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Greetings from the Online Training Library® at lynda.com! We are pleased to announce:             Acrobat X: Creating Forms with: Claudia McCue   In Acrobat X: Creating Forms, author Claudia McCue shows how to design a form from scratch in Word, Illustrator, or InDesign-or from an existing electronic document. The course shows how to add interactive fields like check boxes, buttons, drop-down lists, and digital signature fields; how to add field calculations like sum or average; and how to use JavaScript for more advanced calculations. The course also covers how to enable forms for Acrobat Reader users, add security to a form, distribute it via email or the web, and collect data from recipients. Exercise files are included with the course. duration: 02h 27m          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.            Character Rigging in Maya with: George Maestri   Character Rigging in Maya provides a basic introduction to rigging theory, and delves into the details of how to create professional, realistic 3D characters. Instructor and animation veteran George Maestri shows how to combine Maya's skeleton, inverse kinematics (IK), and constraint tools to create a basic rig for a character, and how to attach the character mesh to the skeleton using Maya's skinning tools. The course also explores advanced rigging controls such as IK switches and facial animation and how to create a control panel to manipulate the character's expressions. Exercise files accompany the tutorials. duration: 04h 37m     Painter 12 Essential Training with: John Derry   In Painter 12 Essential Training, John Derry, one of the original Corel Painter authors, demonstrates the creative techniques that will get beginners up and running, and shows old hands the new features that can get a creative vision out of the head and on to the canvas. The course demonstrates how to create projects, use Painter brushes and painting styles, build templates, and work with layers and channels. The course also shows how to set up a Wacom tablet to interface with Painter. Exercise files are included with the course. duration: 05h 29m     Virtual Instruments in Logic Pro with: Brian Trifon   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. duration: 08h 11m     Up and Running with Tumblr with: Justin Seeley   In this course, author Justin Seeley shows how to share content quickly and easily using the Tumblr microblogging platform. The course walks through creating an account, setting preferences, choosing a theme, and adding Facebook and Twitter integration, as well as creating audio, video, and text posts; building custom themes with CSS and HTML; and publishing posts remotely. The course also covers working with pages, creating page templates, and tracking blog traffic with Google Analytics. Exercise files accompany the course. duration: 02h 42m     Deke's Techniques with: Deke McClelland   Deke's Techniques is a collection of short Photoshop and Illustrator projects and creative effects that can be completed in ten minutes or less. The series is taught by computer graphics guru Deke McClelland, and presented in his signature step-by-step style. The intent is to reveal how various Photoshop and Illustrator features can be combined and leveraged in real-world examples so that they can be applied to creative projects right away. New techniques will be added to the collection each week. Exercise files accompany the course. duration: 15h 01m     Access 2007: Forms and Reports in Depth with: Adam Wilbert   In this course, author Adam Wilbert shows how to manage data entry and reporting tasks using Access 2007. The course covers designing forms, organizing and displaying data with form controls, creating flexible queries, and building a form-based navigation system. The course also shows how to build reports from wizards and queries, highlight important data with conditional formatting, and automate reporting processes with macros. Exercise files accompany the course. duration: 03h 37m     Access 2010: Forms and Reports in Depth with: Adam Wilbert   In this course, author Adam Wilbert shows how to manage data entry and reporting tasks using Access 2010. The course covers designing forms, organizing and displaying data with form controls, creating flexible queries, and building a form-based navigation system. The course also shows how to build reports from wizards and queries, highlight important data with conditional formatting, and automate reporting processes with macros. Exercise files accompany the course. duration: 03h 07m     Nuke 6 New Features with: Steve Wright   Author Steve Wright explores the new features found in the 3D digital compositor Nuke 6. The course introduces the RotoPaint node for drawing and painting effects, the Keylight keyer for creating mattes and composites, and the SplineWarp node for warping images. The course also explains how to merge keys, animate with keyframes, and create image-based blurs. Exercise files accompany the course. Nuke 6 New Features was created and produced by Steve Wright. We are honored to host his material in the lynda.com Online Training Library®. duration: 04h 06m     Interaction Design Fundamentals with: David Hogue   Interaction design focuses on creating interfaces, systems, and devices revolving around user behavior. In this course, author David Hogue sheds light on designing effective interactions for any digital medium. The course explores the interaction design process, explains how interaction designers work and the tools they use, and details the five essential principles of interaction design: consistency, visibility, learnability, predictability, and feedback. The course also introduces basic psychological concepts and examines the roles of context, motivation, and perception in a design; offers navigation best practices; and shows how to design for motivation and behavior and provide feedback to visitors. Exercise files accompany the course. duration: 03h 