The Wait is Over: lynda.com Launches "CS4 University" Today— Complete Adobe Creative Suite 4 Online Training

Business Wire, Oct 16, 2008

VENTURA, Calif. -- Award-winning provider of software training videos lynda.com is launching--today--its online training, entitled "CS4 University," for the new Adobe[R] Creative Suite[R] 4 product family. lynda.com has over 100 hours of instructional videos on Creative Suite 4 training, 28 training courses available now (8 additional courses being added by Oct. 23rd), and more planned for the coming months. lynda.com's "CS4U" can be accessed at www.lynda.com/CS4U. The company has also produced training videos that are bundled with the new software, as the exclusive in-the-box video training provider for Adobe Creative Suite 4.

These new Creative Suite 4 courses are the latest additions to over 700 hours of Adobe training already available at lynda.com. The company's other diverse online courses include multiple training sessions for Adobe AfterEffects[R] CS3, Flash CS3 Professional, Illustrator[R] CS3, InDesign[R] CS3, Photoshop[R] CS3, Acrobat[R] 9 Pro, Dreamweaver[R] CS3, Fireworks[R] CS3, Soundbooth[R] CS3, and many others. For a comprehensive list of these courses, please see: http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modListing.asp?vid=74

ABOUT CS4U:

CS4U is comprised of very diverse, specialized course titles that cover virtually every aspect of the Adobe Creative Suite 4 product family. Some of these courses are very advanced, while others include special applications for people working more at the consumer level. All of these courses are designed to help lynda.com's Online Training Library[R] subscribers get the most out of the new Adobe software. Included within these courses are three new series:

* The "New Features" series focuses on what has changed since Adobe Creative Suite 3 software was released.

* The "Getting Started" series is designed to get Creative Suite 4 users up and running quickly.

* The "Essential Training" series supplies the ground-up fundamentals needed to master each application in Creative Suite 4.

Lynda Weinman, co-founder of lynda.com, said, "As the software landscape continually evolves, a lynda.com Online Training Library subscription remains the most comprehensive and efficient way for designers, instructors, students, and hobbyists to keep their skill sets up to date."

"Packed with hundreds of new, innovative features--the Creative Suite 4 product line advances the creative process across print, Web, mobile, interactive, film and video production," said Chad Siegel, group product manager for Creative Suites at Adobe. "lynda.com shows our customers just how to incorporate these innovations within their daily creative workflows with their new training offerings for CS4."

ABOUT LYNDA.COM:

lynda.com is the leading provider of software training videos online. The company's convenient, subscription-based Online Training Library[R] provides on-demand training in all the latest software tools and creative techniques--with videos on Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, digital photography, web design and development, digital video, 3D, animation, and much more. The library also includes videos offering inspiration and insight from today's leading creative professionals.

The company provides visual learning with expert audio narration that allows its customers to stop, rewind, and replay to easily learn at their own pace. Lynda.com customers are offered the ability to learn new software tools, better understand their existing software, and keep their skills sharp. Please visit www.lynda.com.