With Acrobat 9, Adobe continues to evolve the venerable PDF from a simple paperless document into a collaborative hub for many forms of digital communication. Many new and enhanced features in version 9 of Acrobat Standard, Acrobat Pro, and Acrobat Pro Extended. He demonstrates different ways to create and modify PDFs, including the enhanced OCR tool, and shows how to combine them with other files into a PDF Portfolio. Brian covers collaboration in detail, including the new Collaborate Live and Shared Review options. He also investigates redaction and other security features. Example files accompany the course.

If you have ever looked over the shoulder of someone who really knew their stuff, you know that this is the fastest way to learn. Typically they can walk you through a set of complex instructions in a fraction of the time it would take to train yourself through a book. The problem is having that friend or colleague available anytime and every time you need to review something.

Gnomon Training - Ryan Church vol.1 - Rendering Matte Vehicles
Gnomon Training - Ryan Church vol.2 - Rendering Shiny Vehicles
Gnomon Training - Ryan Church vol.3 - Rendering Hi-Tech Architecture
Gnomon Training - Ryan Church vol.4 - Rendering Low-Tech Architecture
Gnomon Training - Ryan Church vol.5 - Architectural Interior
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Dean Semler (Road Warrior, City Slickers, Dead Calm) demonstrates the techniques that won him an Academy Award for the cinematography of "Dances With Wolves." Dean's background in documentary films is a major influence on his visuals. This workshop recreates the lighting of an interior fireside scene from "Wolves", using an exact replica of the teepee set. The workshop footage was shot anamorphical, using a Panavision camera and a crane. Part of the Kodak Cinematography Masterclass Series.

Rapidly prototype websites and application interfaces with Adobe® Fireworks® CS4 software. Create and optimize images for the web more quickly and accurately than ever before with an enhanced toolset. Fireworks CS4 enables you to export a clickable prototype as an interactive PDF file, so you can easily collect comments from reviewers and demo your designs. Generate high-fidelity PDF documents from your Fireworks design comps to improve communication with your clients. Apply lighting and shadow effects, styles, and blend modes, including seven new Adobe Photoshop® blend modes, to add depth and character to text and symbols.

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John Riley is a renowned player, teach and author. He has performed with a virtual Who's Who's in the Jazz music field: Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Herman, Stan Getz, John Scofield, Mike Stern, Bob Mintzer, Joe Lovano, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra and many others. A multiple GRAMMY winning recording artist, John has appeared on hundreds of record dates and on numerous Television and film productions. John has a BM from the University of North Texas and an MM from the Manhattan School of Music. He is on the faculty of Manhattan School of Music and SUNY-Purchase and has written three critically acclaimed books about jazz drumming - "The Art of Bop Drumming," "Beyond Bop Drumming" and "The Jazz Drummer's Workshop" and is a winner of the 2004 and 2005 Modern Drummer Magazine Reader's Poll. John's DVD "The Master Drummer" was released in 2009.