It's always a good idea to know as much as possible about all the tools at your disposal. With a little exploration you might find there are tools out there, other than the obvious Adobe choices, that perfectly suit your daily tasks and workflows.

Our A to Z Design Software learning guide is a great overview on the main software available to designers. 

2014 has witnessed some grand changes made to Adobe Muse; the web design application for Graphic Designers. It's seen an improved interface, greater integration with other Adobe services and all this has helped its vibrant community grow even stronger. We've featured Adobe Muse in several ways recently, and there's more to come!

This series is quite literally all about Style Guides; what they are, why you'd need them, and how others are using them. Over the course of this series, a suitably varied mix of experts share their knowledge of Style Guides, answering questions, lending advice and explaining practical application along the way.

During this series you'll be using Photoshop CS6 to design a simple, clean, three-column portfolio page, with a trending timeline. Once done, you'll move over to a code editor and begin building your finished page for the web. Along the way, you'll learn about the designer > developer workflow, whilst using tools such as Sass and jQuery.

Word of warning: this Session is not for the faint-hearted! Throughout the course of nearly fifty screencasts Adi Purdila will walk you through conception and completion of an entire WordPress blog theme. You'll start out in Photoshop, translate the design into an adaptive HTML and CSS build, then jump over to the next section (Adaptive Blog Theme: From HTML & CSS to WordPress) where you'll rig everything up with WordPress.

There's rarely a better way of learning web design than to watch over someone's shoulder for the duration of a complete project; this is your chance to do just that.