18m     2012 SBIFF Directors' Panel: Directors on Directing with: SBIFF   As the presenting sponsor of the 27th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival, lynda.com is once again pleased to open the door to four entertainment industry panels that feature some of Hollywood's top talent from the world of producers, directors, and screenwriters. Panelists are carefully chosen during the awards season and include many you'll see on the Golden Globes® and the Oscars®. Moderated by Peter Bart (vice president and editorial director from Variety) the Directors on Directing panel features a who's who of Oscar®-nominated directors on their way to the Kodak Theatre on February 26, 2012. With a dynamic range of films, from feature animation to comedy to silent films, this panel offers a diverse group of opinions and stories from the set. Gore Verbinski (Rango) was shocked that voice actors were recorded one at time, so he arranged for his ensemble cast to be recorded at the same time to take full advantage of the actors' comedic interactions. Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist ) talks about the challenge of getting a black-and-white silent film made in the 21st century. Terry George (The Shore) tells how he found humor in the serious subject of the conflict in Northern Ireland. Chris Miller (Puss in Boots) leaves room for improvisation in his script with his three main characters, two cats and an egg. Jennifer Yuh Nelson (Kung Fu Panda 2) shares her darker moments during production, assuring a nervous studio (a year into production) that everything will work out-despite having nothing to show them. Paul Feig (Bridesmaids ), discovering the brilliant performance of actress Melissa McCarthy in rehearsals, rewrote parts of the script to take better advantage of her comedic genius. All of the directors speak candidly about the importance of great casting, a strong story, and the ability to listen to their audience through prerelease testing. duration: 54m 56s     2012 SBIFF Producers' Panel: Movers & Shakers with: SBIFF   As the presenting sponsor of the 27th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival, lynda.com is once again pleased to open the door to four entertainment industry panels that feature some of Hollywood's top talent from the world of producers, directors, and screenwriters. Panelists are carefully chosen during the awards season and include many you'll see on the Golden Globes® and the Oscars®. Moderated by Patrick Goldstein (Los Angeles Times columnist for "The Big Picture"), the festival lit up the marquee with a panel of Oscar®-nominated producers you'll certainly see on the red carpet on February 26, 2012. These professionals cover a wide range of films, from huge-budget effects movies to smaller, ensemble-casted dramas. Graham King (Hugo), who marks his fourth film with director Martin Scorsese, tells how they worked together to shoot their first 3D film-and their first with kids and animals. Mike De Luca (Moneyball ) needed to develop a working relationship with Major League Baseball, who had final cut on his film. Bill Pohlad (The Tree of Life) talks about the 10 years it took to green light his film and the obstacles along the way. Jim Burke (The Descendants) worked with director Alexander Payne to put every dollar on the screen while shooting in Hawaii, known to be an expensive location. Letty Aronson (Midnight in Paris) shares the unique working relationship she has with director (and brother) Woody Allen. Despite the impressive resumes of all of these producers, getting every one of these feature films to the screen presented new challenges. duration: 50m 22s     iPad Tips and Tricks with: Christopher Breen   In iPad Tips and Tricks, author Christopher Breen provides expert tips for getting the most out of the Apple iPad (first generation) and iPad 2, including gesturing, typing, and adding content, as well as troubleshooting common device issues. The course explains how to download and manage apps, configure email accounts, create presentations, and set up videoconferences. The course also demonstrates both built-in and third-party solutions for opening and editing files, streaming video and audio wirelessly, and troubleshooting common device issues. duration: 04h 06m     InDesign FX with: Michael Rankin   InDesign FX is a collection of self-contained effects projects designed to be completed in ten minutes or less. Taught by expert Mike Rankin, the series explores every aspect of InDesign's graphic effects capabilities through real-world examples, all without relying on Photoshop or Illustrator. The intent is to reveal the quick, practical, and sometimes surprising application of InDesign effects to creative projects. New InDesign FX installments will be released every other week. Exercise files accompany the course. duration: 02h 20m     Invaluable: Developing Your Business Savvy with: Dave Crenshaw   Dave Crenshaw's Invaluable series reveals how to build a career improvement plan by increasing personal productivity, pursuing different avenues for self-education, and setting up a documented standard of performance. This installment in the series, Developing Your Business Savvy, explains how understanding your company, your role, and the future of your industry will enhance your value as an employee and advance your talents and career. The course covers how to increase savvy by researching market trends, enhancing your product and service knowledge, and understanding customers and their complaints. Exercise files are included with the course. duration: 53m 59s     CSS: Page Layouts with: James Williamson   CSS: Page Layouts introduces basic layout concepts, gives advice on how to create properly structured HTML based on prototypes and mockups, and goes into critical page layout skills such as floats and positioning. Author James Williamson shows how to combine these techniques to create fixed, fluid, and responsive layouts. Designers are also shown how to enhance their pages