lynda.com Announces Release of New Video-Based Training for Macromedia Studio 8

OJAI, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 2005--lynda.com announced the immediate availability of seven new video-based training titles that will help users learn Macromedia Studio 8.

To coincide with the availability of the Studio 8 releases from Macromedia, lynda.com has published seven new video-based training titles to its Online Training Library (TM). These online tutorials will help Web designers and developers master the new features of Studio 8. lynda.com's new training titles include: "Dreamweaver 8 New Features," "Dreamweaver 8 Essential Training," "Flash Professional 8 New Features," "Flash Professional 8 Essential Training," "Fireworks 8 Essential Training," "Contribute 3 Essential Training" and "Studio 8 Web Workflow."

"We are excited to be the first training provider to publish a complete training solution for all of the new versions of products included in Macromedia Studio 8," said Lynda Weinman, founder and president of lynda.com. "This is the most significant software release Macromedia has launched in years -- its focus is on the end-user's ease of use, workflow and new features that keep step with new trends and technologies in Web publishing."

Subscriptions to the lynda.com Online Training Library(TM) start at just $25 per month and provide online access to this entire set of video tutorials, as well as more than 140 other titles covering a wide range of software, technologies and techniques. The seven new Macromedia Studio 8 video training titles will be released on CD-ROM for purchase in the lynda.com store by September 30th.

To watch free samples of the new Macromedia Studio 8 tutorials and for more detailed product information, please visit: http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/m...asp?vid=69&h=1

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Learning @ Your Own Pace. lynda.com is an award-winning provider of educational materials, including Hands-On Training(TM) instructional books, video-based training on CD and DVD, self-paced online learning and events for designers, developers, instructors, students and hobbyists. Since 1997, lynda.com has been helping people learn fundamental design principles along with the latest software, technologies and techniques to communicate more effectively in print, on the Web and through motion graphics.

The lynda.com Online Training Library(TM) features over one thousand hours of professionally produced video tutorials covering software and topics related to print and Web design, Web development, typography, audio, video, motion graphics, digital photography, 3D, operating systems and much more. We deliver unbiased training for all the software tools you use from Adobe, Alias, Apple, Corel, Macromedia, Microsoft and others.

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For more information on these and other available training titles, please visit http://www.lynda.com or call 1-888-335-9632.