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XHTML: Give structure to content


Learn the basics of XHTML and rules for using it so you can start using CSS to build professional-looking websites.

Achieve amazing easing effects in Flash


Learn how to use the new Ease In/Ease Out graph feature in Flash Professional 8 to create amazing animation effects.

Errol Morris: Revealing unexpected realities


Errol Morris describes the unique connections between his dual career as an award-winning filmmaker and advertising iconoclast.

How we really use the web


Scanning, satisficing, and muddling through — discover the difference between how we think people use web sites and how they actually use them.

Creating a talking-head Flash video


Discover how to capture video footage in Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5, encode it through the FLV Wizard in Flash Professional 8, and place it on a web page.

Welcome to the blogosphere


What does it take to publish a weblog? And why are they so important? The world is talking — make sure you are ready to join the conversation.

Motion and digital media


The experience matters — see how motion in digital content has evolved to match audience expectations and technology changes.

Style versus design


Not enough designers work in that vast middle ground between eye candy and usability where most of the web must be built.

Animator's toolkit


How do you combine vector precision with rich bitmap motion? The answer: Combine After Effects with Flash.

Usability as common courtesy


Besides asking yourself, "Is my site clear?" you also need to be asking, "Does my site behave like a mensch?"

How interactivity and storytelling sell a movie


Nowadays people want to spend more time in the film experience before going to the theater.

Gallery

More than ever, motion matters — especially for capturing and communicating ideas with simplicity and power. What moves you? For the artists featured on these pages, the answers are just a click away.

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Think Tank

This series of articles examines the sometimes tense but always intimate relationship between design and technology. How are today's designers engaging with technology and what do these experiments mean for design?

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Tutorials

Learn how to use and integrate Adobe and Macromedia products with step-by-step tutorials on new features, key workflows, and advanced techniques.

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