Make Photoshop and Flash your Friends

There are a number of different ways to create websites. Some people prefer to hand draw the idea, and after that to start coding HTML. Other way is taking a graphical approach to the design and layout. For example you can create images that form the general layout you'd like to use for your site, with Adobe Photoshop. But if you want to create interactive and animated Web sites, Adobe Flash is the tool that can do the work for you.
If you consider that these tools can be useful for your work, I recommend you these two books which will help you learning how to use them in your applications.

Adobe Photoshop CS4 Classroom in a Book


This book is ideal for people who want to learn Photoshop. It allows you to learn quickly and easily the functions of this software. The book is the official training workbook of Adobe Systems, which is developed from experts working at Adobe and is used in their own educative work. The authors pay attention to basics and elaboration technology in Photoshop. They show how to work with layers and masks, how to navigate in the workspace, how to retouch the colors and prepare images for printing. Multiple advises, additional exercises and lessons will help you mastering your skills in Photoshop step by step.

Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Classroom in a Book


This is also an official training workbook of Adobe Systems and it is suitable for beginners. The project-based guide from Adobe will teach you how to create engaging interactive content with Flash CS3. This book shows you the key elements of the Flash interface, including panels, timelines, and frames. You will acquire skills in animating symbols, working with static and dynamic text, importing audio and video files, editing timelines and personalizing components. The book presents the new features in Flash CS3 like ActionScript 3.0 and importing files from Illustrator. The content of this book can assists you to become quickly professional Flash user.

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