Free 10 New ebooks about Adobe CS6

Learn Photoshop CS6

Description:Use this collection of technical tutorials, from the Visual Design curriculum, to learn how to use Adobe Photoshop CS6. Technical guides include:

1. Overview of Adobe Photoshop CS6 workspace
2. How to create a new document
3. How to resize, rotate, and crop images
4. How to use layers in Photoshop
5. How to use selection tools
6. How to retouch photos
7. How to generate different file formats
8. How to correct color
9. How to combine images in Photoshop
10. How to use painting tools
11. How to use drawing tools
12. How to understand color management
13. How to add text to images
14. How to use filters
15. How to create layer comps
16. How to add a watermark to images
17. How to warp images
18. How to use gradient maps
19. How to use advanced color techniques
20. How to blend, feather, and smooth
21. How to use the Vanishing Point filter

Learn Illustrator CS6

Description:Use this collection of technical tutorials, from the Visual Design curriculum, to learn how to use Adobe Illustrator CS6. Technical guides include:

1. Overview of Adobe Illustrator CS6 workspace
2. How to create vector artwork
3. How to draw in Illustrator
4. How to draw in perspective with Illustrator
5. How to use symbols and patterns

Learn InDesign CS6

Description:Use this collection of technical tutorials, from the Visual Design curriculum, to learn how to use Adobe InDesign CS6. Technical guides include:

1. Overview of Adobe InDesign CS6 workspace
2. How to set up a document
3. How to use the ruler, grid, guides, and the Align panel
4. How to use text
5. How to prepare files for print
6. How to combine graphics frames and text frames
7. How to work with graphics frames
8. How to place images on a page
9. How to work with text frames
10. How to apply effects to text
11. How to import files
12. How to create interactive documents
13. How to use placeholder text
14. How to use character and paragraph styles
15. How to work with layers
16. How to wrap text around objects
17. How to add page numbers
18. How to create captions
19. How to import text from Microsoft Word
20. How to manage text flow between frames
21. How to reuse objects
22. How to transform objects
23. How to use document templates
24. How to use adaptive layouts
25. How to export for multiple screens
26. How to fill text with an image
27. How to use master pages
28. How to use object styles
29. How to use books

Learn Fireworks CS6

Description:Use this collection of technical tutorials, from the Digital Design curriculum, to learn how to use Adobe Fireworks CS6. Technical guides include:

1. Overview of Adobe Fireworks CS6 workspace
2. How to create a wireframe
3. How to create a design comp
4. How to prepare photographs
5. How to optimize images
6. How to create a prototype
7. How to create interactive navigation

Learn Dreamweaver CS6

Description:Use this collection of technical tutorials, from the Digital Design curriculum, to learn how to use Adobe Dreamweaver CS6. Technical guides include:

1. Overview of the Adobe Dreamweaver CS6 workspace
2. How to set up a local root folder and site structure
3. How to set document properties
4. How to use the Assets panel
5. How to manage files and links by using the FIles panel
6. The Dreamweaver Insert panel
7. How to deploy for multiple screens
8. How to create and edit a CSS rule
9. How to use CSS starter layouts
10. How to lay out a web page with CSS
11. How to use templates
12. How to work with external Cascading Style Sheets
13. How to troubleshoot Cascading Style Sheets
14. How to make websites accessible
15. How to use the Adobe Dreamweaver Widget Browser
16. How to check files in and out
17. How to create interactive navigation
18. How to add images
19. How to add rich media to a web page
20. How to add text
21. How to use CSS text styles
22. How to create lists
23. How to create links
24. How to create data tables
25. How to create forms
26. How to create image maps
27. How to preview and test a web project
28. How to check links
29. How to publish web files

Learn Flash Professional CS6

Description:Use this collection of technical tutorials, from the Digital Design curriculum, to learn how to use Adobe Flash Professional CS6. Technical guides include:

1. Overview of the Adobe Flash Professional CS6 workspace
2. Understanding Flask graphic files types
3. How to organize content
4. Symbols, instances, and the library
5. How to use guides and rulers
6. How to maintain consistency
7. How to make Flash content accessible
8. How to draw and create shapes
9. How to apply colors and gradients
10. How to create masks
11. How to create a button symbol
12. How to use transparent or invisible buttons
13. How to work with text
14. Understanding frames and keyframes
15. How to create animation
16. How to use a motion guide with a motion tween animation
17. How to ease tweens
18. How to create character animations
19. How to use sprite sheets
20. How to use filmmaking techniques
21. How to create transitions with motion tweens
22. How to create visual effects
23. How to import images
24. How to produce Flash video for use on the web
25. How to import sound
26. How to optimize Flash content
27. How to get started with ActionScript
28. ActionScript for basic gaming
29. How to test a Flash project
30. How to publish a Flash document
31. How to set up a mobile application
32. How to resize content for multiple screens
33. How to create an RSS feed
34. How to create a Google map
35. How to publish a mobile application

