If you use any of the Adobe products (and there are plenty to choose from) you may want to add to Adobe TV to your regular schedule. And you can do this at work, at your desk, and not be guilty of goofing off. Adobe TV is a series of videos on, naturally, Adobe products. There are photography, designer, video professional, and developer channels -- although there is a lot of overlap with the same video often appearing in two or three channels. Sort the shows by date, popularity, or viewer ratings. It's a mixed bag of quality although most are quite nicely done.

A Few of the Adobe TV Shows

Dr. Brown's Photoshop Laboratory is goofy, cheesy, entertaining, and ultimately educational. I'd prefer a little less of the silliness and more of the how-to, but still a fun, useful series of shows. When demonstrating the actual Photoshop steps it helps to view full-screen.

Lynda.com Training for Designers shows are fast-paced and get right to the point quickly. Covering InDesign, Illustrator, and other programs these are excerpts from the Online Training Library at lynda.com.

Layers TV is a video podcast from Layers Magazine. The shows look and sound good and they focus on practical projects and problem-solving. These tutorials are more for people who are already quite familiar with the programs and know the basic tools and how they work but might not know all the little tricks and shortcuts.

XTrain Digital Arts and Design offers tips and procedures for doing specific tasks or creating a complete project. Some focus on the software and others talk about types of documents. Videos include creating a book in InDesign, a brief talk on the purpose of a brochure, manipulating colors in Illustrator, and converting pixel images to vector images.

This is just a tiny sampling of the shows available at Adobe TV. Tune in. What are your favorite Adobe TV programs?