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Edge First Look

with: Mordy Golding

 
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This course introduces Edge, an application from Adobe for creating smooth animations and interactivity on screens of all sizes. Author Mordy Golding explains how and when to use Edge and demonstrates creating motion content visually in the application's timeline-based interface. The course also covers importing and keyframing web graphic animations and moving symbols between projects.

duration: 01h 28m

 
 
    

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Family and Group Portraiture

with: Natalie Fobes

 
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In this course, Pulitzer finalist Natalie Fobes shows how to capture engaging portrait shots of couples, families, and other groups using a variety of posing and composition techniques.

The course discusses how to plan for a portrait photo shoot and how to make stylistic decisions regarding props, clothing, and makeup. Next, the course reviews the essentials of posing women and men, starting with a single subject, moving on to a couple, and then working up to large groups. The course also demonstrates how to pose and compose a group portrait in ways that highlight the relationships between group members, whether they’re family members or business colleagues. Lastly, to illustrate the time constraints photographers often face, Natalie works against the clock to shoot a group of people she’s never met.

The course also covers various postprocessing techniques geared specifically for portraiture, such as working with wrinkles and skin textures.

duration: 01h 28m

 
 

View Source

with: Ray Villalobos

 
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The View Source weekly series offers 10-minute projects on intermediate and advanced web design topics, covering technologies such as HTML, PHP, jQuery, and CSS, as well as content management solutions like WordPress and integration with Twitter, YouTube, and more. Each movie in the course is self-contained and shows how to accomplish an interesting effect and/or technique. Example projects include creating datepickers and custom photo galleries, and mapping and geotagging with Google Maps. Exercise files are included with the course.

duration: 57m 33s

 
 

Facebook Essential Training

with: Garrick Chow

 
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In Facebook Essential Training, Garrick Chow shows how to start navigating the world of social networking and put the best face forward online. The course covers the basics: creating a profile; making Facebook friends; viewing their posts with the Ticker and Timeline; communicating via status updates, the wall, and chat; and sharing photos, videos, and links. Garrick also touches on the delicate subject of removing friends and respecting other people’s privacy online. The advanced features of Facebook—including permissions, add-in applications, and dedicated groups—are also covered.

This course was updated on 3/15/2012.

duration: 03h 03m

 
 

Creating a Mini Documentary with Premiere Elements

with: Jason Osder

 
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This course shows beginning filmmakers how to make a short documentary from footage they have already shot, and walks them from the editing process in Adobe Premiere Elements through uploading a finished movie to platforms like Vimeo or YouTube. Author and producer Jason Osder explains how the footage was shot along the way, illuminating why particular angles were chosen and how the subject matter influences the editing process. The course also covers trimming, editing to music, and adding a title and graphics, and the final chapters result in a polished, color-corrected movie with properly mixed dialog and music.

duration: 01h 31m

 
 

Sibelius 7 Essential Training

with: Jenny Amaya

 
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Sibelius 7 is the complete software for writing, playing, printing, and publishing music notation, and can be used by every kind of musician, from students and teachers to professional composers. In Sibelius 7 Essential Training, author Jenny Amaya shows how to create professional-looking scores, beginning with the basics of note entry and playback. The course explains how to interface with a MIDI keyboard; edit note durations and pitches; and incorporate lyrics, tempo markings, and other text elements. Features specific to version 7, such as 64-bit support, improved sound library, and text and typography enhancements are also covered in detail.

