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Hello, lynda.com newsletter subscriber! Welcome to the December 2011 newsletter.	In this edition • Letter from Lynda • New releases • Training coming soon • Testimonials of the month • Tip of the month
Letter from Lynda Welcome to our December 2011 newsletter. Since January of this year (and as of this mailing), we’ve published or updated more than 270 courses (more than 1,000 hours of new content), launched six new series, and produced four Creative Inspirations documentaries! This month, we top off the year with a new selection of audio software and skills courses, online and email marketing courses, and much more. We’re grateful to have been a part of your learning in 2011, and look forward to more in 2012!   Tune into the Audio channel The audiophiles here at lynda.com are excited to release a series of new audio courses, with many more in the pipeline.   In Audio Mixing Bootcamp, veteran producer Bobby Owsinski reveals industry tips 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.     We’ll be covering the key Virtual Instruments in Logic Pro. In this month’s installment, Brian Trifon shows how to improve your production with the ES M Monophonic Synthesizer and ES E Ensemble Synthesizer.    As a thank-you to our members and friends, we’ve made the Pro Tools 10 New Features course available freely to all. David Franz helps you transition to the new version of Pro Tools seamlessly.          Join lynda.com today Stay up to date with access to the Online Training Library®! We are constantly adding new software training courses and inspirational documentaries to help you reach your creative and career goals.          Growing your business We know you’ve relied on lynda.com for your technical training around online technology, and now our Business segment is providing courses that help you decide how to use that knowledge to set up and promote your business.    Effective Email Marketing Strategies 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.   Create Your First Online Store with Drupal Commerce demonstrates the basics of configuring a store, processing a payment, and charging for shipping and taxes, as well as creating, displaying, and categorizing products.   Online Marketing Fundamentals demonstrates the principles of an integrated online marketing strategy, including a look at web site design, social media marketing, search engine marketing, and advertising campaigns.   Design in Motion series We’ve added to our collection of living courses with the release of Design in Motion, which features our own lynda.com video content manager, Rob Garrott. In this series, which provides new videos weekly for members and biweekly for everyone, Rob gives you tips, techniques, and inspiration from the world of motion graphics using After Effects and CINEMA 4D. Design in Motion joins our other regularly updated courses, Deke’s Techniques, InDesign Secrets, and InDesign FX, which all give you short bursts of inspiration and know-how ideal for when you don’t have time to focus on a longer course. We have had great feedback from members on this new, continually updated, dynamic course format.   Tailored instruction for your specific camera Thinking about giving a digital single lens reflex (DSLR) camera as a gift this season? Or did you already treat yourself to a new camera in anticipation of capturing those holiday moments? lynda.com author Ben Long has a new collection of courses designed to teach you both the foundations of good photography and mastery of your particular camera at the same time. Ben’s series covers these popular DSLR models: Shooting with the Canon 60D Shooting with the Nikon D7000 Shooting with the Canon Rebel T3i (600D and Kiss X5) Shooting with the Nikon D5100   Give the gift of knowledge A gift subscription to lynda.com provides anytime access to over 69,000+ easy-to-use video tutorials from experts on Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, web design, digital video and audio, creative inspiration, and much more. Subscriptions are available to fit every budget—from a 1-month membership to a full year’s Premium access. Choose the gift subscription type and denomination that’s right for you, customize your gift message, and set your delivery date. It’s the quick, easy, and thoughtful solution to all your gift-giving needs.   Until next month, happy holidays and happy learning! —Lynda
New releases audio Virtual Instruments in Logic Pro Author: Brian Trifon Duration: 02h 53m Audio Mixing Bootcamp Author: Bobby Owsinski Duration: 08h 53m Pro Tools 10 New Features Author: David Franz Duration: 33m 09s Remixing a Song in Logic Pro Author: Josh Harris Duration: 03h 18m business tools Cleaning Up Your Excel Data Author: Dennis Taylor Duration: 01h 26m FrameMaker 10 Essential Training Author: David Rivers Duration: 04h 23m SharePoint Designer 2010: Branding SharePoint Sites Author: Simon Allardice Duration: 04h 54m PayPal Essential Training Author: Christopher Matthew Spencer Duration: 02h 50m QuickBooks Pro 2012 Essential Training Author: Bonnie Biafore Duration: 05h 21m online marketing Effective Email Marketing Strategies Author: John Arnold Duration: 56m 49s Online Marketing Fundamentals Author: Lorrie Thomas Ross Duration: 01h 47m design Photoshop Masking & Compositing: Fundamentals