Learn Adobe Premiere Pro CS6

Description:Use this collection of technical tutorials, from the Digital Video curriculum, to learn how to use Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. Technical guides include:

1. Overview of the Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 workspace
2. How to import files
3. How to manage media in the Project panel
4. How to create a storyboard in the Project panel
5. How to trim clips in the Timeline panel
6. How to work with clips in the Timeline panel
7. How to create standard image, movie, and audio files
8. How to capture video
9. How to use editing tools in the Source Monitor
10. How to apply and adjust video transitions
11. How to adjust audio and apply crossfades
12. How to record a narration in the Audio Mixer
13. How to create TV news-style J- and L- cuts
14. How to edit in the Program Monitor
15. How to use Adobe Media Encoder CS6
16. How to use the Trim Monitor
17. Understanding the Titler
18. How to build text and objects in the Titler
19. How to work with alpha channel transparencies
20. How to use the Motion effect
21. How to add text effects
22. How to apply and adjust video effects
23. How to work with audio
24. How to change clip speed and direction
25. How to apply and adjust video keying effects
26. How to work with temporal and spatial keyframe interpolation
27. How to make text roll and crawl
28. How to use nested sequences
29. How to work with other motion effects and features

Learn After Effects CS6

Description:Use this collection of technical tutorials, from the Digital Video curriculum, to learn how to use Adobe After Effects CS6. Technical guides include:

1. Overview of Adobe After Effects CS6 workspace
2. How to animate text and create video effects
3. How to rotoscope in Adobe After Effects

Learn Audition CS6

Description:Use this collection of technical tutorials, from the Digital Video curriculum, to learn how to

use Adobe Audition CS6. Technical guides include:

1. Overview of Adobe Audition CS6 workspace
2. How to record narration
3. How to edit audio tracks
4. How to compose multiple track recordings
5. How to work with audio
6. How to apply Adobe Audition sound effects
7. How to use loops, music beds, and sound effects

Learn Encore CS6

Description:Use this collection of technical tutorials, from the Digital Video curriculum, to learn how to use Adobe Encore CS6. Technical guides include:

1. Overview of Adobe Encore CS6 workspace
2. How to author a single-menu DVD in Adobe Encore
3. How to use advanced authoring techniques in Encore
4. Creating a web DVD in Encore

It is from Adobe edexchange :
http://edexchange.adobe.com/pages/5b68305abb?PID=2159997

53 Tips on Using the Cloud for eLearning

The cloud has tremendous potential in the eLearning world, but there are so many choices; a little guidance can go a long way in making the most of this exciting technology. Should you use a public or private cloud? How can you make the online experience more seamless? How can you improve your bottom line?

This complimentary eBook draws on the experience of 11 eLearning professionals who are leading sessions in The eLearning Guild’s June 2012 Online Forum, “Using the Cloud for eLearning.” Let their

expertise guide you in areas including:

Planning
Cost
Content and the User Experience
Support and Security

http://www.elearningguild.com/surveys/?sid=198

Adobe Release Captivate 6 With HTML 5 support

Adobe® Captivate® 6 software helps you rapidly author a wide range of interactive eLearning and HTML5-based mLearning content. Easily create product demos in HD, application simulations, and soft skills and compliance training. Import Microsoft® PowerPoint slides and enrich with multimedia, interactive elements and quizzes. Deliver content to virtually any device, including iPads.

Easily create show-me product demos in HD, interactive let-me-try application simulations, and test-me assessments. Publish projects to the web, desktops, YouTube®, and leading SCORM- and AICC-compliant LMSs. Deliver HTML5-based content to mobile devices.

Transform Microsoft® PowerPoint presentations into interactive eLearning content. Make courses come alive with actors, themes, and interactive elements. Include eye-catching quizzes, add branching scenarios, and publish to desktops, mobile devices, and LMSs.

Create interactive eLearning content and publish it on mobile devices, including iPads, using HTML5. Send scoring data to leading SCORM- and AICC-compliant LMSs and track learner progress.

Deliver eLearning on the go. Now publish eLearning content as HTML5, and take your courses to mobile devices. Send scoring data to leading SCORM- and AICC-compliant LMSs and track learner progress.

