Thursday, January 12

Learning Resources: Lynda.com & E-Books from the Library

The UM library has many resources that can help you learn some nifty tricks for using Adobe's Creative Suite. For instance, UM students are provided with access to premier training videos from Lynda.com, several of which we will use in this course. For a preview of these and other tutorials, you can go to this website to access the University of Miami Libraries' Lynda.com account:

There are also some great electronic book available through Safari Tech Books Online via the Richter Library. Access them through this page:
http://www.library.miami.edu/search/eresources/ebooks.php?pt_id=Books (scroll down to "Safari Tech Books Online"). Search for Adobe Creative Suite, Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign.

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