through the creative use of CSS techniques like multi-column text, opacity, and the background property. Exercise files are included with this course. duration: 08h 57m     Narrative Portraiture: Portraits of Two Texas Artists with: Chris Orwig   In the Narrative Portraiture series, photographer and teacher Chris Orwig explores how to use location and natural light to create images that tell stories about their subjects and produce a strong emotional connection. In this installment, Chris travels to Texas to visit two artists: David Cargill, a Beaumont sculptor who works with bronze and marble, and Charles Stagg, another Beaumont sculptor but in recycled and found materials. Chris takes their portraits and spends time discussing the composition and lighting in each session. Chris also reviews the photos he took, and discusses the gear he used and the lessons he learned while visiting with and photographing these artists. duration: 01h 29m     2012 SBIFF Screenwriters' Panel: It Starts with the Script with: SBIFF   As the presenting sponsor of the 27th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival, lynda.com is once again pleased to open the door to four entertainment industry panels that feature some of Hollywood's top talent. Panelists are carefully chosen during the awards season and include many you'll see on the Golden Globes® and Oscars®. Moderated by Anne Thompson from indieWIRE, the It Starts with the Script panelists share their stories of script development, writer's block, book adaptation, and, most of all, tenacity, on the way to getting their movies to the screen. Mike Mills (Beginners) tells us about turning his own story about his father into a screenplay. Will Reiser (50/50) also turned a life experience, his personal battle with cancer, into a comedy starring his best friend Seth Rogen. Jim Rash (The Descendants ) walks us through his process as he turned the book by Kaui Hart Hemmings into a film nominated for five Academy Awards®. Tate Taylor (The Help) was roommates with author Kathryn Stockett, who wrote the best-selling book; he finished the screenplay (and owned the rights) before the book was even published. Writer J. C. Chandor (Margin Call) wrote about the financial markets, having grown up with his father immersed in that world. With all of these brilliant writers, "write what you know" became their life's mantra while they worked on their screenplays. They share funny and poignant anecdotes about their experiences and processes on the way to the big screen. duration: 59m 16s     2012 SBIFF Women's Panel: Women in the Biz with: SBIFF   As the presenting sponsor of the 27th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival, lynda.com is once again pleased to open the door to four entertainment industry panels that feature some of Hollywood's top talent. Panelists are carefully chosen during the awards season and include many you'll see on the Golden Globes® and Oscars®. Moderated by Madelyn Hammond from Madelyn Hammond & Associates, the Creative Forces: Women in the Business panel features five talented producers whose films have been nominated for multiple awards-from drama and comedy to animation and independent short film. Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Picture Paris) talks about her short film written by husband/writer Brad Hall. A multi-award winning actress, Louis-Dreyfus describes her journey to the other side of the camera as producer. Dede Gardner (Tree of Life) tells us why Fox Searchlight Pictures chose not to include images of star Brad Pitt while promoting the film. Melissa Cobb ( Kung Fu Panda 2) talks to the organic process of producing an animated feature that allows an ongoing evolution of the story during production. Denise Ream (Cars 2) also shares her journey in feature animation though the creative juggernaut that is Pixar Animation. And Leslie Urdang (Beginners) talks about the experiences of working with legendary actor Christopher Plummer, who was presented with the Modern Master Award at this year's festival. These powerful forces in feature filmmaking offer an inside look at why women are no longer excluded from any role in production they choose. All it takes is desire and a lot of hard work. duration: 32m 50s     Create a Rotating Carousel with jQuery with: Chris Converse   In this course, author Chris Converse shows how to implement and customize an interactive rotating carousel animation with jQuery. The course covers preparing the carousel images and captions, creating the carousel containers with HTML and CSS, and activating the carousel with JavaScript. The course also explains how to add images to the carousel container, set the caption based on the image in focus, and add animated transitions between captions. Exercise files accompany the course. duration: 51m 13s     Titanium Mobile App Development Essential Training with: Rafael Hernandez   In this course, author Rafael Hernandez shows how to create native iOS and Android applications from a single codebase with the open-source Appcelerator Titanium platform. The course explains the difference between browser-based JavaScript and Titanium JavaScript, shows how to create a basic application, and demonstrates building buttons, sliders, switches, and pickers. The course also covers creating tables, implementing maps, providing feedback to users, incorporating multimedia, detecting gestures, and preparing finished apps for distribution. Exercise files accompany the course. duration: 03h 03m     Create a Rotating Carousel with jQuery and Dreamweaver with: Chris Converse   In this course, author Chris Converse shows how to implement and customize an interactive rotating carousel animation with jQuery and Adobe Dreamweaver. The course covers preparing the carousel images and captions, creating the carousel containers with HTML and CSS, and activating the carousel with JavaScript. The course also explains how to add images to the carousel container, set the caption based on the image in focus, and add