Best Free Tutorials: December 2010

Friday, December 31, 2010

Lynda.com - Poser 7 Essential Training

Lynda.com - Poser 7 Essential TrainingVideo Training | QuickTime mov | 2 CD: 608MB & 440MB | Running Time 5.45 hours
Genre: eLearning
In Poser 7 Essential Training, instructor Larry Mitchell explains how to design, pose, and animate 3-D characters using the program's intuitive interface, tools, and workflow. The training covers everything from essential animation principles to working on the intricate details of individual body parts and complicated facial expressions. Larry also teaches the minute steps required to create characters that can lip-synch to recorded sound files. Advanced topics, such as incorporating HDRI lighting, animating to reference videos, and integrating Poser 7 and Vue 6, add to the full learning experience.

Lynda com After Effects CS5 Essential Training-QUASAREnglish | Duration: 08:45 | Level: Beginner | 2.27 Gb | RS | HF
In After Effects CS5 Essential Training, author Chad Perkins discusses the basic tools, effects, and need-to-know techniques in Adobe After Effects CS5, the professional standard for motion graphics, compositing, and visual effects for video. The course provides an overview of the entire workflow, from import to export, as well as detailed coverage of each stage, including animating text and artwork, adding effects to compositions, working in 3D, and rendering and compressing footage. Exercise files are included with the course.

Topics include:
* Understanding the After Effects workflow
* Precomposing footage
* Explaining the basics and beyond of animating
* Creating glows, patterns, textures, and more with effects
* Color correcting footage
* Working with text
* Manipulating video playback speed
* Masking objects and shape layers
* Removing backgrounds with keying
* Compositing multiple pieces of footage
* Integrating After Effects with the rest of the Creative Suite

Lynda.com Fireworks CS5 Essential Training Full - QUASAREnglish | Duration: 08:51 | Level: Beginner | 1.12 Gb | RS | HF
In Fireworks CS5 Essential Training, author Jim Babbage gives a detailed overview of Fireworks CS5, Adobe's software for creating and optimizing web graphics and interactive prototypes. This course includes a detailed tour of the interface, the enhanced PNG format, and the image editing toolset in Fireworks. Critical concepts, such as prototyping for HTML and AIR applications and working with symbols, the heart of an efficient workflow in Fireworks, are covered in detail. Exercise files are included with this course.

Topics include:
* Customizing the workspace
* Working with pages, layers, and states
* Importing content
* Comparing bitmaps and vectors
* Creating and editing vector shapes
* Converting artwork into graphic, button, and animation symbols
* Animating in Fireworks
* Maintaining crisp text in web images
* Sharing content between pages
* Optimizing images for export
* Integrating with Device Central, Dreamweaver, Flash, and Flash Catalyst

Lynda.com - Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 : Beyond the BasicsHF | 1.8GB
http://www.lynda.com/home/DisplayCourse.aspx?lpk2=58832

In Premiere Pro CS4 Beyond the Basics, Adobe Certified Instructor Chad Perkins explains how to take video editing from simple nuts and bolts to an art form. He shares tips for shooting video in the field to get the most from a subject and get the best footage for a project. He demonstrates how to build a project through the careful use of cutaways, pacing, and suggestive edits. He covers special effects, color correction, and keying and compositing, integrating all these concepts as he builds a music video project from scratch. Exercise files are included with this course.

Topics include:

* Working with P2 media
* Keying compositions using garbage mattes and green screen
* Using transition effects, lens flares, and 3D reflections
* Compositing with blend modes
* Understanding spatial versus temporal compression
* Recording, mixing, normalizing, and fixing audio

Video Training → Adam Dewhirst - Head modelling in Maya (2010/ENG)

Adam Dewhirst - Head modelling in Maya (2010/ENG)
ENG | Author: Adam Dewhirst | Producer: Adam Dewhirst | Length: 3:33:08 | Year: 2010
Genre: eLearning

Head modelling in Maya-Hello, this is the first of a series of simulation training manuals for the use of stylized symbols of the Maya autodesk. This was done while at the workshop of animation in Viborg, Denmark.
Description: Hi, this is the first of a series of modelling tutorials for stylised characters using autodesk Maya. This was done whilst at the Animation workshop in Viborg, Denmark.

