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Shooting with the Canon Rebel T3i (600D and Kiss X5)

with: Ben Long

 
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Shooting with the Canon Rebel T3i (600D and Kiss X5) details the features, controls, and options in the Canon Rebel T3i camera. Author Ben Long provides an overview of a digital single lens reflex (SLR) camera and reviews the Canon Rebel T3i camera's components and basics of operation, including changing lenses, navigating the menus, shooting in Auto mode, and reviewing and managing photos on the camera's LCD screen. The course also covers white balance options, advanced metering and autofocus controls, flash, and shooting HD video, and includes a chapter on sensor and camera maintenance.

Duration: 03h 16m

 
 
    

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Shooting with the Nikon D5100

with: Ben Long

 
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Shooting with the Nikon D5100 details the features, controls, and options in the Nikon D5100 camera. Author Ben Long provides an overview of a digital single lens reflex (SLR) camera and reviews the Nikon D5100 camera's components and basics of operation, including changing lenses, navigating the menus, shooting in Auto mode, and reviewing and managing photos on the camera's LCD screen. The course also covers white balance options, advanced metering and autofocus controls, flash, and shooting HD video, and includes a chapter on sensor and camera maintenance.

Duration: 03h 02m

 
 

Create Your First Online Store with Drupal Commerce

with: Tom Geller

 
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Create Your First Online Store with Drupal Commerce shows how to build an online store using Drupal Commerce, a set of modules that extend Drupal. The course demonstrates the basics of configuring a store, processing a payment, and charging for shipping and taxes, as well as creating, displaying, and categorizing products. The course also explains how to integrate a store into a Drupal site, customize a store's appearance, and increase site traffic using search engine optimization (SEO) techniques. Exercise files accompany the course.

Duration: 03h 12m

 
 

Drupal 7: Reporting and Visualizing Data

with: Tom Geller

 
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Author Tom Geller demonstrates how to use the Views module and other add-ons in Drupal to present dynamic, data-rich content. The course examines several real-world examples of effective data visualization and describes the Drupal data-storage model. The course also shows how to create, format, and style views; control access to data; improve data administration with Views Bulk Operations; and display content as custom maps and slide shows. Exercise files accompany the course.

Duration: 04h 24m

 
 

Up and Running with WebMatrix and ASP.NET

with: Jess Chadwick

 
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This course shows how to use the web development tool WebMatrix to create a dynamic web site that integrates HTML, CSS, and ASP.NET. Author Jess Chadwick explains the basics of creating a site, working with built-in templates, incorporating dynamic logic, and creating a consistent site style. The course also covers how to code with Razor syntax, easily manage data, and use web forms to gather data. Tutorials on security and caching are also included. Exercise files accompany the course.

Duration: 02h 07m

 
 

Effective Email Marketing Strategies

with: John Arnold

 
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In Effective Email Marketing Strategies, John Arnold demonstrates how to get the most out of email marketing campaigns. The course offers strategies for building a quality list of subscribers and maintaining a company's brand and reputation by complying with spam laws, creating valuable email content, and ensuring emails are branded consistently. It also covers crafting marketing emails-from format and design to content-and analyzing the effectiveness of email campaigns.

Duration: 56m 49s

 
 

PayPal Essential Training

with: Christopher Matthew Spencer

 
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In PayPal Essential Training, author Christopher Spencer shows how to send and receive online payments as secure financial transactions using the PayPal service. The course demonstrates linking bank accounts to PayPal, paying for purchases, generating professional invoices, and processing payments via text message. The course also explains how to download and review transaction reports, manage disputes, and increase charitable contributions online. Exercise files accompany the course.

Duration: 02h 50m

 
 

SharePoint Designer 2010: Branding SharePoint Sites

with: Simon Allardice

 
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In SharePoint Designer 2010: Branding SharePoint Sites, Simon Allardice explores using SharePoint Designer 2010 to alter the default appearance of SharePoint web sites. This course covers creating themes and making simple CSS changes to fully restyling a site with master pages and page layout templates. Simon also shows how to aid usability and adoption by providing improved navigation and individual page layouts for site-specific content.

Duration: 04h 54m

 
 

Audio Mixing Bootcamp

with: Bobby Owsinski

 
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In this course, author Bobby Owsinski reveals industry tips, tricks, and techniques for producing professionally mixed audio on any digital audio workstation. The course offers recommendations for setting up an optimal listening environment, highlights the most efficient ways to set up and balance a mix, and shows how to build a powerful sound with compression. The course also explains how to master the intricacies of EQ; incorporate reverb, delay, and modulation effects; and generate the final mix. Exercise files accompany the course.

