Adobe After Effects is a digital motion graphics and compositing software published by Adobe Systems. Its main purpose is for multimedia, film and video post-production.
Customer Profile: Ernest Svenson, PDF for Lawyers
A well-known advocate for the effective use of new technologies in the legal profession, New Orleans-based attorney Ernest Svenson finds Adobe Acrobat and PDF to be highly valued tools in a document-intensive field.
Foss, Kurt. Adobe (2007). Articles>Information Design>Legal>Adobe Acrobat
With Adobe InDesign® you can create and edit custom dash, dot, and stripe stroke styles, giving you more control and freedom over how strokes look in your publications. You can also save the stroke styles you create, and then use them over and over again in other InDesign publications.
Adobe (2003). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe InDesign
Defining Columns and Vertical List Navigation
This series reviews how you can use Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 to move towards using CSS as a positioning technique when developing web pages.
Senior, Adrian. Adobe (2004). Design>Web Design>CSS>Dreamweaver
Defining Style Properties and Working with Floats
Discusses floating elements and investigates the height property. Also covers inheritance and specificity.
Senior, Adrian. Adobe (2004). Design>Web Design>CSS
Mavericks need not apply. In Web design, you have to collaborate.
Giordan, Daniel. Adobe Magazine (2000). Careers>Web Design>Collaboration
If you're familiar with the term user-interface (UI) design, you may think of it as the domain of software engineers. But software isn't the only product that has an interface - all products do, in fact. If you're one of the many designers who creates Web sites, PDF files, or other types of nonlinear or interactive publications, you can probably benefit from some of the principles of UI design.
Mullarky, Rick. Adobe Magazine (1998). Design>User Interface>Interactive
Designing Text to Flow Around Objects
Wrapping text around objects—from basic shapes or frames to images with clipping paths—can give any publication a unique look and feel. In this tutorial, you’ll learn several ways to work with text wrap in Adobe InDesign® to achieve the look you want.
It's easy enough to create an irregularly shaped image in Photoshop, but how do you get the rectangular background to disappear when you use that image on the Web or in a print-based layout? Here are some great techniques that'll help you focus on your subject.
Dayton, Linnea and Jack Davis. Adobe Magazine (1998). Design>Web Design>Graphic Design
Document Setup in Adobe InDesign CS
In this topic, you will set up a new document in Adobe InDesign CS.
Dragging and dropping into InDesign

There are a number of ways in which you can use drag and drop to get content in and out of InDesign.
Cole, Tim. Adobe Evangelists (2006). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe InDesign
If you create technical art in Illustrator, check out these tips - in fact, check them out even if you don't.
Alspach, Ted and Jennifer Alspach. Adobe Magazine (1996). Design>Graphic Design>Technical Illustration>Adobe Illustrator
Dreamweaver Tutorials: Getting Started
Learn how you can get up and running quickly with Dreamweaver MX. Watch these tutorial movies, and get started today.
Adobe (2004). Resources>Tutorials>Streaming>Dreamweaver
A community discussion forum for users of eHelp software.
Adobe (2003). Resources>Mailing Lists>Software>RoboHelp
Encode, Deliver, Design: Getting a Grip on Flash Video
Follow these simple technical steps to turn your video concept into reality with Flash Video.
Goodman, Craig. Adobe (2005). Design>Web Design>Streaming>Flash
Enhance Text Design with Nested Styles 
Creating nested styles is a great way to add unusual text effects to your document.With Adobe InDesign® CS, you can apply one character style to the beginning of a paragraph, and then determine where that character style stops and the next character style begins. By creating a paragraph style that includes these nested styles, you can quickly apply the effect to multiple paragraphs.
Special 'blooper reel' edition: the author's biggest paper mistakes.
Sidles, Constance J. Adobe Magazine (1996). Design>Document Design>Prepress>Paper
There are plenty of things in life worth fearing, but frame-based layout isn't one of them. If you've been using PageMaker 6.5 but haven't explored frames yet, here's your chance to find out just how much fun you've been missing.
Kvern, Olav Martin. Adobe Magazine (1998). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe PageMaker
This guide provides an introduction to Flash Video, including information on how to create and publish Flash Video.
Adobe (2004). Design>Multimedia>Streaming>Flash
FlashHelp: The Ideal Online Help Format for Web Applications
As the web transitions from a relatively static, information-oriented environment to a highly interactive, task-oriented environment, web developers must provide on-demand user assistance to ensure the usability of their applications.
Sibley, Jake. Adobe (2004). Articles>Documentation>Multimedia>Flash
In Part I, you got PDF forms to run and talk. Now you get to make them really smart.
Guthrie, Malcolm. Adobe Magazine (2000). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe Acrobat
Format text once and apply the same style repeatedly and with ease. Style sheets in Adobe® InDesign® CS are a shortcut to formatting text.
Four Strategies for Promoting Common UI Guidelines within Adobe 
It can be very challenging to create a consistent cross-product user experience.
Bachman, Bill, Frederick Aliaga, Dave Valiulis and Marissa Treinen. Adobe Magazine (2002). Design>User Interface>Software
Give your colors the room they need in Photoshop by understanding and choosing RGB working spaces.
Fraser, Bruce. Adobe Magazine (1999). Design>Graphic Design>Prepress>Color
The next best thing to buying a new system: getting the most out of PageMaker's performance on the one you have.
Cutler, Jim. Adobe Magazine (1996). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe PageMaker
Digital technology has transformed design, layout, and prepress; now it's beginning to change printing presses too.
Shuster, Robert. Adobe Magazine (1996). Design>Document Design>Prepress
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