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Learning Fireworks 4 is a highly-efficient, high-quality workshop that includes over 5 hours of movie-based tutorials and all the exercise files needed to follow along at your own pace.

This product is intended for the beginner or existing Fireworks user who wants to get up to speed on the current version 4. The focus of this CD-ROM is on the basic imaging skills for common Web graphics, such as buttons, slicing, rollovers, optimization tools, animation and image maps. Approximately 5 hours.

Learning Director 8.5 is a feature-rich and trustworthy movie-based workshop that was designed specially for beginning Director users, and includes all the exercise files so you can follow along at your own pace. This CD-ROM will help you get a firm grasp of the Director interface, as well as a basic understanding of Director's scripting language, Lingo. Director's multi-media authoring environment may seem a little intimidating at first, but this CD-ROM will ease your fears and get you started creating your own interactive web and CD-ROM content quickly and easily. Running Time: Approximately 14 hours.

Learning Mac OS X is a professional and smart tool to guide you through the world's most advanced operating system.

Using language that is easy to understand and step-by-step examples, this self-paced CD-ROM covers everything from how to properly install the system on your computer to getting comfortable with all the new features that OS X has to offer. Topics include customizing the Finder, File Management, Printing, iPhoto, iMovie, iTunes, using Email and the Internet, and much more. Bonus tips and tricks are also included to help you get the most out of OS X. Running Time: Approximately 2 hours.

Learning Illustrator 9 is designed specially for the beginner and the existing Illustrator user who wants to get up to speed on the current version 9.

Learning Illustrator 9 with Bruce Heavin is a video workshop that includes 8 hours of video-clip tutorials and the exercise files to follow along. The focus of this CD-ROM is on using the Illustrator tool set to achieve specific drawing tasks and control over imagery for production work.

Techniques specific to Illustrator, such as how to work with bezier drawing tools, re-constructing a logo from a scanned image, path manipulation, targeting, layers, grouping, appearances, transformations, masking, transparency, save for the web, and integration with other applications such as Photoshop, InDesign, and GoLive. Also included is a movie in which you can watch the cover design for the CD-ROM packaging being created before your eyes in Illustrator for all to see how it was done.

Learning QuarkXPress 6 1.0 is one of the most marvelous movie-based workshops developed for beginning QuarkXPress users. It is intended to help those interested in page design learn the basic tools and features of this powerful program. Using simple step-by-step exercises, you will learn the fundamentals of using the tools, setting up pages, working with text, working with graphics, outputting to PDF and much more. Get up to speed quickly with this time-tested professional page design program.

Learning After Effects 5 is an advanced program which satisfies you with a thorough overview of the most essential features of the standard version of this incredible new release of After Effects!

Designed to get beginners up to speed quickly and efficiently, the program walks you through fundamental to intermediate features. You will create animated compositions as you learn everything from simple transformations using Keyframes, Effects, Masks, and Track Mattes, to more advanced concepts covering Photoshop and Illustrator integration, 3D Layers, Lights, Multiple Cameras, Expressions, Parenting, and Compositing. Approximately 8 hours.