Duration: 08h 53m

 
 

Drupal Gardens Essential Training

with: Tom Geller

 
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Author Tom Geller demonstrates how to create and publish a complete web site with the powerful tools in Acquia's hosted service, Drupal Gardens. The course shows how to leverage the pre-built page layouts and add custom styling using the ThemeBuilder tool; integrate rich site features, such as surveys, user ratings, and media galleries; and push content to Twitter and Facebook. The course also covers transitioning from a Drupal Gardens site to a self-hosted Drupal site. Exercise files are included with the course.

Duration: 06h 06m

 
 

Drupal 7 Essential Training

with: Tom Geller

 
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Drupal 7 Essential Training shows how to get the most out of Drupal, the content management system (CMS) that powers over a quarter million web sites. The course demonstrates how to download and install Drupal, add content and graphics to a site, change layout and design elements, control visitor interactions, and expand the site's capabilities beyond what's available in Drupal core. Discussion of established best practices in each step to ensure that a site remains streamlined, secure, and up-to-date. Exercise files are included with the course.

Duration: 07h 23m

 
 

PostgreSQL 9 with PHP Essential Training

with: Bill Weinman

 
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In this course, author Bill Weinman shows how to architect PostgreSQL databases and integrate them into web applications using PHP. The course covers the basics of creating tables, storing data with data types, and working with expressions, operators, and strings. The course also explores the differences between the PDO and pgsql interfaces and demonstrates managing a database in PHP. Exercise files accompany the course.

Duration: 04h 45m

 
 

Marian Bantjes, Graphic Artist

with: Marian Bantjes

 
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Graphic designer Marian Bantjes has collaborated with numerous design legends, including Debbie Millman from Sterling Brands, Michael Bierut and Paula Scher from Pentagram/NY, Sean Adams from AdamsMorioka, and Stefan Sagmeister-all of whom are featured in this film. This Creative Inspirations was shot on location in Toronto, Vancouver, New York, Los Angeles, and Marian's home and workspace near Vancouver, where Marian shares her views on design and designers. We also visit her distinctive one-woman show at the Ontario College of Art & Design.

In Bonus Features, Marian talks about her creative process at the Ontario College of Art & Design in Toronto.

Duration: 53m 23s

 
 

Virtual Instruments in Logic Pro

with: Brian Trifon

 
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Author Brian Trifon shows how to improve music and audio productions using virtual instruments in Logic Pro. The course tours the program's virtual instruments, including the ES2 hybrid synthesizer, Sculpture physical modeling synthesizer, EFM1 FM synthesizer, the EVOC 20 vocoder, the Ultrabeat drum synthesizer, and the EXS24 sampler, and shows how to achieve various effects with each instrument's parameters. The course also covers working with oscillators and filters, understanding signal flow, creating custom synthesizer patches, adding effects, synthesizing speech, creating a library of custom sound samples, and much more. Exercise files accompany the course.

Virtual Instruments with Logic Pro will be updating on a monthly basis, eventually covering all the virtual instruments in the application. Look for the latest movies here and on the lynda.com blog.

Duration: 55m 05s

 
 

FrameMaker 10 Essential Training

with: David Rivers

 
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In this course, author David Rivers shows how to build technical documents from the ground up with FrameMaker 10. The course covers adding and formatting text; customizing page layout; and incorporating lists, graphics, and tables. The course also introduces document-editing tools and demonstrates working with footnotes and cross-references, generating book files from multiple documents, building indexes, and creating different versions of a document with conditional tags. Exercise files accompany the course.

Duration: 04h 23m

 
 

Bert Monroy, Digital Painter and Illustrator

with: Bert Monroy

 
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Renowned artist Bert Monroy is known for his hyperrealistic style of extremely large format Photoshop illustrations. As an early adopter of digital imaging tools, he has been working with Photoshop since before it was released as a product by Adobe. He is the author of several books that showcase his illustrations and digital paintings, co-authored the very first book about Photoshop, and has authored numerous courses on photorealism for lynda.com. He is the former host of the long-running podcast Pixel Perfect with Bert Monroy , and an inductee of the Photoshop Hall of Fame. This installment of Creative Inspirations takes viewers inside the home studio and the personal world of this modern-day master. Watch as Bert adds the finishing touches to his largest digital image yet, a 25-foot wide digital illustration of New York's Times Square.

In Bonus Features, Bert talks about the differences between digital and traditional art and how he chooses reference material for his paintings.

