Thursday, March 10, 2011

Lynda.com Creating a First Web Site with Flash Professional CS5



Lynda.com Creating a First Web Site with Flash Professional CS5 | 729MB
Genre: eLearning


Creating a First Web Site with Flash Professional CS5 shows how to make a fully functional, dynamic web site in Flash Professional CS5. This course covers the fundamentals of creating and importing content, adding smooth 2D and 3D transitions, and adding button functionality that goes beyond links. This course will also show how to integrate and control video and audio as well as how to implement a gallery and a contact form. Exercise files are included with the course.


Topics include:
* Understanding web design
* Creating buttons and web graphics in Photoshop
* Formatting text with the Text Layout Framework
* Using the Timeline
* Creating a custom looping animation
* Loading images in a gallery
* Creating invisible buttons
* Adding music and video to a site
* Customizing video playback controls
* Optimizing and publishing a web site

Release Info:
Lynda.com.Creating.a.First.Web.Site.with.Flash.Professional.CS5-QUASAR
Supplier . : QUASAR
Cracker .. : QUASAR
Packager . : QUASAR 
Type ..... : Brain Enhancement
Date ..... : 07-27-2010 
OS ....... : Win/Mac

Lynda.com: Flash Tutorials - Flash Professional CS5: Creating A Simple Game For Android Devices



Lynda.com: Flash Tutorials - Flash Professional CS5: Creating A Simple Game For Android Devices
English | 960x540 | H264 | 15fps 244kbps | AAC 96kbps | 665MB
Genre: eLearning

In Flash Professional CS5: Creating a Simple Game for Android Devices, author Paul Trani shows how to translate existing Flash skills from the web to mobile devices while designing a game in Flash and publishing it as an AIR for Android app. The finished application includes collision detection, random enemy creation and movement, shooting capabilities, multiple levels, and even a high score screen. This course also goes beyond game functionality and shows how to use mobile capabilities such as the accelerometer and gestures to control graphics, use the hardware keys to activate menus, and also how to optimize content so it plays well on mobile devices. Also included are instructions for distributing an app through the Android Market. Exercise files are included with the course.


Topics include:
* Designing for mobile platforms
* Creating and optimizing game graphics
* Adding random movement and interactivity
* Moving players based on the accelerometer
* Using gestures
* Detecting collisions
* Implementing audio
* Adding scoring and levels
* Implementing a high score screen
* Publishing an app on both Mac and Windows
* Uploading to the Android Market

Lynda.com After Effects Apprentice Layer Control




Lynda.com After Effects Apprentice Layer Control
English | h264, yuv420p, 960x600, 30.00 fps | aac, 48000 Hz, stereo | 1.32 GB
Genre: Video training


Course name: After Effects Apprentice: Layer Control
Authors: Chris Meyer Trish Meyer
Duration (hh:mm:ss): 02:33:13
Exercise files: Yes
Software works on: Mac and Windows

Description:
In this installment of After Effects Apprentice, Chris Meyer focuses on ways to edit and enhance layers in After Effects. Through a series of Quizzler challenges and Idea Corner examples, Chris shares alternative ways to employ modes, sequencing, and adjustment layers, while special sidebar movies cover the subjects of creating seamless loops, animating effects points, understanding pixel aspect ratios, and employing Brainstorm to explore the variety of different looks that effects can create. The course also covers tricks for enhancing boring footage and tips for converting scans into moving sequences. Exercise files are included with the course.

