Welcome to the November 2006 lynda.com newsletter. It's been another busy month at lynda.com: we've released a bunch of new training titles in the Online Training Library™, published five new podcasts, and produced a new H•O•T Tip on managing fonts. We're also offering a great deal for Flashforward@Macworld. Enjoy!
In this edition
• New Releases
• Money-Saving Bundles
• lynda.com News
• lynda.com Podcasts
• Training Coming Soon
• H•O•T Tip of the Month
• Testimonials of the Month
• Flashforward@Macworld
• Upcoming Events
New releases
Getting Started with Quark Interactive Designer with Ted LoCascio
Running time: 1.5 hrs. (Online Exclusive)
Photoshop Elements 5 Essential Training with Deke McClelland
Running time: 13 hrs. (Online/Coming Soon to DVD-ROM)
Photoshop CS2 Mastering Camera Raw with Deke McClelland
Running time: 12 hrs. (Online/DVD-ROM)
FileMaker Pro 8.5 Essential Training with Cris Ippolite
Running time: 8.5 hrs. (Online/CD-ROM)
Inspector for FileMaker Pro 8.5 Advanced with Vincenzo Menanno
Running time: 0.75 hrs. (Online Exclusive)
Font Management with Ted LoCascio
Running time: 8.75 hrs. (Online/CD-ROM)
FileMaker Pro 8.5 New Features with Cris Ippolite
Running time: 1.5 hrs. (Online Exclusive)
After Effects 7 and Flash 8 Integration with Lee Brimelow
Running time: 2.5 hrs. (Online/CD-ROM)
Flex 2 Beyond the Basics with David Gassner
Running time: 6 hrs. (Online/CD-ROM)
Acrobat 8 Essential Training with Brian Wood
Running time: 9.5 hrs. (Online/Coming Soon to CD-ROM)
Money-Saving Bundles
Save up to 30% when you purchase Special Bundles of books and training videos from the lynda.com store! We package recommended combinations of books and training and offer you great deals. Here are just a couple of our current featured Bundles:
Dreamweaver 8 Essential Training Bundle Includes:
Dreamweaver 8 Essential Training
Dreamweaver H•O•T book
List price: $194.94
Your price: $174.95
You save: $19.99
Flash 8 Beyond the Basics Bundle Includes:
Flash Professional 8 Beyond the Basics
ActionScript 2.0 Beyond the Basics
Flash Professional 8 Beyond the Basics H•O•T book
List price: $344.89
Your price: $249.95
You save: $94.94
See more of our Special Bundles at
http://www.lynda.com/store/category.aspx?categoryID=77
lynda.com News
Case Studies on lynda.com Customers: This Could Be You!
Did you get a new job or a promotion with help from lynda.com training? Has your business expanded or did you make a career change?
The latest addition to lynda.com is the new Customer Success Stories page located at http://www.lynda.com/casestudies/. Here you can read real-world tales from lynda.com users who turned their newfound knowledge into personal and professional success. To be considered for our Customer Success Stories page, submit your story.
Podcasts from lynda.com
Covering everything from application tips and tricks to updates on new training titles and events to interviews with industry professionals, lynda.com podcasts are well worth the download. This month, we've talked about:
Episode 35: Photoshop Filters
Episode 36: eBay Essential Training
Episode 37: After Effects 7 Title Design Techniques
Episode 38: Font Management
Episode 39: Photoshop CS2: Mastering Camera Raw
http://www.lynda.com/podcasts/
Keep an eye on the site for these and other great new titles coming to the Online Training Library™ and the lynda.com store soon:
Acrobat 8 Beyond the Basics
Building an Online Shopping Cart
Poser 7 Essential Training
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Best Practices for Organizing Fonts by Ted LoCascio
If you decide to organize fonts manually, consider implementing a system that works best with the way you use your fonts.
The font folders in Mac OSX will recognize fonts that are placed in subfolders. Therefore, you can create a library system using labeled folders. Here are some examples of systems you could use:
1. Alphabetically by family name. For a lot of creative professionals, this is the easiest way to organize fonts. Depending on how many fonts you're working with, you may choose to create a subfolder for each letter of the alphabet, or use letter groupings, such as A-E, F-H, and so on.
2. By classification. Some may choose to label font subfolders according to their type, such as serif, sans serif, script, handwriting, etc.
3. By job name or number. If your production workflow already has a labeling system implemented, why not use the same method to organize your font library? This method may help you identify where each font came from. However, it can also create duplicate problems.
4. By client. Design agencies may want to consider setting up subfolders by client name. However, this method may also lead to duplicate problems.
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Events
lynda.com will be exhibiting at the following events. Feel free to stop by and say hi, and check out our show specials.
http://www.lynda.com/events/
Macworld Conference & Expo
When: January 8-12, 2007
Where: The Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA
Booth: 716
Flashforward@Macworld
Flashforward@Macworld
When: January 8-9, 2007
Where: The Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA
For the first time, the world's largest and longest-running Flash conference is coming to the Macworld Conference & Expo! Flashforward@Macworld is one of the Power Tools Conference tracks, and offers several sessions of Mac-focused Flash® education during the first two days of Macworld San Francisco 2007.
http://www.macworldexpo.com/
Macworld is offering 15% off all levels of conference passes (including a full Platinum pass) with this discount code: D-FFA. This discount expires on December 11, along with early bird pricing, so register soon!
All Flashforward@Macworld sessions will demonstrate the latest Flash and Flex development tools running directly in Mac OS X, and will focus on Mac platform integration and workflow topics. Speakers include Mike Downey, Mike Chambers, Justin Everett-Church, Aral Balkan, Robert Reinhardt, Michael Ninness, and Chris Georgenes.
Read more about the conference sessions and about the speakers who will be participating in Flashforward@Macworld:
http://www.flashforwardconference.com/sessions
http://www.flashforwardconference.com/speakers
Lynda Weinman will kick off the proceedings, and lynda.com will have its biggest presence ever on the Expo floor. As part of the price of the conference pass, you'll be able to attend Steve Jobs' keynote address as well. We hope you'll join us.
Bookmark http://www.lynda.com/events/ to keep up with our busy schedule.
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