Also don’t forget, you can download a FREE Trial of CS5 here and use it fully functional for 30 days.

You’ll need lots of patience here but every image you need is in the tutorial. Have fun!

If Adobe Application Manager hasn’t already told you about this, go ahead and check for new updates for Premiere Pro CS5. Ideally, you should check for updates by choosing Help > Updates. But you can also directly download the update packages from the download pages for Windows or Mac OS, using the “Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 5.0.2 update” link. (If you download from the web page, you must choose the correct patcher based on your original installation type.)

There are a lot of fixes and tweaks in this update. You can read the complete list in the Premiere Pro 5.0.2 release notes. I’ll mention a few changes and fixes here, since some of these are important enough that I really want to make sure that people see them.

You should also install the Adobe Media Encoder CS5 (5.0.1) update (Windows or Mac OS), which got some bug fixes and additional formats and export settings presets, including several for F4V and FLV formats. (The download pages might not be updated yet at the time that you’re reading this.)

An After Effects update is coming very soon and will be announced here.

Instant InDesign – Automating Layouts with the EasyCatalog Plug-in for InDesign (Part 3)
In this episode, Gabriel Powell teaches you how to use the EasyCatalog plug-in for InDesign to publish content directly from a database or a spreadsheet into InDesign and automate the production of brochures, catalogs, product sheets, and more.
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/instant-indesign/automating-layouts-with-the-easycatalog-plugin-for-indesign-part-3/

Psdtuts+ – How to Create a Steampunk Style Illustration in Photoshop
Go simultaneously backward and forward in time with this Steampunk tutorial. The main focus, aside from the style of course, is fusing elements from different sources together to create a cohesive whole. There are many tricks to this end and we shall be looking at light sources, shadows, and image grading – James Davies

Photography Channel

Layers TV – Episode 97
RC discusses color calibration and profiling for computer monitors and printers. Corey has a tutorial in which he divides a photo into layers and animates those layers using Photoshop CS4 3D animation tools.
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/layers-tv/episode-97/

Video Channel

Premiere Pro CS5 Feature Tour – Staying Native or Going Intermediate? Transcoding and Premiere Pro CS5
In this brief video, Worldwide Product Evangelist Jason Levine will explain the basis of transcoding, showcasing the workflow outside of CS5; he’’ll then show you what a native workflow is all about in Premiere Pro CS5, and explain some scenarios for staying native or moving to an intermediate codec. This video also points out some of the misconceptions about transcoding, but also highlights some of the round-tripping capabilities of CS5 with FCP and AMC.
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/premiere-pro-cs5-feature-tour/staying-native-or-going-intermediate-transcoding-and-premiere-pro-cs5-/

Adobe and Pact’s Digital Showcasing Tour – Phil Stuart, Creative Director of Preloaded on “1066″
The Behind the Scenes event highlights some of the best new digital, innovative and technological projects from the UK digital media industry. In this program Phil Stuart, Preloaded’s Creative Director talks about their production “1066″.
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/behind-the-screens-adobe-and-pact-s-digital-showcasing-tour/phil-stuart-creative-director-of-preloaded-on-1066/

Developers Channel

ADC Presents – Physical Computing with Arduino:  Photocells
This episode of Kevin Hoyt’s Arduino and Adobe Flash video series explores the photo-sensitive resistors called, photocells. Also introduced are Arduino shields for extensibility, and breadboards.
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/adc-presents/physical-computing-with-arduino-photocells/

ADC Presents – Adobe Flash Builder for Force.com
Adobe Flash Builder for Force.com is a jointly developed IDE that gives developers a single tool for building cloud-based rich Internet applications.  This video walks through the basics of using this new tool to create great cloud apps for the web and desktop.
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/adc-presents/adobe-flash-builder-for-forcecom/

ActionScript 1:1 with Doug Winnie – Combining Code Snippets in Flash Professional CS5 (episode 41)
Complex coding can help you build efficiency and flexibility into a Flash project.  Doug explains how to achieve a desired result by combining snippets together.
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/actionscript-11-with-doug-winnie/combining-code-snippets-in-flash-professional-cs5-episode-41/

Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended includes all the features of Photoshop CS5, plus breakthrough tools that let you create and edit, 3D and motion-based content. Russell Brown, Photoshop senior creative director, demonstrates some of his favorite new tools in Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended; specifically Repoussé and creating 3D text from 2D layers.

see the whole post at CS5.org

Much has been said and posted about Apple’s approach on Flash technology. It’s rather a stepback than a forward step towards web being more open. Time would tell if Steve Jobs is right, that’s what visionaries do

But for the time being, being non-adaptive to Flash is a kiss of death, specially for some industries. Youtube wont play without flash, so does some facebook games. What are the consumers going to do? Well we have a freedom of choice. and I choose Flash.

There is a more lengthy article on Freedom of choice at Adobe.

Global launching 12 April, Monday 8 am PDT / 11 am PDT / 4 pm BST.

Join us for the exclusive Asia Pacific Online Unveiling Event, Tuesday April 13, 2010, 12:00 pm, Manila time (GMT +8:00)..
Be among the first to see ground-breaking new technology from Adobe, register here: http://www.adobeasia.com/edm/2010/06_CS5LaunchBroadcast/eg-online.html

Exclusive online preview of new features in CS5 by Adobe evangelists Terry White, Greg Rewis, Jason Levine and Julianne Kost. 5 killer features in 5 minutes.

Don’t miss this chance to benefit from Adobe’s expert advice on how our technology extends your creative skills and expands your design knowledge horizons.

Register now to be eligible to win amazing prizes. We have Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS4, Adobe® Photoshop® CS4, Adobe® InDesign® CS4 and Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS4 software to be given away.

DATE: 26 January 2010, Tuesday

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