Lynda.com Ableton Live 8 Essential Training
TEAM QUASAR | 12-12-2010 | 1.31GB
Genre: eLearning

Ableton Live 8 Essential Training with Rick Schmunk offers a comprehensive overview of Ableton's live audio and MIDI sequencing software and the techniques required to compose, record, and edit music, in real time, on stage, or in the studio. The course includes tutorials on compiling live sets from audio and MIDI clips, loops, or samples, applying MIDI effects, warping audio, and recording and producing songs in any number of contemporary styles. Exercise files are included with the course.

Topics include:
* Putting together a DAW system
* Setting up Ableton preferences
* Importing and exporting content
* Recording MIDI
* Editing and quantizing MIDI data
* Recording audio
* Recording in Arrangement view
* Using sends and returns in the Live Mixer
* Grouping tracks
* Signal processing
* Creating and editing automation envelopes
* Using fades to mask audio pops and clicks
* Looping and warping audio clips
* Mapping device controls to a MIDI keyboard
* Working with virtual instruments
* Integrating Live with Pro Tools and Logic

Total Training Adobe InDesign CS4 Essentials DVD | ISO | 1.1 GB

Get an introduction to Adobe InDesign CS4 with this essential training that introduces you to the basics tools, skills and techniques required to create professionally styled text, layouts and graphics that deliver a powerful impact. In this series, you’ll be guided through the techniques needed to work with text and graphics in your layouts. You will also learn how to apply artistic effects to text and placed artwork, without prior knowledge of other applications like Illustrator or Photoshop.

InDesign is the leading professional page layout program created by Adobe Systems Inc. Using it, graphic designers can integrate photographs and graphics with text to create both long and short publications such as brochures, catalogs, magazines and more. InDesign CS5: Advanced follows on from VTC's InDesign CS5: Beginner course and covers: Customization, Layers, Advanced, Graphics & Text features including Tables and Styles, Working with Long Documents, implementing Interactive Features and Preparing for Press. Work Files are included.

Total Training for MS Visual Studio 2008: Essentials - Featuring Windows Forms | 1GB
English | MOV 960 x 540 10.000 fps | AAC 48.0 Kbps 44.1 Khz

These self-guided lessons from Total Training help you increase your knowledge and understanding of Visual Studio. Whether you are looking to stay competitive or just keep up to date on the latest Microsoft technology, Microsoft expert Asli Bilgin shows you just how it's done. With lessons on the basics of Visual Studio, to more advanced techniques on setting up Windows Forms, this series is just what you need to learn all about Visual Studio fast!

Highlights
* Get an insider's guide to the Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
* Learn all about the IDE tools
* Discover how to create an Abstract Base Form
* Find out all about the file management controls

Video Training → Total Training – Website Design Extreme Website Makeover (Full 2 DVDs) + Project Files

John Ulliman | Windows & MAC | 11.25 Hrs | Level: Beginner to Advanced

| 2 DVD - 4.4 GB | RS & MU

Title: Website Design Extreme Website Makeover
Category: Web Design & Publishing
Presenter: John Ulliman
Platform: Windows & MAC OS
Format: DVD-ROM & Online
Running Time: 11.25 Hrs, 2 DVDs
Level: Beginner to Advanced
Project Files: Included
Solutions: Multi-User - Education - Government - International - More.

Description: These video tutorials equip you with the skills necessary to turn an ordinary website into one that's content-rich using popular web design and development tools: Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Contribute, Photoshop, and Illustrator. You'll be amazed at how easy it is to combine these programs interchangeably. John shares his expertise to help you understand how to ensure compatibility across multiple browsers and platforms.

Highlights
* Learn tips on logo enhancements, stock photo materials, as well as template designs and layouts.
* Discover how to utilize your website to build out marketing materials, like brochures, business cards, and company letterhead.
* Become truly skilled at how to publish your web projects also to cell phones and kiosks.