Prerequisite: A basic understanding of music notation and theory will yield the best results from this course.

duration: 06h 05m

 
 

Invaluable: Making Yourself Irreplaceable

with: Dave Crenshaw

 
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Invaluable: Making Yourself Irreplaceable is the third installment of Dave Crenshaw’s series, which 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 shows how you can make yourself a custom fit at a company by applying your unique talents to the needs of that company and market, and also covers how to keep focused on the activities that bring the most value to your organization.

duration: 47m 33s

 
 

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: 13h 10m

 
 

Budgeting Video Projects

with: Richard Harrington

 
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Join Rich Harrington as he explores the world of budgeting by laying out the nuts and bolts of budgets and proposals for video projects. While defining the tools to develop professional budgets, quotes, and proposals, the course also shows video producers and managers how to transform a budget into an invoice. At the end of the course, the author creates a well-versed budget, proposal, and invoice for the sample project, which can serve as templates for future projects.

duration: 02h 18m

 
 

Deke's Techniques

with: Deke McClelland

 
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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: 16h 02m

 
 

Designing a House in Revit Architecture

with: Brian Myers

 
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Designing a House in Revit Architecture examines the construction modeling and design documentation process from start to finish in Autodesk Revit Architecture. CAD support specialist Brian Myers shows how to build plans for an American-style bungalow from scratch using the tools in Revit. By the end of the course, designers will have built a model of a multi-level residence and created multiple sheets in the design documentation set, as well as sections, details, and schedules.

Prerequisites: An understanding of the CAD-modeling process and experience with Revit will ensure you get the most from this course.

duration: 06h 56m

 
 

Up and Running with Flash Professional

with: Anastasia McCune

 
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In this course, author Anastasia McCune provides the basic building blocks a designer, even one who’s never touched Flash, needs to create animation projects or build a web presence. This course works for all Creative Suite versions of Flash and demonstrates how to create graphics, transform them to symbols, instantly move and morph objects with tweens, and incorporate text and audio. The final chapters address slightly more advanced topics such as adding links and play/pause controls to a project with ActionScript, as well as how to embed video into a Flash project.

duration: 04h 07m

 
 

Photoshop Elements 10 Essential Training

with: Jan Kabili

 
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In this course, author Jan Kabili introduces the photo organizing, editing, and sharing features of Adobe Photoshop Elements 10, the less expensive version of Photoshop that’s ideal for casual photographers who want to achieve professional results. The course covers importing, organizing, and finding photos with the Organizer. It explains how and when to use each of the editing workspaces—from the simple Quick Fix and Guided Edit workspaces to the Full Edit workspace for enhancing your photos—including making photo corrections, retouching, compositing images, and adding text. The final chapter offers creative ways to share photos with Elements, including print projects like greeting cards, calendars, and books, emailing photos, and posting them on Facebook and Flickr.

duration: 11h 04m

 
 

Practical Photoshop Selections

with: Richard Harrington

 
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Practical Photoshop Selections reveals the importance of making precise selections, whether for masking or making color and tone adjustments, and how to make them with the tools in Adobe Photoshop. Author Rich Harrington shows how to make a basic selection with the Select menu commands and the Marquee, Lasso, and Magic Wand tools, and then refine it with Expand and Contract, Smooth and Feather, Quick Masks, and other controls. The course also covers advanced techniques such as selecting with Color Range and working with channels. Exercise files accompany the course.

duration: 01h 08m

 
 

Building an Ecommerce Web Site Using Dreamweaver with PHP

with: Lawrence Cramer

 
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In this course, author Lawrence Cramer offers two approaches to implementing ecommerce functionality in Dreamweaver: introducing basic ecommerce functions to an existing site and creating a stand-alone ecommerce solution with PHP and MySQL. The course explores choosing a payment vendor, creating a simple buy button, configuring a store with the Cartweaver extension, adding products and discounts, and managing inventory. The course also provides guidance on securing an ecommerce site, preparing for the site's launch, and effectively promoting a store. Exercise files accompany the course.

duration: 03h 53m

 
 

Up and Running with Typekit

with: James Williamson

 
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Up and Running with Typekit introduces the Adobe web typography subscription service, showing how to embed and deploy a variety of font styles quickly and easily. Beginning with the basics of account setup, the course explores choosing fonts, organizing fonts into kits, and enabling Typekit on a site. The course also discusses how to declare Typekit fonts in CSS and how to select and modify a font's weight and style. Exercise files are included with the course.

duration: 01h 30m

 
 

