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Shape Burst Gradient Stroke
Learn how to create a shape burst gradient stroke. This video requires Adobe Flash Player.

Live Color
Experimenting with the Live Color options in Illustrator to add new life to a complex piece of artwork.

Create a Classic 3D effect-Parallax
In this tutorial, we'll create a classic 3D effect that's known as parallax.

Removing Elements from a Photo
In this tutorial, we'll review some key techniques for removing elements from a photograph using cover up layers and the new live brush preview for the Clone Stamp in Photoshop CS4.

What is a Stroke Emboss?
Use guides to layout your design elements. This video requires Adobe Flash Player.

Type on Path
Use guides to layout your design elements. This video requires Adobe Flash Player.

Site building with DWs power tools: templates
Templates are a core tool in Dreamweaver and one that's gaining in importance and use.

An Overview of CSS in Dreamweaver 8
CSS implementation in this version of Macromedia Dreamweaver is to advanced CSS developers what the previous version provided to beginners.

Defining a Site in Dreamweaver
Before you start working on any of the pages in your website, it's important to first define your main website folder in Dreamweaver.

Connecting an HTML Form with a CGI Script
One of the most confusing aspects of working with HTML forms is that they don't do much until you've connected them to a script on your server.

Creating a Navigation Bar with CSS
Here's a great CSS trick for turning a bulleted list into a navigation bar with a simple rollover effect. Using a bulleted list for navigation bars is a well-accepted convention that meets current accessibility standards.

Creating Accessible Tables for Data Using Dreamweaver 8
With a host of new features, Dreamweaver 8 makes it easier than ever to build accessible tables for data. Using the Accessibility preferences, Dreamweaver 8 prompts designers and developers to provide captions, headers, and summary information as the table is inserted.

Enhancing Dreamweaver with New Extensions
Some tips for extending Dreamweaver's capabilities by installing new extensions into the program.

Using a Behavior to Launch a New Browser Window
You can use Behaviors in Dreamweaver to create many interactive features; like opening a small browser window when someone clicks on an image. This is a great way to make supplemental information available without closing the page a visitor is already viewing.

Passing Variables
This tutorial will show you how to set paths to media content by passing variables to flash using html, as opposed to "hard coding" paths inside of flash. This allows for slightly more dynamic flash video delivery (especially if used as part of a bigger application), easier and faster updateability, and just less hassle overall.

Spry Collapsing Panel
This is a brief introduction to the new Spry features for Adobe Dreamweaver CS3. If you have ever played around with Scriptaculous or jQuery, you might be interested in these simple additions. You can now easily click one of the 12 or so Spry widgets and they are instantly embedded into your page with the required javascript and cascading style sheet to go along with them.

Standard and Quirks Mode for CSS
It's an old story on the Web, caused by the fact that Web browsers and computers don't all display Web pages in the same way.

CSS Jump-Start
Whether you're new to CSS or you've been designing with styles for decades, the new CSS layouts built into Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 are a welcome addition to any designer's arsenal-if you know how to customize them.

Dreamweaver Code and File Tips
Even though Dreamweaver was intended to prevent people from having to hand-code, it provides some pretty powerful features for those of us who prefer to code ourselves. Dreamweaver's Code view, combined with the File manager, can become a great tool for the people who like to get their hands "dirty." These are just a few simple tips to get you started.

The Making of a Great Photography Website: Three Distinct Approaches
It's no longer enough for a photographer to simply have a website. Today, if you want to stand out from the pack, you need a cutting-edge, state-of-the-art, multimedia presence to showcase your images and attract new clients.