Total Training For Microsoft Windows 7 | 634.15 MB

Using a computer these days is a requirement. In order to use a PC without it becoming cumbersome and frustrating, you need to know it's operating system and how to navigate, find, open, use and manage the system including its hardware, software and files. This course will review some of the old standby features and hone in on the numerous enhancements in this version. You'll learn the tools to increase reliability, efficiency and security that will optimize the user experience as never before.

Lynda.com: Flash Professional CS5 Animation Projects-QUASAR | ISO | 235MB
Genre: Video Training

In Flash Professional CS5: Animation Projects, Paul Trani shows how to create dynamic and visually rich animations in Flash Professional CS5. This course demonstrates how to create and import assets, and then take those assets and bring them to life with dynamic motion. It also shows how to create more unique and natural movement by adding special effects, 3D, masks, and even bones to animate characters. Exercise files accompany the course.
Topics include

Creating graphics and reusable assets
Importing graphics
Making an object move
Animating a mask
Using and customizing motion presets
Morphing shapes
Animating in 3D
Adding bones to a character
Controlling the Timeline with ActionScript
Randomizing content

Video2Brain Flash CS5 GERMAN
TEAM BLZiSO | 1.32GB
Genre: eLearning

Flash web designer not to come by! André Reinegger introduces you to this video tutorial, step by step in all tools. There are also techniques that allow you to create animated interactive Flash movies with graphics, sound and video. It should also mention the 3-D and bone tools and the new layout options for text. Equipped with the practical knowledge you will be able to realize projects of the banner animation to interactive web content for your customers. Two bonus chapters give a short introduction to ActionScript and explain how Flash CS5 Catalyst is used.

From the contents:

Introduction
Meet in the introductory chapter the basics of Flash. In addition to the customization of the desktop you are presented here including all the interactive tools from the toolbox. Here you will learn in a short video about the functions of the different tools. For example, you learn to work as Selection, selection, gradient and type tool, spraying, Bone and retention tool and the eyedropper tool to get such a good reference book.

Drawing with Flash
After getting to know the general user, you will learn in this chapter to create and edit individual shapes and objects. Learn also how to work with the color palettes and gradients produce.

Bitmaps in Flash
Not all content that you can use in Flash, you create in Flash. In this chapter you will learn about importing and dealing with bitmap graphics in CS5.

Working with Text
The content on Flash presentations not only consist of vector and bitmap graphics. Naturally, Flash CS5 some text tools that can be adapted for different purposes. Look at the possibilities of text formatting in Flash in this chapter.

Animation in Flash
Armed with the knowledge from the previous chapters, it is time to devote themselves to the interesting part of flash - the creation of animations. You learn in this comprehensive section the operation of the timeline to know better and you will learn which types of animation Flash has in store for you.

Sound and Video in Flash
Only with the right sound to an animation experience. This section will demonstrate André Reinegger the uses of sound. You will also see how to spice up with Flash video in HD quality your sites even more.

ActionScript 3 code fragments
ActionScript 3 code fragments to help the designer to bring interactivity into the application. How you use these code fragments profitable, you will learn in this chapter.

Publish
Your work is done - now is the time where you want to present your work to the public. This chapter is all about the publication settings in Flash.

Integration - Flash in combination
Flash can best work together with programs of the Creative Suite. Learn in this section, such as how to develop together with Device Central applications for mobile devices or how to produce directly from InDesign pre-flash files.

Short Introduction to ActionScript 3
Sascha Kersken
ActionScript 3 is the main programming language of Flash CS5. Compared with ActionScript 2, many impressive new features added and the language is not backwards compatible with their predecessors. In this chapter some aspects of programming with AS3 will be put under the microscope: the reaction to events and changing and adding movie clips.

Catalyst Flash CS5 - An Overview
Constantin Ehrenstein
Flash Catalyst is designed to close the gap between programmers and designers who want to develop the tools of the Creative Suite applications for the Flash platform. Watch this bonus movie as you use the "Team Player" Flash Catalyst.

