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lynda.com, the award-winning provider of online software training and education for consumers, businesses and schools, today announced that it is offering a Certificate of Completion program for its vast Online Training Library.

With more than 550 courses from industry-respected authors and professional trainers in topics ranging from digital photography, Web design, word processing, digital video, animation, and much more, customers may now earn an official Certificate of Completion when they finish a course at lynda.com.

lynda.com is offering banners and links for members to use on their Web sites, blogs or social networking profile. Subscriptions to lynda.com range from $25 for one month to $375 for a Premium annual subscription. All subscriptions provide anytime access to more than 37,000 easy-to-use video tutorials. Premium subscriptions include instructors’ exercise files so that members can follow along with the exact examples onscreen. Customers learn at their own pace and may stop, rewind, and replay segments as often as necessary.

“After 20 years as a graphic designer, I find myself looking for work in a difficult job market like a lot of other people,” said Gale Erwin, a lynda.com user. “I’ve been able to sharpen my skill set through lynda.com and the Certificate of Completion program will help me market these skills to potential employers.”

lynda.com Launches CS4 University: The Complete Source For Adobe Training
Award-winning provider of software training videos lynda.com is celebrating the largest launch in its history of online training for the just-released Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4) product family.

With over 100 hours of instructional videos on Creative Suite 4 training, comprised of 34 different product training tutorials, with dozens of additional courses planned for the coming months; this collection of training is being called "CS4U" and can be accessed at www.lynda.com/CS4U. lynda.com has also produced training videos that are bundled with the software, as the exclusive in-the-box video training provider for Adobe Creative Suite 4.

You can find some free video tutorials at lynda.com for both Photoshop CS3 and Photoshop CS4. Here are the names of the videos from the Photoshop video samples page:

Adobe Photoshop CS4 Essential Training
Welcome
Touring the interface
Arranging panels
Changing screen modes
Making geometric selections
Using adjustment layers & the Adjustment panel
Using the Spot Healing Brush tool
Touring the Camera Raw interface

Adobe Photoshop CS3 One-on-One: The Essentials
Welcome
Combining one image with another
Adjusting colors
Cloning trees
Adding a couple of adjustment layers
Creating a dark and stormy sky
Sharpening the focus of the image
Adding text


You can find some free video tutorials at lynda.com for both Flash Pro CS3 and Flash Pro CS4. Here are the names of the videos from the Flash Pro video samples page:

Adobe Flash CS4 Professional Essential Training
Welcome
Understanding what Flash can do
Becoming familiar with the Flash interface
Customizing keyboard shortcuts
Understanding object and merge drawing
Selecting and modifying shapes
Using the Rectangle and Rectangle Primitive tools
Drawing lines

Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Essential Training
Welcome
Creating a new document
Customizing your workspace
Saving workspaces
The improved Pen tool
The Quick Color tools
Selecting content
Manipulating lines and fills



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