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Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Illustrator is used to create and develop freehand drawings which can be manipulated and combined with other graphic elements. When used with the Wacom graphics tablet in the Lab, it is a very useful tool for various types of graphic design needs.

Ideas for using Adobe Illustrator
Use this software with the Wacom tablet in order to add freehand drawings to either printed or electronic output.

Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop is a very popular and powerful graphics editing software package. It can be used for everything from simple photo editing to creating complex, multi-layered graphics.

Ideas for using Adobe Photoshop
Useful for creating graphics for any sort of project. Use it to repair damaged photographs, or to alter photographs. Photoshop is also handy for creating and editing graphics for the Web.

Dazzle
Dazzle is used to digitize short video clips or to grab single frames for printing, and it also includes basic editing functions as well as video transitions.

Ideas for using Dazzle
Compile short video presentations complete with music, narrations and transitions for use in electronic presentations, such as PowerPoint, or for print documents.

SOFTWARE TUTORIALS AND ARTICLES ON THE WEB

The links provided below will assist you in learning the basic and advanced features of some of the software that is available in the Student Multimedia Lab.

BASIC VIDEO EDITING:

Windows Movie Maker:
http://www.atomiclearning.com/moviemaker2

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
Photoshop Tutorials
www.ruku.com/pshoptutorials.html

CLIP GALLERY LIVE
Clip Gallery Live 2000
www.frontpages-web-hosting.net/frontpage.Support/
frontpage.hta_4.htm

DAZZLE
Dazzle "How To" Guides
www.dazzle.com/support/howto.html

MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS
Macromedia Fireworks Tutorial www.csis.american.edu/ribiere/english/classes/Creativity/
tutorials/fireworks/fireintro.htm

MICROSOFT ACCESS
M

http://www.atomiclearning.com/moviemaker2

MICROSOFT EXCEL
Learning Microsoft Excel
www.extension.iastate.edu/Pages/Excel/

Microsoft Excel Tutorial
www.baycongroup.com/el0.htm

MICROSOFT WORD
Learning Microsoft Word 97
www.lgta.org/word7/ Microsoft Word Tutorial www.baycongroup.com/word.htm

POWERPOINT
Learning Microsoft PowerPoint 97
www.lgta.org/ppt97/

Learning Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 www.lgta.org/ppt2000/ppt2000.contents.htm