Easily create high-quality product demos with the new capture-as-a-video workflow. Edit video, and add transitions, smart shapes, audio, and captions. Insert a talking head or another video in a picture-in-picture format. Publish it to YouTube with a single click.

Insert aesthetically designed interactive elements to eLearning content with just a click. Simply select from a wide range of stunning out-of-the-box interactions like Process Cycle, Glossary, Accordion, Pyramid, Animated Rollover, and more, customize the content and appearance, and you’re done.

Rest assured that your scoring data will integrate smoothly with your Learning Management System (LMS). Publish your courses effortlessly to leading LMSs like Moodle, Blackboard, Plateau, Saba, and SumTotal.

http://www.adobe.com/products/captivate.html

Managing Projects and SMEs for eLearning: Proven and Practical Solutions

Whether you are an eLearning designer, developer, trainer, or manager, you probably need to deal with project-management issues and with subject-matter experts. Do you have the time and resources you need to lead or contribute to a successful project? How can you get your subject-matter experts (SMEs) to be partners in, rather than obstacles to, project success? Join this Online Forum to learn proven strategies and tactics for successfully managing eLearning projects and SMEs.

Managing eLearning Projects: A Survival Guide for Instructional Designers, Gus Prestera,
Leading SMEs to Water (and How to Make Them Drink), Shawn Rosler
Blending ADDIE and PMBOK for Successful Training Projects, Allan Harris
Getting the Content You Need from Your SMEs: A Streamlined Approach, Jennifer De Vries
Agile Estimation and Release Planning Techniques that Really Work, Sumeet Moghe
Acquiring Tacit Knowledge from SMEs, Sudeshna Chatterjee
Why Projects Fail: Recovery Tips, Dave Goodman & Karen Beckman
Turning your SMEs into Savvy Content Developers, Edward Reilly
What is Really Important to Your Learning Project?, Anita Rosen

Online Forum
July 26 & 27, 2012

http://www.elearningguild.com/online-forums/content/2285/?utm_campaign=olf96?utm_medium=banner&utm_source=lsm-news

Storyboard Templates and Resources

And here’s what  included in the storyboards.

In the main frame:

■Textual content
■Graphics (even if rough representations)
■Screenshot or representation of animations, interactives, etc.
■Buttons and/or navigational features
■Page orientation

In the side frames:

■Navigational info (i.e. where each button or link will take the user)
■Text for pop-ups or rollovers
■Media info (e.g. info about the animation, video, audio, etc.)

In the bottom frame:

■Notes to developers, SMEs, or anyone else that may have access to the storyboard
■Notes that won’t fit in the side frames
■Any pertinent notes that don’t fall under “Navigation” of “Media”
■Color requirements, screen size, graphic sizes, etc.

It is from

http://minutebio.com/blog/2009/06/29/storyboard-templates-and-resources/

How to present a webinar without PowerPoint slides

With hundreds of millions of copies in circulation and approximately 40 million presentations delivered daily, PowerPoint has become an icon of modern communication. Despite its ubiquity, PowerPoint has often been the punching bag for many audiences who link it to phrases such as crutch, teleprompter, uniformity…overall an intellectually shady tool that instead of lifting the floor, lowers the ceiling. While PowerPoint can have its merits and a profound impact on how information is processed and learned, there is wisdom in asking the question: can we present without it? Virtually? And if we can, what techniques do we use to adjust to the absence of slides, and satisfy our audiences who are typically tough viewers with high expectations?

In this highly engaging session, Dr. Carmen Taran will show you how you can present virtually without slides. You will learn several practical techniques that move beyond keeping an audience engaged with chat and polling questions. The techniques will involve innovative activities that attract an audience's attention, promote creative thinking and intellectual stimulation, and overall make them feel like the floor has been lifted.

Thursday, June 28, 2012
1pm – 2pm ET / 10am – 11am PT

https://www.signup4.net/Public/ap.aspx?EID=HOWT53E&TID=NWfZDpe30wFbBRdddiCkMQ%3d%3d

Build Branched E-Learning Scenarios in Three Simple Steps

This is from http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning blog

I’ve built hundreds of rapid elearning courses and I can tell you that building branched scenarios with your rapid elearning tools is not only possible, but it’s actually pretty easy to do.  I added some tutorials at the bottom of the page that shows you how to do so.

I like to keep things simple.  So I use what I call, the “3C” model.  Each scenario consists of a challenge, some choices, and then consequences of those choices.  That’s basically it.

You can complete here with example here :

http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/build-branched-e-learning-scenarios-in-three-simple-steps/