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Illustrator CS6 New Gradients for Strokes
With Illustrator CS6, we can create variable width strokes to create complex shapes and then apply gradients to the strokes. These new features give us many new options for creating "raster looking" vector digital art.
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art177077.asp

video2brain Adobe Flash Pro CS6 Learn by Video
This video training course is a good choice if you are new to Adobe Flash Professional CS6. The author Joseph Labreque does a great job teaching you the basics of Flash from an introduction to the workspace to exporting for various end projects. I found his teaching approach to be very good.
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art177686.asp

video2brain iBooks Author Workshop
iBooks Author is a great way to self publish your interactive digital book and this online training course by video2brain will help you get that book in the Apple iBookstore. The author, Joseph Linaschke, walks you through building a sample iBook with iBooks Author.
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art177744.asp

How Buttons Work in Kwik 2
In Kwik we can use two types of buttons and the type we choose will determine the number of layers that we need for the button. Let's walk through an example to learn about buttons and button states.
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art177869.asp


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