun assignment at the end of the session. Once the assignment is completed, Photo Club members can upload their work to the Peachpit Photo Club Flickr Group where Matt and the Peachpit crew will help critique your work. And of course, there will be a chance for prizes!
     
Sign up for the (free) webcast today!  http://www.peachpit.com/photoclub


Matt Kloskowski is the author of nine books on Photoshop, Elements, and Illustrator. He co-hosts the top-rated video podcast Photoshop User TV and also hosts the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips and Photoshop Killer Tips podcasts. He is also an instructor at the world’s premier Photoshop event, the Photoshop World Conference & Expo, and works in Tampa, Florida, at the National Association of Photoshop Professionals.
If you missed the previous Photo Club webcasts, it's not too late—you can check out the recordings at peachpit.com/photoclub. 

Adobe Training: May lineup

This is a great (free!) way to get up to speed on a variety of Adobe products, especially their new CS5 products and features.
http://direct.adobe.com/v?xPJcnPcEqnWlvqnclc

Free Webcast: Creating Video with your DSLR

PEACHPIT PHOTO CLUB PRESENTS
Creating Video with your DSLR
Tuesday, April 20 • 5pm PST / 8PM EST

Join the author team behind From Still to Motion: A Photographer's Guide to Creating Video with your DSLR: Richard Harrington, Robbie Carman, Matt Gottshalk, and James Ball. Sign up for the webcast today!
During this live webcast, you'll learn the nuts and bolts of creating professional-looking video using your DSLR camera. Of course, this interactive lineup will offer insight and inspiration, and answer your burning questions.
To keep the creative juices flowing, Photo Club members will receive a fun assignment at the end of the session. Members can complete the assignment on their own, or team up with others in their area. Either way, once the assignment is completed, Photo Club members can upload their work to facebook.com/dslrvideo where the author team will help critique your work. And of course, there will be a chance for prizes!
If you missed last month's Photo Club webcast with Scott Kelby, it's not too late—you can check out the recording at peachpit.com/photoclub.

Recorded Webinars with Flex and Flash (and Drupal, PHP, P2P, Multitouch)

Recorded Webinars from a couple of evangelists in Europe---talks are in English:

Building a Drupal Image with Flex - http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/p49576597/

With Adobe Platform Evangelist: Mihai Corlan - http://corlan.org/about/

Debugging Flex and PHP projects - http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/p38949820/

Again with Mihai

P2P programming in Flash - http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/p44261112/

With Adobe Platform Evangelist Tomas Krcha: http://www.flashrealtime.com/

(Lots of code snippits in this one)

Multitouch development in Flex - http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/p84912063/

With Adobe Evangelist: Piotr Walczyszyn: http://www.riaspace.net/

Webcast - Intro to Snow Leopard

Webcast - Intro to Snow Leopard
When: Sep 3, 2009
In this webcast author Chris Seibold will introduce you to Snow Leopard, beginning with installation options. You'll learn about compatability, the hidden advantages of Snow Leopard, and why you should or shouldn't consider installing this newest operating system for the Mac.

3+ Hours Free Video Training for Web Developers

Sharpen your web development skills with instant access to full-length video labs from selected titles in the LiveLessons series. Save an extra 40% when you buy eligible Web Development Video Training titles! See the list of participating titles, and enter coupon code LEARNVIDEO during checkout to receive your discount.