Homepage: http://www.video2brain.com/de/products-594.htm

VTC - Autodesk AutoCAD 2010 Tutorials Collection
BIN | ISO | 85MB + 450MB + 450MB

VTC - QuickStart! - Autodesk AutoCAD 2010

Autodesk AutoCAD, is the world s most widely used Computer Aided Design
(CAD) package. It lets you design, visualize and communicate your ideas with ease and efficiency. This QuickStart! course provides users an introduction to the new features and tools of AutoCAD 2010, and gives insight on existing tools already available.

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VTC - Video Tutorials Collection for Web Designing Collection
12 VTC Video Training from Various Authors | Total 2.2 GB | RS & DF

Autodesk AutoCAD 2010 x86/x64 English with VTC Tutorials Collection

Autodesk AutoCAD 2010 x86/x64 English with VTC Tutorials Collection | 5.63GB

QuickStart | Basic 2D Concepts | Intermediate 2D Concepts | Advanced Concepts
New features of AutoCAD 2010 is called a true technological breakthrough, which will please many millions of users of this software product. AutoCAD 2010 has a parameter, and now any changes between objects are supported by user defined relationship. This significantly reduces the time to make changes to projects. The emergence of tools to work with arbitrary shapes became possible to create and analyze the most complex three-dimensional objects. In addition, 3D printing is now supported, so it's easier to get prototypes and physical prototypes. In this publication the following materials: Autodesk AutoCAD 2010 x86/x64 (English) and VTC - Autodesk AutoCAD 2010: QuickStart, Basic 2D Concepts Tutorials, Intermediate 2D Concepts and Advanced Concepts

Autodesk AutoCAD 2010 x86/x64 (English)
Year: 2009
Version: 2010
Developer: Autodesk
Platform: Windows
Compatibility with Vista: complete
Language: English
Medicine: Present

System requirements:
Microsoft Windows Vista Business, Service Pack SP1
Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise, Service Pack SP1
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium, Service Pack SP1
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate, Service Pack SP1
Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2 or later
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 or later
Intel Pentium 4 or Dual-Core Processor AMD Athlon, the frequency of 1,6 GHz or higher, SSE2 technology
2 GB of RAM.
Video adapter with 128 MB of memory is recommended 3D graphics adapter class workstation with 256 MB memory or higher, supports Direct3D.

VTC - Autodesk AutoCAD 2010 Tutorials Collection

VTC - QuickStart! - Autodesk AutoCAD 2010
Autodesk AutoCAD, is the world s most widely used Computer Aided Design
(CAD) package. It lets you design, visualize and communicate your ideas with ease and efficiency. This QuickStart! course provides users an introduction to the new features and tools of AutoCAD 2010, and gives insight on existing tools already available.

VTC - Autodesk AutoCAD 2010: Basic 2D Concepts
Autodesk AutoCAD is the world’s most widely used Computer Aided Design (CAD) package. It lets you design, visualize and communicate ideas with ease and efficiency. AutoCAD 2010 has new features that make tasks easier and quicker too. This VTC course provides users with the essentials needed to master AutoCAD 2010 with emphasis on how to create, edit and plot AutoCAD drawings. Use AutoCAD to communicate your ideas, concepts or designs to customers, colleagues and peers! Work files are included. To begin learning, simply click the movie links.

* The AutoCAD Work Files used in this course are in the AutoCAD 2007 DWG file format, and cannot be read by versions of AutoCAD before AutoCAD 2007.

VTC - Autodesk AutoCAD 2010: Intermediate 2D Concepts
Autodesk AutoCAD is the world’s most widely used Computer Aided Design (CAD) package. It lets you design, visualize and communicate ideas with ease and efficiency. AutoCAD 2010 has new features that make tasks easier and quicker too. This VTC course provides users with the knowledge to master intermediate 2D concepts. Work files are included. To begin learning, simply click the movie links.

VTC Autodesk AutoCAD 2010 Advanced Concepts
Autodesk AutoCAD is the world’s most widely used Computer Aided Design (CAD) package. It lets you design, visualize and communicate ideas with ease and efficiency. AutoCAD 2010 has new features that make tasks easier and quicker too. This VTC course provides users with the knowledge to master advanced concepts, giving the user the ability to create, edit and plot complex AutoCAD drawings. Work files are included. To begin learning, simply click the movie links.

