Monty Python's characteristic lo-fi animation style is famous across the world. In this article, Richard Lainhart shows how to create the "mouthy", lip-sync animation in Adobe After Effects CS5.

Learn how to use Photoshop to create wrap-around graphics for use in InDesign. Use this tutorial to transform your page layout and make it more dynamic.

Lower third titles have become synonymous with a multitude of genres. With so many different styles available, Richard Lainhart shows how to create a typical animated documentary-style title.

Adding perspective to your images in Photoshop just became a whole lot easier thanks to the Vanishing Point feature. Follow along step-by-step as Certified Trainer, David Smith, provides perspective.

Photoshop CS5 has Color Correction tools aplenty. In this Tutorial, Toby Pitman demonstrates one of the lesser used techniques to create a retro-style color effect. Surprisingly easy...

Integrating GoogleMaps in to your website is all the rage in the web design world. It's also quite straightforward to do in Dreamweaver. David Smith, Authorised Adobe Trainer, shows you how.

Actions are a really great way to save time when repeating common processes. But Photoshop can go one better with Batch Processing to automate those repetitive tasks so you can sit back and relax.

If you had to name your three favourite plugins for After Effects which would you choose? It's a hard choice. Well, we asked Toby Pitman and he obliged with some interesting suggestions.

Of course, no layout'"be it a brochure, flyer, handout, etc.'"is complete without...text! The great news is, importing and working with text in Adobe InDesign is easy stuff. Here's how...

In the 2nd part of this After Effects Tutorial, we continue learning how to create the infamous hologram effect, as seen in Star Wars, on his friend and neighbour, Dream Theater's Jordan Rudess.

In this 2 part After Effects Tutorial, Richard Lainhart demonstrates how to create the infamous hologram effect, as seen in Star Wars, on his friend and neighbour, Dream Theater's Jordan Rudess.

InDesign's Glyph panel makes working with symbols a breeze. Adobe Trainer, David Smith, shows us step by step how to save time and effort by using the Glyph Panel in this quick tip.

So you've created excellent, pixel-perfect vectors in Illustrator. What next? Import them into Photoshop with ease. In this tip (with project files included) learn how to use Vector Masks in PS CS5.

Have you ever been underwater (the sea or even in the bath) looking up as light rays illuminate the water? If, so you know how magical it can feel. Learn how to recreate this scene in After Effects.

It's a lot of fun using sound to drive animations in After Effects. In Part 2 of this series, Toby Pitman takes you deeper into Arrays, Variables and Controls to create stunning visual effects.

In this feature length article Richard Lainhart takes us through the 5 things every After Effects user needs to know. From organizational workflow ideas to practical and artistic tips. Read on...

In Part 1 of Approaches to Working with Text in Flash, you learned about Flash's new TLF text engine, and how to set general text formatting. In this installation, I'd like to push things a little...

Working with text in previous versions of Flash was always somewhat of a challenge. One of the biggest gripes was the sheer lack of typography control in Flash projects.

Space. The final frontier... Ever wanted to beam someone up (or away) Star Trek Style? Richard Lainhart takes you through this classic effect step-by-step in After Effects CS5.

InDesign comes packed with a variety of options and commands to help us manage, update, and adjust our imported graphics.

In this post we'll be taking a look at BrowserLab. What the heck is BrowserLab? It's a tool for web designers, which allows them to preview their work in a variety of browsers, on different platforms.