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-QUASAR

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 - QUASAR

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 Basics

Lynda.com - Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 : Beyond the BasicsHF | 1.8GB
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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