VTC Training Video Tutorials for Adobe Photoshop Collection | 3.40 GB | RS - MU - HF

Video Training → Drupal 7 Best Essential Training(Advanced 1by1)

Drupal 7 Essential Training | Training | 1.34 GB

Drupal is a free, open-source content management system (CMS) for a variety of platforms. It has a robust user community and easy-to-use administration features.
Introduction
What Is Drupal?
Installing Drupal
Understanding Drupal Administration
Understanding Drupal Administration
Establishing Your Site’s Identity
Keeping Your Drupal Site Running
Building Content Nodes
Managing Site Content
Drupal Essential Training covers all the important aspects of installing, configuring, customizing, and maintaining a Drupal-powered website. Instructor Tom Geller explores blogs, discussion forums, member profiles, and other features while demonstrating the steps required to make Drupal perform. He also teaches fundamental concepts and skills along the way, including installation, backups, and updates; security and permissions; flexible page layouts and CSS; menu navigation; and performance monitoring and disaster recovery. He also discusses how to select and install the community-supported modules that further expand Drupal’s capabilities, and gives experienced PHP programmers tips on customizing page templates. Example files accompany the course.

Lynda.com Drupal 7 New Features | 192.83 MB
Genre: eLearning

In Drupal 7 New Features, author Tom Geller demonstrates changes to the Drupal 7 administrative interface and other enhancements that have come out of its three-year development period. This course covers its simplified installation process, new themes that will help kick-start design projects, the customizable shortcut bar that puts often-used commands in easy reach, update procedures that leverage its browser-based interface, and a new way of defining fields to create complex content types without additional modules.

Topics include:

* Configuring the new Dashboard
* Using contextual link controls
* Exploring new themes
* Reviewing the new modules
* Understanding the expanded block system
* Using images in content
* Allowing users to delete accounts
* Testing modules with the Testing module
* Building themes using Drupal Gardens

Lullabot All Drupal Packages
Video Training | 11.16 GB
1 Understanding Drupal
2 Site Building With Drupal
3 Administering Drupal
4 Learning CCK
5 Learning Views
6 Theming Basics
7 Advanced Theming

That's over 17 hours of content.

Lynda.com - Drupal: Creating and Editing Custom Themes
English | Bin | 404Mb
Genre: eLearning

Drupal is widely recognized as a powerful back-end system for web sites, but Drupal: Creating and Editing Custom Themes shows how the application can also be used to manage the look and feel of a web site. Web architect Chris Charlton introduces the core themes that ship with Drupal. He shows how to install and administer new themes, change color schemes, and add sub-themes to existing themes. He also demonstrates how to build a custom theme from scratch; integrate HTML, CSS, and javascript; and apply themes to specific nodes and blocks. Exercise files are included with this course.

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Lynda - Drupal Essential Training | 617MB
Tom Geller | English | HF | ULD

Drupal is a free, open-source content management system (CMS) for a variety of platforms. It has a robust user community and easy-to-use administration features. Drupal Essential Training covers all the important aspects of installing, configuring, customizing, and maintaining a Drupal-powered website. Instructor Tom Geller explores blogs, discussion forums, member profiles, and other features while demonstrating the steps required to make Drupal perform. He also teaches fundamental concepts and skills along the way, including installation, backups, and updates; security and permissions; flexible page layouts and CSS; menu navigation; and performance monitoring and disaster recovery. He also discusses how to select and install the community-supported modules that further expand Drupal's capabilities, and gives experienced PHP programmers tips on customizing page templates. Example files accompany the course.
Topics include:
* Understanding the inner workings of Drupal
* Creating stories, pages, blogs, forums, and polls
* Managing users and comments
* Setting and customizing themes
* Exchanging content via RSS
* Stopping comment spam with a CAPTCHA
* Launching a site and joining the Drupal community

Homepage: http://www.lynda.com/home/DisplayCourse.aspx?lpk2=620

VTC Video Tutorial---- HTML 4 And 5 With CSS Tutorials DVD

VTC HTML 4 And 5 With CSS Tutorials DVD
Author:James Gonzalez | ISBN: 1-935320-93-9
Release Date: 2009-12-31 | Duration: 10.5 hrs / 142 tutorials | 687 Mb | RS | HF