Adobe Summer of Community - Recorded sessions list (so far)

• Demonstrating the promise of Master Collection: A true cross-media workflow from Video to Print (w/ a little web on the side) by Tim Plumer, Jr. (Adobe) -http://experts.na3.acrobat.com/p61247540

• ColdFusion and Flex Magic by Nick Kwiatkowski - http://experts.na3.acrobat.com/p62931769/

• Behind the Scenes of The Flex Show - Trials and Tribulations of Producing a Podcast by Jeffry Houser and John Wilker - http://experts.na3.acrobat.com/p78465175/

• Fireworks vs Photoshop: The showdown by Dee Sadler - http://experts.na3.acrobat.com/p98068797/

• Getting Dirty with the Flex SDK by Nate Beck - http://experts.na3.acrobat.com/p88453631/

• Setting Up Your Corporate Library by Jonathan Campos - http://experts.na3.acrobat.com/p75269437/

• ActionScript 3.0 for Designers by Lou Barber - http://experts.na3.acrobat.com/p94818394/

• What’s Next for TLF (Text Layout Framework)? by Robin Briggs - http://experts.na3.acrobat.com/p14434421/

• Manipulating Flash, AE and PS Assets Using Pixel Bender by Paul Trani - http://experts.na3.acrobat.com/p43962439/

Free Webinar - CS4: Shortcut to Brilliant eSeminar Series for Professional Photographers - July 30, 2009 - August 20, 2009

July 30, 2009 - August 20, 2009

FREE registration:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/event/index.cfm?event=detail&id=851960&loc=en_us&sdid=EMTXN

Additional CS4 Topics:
Designers - Utilize a dream toolkit
Web Publishing - Redefine the extraordinary
Digital Video - Put ideas in motion

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Join one of these complimentary eSeminars. Adobe software experts, Bryan O'Neil Hughes, Julieanne Kost, and Tom Hogarty will demonstrate and explore the new Adobe® Photoshop® CS4 and Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® 2 in these informative sessions. This series is specifically designed to help professional photographers and photography enthusiasts who use photography and digital imaging in their work. Register today.

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Accelerate your Workflow with the Combined Power of Adobe®Photoshop® Lightroom® 2 and Adobe®Photoshop® CS4
Thursday, July 30, 2009 10:00 A.M. PDT

See the unrivaled power and productivity of using Adobe Lightroom 2 for developing images together with Adobe Photoshop CS4 for detailed retouching. You will learn how to use Lightroom2 as your efficient digital photography workflow and how edits made in Photoshop CS4 are automatically updated in Lightroom 2. See live examples of the tight integration when you import, organize, edit, and outputs photograph.

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Expand Your Creative Possibilities with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2
Thursday, August 13, 2009 10:00 A.M. PDT

Explore the creative processing tools in Lightroom. Learn to transform your initial captures from good to amazing with global edits, white balance, contrast, sharpening, and color enhancements. Delve into selective adjustments to dodge and burn, sharpen, and apply gradient filters to take your images to the next level. Learn how you can create professional and consistent presentations across multiple media including print, web and slideshows.

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Spend More Time Shooting and Less Time Computing with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2
Thursday, August 20, 2009 10:00 A.M. PDT

See how Lightroom simplifies commonly repeated tasks. Learn how to organize your editing efforts with presets, snapshots and virtual copies as well as make effective use of Lightroom's powerful before and after views. You can expertly import, organize, keyword and locate your images. You will understand how to efficiently address your current workflow challenges, and give yourself more time for shooting.

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What Do You Need to Participate?
Online live seminars are scheduled events simulcast over the web via Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro. You'll need a computer with a browser, Adobe Flash player and Internet connection. Voice-Over IP will broadcast over your computer if you have audio. Alternatively, audio is available via telephone. Access details will be provided once you register.

To register you need your Adobe.com membership login and password. If you need to create a membership, or do not remember your login and password, please go to the Adobe.com membership page.

Time Zone Conversion
Not located in US/Pacific time zone? See what time it is in your local time zone.
Seats are limited and eSeminars are scheduled to change without advanced notice.

Build a Web 2.0 Document Search Site (Via NETTUTS)

"In this article, we will create a document searching site with jQuery. This site will be used to search documents by specifying an extension (file type). The data is then filtered and sent to Google. We'll learn many jQuery tips and skills through the process. A gray box plugin called "ColorBox", and a toolTip plugin called "SimpleTip" will also be introduced in this article. Let's get started..."