Dreamweaver and WordPress: Building Themes

with: Joseph Lowery

 
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In this course, author Joseph Lowery builds a WordPress theme from the ground up using Dreamweaver. The course examines the core structure of a theme, demonstrates constructing and customizing a theme, and explains how to create the site's CSS. The course also covers setting up the single post page, handling search results, and customizing error pages. Exercise files are included with the course.

duration: 01h 47m

 
 

InDesign FX

with: Michael Rankin

 
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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 39m

 
 

V-Ray 2.0 for 3ds Max Essential Training

with: Brian Bradley

 
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This course introduces the features of the V-Ray 2.0 rendering engine and demonstrates how to extend the range of 3ds Max with its state-of-the-art tools, such as irradiance mapping, fur and hair textures and shaders, and stereoscopic 3D rendering. The course covers critical concepts such as creating basic materials, image sampling, color mapping, subdivs, and lighting, as well as the Render Elements, RT, and physical rendering workflows in V-Ray. Exercise files are included with the course.

duration: 05h 11m

 
 

V-Ray 2.0 for Maya Essential Training

with: Brian Bradley

 
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This course introduces the features of the V-Ray 2.0 rendering engine and demonstrates how to extend the range of Maya with its state-of-the-art tools, such as irradiance mapping, fur and hair textures and shaders, and stereoscopic 3D rendering. The course covers critical concepts such as creating basic materials, image sampling, color mapping, subdivs, and lighting, as well as the Render Elements, RT, and physical rendering workflows in V-Ray. Exercise files are included with the course.

duration: 04h 46m

 
 

SolidWorks 2012 Essential Training

with: Gabriel Corbett

 
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In this course, author Gabriel Corbett shows how to create manufacturing-ready parts and assemblies in SolidWorks 2012. Beginning with simple 2D sketching and the software’s sketch-editing tools, the course provides step-by-step instruction on building 3D geometry from 2D sketches. The course covers creating complex 3D objects with the Extrude, Revolve, Sweep, and Loft tools and shows building complex assemblies by mating individual parts together into robust assemblies and structures.

The course shows how to cut and revolve holes into parts and use the Hole Wizard tool to generate industry standard holes like counter bores, counter sinks, and taps. Best practice for designing parts is emphasized throughout the course as well as methods for creating parts faster and easier using equations, mirroring, and patterning tools. The course wraps up with generating manufacturing-ready drawings complete with an itemized Bill of Materials. As a bonus feature, Gabriel shows how to photo render a final design. Exercise files are included with the course.

duration: 07h 02m

 
 

Designing Web Sites from Photoshop to Dreamweaver

with: Sue Jenkins

 
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This course teaches web design beginners how to turn their design in Photoshop into a fully functioning web site in Dreamweaver. Sue Jenkins shows how to create mockups, slice, and optimize web graphics, and build a site using the Dreamweaver HTML and CSS templates. The course also covers how to customize HTML and CSS to style and position content, test and validate code, and use FTP to transfer finished site files to a host server. Postlaunch site maintenance is also discussed so that designers can keep their web sites up to date. Exercise files are included with the course.

duration: 03h 04m

 
 

Photoshop Lightroom 4 New Features

with: Chris Orwig

 
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This course covers the newest features and enhancements in Photoshop Lightroom 4, the popular photo-asset management, enhancement, and publishing program. Author and photographer Chris Orwig details the new video editing and sharing capabilities in Lightroom; its new book-layout features for creating Blurb photo books; the new Map module, to tag images with locations; and the various image editing improvements in the Develop module. Exercise files are included with the course.

duration: 01h 58m

 
 

Photoshop Lightroom 4 Essentials: Organizing and Sharing with the Library Module

with: Chris Orwig

 
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Join photographer and author Chris Orwig in Photoshop Lightroom 4 Essentials: Organizing and Sharing with the Library Module , as he explores the interface of this popular image-management program and shows how to use its Library module to organize and manage a photo library. The course covers importing both still images and video; shooting in tethered-capture mode; organizing and rating images with flags, stars, labels, and location tags; and working with collections. The course also details how to export, email, and share photos, and introduces the Lightroom 4 video-editing features, as well as its ability to work together with the full editing power of Photoshop. Exercise files are included with the course.

