Chapters & Articles

An introduction to basic drawing tools in Adobe Illustrator, from creating a new document to drawing shapes, applying color, and working with type and brush strokes.

Create animations in Adobe Animate using motion tweening. Learn to adjust almost any aspect of an object—position, color, transparency, size, rotation, and more—and export your animation as a movie.

Organize and manage your photo library using Adobe Lightroom Classic. RC Concepcion shares best practices for your workflow, including different ways to import photos, add keywords and metadata, and apply editing presets.

Familiarize yourself with the Adobe After Effects project workflow using layers, guides, effects, and presets. Animate and add text to imported Illustrator files, and render and export your composition for viewing.

Get started with an Adobe InDesign layout and add objects, text, and graphics to your document.

Do more with your images in Adobe Photoshop by using masks and channels to isolate and manipulate specific layers or parts of an image.

Learn to work with code in Adobe Dreamweaver, from creating HTML code and SCSS styling, to testing and troubleshooting dynamic code.

The advanced Motion Editor in Adobe Animate can help you create complicated animations with motion tweens. Learn to edit property curves, apply ease curves, and produce realistic motion with this sample chapter from Adobe Animate Classroom in a Book (2021 release).

The Project Manager in Adobe Premiere Pro enables you to manage, archive, copy, and share your projects and media. Learn foundational skills such as importing and organizing your content in this sample chapter from Adobe Premiere Pro Classroom in a Book (2021 release).

Learn the basics of Photoshop layers with this sample chapter from Adobe Photoshop Classroom in a Book (2021 release). Conrad Chavez and Andrew Faulkner show you how to use the Layers panel to rearrange layers, add layer masks, and apply blending modes, gradients, filters, text, and other effects.

Apply materials to 3D objects with this sample chapter from Adobe Dimension Classroom in a Book (2021 release) and obtain an overview of the two types of materials in Dimension (MDL and SBSAR), how to import materials from Adobe Stock, and how to adjust material properties, such as glow, opacity, and translucence.

Learn how to dodge and burn photographs using Adobe Photoshop. In this sample chapter from The Hidden Power of Adobe Photoshop: Mastering Blend Modes and Adjustment Layers for Photography, Scott Valentine teaches how to selectively lighten (dodging) or darken (burning) individual areas of an image to regulate exposure.

Easily edit and organize photos using Adobe Photoshop Elements. In this sample chapter from Adobe Photoshop Elements 2021 Classroom in a Book, Jeff Carlson explains image correction basics like white balance; editing modes such as Quick Edit, Guided Edit, and Expert Edit; and tools including Smart Fix, Auto Smart Tone, and Smart Brush.

In this sample chapter from Adobe After Effects Classroom in a Book (2021 release), authors Lisa Fridsma and Brie Gyncild show you how to create a simple animation. Import footage using Adobe Bridge, precompose and adjust layers, and use drop-shadow, emboss, and dissolve transition effects. At the end, you will render your basic composition for broadcast use.

Learn how to work with images and include them in your webpages using Adobe Dreamweaver (2021 release). Author James J. Maivald covers web image basics including resolution and file formats, responsive images that fit different devices and screen sizes, Dreamweaver tools to resize, crop, and resample web-compatible images, and more.