Duration: 53m 06s

 
 

Photoshop Masking & Compositing: Fundamentals

with: Deke McClelland

 
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Photoshop Masking and Compositing: Fundamentals is the introductory installment of Deke McClelland's four-part series on making photorealistic compositions in Photoshop. The course shows how to make selections, refine the selections with masks, and then combine them in new ways, using layer effects, blend modes, and other techniques to create a single seamless piece of artwork. Deke introduces the Channels panel and the alpha channel, the key to masking and transparency in Photoshop; reviews the selection tools, including the Color Range tool , Quick Mask mode, and the Refine Edge command; and shows how to blend masked images so they interact naturally. Exercise files accompany the course.

Duration: 11h 35m

 
 

Up and Running with Squarespace

with: Garrick Chow

 
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Up and Running with Squarespace shows how to create and manage interactive web sites with ease, using the Squarespace publishing platform. Author Garrick Chow covers the basics of setting up an account, navigating the user interface, and adding text, images, and video to a site. The course also covers customizing the appearance and behavior of pages, adding components such as photo galleries and Google maps, managing the site, and tracking visitor statistics.

Duration: 02h 22m

 
 

Cleaning Up Your Excel Data

with: Dennis Taylor

 
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In this course, Dennis Taylor explores the functions, commands, and techniques in Excel that restructure data, remove unwanted characters, convert date data into the desired format, and prepare data for efficient analysis. This course helps get data from a business management system file, other database software, a text file, or a poorly designed Excel worksheet into optimal shape for working with in Excel. Exercise files are included with the course.

Duration: 01h 26m

 
 

eBay for Buyers Essential Training

with: Christopher Matthew Spencer

 
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eBay for Buyers Essential Training shows how to shop in the international online marketplace, from finding and evaluating items and sellers to making purchases safely. The course offers tips and tricks for getting the best prices from trustworthy sellers, searching for goods, bidding, disputing transactions, and finding help through eBay Customer Support, educational resources, and communities.

Duration: 03h 24m

 
 

eBay for Sellers Essential Training

with: Christopher Matthew Spencer

 
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In eBay for Sellers Essential Training, Christopher Spencer shows how to understand the selling process on eBay, including community rules and best practices, resources and support, and creating compelling listings. The course explores how to review active and completed listings, establish the value of merchandise, and list products. The course also covers using advanced search techniques, managing payments, and setting up an eBay Store.

Duration: 03h 55m

 
 

Shooting with the Canon 60D

with: Ben Long

 
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Shooting with the Canon 60D details the features, controls, and options in the Canon EOS 60D camera. Author Ben Long provides an overview of a digital single lens reflex (SLR) camera and reviews the components and operation of the Canon 60D camera, including changing lenses, navigating the menus, shooting in Auto mode, and reviewing and managing photos on the camera's LCD screen. The course also covers white balance options, advanced metering and autofocus controls, flash, and shooting HD video, and includes a chapter on sensor and camera maintenance.

Duration: 03h 29m

 
 

Shooting with the Nikon D7000

with: Ben Long

 
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Shooting with the Nikon D7000 details the features, controls, and options in the Nikon D7000 camera. Author Ben Long provides an overview of a digital single lens reflex (DSLR) camera and reviews the Nikon D7000 camera's components and basics of operation, including changing lenses, navigating the menus, shooting in Auto mode, and reviewing and managing photos on the camera's LCD screen. The course also covers white balance options, advanced metering and autofocus controls, flash, and shooting HD video, and includes a chapter on sensor and camera maintenance.

Duration: 03h 33m

 
 

Edge First Look

with: Mordy Golding

 
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This course introduces Edge, an Adobe design tool that uses web standards for incorporating smooth animations and interactivity. Author Mordy Golding explains how and when to use Edge and demonstrates creating motion content in the application's timeline-based interface. The course also covers importing and keyframing web graphics and adding interactivity to projects. Exercise files accompany the course.

Duration: 01h 03m

 
 

Managing and Analyzing Data in Excel

with: Dennis Taylor

 
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In Managing and Analyzing Data in Excel, Dennis Taylor shares easy-to-use database commands and methods for maintaining an Excel database. The course covers sorting, adding subtotals, auto-filtering, and using the Excel Advanced Filter feature and specialized database functions. Exercise files accompany the course.

Duration: 01h 32m

 
 

Music Editing for TV and Film in Pro Tools

with: Skye Lewin

 
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In Music Editing for TV and Film in Pro Tools, music editor and producer Skye Lewin demonstrates audio editing techniques for cutting music to picture using Pro Tools, including the basics of timecode, syncing a QuickTime movie with the Pro Tools timeline, alignment of music to picture, editing music, and editorial techniques that may require editing rights. The course also covers creating alternative edits, conforming edits, and exporting QuickTime movies for presentation. Exercise files accompany the course.