animated transitions between captions. Exercise files accompany the course. duration: 58m 47s     Effective Storytelling with Final Cut Pro X with: Diana Weynand   Dive into a narrative with Diana Weynand as she shares a comprehensive method for finding, crafting, and developing a compelling story in Apple Final Cut Pro X. The course also covers key concepts such as building a primary storyline, evaluating content and pacing, trimming distracting clips, creating different story versions, and storyboarding. The course also explores how to capture and organize media, incorporate B-roll cutaways, apply the Ken Burns effect to still images, re-time music and clips, and add finishing touches. Exercise files accompany the course. duration: 03h 46m     Premiere Elements 10 Essential Training with: David Basulto   Premiere Elements 10 Essential Training breaks down the editing workflow into bite-sized pieces, covering everything from setting up a project to exporting the final video to any format. Author David Basulto introduces the basics of editing in Adobe Premiere Elements as well as the advanced features like picture-in-picture overlays and audio and visual effects. Exercise files are included with the course. duration: 03h 00m     Infographics: Area Bubbles with: Shane Snow   In this course, author Shane Snow shows how to create an area bubble infographic, or graphic representation of data. The course breaks down the principles of area chart visualizations and details how to calculate the dimensions of area bubbles with Microsoft Excel formulas, design and polish the infographic in Adobe Photoshop, and arrange design elements post-illustration. Exercise files accompany the course. duration: 24m 00s     Flex 4.6 and AIR 3.0 New Features for Mobile Apps with: James Talbot   In this course, James Talbot reviews the new features in Adobe Flex, Flash Builder, and AIR for mobile application developers. The course covers the Spark components for building mobile user interfaces in the Flex SDK, and the AIR support for native extensions, which enable applications to use parts of the host operating systems that were previously unavailable. The course also describes new testing and network monitoring capabilities available with Flash Builder 4.6, and the ability for Android applications to be deployed without relying on a separate runtime. Exercise files are included with the course. duration: 01h 49m     CINEMA 4D R13 New Features with: Rob Garrott   This course spotlights the R13 update for MAXON CINEMA 4D, which includes some key improvements in the rendering, shader, and character tools. Author Rob Garrott shows animators how to find their way around the interface, and demonstrates features such as the Physical Render engine, with its camera and depth of field and motion blur controls; the CMotion system for creating parametric movement; and the new and revised shaders. The course also covers the streamlined workflow for Adobe After Effects Exchange and the new file format options OpenEXR and Xref. Exercise files are included with the course. duration: 02h 12m     Switching from Windows to Mac (2012) with: David Rivers   Switching from Windows to the Mac focuses on the similarities and differences between the two operating systems, highlighting the terminology and interface changes that can initially be mystifying for Windows users. Author David Rivers explores not only the software-Mac OS X Lion and its bundled applications-but also important hardware subjects, like understanding keyboard and mouse differences, interacting with gestures, and connecting to drives and other peripherals. The course also covers transferring files and mail from a Windows computer to a Mac, and installing and working with favorite applications. Example files accompany the course. duration: 02h 37m     After Effects Apprentice 14: Shape Layers with: Chris Meyer, Trish Meyer   In this course, author Chris Meyer shows how to create and animate vector-based artwork directly inside Adobe After Effects. The course covers the ins and outs of working with shape layers, including creating shape paths, applying shape effects, and reordering shape operators. The course also contains a series of exercises on creating common motion graphics elements using shape layers. 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: 01h 49m     Outlook 2007: Time Management with Calendar and Tasks with: Gini Courter   In this course, author Gini Courter details the robust task management features in Microsoft Outlook 2007. The course explains the difference between Outlook tasks and to-do lists, and shows how to use Outlook 2007 to handle both business and personal schedules, from making appointments, to creating and completing tasks, to color-coding calendars and tasks for at-a-glance review. duration: 02h 24m     Infographics: Visualizing Relationships with: Shane Snow   In this course, author Shane Snow shows how to depict complex relationships in an easy-to-understand infographic, or graphic representation of data. The course covers building a multi-relationship radial diagram, illustrating connections between relationships, and creating legends, as well as designing title and source credits and adjusting the placement of design elements post-illustration. Exercise files accompany the course. duration: 50m 42s     HTML5: Messaging and Communications in Depth with: Bill Weinman   This course shows how to communicate between web pages, both within a single domain and across one or more domains, using the HTML5 Messaging API. Author Bill Weinman reviews security and the same origin policy, details cross-origin scripting techniques, and explores examples of cross-document messaging. The course describes how to register and send messages to listeners and handle errors. Exercise files accompany the course. duration: 43m 19s   Follow us on Twitter Like us on Facebook Share via ShareThis         © 1995-2012 lynda.com, Inc. All rights reserved.

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