Full tutorial: http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/build-a-web-20-document-search-engine/

Build a Custom CMS Using PHP and MySQLi: New Plus Tutorial (via NETTUTS)

"In this video tutorial, we'll be building a custom Content Management System (CMS) using PHP and MySQLi. We'll start off by pulling our content from a MySQL database and then build a CMS admin panel to manage our content. For easy content management, we will be using TinyMCE as our editor. I hope you enjoy the screencast. "

View video tutorial: http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/news/build-a-custom-cms-using-php-and-mysqli-new-plus-tutorial/

Free Webinar 7-15-09: "What SEO Is, and Why It Matters."

Special Guest - Rebecca Lieb
Vice President, Econsultancy

July 15, 2009
1:00 - 2:00 EDT
Register here: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/829938521

Everyone's online. And everyone searches. How else could you possibly hope to navigate over 100 billion Web sites? Every searcher has a goal: to find information relevant to their query. And any business with a web presence, be it a retailer, service provider, publisher, or even a blogger, wants to be found for relevant search queries, both by the search engine and by that searcher.

Join Listrak in welcoming Rebecca Lieb, VP of Econsultancy, to its ongoing webinar series as she discusses how you can optimize your site for search engines.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) improves the volume and quality of traffic to a web site from search engines via "natural" or "organic"search results. It's the process of making a web site search engine friendly. The goal of optimizing a web site is to increase the likelihood it will appear at the top, or near the top, of search engine results when selected keyword phrases are queried. The goal isn't merely to attract traffic to the website in question, but to attract quality traffic.

SEO is an art and a science that can be applied to nearly all the elements of a Web site: the copy, its design, the type of coding used, links, and site architecture. Like most forms of online marketing, SEO exists between the right and left brain hemispheres. It spans marketing and IT, PR and analytics.

This presentation provides an overview of the fundamentals of SEO, and provides a roadmap for getting started -- and getting found -- in organic search results.

Note - this webinar will be recorded and a PDF of the slides will be available in Listrak's online resource center on 7/20.
About Rebecca Lieb

Rebecca Lieb is a vice president at Econsultancy, where she oversees the company's U.S. operations. She is opening a New York office and staffing up to get the same level of great content going on this side of the pond as is generated at London HQ.

Earlier, she was editorial consultant to The ClickZ Network, after serving as its editor-in-chief for over seven years. Rebecca spent part of that time running the redoubtable SearchEngineWatch.com, too. She continues to write a regular column for ClickZ. She also does a ton of public speaking on topics related to interactive marketing, advertising and digital media, as well as consulting on digital content strategy and search engine optimization.

Rebecca has just finished writing a book, The Truth About Search Engine Optimization. Pearson Publishing's Financial Times imprint published it in February, 2009 - and it instantly became a best seller on Amazon!

Learn more about Rebecca on LinkedIn or Facebook or Spock or good old Google. Or follow her on Twitter tweets. Her handle is @lieblink.

Register here: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/829938521

How To Photograph Your Product to Enhance Your Online Sales in 4 Easy Steps (via Digital Photography School)

"If a product had a bad photograph, we’re talking the little thumbnail preview image here, I would not even click through to see the product details.

I am convinced that a good image can be a make or break situation for an online vendor. I can say emphatically and with absolute conviction that I would be more likely to purchase a poorly crafted product that had been well photographed than I would a wonderfully made product that had been photographed poorly. I think online shoppers, admittedly on a subconscious level, are making similar judgments, though perhaps not as extremely, of our online products every day.

Here are some tips anyone with ANY camera can begin using today to improve the quality of their shots for online sales.

**Given the fact that few online vendors are also skilled photographers with fancy lighting set ups, we’re keeping things super simple by using natural light. **"

Full tutorial: http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-photograph-your-product-to-enhance-your-online-sales-in-4-easy-steps