duration: 06h 10m

 
 

Photoshop Lightroom 4 Essentials: Enhancing Photos with the Develop Module

with: Chris Orwig

 
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In this installment of the Photoshop Lightroom 4 Essentials series, author and teacher Chris Orwig guides photographers through the process of improving images with creative color, sharpening, and other effects in the Lightroom Develop module. The course covers each of the tools and features in the Develop module, and shows how to perform basic adjustments, such as exposure enhancement; how to improve image quality through noise reduction and clarity adjustments; how to apply creative effects, such as split toning and vignettes; and how to perform advanced tasks, such as correcting for lens distortion. Exercise files are included with the course.

duration: 05h 32m

 
 

Dreamweaver and WordPress: Building Mobile Sites

with: Joseph Lowery

 
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In this course, author Joseph Lowery shows how to build a mobile WordPress site in Adobe Dreamweaver. The course explains how to prepare a site to go mobile, optimize a site's styles for tablets and phones, and implement a full mobile redesign. The course also covers working with WordPress child themes, integrating media queries, incorporating screen-optimized graphics, designing for touch screens, and working with orientation changes. Exercise files accompany the course.

duration: 02h 00m

 
 

iOS SDK Essential Training (2012)

with: Simon Allardice

 
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In this course, author Simon Allardice shows how to develop, debug, and deploy applications for the Apple iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch using iOS 5 SDK and Xcode 4. The course reviews Objective-C basics, covers key concepts such as the Model-View-Controller pattern and delegation, and explores new features of the SDK, including Automatic Reference Counting (ARC) and Storyboards. The course also shows how to create and customize user interfaces and table views and develop apps with multiple view controllers, and explores the differences between iPhone and iPad development. Exercise files accompany the course.

duration: 06h 27m

 
 

Managing a Hosted Web Site

with: Ray Villalobos

 
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Managing a Hosted Web Site shows how to set up a web site on a host’s server and perform common server tasks. Working in two web hosting utilities, cPanel and Plesk, as well as in a custom control panel, author Ray Villalobos explores purchasing a domain, setting up FTP accounts, and configuring web mail. The course also explains setting up password protection, creating a MySQL database, and working with subdomains. Exercise files accompany the course.

duration: 01h 41m

 
 

Maximizing Your Web Video and Podcast Audience with Hypersyndication

with: Richard Harrington

 
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In this course, Rich Harrington explores the world of hypersyndication—showing how to distribute content across all media platforms quickly and more efficiently. When publishing content, hypersyndication decreases costs by utilizing the power of the Internet and social media sites. This course explains how to build a network to significantly extend a product's reach, using tools such as RSS feeds, YouTube, and iTunes, and covers topics such as creating a consistent visual brand and targeting the emergent mobile market.

duration: 01h 38m

 
 

Illustrator Insider Training: Type and Text

with: Mordy Golding

 
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In this installment of Illustrator Insider Training, author Mordy Golding shows how to create type that’s both beautiful and communicative, whether it’s destined for logos, brochures, signs, infographics, or simple documents. This course covers core typography concepts, such as working with Unicode and OpenType fonts, applying character and paragraph settings, managing text with styles and text threads, placing text along a path, and wrapping text around graphics. Exercise files accompany the course.

duration: 04h 55m

 
 

MVC Frameworks for Building PHP Web Applications

with: Drew Falkman

 
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In this course, author Drew Falkman tours four open-source PHP frameworks: Zend, Symfony, CakePHP, and CodeIgniter. The course covers basic framework concepts; explores the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern as a means of simplifying, organizing, and maintaining code; and details the ins and outs of developing basic applications in each of the four frameworks. Exercise files accompany the course.

duration: 03h 35m

 

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