With more than 250 million North American users now on the Internet and more than 1.6 billion worldwide, it’s wonder that HTML has stayed the course as the most popular web programming language. In addition, the skills learned in the study of HTML are fundamental to more advanced programming technologies such as JavaScript, PHP, Flash ActionScript and many others. This course covers all the important features of HTML4 and HTML 5, and includes an introduction to styling web documents using CSS. The working scripts and step-by-step examples found here will have you quickly creating the kind of web content demanded by today’s web sites. With the help of the instruction in this course, you will quickly be adding text, links, images, sounds, and videos to your web pages and expertly formatting everything using the latest and most powerful CSS techniques. To begin learning today, simply click on the movie links.

Introduction
What is HTML? (05:08)
About this Course (05:22)
Tools Needed to Code HTML (05:16)
Services Needed to Publish HTML (06:30)
Versions of HTML (06:51)
HTML 5 (07:43)
Creating Your First Page (06:03)
HTML Building Blocks
HTML Elements (04:46)
HTML Attributes (02:49)
IDs & Classes (03:41)
Text & Comments (02:49)
URLs (05:08)
HTML Structure
Document Type (05:36)
Head Elements: Titles (04:32)
Head Elements: Meta Elements (04:39)
Head Elements: Script & Style Tags (05:08)
Block & Inline Elements (04:18)
Paragraphs (03:49)
Section Headings (05:00)
List Elements (03:33)
Divisions (05:13)
Inline Spans (03:36)
Tables (03:21)
Forms (04:38)
Basic Formatting
Paragraph vs. Line Breaks (04:18)
Bold & Italic (03:15)
Superscript & Subscript (02:58)
Preformatted Text (02:37)
Rules & Blockqoutes (04:08)
Abbreviations & Acronyms (04:46)
CSS Text Properties (03:07)
Color & Images
Color on the Web (07:05)
Color Schemes (05:37)
Creating & Naming Graphics (03:46)
Image Resolution (03:29)
Image File Formats (06:50)
Getting Images to Load Faster (06:50)
Background Images & Color (05:41)
Image Maps (02:38)
The IMG Tag (06:41)
IMG Tag Attributes (03:19)
Links
The Anchor Element (02:19)
Absolute vs. Relative Links (06:38)
Writing Relative Links (04:40)
File Structure & Linking Tips (04:33)
HREF & Target Attributes (03:09)
Internal Links & the Name Attribute (04:55)
Changing Link Colors (06:32)
Tables
Tables vs. Div Tags (03:58)
Setting Table Widths (04:51)
Cell Padding & Spacing (02:57)
Positioning Tables & Contents (04:11)
Table Headers (03:34)
Spanning Columns & Rows (03:18)
Nesting Tables (04:15)
Forms
Intro to Forms (03:05)
Input Fields (03:21)
Radio Buttons (02:43)
Checkboxes (02:38)
Dropdown & Selection Lists (02:39)
