Mobile Solutions for Business & Life is providing a mobile technology shopping guide for students and parents as they prepare for the back-to-school season. The shopping guide, featured online at laptopmag.com, covers all the essential and cool gear a student needs to tackle another school year: from notebooks to cell phones, from digital cameras to speaker dock/alarm clocks. Plus, the guide offers buying tips and the top Web sites that will help a student get ahead.

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The Painter X Wow! Book continues to delight Painter fans with its many exciting, inspiring examples and techniques for creating fine art, photography, graphic design, multimedia, and film. In this new edition, bestselling author and renowned artist Cher Threinen-Pendarvis takes her readers step-by-step through this revolutionary program, revealing the best practices of many talented digital artists. With her clear, instructive approach, Cher quickly brings beginners up to speed and provides more advanced users with additional insights into the latest creative and productive techniques. New to this edition is coverage of Painter’s latest tools, including the new RealBristle Painting System, Universal Mixer palette, Match Palette effect, Workspace Manager, an enhanced Photo-Painting System, and new composition tools.

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The Painter X Wow! Book continues to delight Painter fans with its many exciting, inspiring examples and techniques for creating fine art, photography, graphic design, multimedia, and film. In this new edition, bestselling author and renowned artist Cher Threinen-Pendarvis takes her readers step-by-step through this revolutionary program, revealing the best practices of many talented digital artists. With her clear, instructive approach, Cher quickly brings beginners up to speed and provides more advanced users with additional insights into the latest creative and productive techniques. New to this edition is coverage of Painter’s latest tools, including the new RealBristle Painting System, Universal Mixer palette, Match Palette effect, Workspace Manager, an enhanced Photo-Painting System, and new composition tools.

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lynda.com Announces Release of InCopy CS3 + InDesign CS3 Integration Eight Hours of Hands-on Tutorials to Incorporate Top Editorial and Layout Applications

lynda.com, the leader in self-paced digital media and design training, today introduced InCopy CS3 + InDesign CS3 Integration.

While Adobe InCopy CS3 and InDesign CS3 are both strong applications on their own, their true power shines when they are used together to create smooth and comprehensive systems for print content management, editing, and layout. In InCopy CS3 + InDesign CS3 Integration, instructor Anne-Marie Concepción teaches users how to take advantage of both applications to collaborate effectively with others on a publication team. She also covers the essentials of creating and editing content, streamlining workflow, and optimizing each application’s features.

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Lynda.com Announces Release of Illustrator CS3 One-on-One: The Essentials Exclusive Training in the Basics of Understanding Adobe Illustrator

lynda.com, the leader in self-paced digital media and design training, today introduced Illustrator CS3 One-on-One: The Essentials.

Ojai, CA (PRWEB) June 8, 2007 — lynda.com, the leader in self-paced digital media and design training, today introduced Illustrator CS3 One-on-One: The Essentials.

Adobe Illustrator has long been the most popular and viable vector-drawing program on the market but, for many, the learning curve is steep. In Illustrator CS3 One-on-One: The Essentials, author and leading industry expert Deke McClelland teaches the key features of Illustrator in a way that anyone can understand. He also goes beyond that, showing users how to get into the Illustrator mindset to make mastering Illustrator simple and easy. The training covers how to use the core drawing and shape tools, the transformation and reshaping features, text and gradients, and color management and printing features. Even if learning Illustrator has been a struggle in the past, this time it is going to make sense.

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Free Content From Top Universities Now Available

CUPERTINO, California—May 30, 2007—Apple® today announced the launch of iTunes® U, a dedicated area within the iTunes Store (www.itunes.com) featuring free content such as course lectures, language lessons, lab demonstrations, sports highlights and campus tours provided by top US colleges and universities including Stanford University, UC Berkeley, Duke University and MIT.

“iTunes U makes it easy for anyone to access amazing educational material from many of the country’s most respected colleges and universities,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of iTunes. “Education is a lifelong pursuit and we’re pleased to give everyone the ability to download lectures, speeches and other academic content for free.”

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DesignSessions: Notes on Design™ INVITES GUEST BLOGGERS AS VISUAL DESIGN SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS KEEPING CONTENT FRESH, RELEVANT

New York – March 5, 2007 – Any visual designer will tell you, it’s a constant challenge to keep technical skills up to date and remain creatively inspired. After all, the visual design world changes at the pace of imagination. To stay on top of the trends – technical, aesthetic, professional – a designer must always be a student of design, looking for new tools and sources of inspiration.

Sessions Online Schools of Art and Design solves this designers challenge by publishing the blog DesignSessions: Notes on Design. The blog delivers the insights of top talent bloggers and editors from the world of design and new media. March authors include the likes of Fred Showker, Founder DT&G Magazine, Bryn Mooth, Editor of HOW Magazine and Terri Stone, Editor of CreativePro.com.

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SESSIONS ONLINE SCHOOLS OF ART AND DESIGN RELEASES TWO NEW FREE LIBRARIES OF VISUAL DESIGN TUTORIALS AND GUIDES

The POP!Library of Visual Design Guides and The Art & Design Video Tutorial Library deliver free instructional content to graphic and web designers at all skill levels

New York – March 21, 2007 – Sessions Online Schools of Art and Design announces two new and free libraries of instructional design content available to designers at all skill levels.

The POP! Visual Design Guide Library and The Art & Design Video Tutorials Library are part of a broader initiative by Sessions to offer the global community of design students valuable tools and resources even if they are not enrolled in one of Sessions over 70 design classes or 15 Certificate Programs.

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CHICAGO –(Business Wire)– DeVry University will introduce a new associate degree program in Web Graphic Design, beginning with two locations in the Atlanta area (Alpharetta and Decatur) and Kansas City in September 2007. Web Graphic Design applies basic graphic and design principles to Web media using application software.

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