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Flash Tutorial Videos
 Once you've drawn your snowflake in Flash, this video will teach you how to animate multiple instances of your snowflakes falling before your eyes. This tutorial uses the Math.random method in order to give your snowfall a more natural feel.
 A gradient mask is a great way to make a reflection effect. However, there arises a problem when you try to make a gradient mask visually in Flash. Flash treats the gradient like it was just a solid fill. But don't worry! There's a way to overcome this if you apply the mask using actionscript, and in this video, you'll learn how.
 Sometimes complex shape tweens can get a little rambunctious, even when we add all the shape hints we can think to add. In fact, sometimes the shape hints only serve to make things worse. In today's tutorial, you'll learn a quick cheat that might fix some of the less desirable shape tween effects that might pop up.
 You're going to need Flash Professional 8 for this tutorial. In this video, you'll learn how to use Flash 8's blending modes to create a circle that follows the cursor around on the stage, inverting the colors of the image in the layer below the circle.
 Unfortunately, Flash doesn't have any functionality for creating true 3D animations by itself, but if you know a few tricks, sometimes you can fake it. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create a somewhat 3D-esque rotating globe effect in Flash.
 You can motion tween a lot of things in Flash--position, transparency, color, etc--but did you know you could ALSO tween a filter in Flash Professional 8? In this video, Craig will show you how!
 Creating a bouncing ball animation can be a little tedious if you do it visually in Flash. In today's video tutorial, Craig will show you how to create a bounce animation with only a few lines of ActionScript by calling on the Tween class and the Bounce class.
 One of the most popular features of Flash Professional 8 is the new "Filters" feature, which lets you add blurs, drop shadows, glows, and other filters to your objects. In today's tip, you'll learn how to use the "blur" filter to create some very realistic clouds, and then you'll learn how to animate those clouds in Flash. Unfortunately, if you don't have Flash Professional 8, you'll just have to sit back and watch.
 In this video, you'll learn how to set up a looping animation that doesn't seem like it's looping. It will look like a continuous stream flowing through a pipe.
 In today's beginner-level tutorial, you'll learn how to create a very simple, yet elegant, button symbol with a semitransparent background that loses its transparency on rollOver.
 Today's tip is a simple, though somewhat tedious effect, that allows us to create a typewriter animation where the user can see the text being typed onto the stage. The animation will be synced up with a sound file.
 In today's tutorial, you'll learn how to animate a series of lines to make it look like they're drawing themselves onto the stage. This is done using a simple mask.
 I was asked recently about how to alter the label on one instance of a button without having the labels of the others instances of the same button change along with it. In this video, you'll learn an important distinction between the way symbols work and the way symbol instances work.
 In this basic tutorial, you will learn how to highlight your logo by putting a rotating sunburst effect behind it. You'll also learn an important lesson about reusing graphic elements whenever possible.
 In today's tutorial, you'll learn how to create an animated text swipe effect, where the text is quickly and smoothly revealed from left to right. Text effects like this can be a little tedious to achieve, but the end result is usually well worth the effort.
 Creating a spinning ring is as easy as flipping it over and tweening it. In this video, you'll learn how to create a gyroscope effect using multiple instances of this simple technique.
 In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create a timer in Flash that will count down the time to a given date in days, hours, minutes, and seconds. This is a great tool for counting down to holidays, birthdays, anniversaries, etc.
 Our new "Introduction to Flash 8" video series will be released soon, and in this excerpt from the series, you'll learn all about using and customizing panels and panel sets in Flash.
 Today's tip is an excerpt from our brand new "Introduction to Flash 8" video series, and in this clip, you will learn all about how to create shape tween animations where one shape morphs into another shape.
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Photoshop Tutorial Videos
 In this video tutorial, trainer Craig Campbell will show you how to create a wood grain texture from scratch in Photoshop.
Rubber Band
 The pen tool can be a little tricky to use, and until you get used to it, you might not always know where your next anchor point is going to leave you. In this tutorial, Geoff Riggs will show you how to use the Rubber Band option with your pen tool, which will allow you to see hints of what your shape will look like.
Document Sizing Tips
 In this video tutorial, trainer Geoff Riggs illustrates a few different tips for setting document size in Photoshop, including a shortcut on how to create a new document that's the same size as your current document.