Large Text Input (01:44)
File & Hidden Fields (02:16)
Submit & Reset Buttons (03:59)
Image & General Buttons (03:51)
Making Forms Easier to Use (03:14)
Organizing Forms using Fieldset (04:33)
Tips for Formatting Forms (03:02)
Processing Form Data (08:13)
Style Sheets
What is CSS & Why Use It (05:03)
Style Syntax & Structure (02:14)
Writing & Applying Your First Styles (04:47)
Intro to Selectors (03:16)
Base/Tag Selector (03:07)
The Class Selector (06:18)
The ID Selector (03:08)
Context Selectors (04:04)
When to Use ID or Class (03:26)
Managing Multiple Styles
How Styles Cascade (03:34)
Cascade & Inheritance Rules (04:24)
Cascade & Inheritance Tips (02:38)
Inlining Styles (02:58)
Embedding Styles (02:19)
Importing Style Sheets (03:38)
Linking Style Sheets (07:04)
CSS Building Blocks
The Box Model (05:37)
The Div Tag (03:11)
Child Divs (04:15)
Width & Height (02:33)
Margin (06:24)
Padding (03:46)
Borders (06:52)
Formatting Text
Why Text Formatting is Important (05:18)
Choosing Fonts (05:32)
Browser-Safe Fonts (04:54)
Font Size (04:52)
Applying Styles to Text (02:54)
Setting Line Height (04:38)
Letter Spacing (Kerning) (04:16)
Other Font Properties (05:01)
Tips for Improving Text Legibility (06:26)
Styling Lists / Colors / Images
Styling Lists with CSS (06:56)
CSS Background Color (03:17)
CSS Background Images (04:02)
Setting Image Opacity (02:30)
Laying Out Pages with CSS
CSS Layout Structure (03:03)
Block vs. Inline Display (05:26)
Containing Blocks (02:30)
Positioning Schemes (07:18)
Static / Fixed / Absolute Positioning (05:01)
Relative Positioning (07:04)
Floating & Clearing Content (05:56)
Using Floats in Layouts (03:33)
Fixed-Width Layouts (02:59)
Liquid / Fluid Layouts (07:10)
Elastic & Variable Fixed Width Layouts (03:12)
Tips for Creating & Applying Styles (07:10)
HTML 5
What is HTML 5? (04:12)
HTML 4 vs. HTML 5 (03:58)
New HTML5 Structural Elements (05:34)
The Article / Section / NavElements (04:02)
Aside / Figure / Legend Elements (04:20)
Video & Audio Elements (04:55)
Playing Video & Audio (03:30)
Controlling Media Playback (02:36)
The Canvas Element (03:02)
Additional HTML 5 APIs (03:18)
Where You Can Use HTML 5 (03:59)
Easing the Transition from XHTML (05:01)
Advanced Topics
XML (03:30)
Adding Multimedia (06:31)
Multimedia Players & Platforms (05:50)
JavaScript (03:25)
Dynamic HTML (04:06)
AJAX (05:50)
Publishing your Web Site
Understanding Web Page Publishing (04:37)
Site Setup & File Transfer (06:41)
Site Management & Organization (04:46)
Site Troubleshooting Tips (06:31)
Promoting Your Sites pt. 1 (06:12)
Promoting Your Sites pt. 2 (05:06)
Conclusion
Wrap-up (03:38)
Credits
About the Author (01:21)