Duration: 03h 29m

 
 

Building and Monetizing Game Apps for iOS

with: Todd Perkins

 
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Author Todd Perkins uses Objective-C and Xcode to build Mole It!, a full-featured game app for the iPhone and iPad that can be downloaded for free from the iOS App Store. The finished app implements Game Center functionality as well as channels for generating revenue. The course introduces the open-source gaming framework cocos2d and explains the fundamental classes necessary for creating a game. The course also shows how to incorporate multi-touch capabilities, customize a game's appearance, set up iAds and in-app purchasing, and configure leaderboards that record and display scores. Exercise files accompany the course.

Duration: 02h 56m

 
 

Up and Running with Flash Media Server 4.5

with: Lisa Larson-Kelley

 
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In Up and Running with Flash Media Server 4.5, author Lisa Larson-Kelley shows how to deliver media across multiple platforms and devices with video streaming protocols such as Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP), HTTP Dynamic Streaming (HDS), and HTTP Live Streaming (HLS). The course defines basic streaming terminology and shows how to capture and stream video, add DVR functionality, and write server-side code. The course also includes a simple project that demonstrates how to create a two-way video conferencing application. Exercise files accompany the course.

Duration: 02h 31m

 
 

Setting Up a Database in Excel

with: Dennis Taylor

 
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In this course, author Dennis Taylor shows how to use Excel for creating a simple database. The course explains the limits of Excel as a data management tool and spells out the design considerations for creating a database. It also demonstrates using tables to simplify database creation as well as the Form and Data Validation tools to manage data. Exercise files are included with the course.

Duration: 43m 27s

 
 

Create Animated Rollovers with jQuery and Dreamweaver

with: Chris Converse

 
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In this project-based course, author Chris Converse brings interactivity to a sample video gallery using the open-source JavaScript library jQuery. Working in Dreamweaver, Chris shows how to animate the captions and play icon, extend the thumbnails into filmstrips, and modify the filmstrip backgrounds to change on rollover using CSS. Exercise files accompany the course.

Take a look at the finished web site here.

Duration: 28m 13s

 
 

Create Animated Rollovers with jQuery

with: Chris Converse

 
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In this project-based course, author Chris Converse brings interactivity to a sample video gallery using the open-source JavaScript library jQuery. Working in a coding environment, Chris shows how to animate the captions and play icon, extend the thumbnails into filmstrips, and modify the filmstrip backgrounds to change on rollover using CSS. Exercise files accompany the course.

Take a look at the finished web site here.

Duration: 29m 26s

 
 

Time Management Fundamentals

with: Dave Crenshaw

 
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Effective time management is an indispensible skill. In Time Management Fundamentals, Dave Crenshaw explains how to sensibly allocate time in order to achieve greater productivity. Starting with an exploration of productivity styles, Dave details a set of principles for staying organized, consolidating the workspace, keeping a clear mind, and developing a time budget. Also covered are techniques for managing a full inbox, processing email, and reserving time for the most important activities. Exercise files accompany the course.

Duration: 02h 44m

 
 

After Effects Apprentice 11: 3D Space

with: Chris Meyer, Trish Meyer

 
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This installment of the After Effects Apprentice series introduces 3D space in After Effects. Authors Chris and Trish Meyer highlight key design considerations for working in 3D and provide step-by-step instructions for enhancing a scene with 3D lights and cameras. The course explores integration between Photoshop and After Effects, including modeling 3D objects with Repoussé extrusions and creating dimensional still images, and offers tips on using the different Axis Modes and maintaining maximum quality in 3D. Exercise files accompany the course.

The After Effects Apprentice videos on lynda.com were created by Trish and Chris Meyer and are designed to be used on their own and as a companion to their book After Effects Apprentice. We are honored to host these tutorials in the lynda.com Online Training Library®.

Duration: 03h 22m

 
 

Creating an Adaptive Web Site for Multiple Screens

with: Ray Villalobos

 
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Creating an Adaptive Web Site for Multiple Screens demonstrates how to build a web site that automatically adapts its layout to various screen sizes, orientations, and resolutions. Ray Villalobos shows how designers and developers can create a single HTML document and customize its display for desktop browsers and mobile devices such as the iPhone, Android phones, and tablets. The course covers creating a basic HTML5 structure and using reset templates, and styling the site with CSS. Exercise files are included with the course.

Duration: 03h 08m

 
 

Word 2010: Styles in Depth

with: Mariann Siegert

 
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In Word 2010: Styles in Depth, author Mariann Siegert shows how to use Word styles to help save time in creating consistent and well-designed documents. The course demonstrates how to create, apply, and modify styles, as well as how to format documents with styles. It also covers generating tables of contents, building Quick Styles and style sets, and restricting styles in protected documents. Exercise files accompany the course.

Duration: 03h 12m

 

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