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From Core Photoshop CS5: Get going fast with some of Photoshop's best new tools. Master Trainer Jim Kanter offers two fantastic jumpstarts to explore the new lens correction effects, use the new context-aware tools to clean up problem areas, create fabulous 3D text with Repoussé, and transform a photograph into a painting using the new mixer brush and brush tips controls.

From Core Flash CS5: Create an animated, interactive website header from start to finish. In this free, hands-on segment by best-selling authors Snow Dowd and Robert Reinhardt, you'll get a jumpstart on Flash web development essentials (including code snippets and other cool new CS5 features) by creating a real-world Flash header and interactive menu, and then integrating it into an HTML site structure.

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From RAW Foundations with Adobe Camera Raw & Bridge CS5, by Dan Moughamian:
Noise Reduction in Adobe Camera Raw 6
Adding Film Grain Effect in Adobe Camera Raw 6
Managing Mini-Bridge in Bridge CS5

From Retouching & Image Adjustment with Photoshop CS5, by Dan Moughamian:
HDR Toning
Automated Lens Correction
Overview: Puppet Tool

From Core Illustrator CS5, by Kelly L. Murdock:
Using the Width Tool on Strokes
Using the Artboard Panel
Creating Complex Shapes with the Shape Builder Tool