VTC Adobe Photoshop CS4 for the Web | 610 MB

Photoshop, the de facto graphics application in the world of print design, turns its sights on web design! In this course, Geoff Blake will demonstrate many practical and useful techniques for working with Photoshop in a web design capacity. You'll learn the fundamentals of web design, including HTML and CSS basics, the challenges of web browsers, and how monitor resolution affects design. Geoff will also demonstrate how to coordinate Photoshop and Dreamweaver so that you can edit layout images in Photoshop. You'll master Photoshop selections, how to use layers to organize your layouts, and how color works in an online environment. Finally, you'll construct an entire layout from scratch in Photoshop and discover techniques for exporting it for online use. To begin learning today, simply click on the movie links.

Introduction & Setting Up
Welcome & About this Course (01:58)
The Role of Photoshop in Web Design (01:30)
Working with Photoshop & Dreamweaver (03:38)
Internet & Web Design Fundamentals
How Web Delivery Works (02:59)
Web Browsers (04:20)
Understanding HTML & CSS (03:11)
Web Page Structure (04:30)
Monitor Resolution (02:54)
Photoshop Basics
Setting Photoshop Preferences pt. 1 (03:25)
Setting Photoshop Preferences pt. 2 (04:10)
Setting Photoshop Preferences pt. 3 (02:48)
Exploring the Photoshop Toolbox (04:07)
Tool Settings on the Options Bar (02:22)
Photoshop Application Bar (02:26)
Exploring the Panels (04:28)
Touring the Document Window (04:11)
Working More Efficiently pt. 1 (04:23)
Working More Efficiently pt. 2 (03:02)
Getting Around
Navigating Through Images (05:26)
Creating New Images (03:03)
Using Grid/Guides/Rulers (06:06)
Saving Your Work (04:41)
Understanding Web File Formats
Raster vs. Vector (02:29)
Web Graphic File Formats (03:25)
Basic Image Optimization for GIF (05:01)
Saving a Transparent GIF (02:51)
Basic Image Optimization for JPEG (04:30)
Basic Image Optimization for PNG (03:18)
Resizing Images for Web Output
Understanding Resolution (04:44)
Touring the Image Size Dialog (02:34)
Resizing Fundamentals (05:14)
Working with Selections
Shape-Based Selections pt. 1 (05:40)
Shape-Based Selections pt. 2 (02:32)
Transforming Selections (04:36)
Color-Based Selections pt. 1 (04:43)
Color-Based Selections pt. 2 (03:49)
Using Quick Mask Mode pt. 1 (02:47)
Using Quick Mask Mode pt. 2 (02:34)
Using Quick Mask Mode pt. 3 (03:43)
Saving & Reusing Selections (02:35)
Editing Alpha Channels (04:40)
Organizing Web Projects with Layers
Understanding How Layers Work (05:35)
Removing Objects from Backgrounds (04:13)
Combining Images Together (03:03)
Using Free Transform (02:31)
Organizing with Layers (03:22)
Opacity & Blending Modes (03:32)
Special Effects with Layer Styles (04:48)
Creating Web 2.0 Buttons pt. 1 (04:19)
Creating Web 2.0 Buttons pt. 2 (02:41)
Typesetting Fundamentals (04:52)
Type on the Web (04:47)
Understanding Styles (04:48)
Creating a Website Header pt. 1 (04:41)
Creating a Website Header pt. 2 (06:59)
Creating a Website Header pt. 3 (06:24)
Color on the Web
Understanding Color Modes (05:27)
Mixing & Specifying Colors (05:11)
Using Web Safe Colors (05:35)
Using Color Between Applications (05:38)
Optimizing Images
Optimizing Images as GIFs (06:29)
Creating GIF Animation (04:35)
Optimizing Images as JPEGs (03:13)
PNGs with Alpha Transparency pt. 1 (04:55)
PNGs with Alpha Transparency pt. 2 (03:33)
Creating Backgrounds & Textures
Background Techniques (04:25)
Tiling Background Examples (05:36)
Creating Gradient Backgrounds (04:24)
Building a Full Layout
What We Will Build (02:22)
Laying Out the Guides (04:39)
Creating the Main Layout Blocks pt. 1 (03:35)
Creating the Main Layout Blocks pt. 2 (03:30)
Creating the Main Layout Blocks pt. 3 (03:00)
Laying Out the Banner Ad Blocks (04:48)
Getting Organized in the Layers Panel (05:20)
Finishing Up the Layout (07:40)
Adding Content to the Layout
Formatting the Overall Layout (05:52)
Building the Lead Story Box (06:43)
Building the Story 1 Box (04:40)
Building the Story 2 Box (02:10)
Building the Story 3 & 4 Boxes (04:25)
Building the Feature Box (02:11)
Creating Title Text (06:56)
Inserting Placeholder Text (04:23)
Formatting the Footer (04:04)
Inserting the Header (02:04)
Slicing a Photoshop Layout
Creating Slices by Hand (07:02)
Guide-Based Slices (04:12)
Layer-Based Slices (03:44)
Dividing Slices (04:50)
Slicing Apart the Layout pt. 1 (02:25)
Slicing Apart the Layout pt. 2 (03:20)
Slicing Apart the Layout pt. 3 (02:00)
Setting Slice Properties pt. 1 (02:52)
Setting Slice Properties pt. 2 (02:54)
Exporting a Photoshop Layout
Slice Export Settings (04:47)
Exporting a Table-Based Layout (02:05)
Viewing the Table Results (03:59)
Exporting a CSS-Based Layout (01:44)
Viewing The CSS Results (05:04)
Final Exporting & Results (02:42)
Replacing Text (03:12)
Formatting the Layout (03:52)
Conclusion
Wrap Up (01:16)
About the Author (00:36)

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