Author: Deke McClelland Duration: 11h 35m Photoshop Masking & Compositing: Advanced Blending Author: Deke McClelland Duration: 04h 03m design (continued) InDesign Styles in Depth Author: Michael Murphy Duration: 05h 01m developer PostgreSQL 9 with PHP Essential Training Author: Bill Weinman Duration: 04h 45m Up and Running with WebMatrix and ASP.NET Author: Jess Chadwick Duration: 02h 07m Using Regular Expressions Author: Kevin Skoglund Duration: 05h 36m photography Shooting with the Nikon D5100 Author: Ben Long Duration: 03h 02m Shooting with the Canon Rebel T3i (600D and Kiss X5) Author: Ben Long Duration: 03h 16m Food and Drink Photography Author: Bill Robbins Duration: 01h 58m video After Effects Apprentice 12: Tracking and Keying Author: Chris Meyer, Trish Meyer Duration: 02h 16m Avid Media Composer 5 Essential Training Author: Ashley Kennedy Duration: 05h 54m web + interactive Up and Running with Squarespace Author: Garrick Chow Duration: 02h 22m Drupal 7: Reporting and Visualizing Data Author: Tom Geller Duration: 04h 24m Create Your First Online Store with Drupal Commerce Author: Tom Geller Duration: 03h 12m CSS: Core Concepts Author: James Williamson Duration: 08h 49m
Keep an eye on the site for these and many other helpful new courses coming to the Online Training Library® soon: Gmail Essential Training Google Calendar Essential Training Google Docs Essential Training Improving SEO Using Accessibility Techniques Online Marketing Fundamentals Avid Media Composer 6 Essential Training iOS 5 SDK New Features Project Management Fundamentals Start with a Theme: Photography Portfolios in WordPress Java Essential Training Creating and Managing a Blog Network with WordPress Digital Creature Creation in ZBrush, Photoshop, and Maya jQuery Mobile Essential Training Foundations of Audio: Compressors and Dynamics Narrative Portraiture: On Location in Texas with Keith Carter Outlook 2007: Time Management with Calendar and Tasks Photoshop Masking & Compositing: Hair Joomla! 1.6 Essential Training Joomla! 1.7: Access Control Lists in Depth Photoshop for Designers: Color After Effects Apprentice 13: Painting Blender 2.6 Essential Training Color Correction in Final Cut Pro X Foundations of Audio: EQ and Filters Foundations of Photography: Composition iPhone and iPod Touch Essential Training Testimonials of the month Best $25 I spend Just wanted to let you guys know that I really get a lot of value from my monthly subscription to lynda.com. Your training has been very helpful. The courses are very good and the instructors are even better. It also helps to get the newsletter so I know about new or featured courses. You definitely make me feel like my subscription is the best $25 a month I spend in my budget. —Don M. Thanks for transcripts I wanted to share with you my appreciation for the inclusion of transcripts in the training materials! I’ve belonged to lynda.com for years and been very happy with my training, but since having meningitis and a stroke, retaining what I hear has been difficult. However, with the addition of being able to read along, I am retaining as before. Thank you so much! —Kathryn J. Read more great feedback.	Tip of the month You can choose from four different metering modes, depending on the scene you’re trying to capture. Metering modes from Shooting with the Canon Rebel T3i (600D and Kiss X5) Accurate metering is critical to getting good results from your camera. Fortunately, metering technology is so good that your camera should yield correct exposure 80 to 90 percent of the time. To help ensure that your exposures are good, though, your camera offers several metering modes, some of which might be more appropriate for one type of situation than another. To change the metering mode on the Rebel T3i, press the Menu button and go to the second shooting menu. Metering mode is third from the top, and displays your current metering mode. Hit the Set button to display all of the available modes. Evaluative metering divides your scene into a grid, meters each cell of the grid, and then averages all of those results together to come up with a single overall exposure setting. Partial metering meters a circular area that covers about 6.5 percent of the middle of the frame. It’s good for portraits or backlit situations, such as someone sitting in front of a window. Spot metering meters only a very small circle in the middle of the frame. It covers about 2.8 percent of the viewfinder. You’ll use this mode in times you’re facing a high dynamic range situation, when you need to be absolutely certain that you have detail in one particular spot. Center-weighted average metering is like Evaluative metering, but more statistical weight is given to the center of the frame when all of the various meterings are being averaged together. It’s good for backlit situations, but Partial metering probably works better in that scenario. For most of the scenes, Evaluative metering will work fine. In fact, you may find that you never change your metering mode from Evaluative. If you do change your mode, be sure to go back to a metering that’s appropriate for the rest of your shooting after you get your shot. If you’re interested in finding out more about metering, this topic is covered in detail in Foundations of Photography: Exposure.
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