iPod: Build an iPod from scratch using Photoshop. If the iPod that you want does not exist, then let your imagination carry you away. See what you can come up with.
Your Face on a 5 Dollar Bill: Always though that a currency should have your face on it instead of some ODWG (old dead white guy)? This file will show you how to swap in your face to spice things up.
Roast a Friend: Photoshop is a very powerful tool. There are almost no limits to what you can do with it. But with great power comes great responsibility...or something like that. Why not have a little fun and roast a fiend like I did here?
Color Correction: Use Photoshop to touch up photos that did not come out so hot or that need restoration. Here are a few images that you can practice on:
Photoshop Brushes: Brushes are a great tool to create some awesome effect. The key here is not to use them like a brush usually but more like as a stamp. Here are a few to get you started...
Letter E Morph: This is a useful demo to see how to make shapes morph using tweens on the timeline. This should get you familiar with the application and how some of the features work. For slightly more complex shapes, try experimenting with Shape Hints...
Moving Text, Exploring Tweens: Here is anther cool demo to further help with grasping the timeline and tweening. Pick a word and use the movement of that word to show what the word means... You try!
Flying Birds: This is a very rudimentary graphic that touches on a very key understanding in Flash...SYMBOLS! Understanding how symbols work and how the embedding process works is key to the understanding of Flash.
Flash Masking: This is a very useful tool that can achieve some pretty cool effects. Understanding masking layers and how to use them with tweens can unlock a world of possibilities to you. Have a look.
Looping Image or Panorama: So how do you make a short clip that seems like it is continuously running? Well you need to set it up just right so that is a loop with out "slipping." Here are two examples:
Pong, Adding Sound to Your Timeline: Lets see how we can add some sound to our Flash movies. Here is a demo of how to add sound to the timeline. A great web site to get free sounds is Find Sounds.
Spice things up and bring an image to life. This cool effect can be applied to just about any image to add a little pizzazz. Check it out here.