 The magic wand tool can be very handy in making complex selections in Photoshop, but it has its limitations. In this video, trainer Geoff Riggs will show you another more effective way of creating magic selections.
 A cucoloris (or "cookie") is a metal sheet with patterns cut out of it, intended to cast patterned shadows on the background (and often the subject) of a photograph. In this tutorial, trainer Geoff Riggs will show you how to achieve the same effect in Photoshop.
 There are many ways to warp text in Photoshop, but most of them have their limitations. Some methods allow you to edit your text after warping, but don't provide full customization of HOW you warp the text. Other methods allow full customization but don't allow you to edit the text afterwards. In this tutorial, Geoff Riggs will show you a method for warping text that will give you the best of both worlds.
 Ever have one of those photographs where the sky is too bright and harsh? In this tutorial, Geoff Riggs will show you an amazingly effective trick for toning down and recoloring an overly bright sky.
 In this tutorial, trainer Geoff Riggs will teach you how to take an image of a light bulb that's turned off and add a glow to it to make it look like it's illuminated.
 Many black and white images can be made much more interesting simply by adding a little color. In this tutorial, Geoff Riggs will show you how to paint color onto a black and white photo.
 Understanding what masks are and how they work in Photoshop can open up many doors for creative design. In this video excerpt from the upcoming video series, "Getting Started in Photoshop CS 2", Geoff Riggs explains the basics of what masks are and how to use them.
 In this tutorial, Photoshop guru Geoff Riggs will show you the ins and outs of using the Camera Raw plug-in for Photoshop. This plug-in allows you to import images from your camera and make changes to it without actually altering the raw image itself.
 Working with layers is one of the most important aspects of working in Photoshop. In this tutorial, Geoff Riggs will walk you through the basics of getting around in the layers palette.
 This tip is an excerpt from the upcoming video series, "Introduction to Photoshop CS 2" by trainer Geoff Riggs. In this video clip, you'll learn some of the basic options available to you when creating a new document in Photoshop.
 You may already know the basics of the levels adjustment tool, but in this video, Geoff Riggs will show you a neat little trick you may not have known. Using this method you'll be able to very quickly and effectively adjust the brightness and contrast of your image in a very intuitive manner.
 It seems like it would be quite a task to straighten up a picture of an object that was taken at a severe angle. However, Photoshop's Perspective Cropping feature allows you to do this in one simple step. In this video, you'll learn how to use this amazing tool in Photoshop.
 The great thing about text effects is that they're usually very easy to reproduce. In this tutorial, trainer Geoff Riggs will show you how to make a steel text effect, and then he'll show you how to save this effect so that it can easily be applied to other layers in the future.
 In this video tutorial, Geoff Riggs will show you how to create a quick and easy frame for your photographs simply using the eraser tool.
 The Dodge and Burn tools in Photoshop are great tools for lightening and darkening areas of your images. However, these tools are destructive to your original photograph and can only be reversed using your History panel. In this tutorial, Geoff Riggs will show you a more creative and effective way of achieving the same effects without affecting the image layer itself.
 In this video tutorial, Geoff Riggs will teach you how to create an elongated shadow cast in front of a block of backlit text.
 Sometimes the camera does TOO good a job of capturing all the details, especially when it comes to skin. A close-up portrait can sometimes reveal tiny bumps and roughness that we might not want to see. In this video, you'll learn a very effective technique for smoothing out your skin in Photoshop.
 In this video tip, you will learn how to take a photo and transform it into an old-fashioned Polaroid photograph.
 In this Photoshop tutorial, Geoff will teach you how to create a very easy, but very effective, white grunge border around your photographs.
 In this video tutorial, Geoff will show you how to create and define a custom pattern in Photoshop and then use that pattern to create a grid background for your Photoshop file.
 You've all seen postcards or advertisements with a picture of something inside a block of bold text. In this tutorial, you'll learn just how easy it can be to achieve this effect.
 In this tutorial, Photoshop trainer Geoff Riggs shows you how to add embellishments and alter the appearance of specific letter pairings for open type fonts.
 It's not always easy to make complex selections in your Photoshop images, but in this tutorial, trainer Geoff Riggs will show you one very effective way to use the highlights in an image to make a selection in order to alter an image.
 Photoshop doesn't provide any quick means of creating dotted lines, but in this tutorial, Geoff Riggs will show you how to create your own customized dotted line quickly and easily, using the paintbrush tool.
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