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When you think of a software program to create art and design there is only one that comes to my mind and that is Adobe. Adobe is the leading design software on the market and is used by many professional artist and designers including many production companies in the movie business. There a many products that Adobe produce to help in every way for artists and designers and of course web design. Most of the images you will see on the internet are created with Adobe products. We have picked three of the best well known Adobe products to give you a brief look in to what they can do.
The first of Adobe products that you should be familiar with is Photoshop. There are different verions of Photoshop with the latest versions being Photoshop CS3 and CS3 Extended. The Adobe® Photoshop® family of products is the ultimate playground for bringing out the best in your digital images and transforming them into anything you can imagine.
Photoshop CS3 is ideal for professional photographers, serious amature photographers, graphic designers and web designers where CS3 Extended offers a little bit more for film, video and multimedia professionals, graphic and web designers using 3D motion, manufacturing professionals, medical professionals, architects and engineers and scientific researchers. So it´s not only about art and design and for web design. Adobe Photoshop can help in all aspects of professional workers. To learn more about Photoshop CS3 and CS3 Extended CLICK HERE
Illustrator is another software program for art and design and web design. Discover new ways to experiment with color; work faster with new drawing tools and controls; and produce artwork for print, web, mobile, and motion designs with Adobe® Illustrator® CS3 software.
With Illustrator CS3 you have live color features, intergrate with Adobe Flash, drawing tools and controls, improved operating performance, control panel, eraser tool, new document profiles, crop area tool, isolation mode and symbols for Flash. Learn more about Illustrator CLICK HERE
When you see moving video features on a web site you are probably looking at Flash which is another Adobe product. Flash creates moving art and design to give you the look of a movie clip. Here are some great reasons if you are in to web design to use Flash.
Enjoy a fast, fluid workflow with Adobe® Flash® CS3 Professional software, featuring a streamlined user interface, advanced video tools, and impressive integration with related software.
Flash has many great features which include : Photoshop and Illustrator import, animation conversion to Action Script, Adobe interface, action script 3 development, advanced debugger, Adobe device control CS3, rich drawing capabilities, user interface components, advanced QuickTime export, sophisticated video tools and time saving coding tools. To learn more about Flash CLICK HERE
There are many more exciting products from Adobe which package together some of the fore mentioned products in to one great product. Check out Adobe if you are in to art and design or want to get the best out of graphical work for web design. Adobe also have tutorials on their site to give you a guiding hand in to using their products. Check out CLICK HERE

A site that I descovered not too long ago is a tutorial site called Cartoon Smart which again is great for art and design and web design. This site has some fantastic tutorials and files to download to help you with. All these tutorials are made with Adobe Flash and has loads of Flash tutorials for you to create and get carried away with for your own web design.
It doesn´t matter if you are a great artist or not as everything is explained in the Flash tutorials for you. There is everything for beginers to professionals so there is something for everyone and the more you learn the better you will become. Now these Flash tutorials are not free because there is a load of files for you to download so you can practice with the tutorials. Justin at Cartoon Smart has been busy and there are all sorts of brilliant Flash courses for you to enjoy.
Now just because you have to pay for these courses does not mean that they are expensive. It's the opposite in fact. Some of the tutoarials are free and this is just to get you started so you don't feel like you are wasting your time and money. The courses range from a simple drawing and animation course of 1 hour for free to complete dynamic web design courses of 15 hours with the longest course being 21 hours of great stuff and all for an incredible $55 with other courses that range from 2 hours, 4 hours etc. for prices at $5, $10, $15,$20 etc. up to the most expensive course of $55. Now who can complain at these prices for the knowledge you will gain. Lets look and see what if on offer from Jason at Cartoon Smart.
All course are available for PC and Mac users so no worries there for anyone. The courses available include : Drawing, Animation, Web Design, Gaming, Action Script, MYSQL, plus a load of free stuff, new stuff and packs. New courses are added on a regular basis so there is always something new to learn. Also, as a subscriber to Cartoon Smart you will recieve discounts on the new courses when they become available.
We are going to pick a few of the courses to let you see what Cartoon Smart has to offer you.
First off is the Drawing package which include : Cartoonist - drawing faces, bodies, clothing and backgrounds, Professional Illustration - realistic faces, retro futurism, title sequenses and comic book art, Shading Techniques, Logo Design, Spokes Characters - art illustration creating advertising spokes characters and Better Drawing - a variety of drawing courses.


The next course we chose is the Web Design package which include : Essential Web Design - beginners to intermediates, Dynamic Web Design - beginners to advanced, Dreamweaver, Smooth Buttons - interactive flash buttons, Dynamic Scrolling Navigation, Carousel Navigation, Super Dynamic Photo Gallery, Corporate Flash Intros and Exciting Flash Ads.


The final course we picked is the Gaming package. How to make your own games. Great! Lets go! Basic Gaming, Classic Games, Games of Chance such as gamblimng slots and roulette like what you would see in online casinos, Isometric Role Playing Game, Guessing Board Game and Mastering More Gaming.


This is truely a great site for learning Flash which can be very valuble in todays world of web design, even as a hobby you can learn so much at a price that is well affordable. Check this site out, man! There is tons of great stuff you could not imagine learning and being able to do it. Awesome site.
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