Topics include:

1- Sliding and trimming
2- Slip-editing and insert-editing layers
3- Employing blending modes to enhance layers and composites
4- Applying, modifying, and saving animation presets and layer styles
5- Using adjustment layers to affect multiple layers
6- Experimenting with effects using Brainstorm
7- Understanding pixel aspect ratios

Lynda.com-After Effects CS5:Creating Motion Graphics 2011




Lynda.com-After Effects CS5:Creating Motion Graphics 2011 | ISO | 1.38 GB
Genre: eLearning


After Effects CS5: Creating Motion Graphics with Ian Robinson covers Some of the core Principles used to CREATE Motion graphics, breaking down Them Into Smaller Groups of Applied techniques in After Effects. The course explores everything from gathering inspiration to integrating traditional typography, transitional elements, animated textures, color, and more into motion graphics. Instructions for Building a toolkit with templates and a style guide for Future Projects Are Also included

Lynda: After Effects Apprentice - Advanced Animation (Included Files Exercises)




Lynda: After Effects Apprentice - Advanced Animation (Included Files Exercises)
English | H264 508Kbps | 960 x 600 30fps | AAc 128 Kbps | 754 MB
Genre: eLearning


In this course, Chris Meyer helps beginning After Effects artists take their animations to the next level.
Chris shows how to refine animations to create elegant, coordinated movements with the minimum number of keyframes-as well as slam-downs, whip pans, and other attention-getters. Additional movies show how to reverse-engineer existing animations, create variations on a theme, and master other parts of the program. Even though this course is designed for beginners, even veterans should learn tricks that many experienced users are unaware of. Chris' friendly running commentary lets you in on his mental process as he works on an animation. Exercise files are included with the course.
The After Effects Apprentice Video lessons on lynda.com Are designed to be used on Their Own or AS a companion to Trish and Chris Meyer's acclaimed tutorial book, After Effects Apprentice .
Topics include:

* Understanding how keyframes work under the hood
* Controlling the Anchor Point to create more predictable animations
* Mastering the Graph Editor for the ultimate control over keyframes
* Animating parameters including motion paths
* Hand-drawing motion paths to simplify complex movements
* Applying and tweaking Motion Blur
* Using Hold keyframes

Lynda com After Effects Apprentice Advanced Animation




Lynda com After Effects Apprentice Advanced Animation
Video: avc1 MPEG4 (H264) .MP4 | Resolution: 960x600 | Audio: mp4a AAC 44100Hz | 770Mb
Genre: eLearning

In this course, Chris Meyer helps beginning After Effects artists take their animations to the next level. Chris shows how to refine animations to create elegant, coordinated movements with the minimum number of keyframes-as well as slam-downs, whip pans, and other attention-getters. Additional movies show how to reverse-engineer existing animations, create variations on a theme, and master other parts of the program.

Lynda.com - Photoshop CS5: Deke's Techniques (Updated: 3/1/2011)






Lynda.com - Photoshop CS5: Deke's Techniques (Updated: 3/1/2011)
English | 960x540 | H264 | 29.97fps 541kbps | AAC 128kbps | 422MB
Genre: eLearning




In MEL for Character AnimatorsDeke'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.


Current Techniques 18:03
Creating a molten letter effect 06:43
Setting type on fire 11:20

February 2011 Techniques 01:02:20
Creating a molten letter effect 00:06:43
Setting type on fire 00:11:20
Control smoothing with an anti-edge mask 00:07:20
Blending textures onto a face 00:09:31
Rendering a face as a cave painting 00:07:34
Creating a reflection in shattered glass 00:08:32
Creating a face in a tree 00:11:20

January 2011 Techniques 52:43
Creating ice type 00:08:39
Branding type on a texture 00:07:06
Creating an image-branding machine 00:07:13
Capturing effects with layer comps 00:07:35
Rendering type in gold 00:08:09
Creating a hammered metal background 00:05:48
Creating heavy metal type 00:08:13

Lynda.com: Drupal Gardens Essential Training (Included Files Exercise)


 Lynda.com: Drupal Gardens Essential Training (Included Files Exercise)
English | AVC 200Kbps | 960 x 540 15 fps | AAC 96Kbps | 761 MB
Genre: eLearning

Drupal Gardens Essential Training with Tom Geller demonstrates how to create and publish a complete web site with the powerful tools in Acquia's hosted service, Drupal Gardens. The course covers how to leverage its pre-built page layouts and add custom styling, without having to learn CSS, using the Theme Builder tool, how to integrate rich site features, such as forms, surveys, and media galleries, and how to push content to Twitter and Facebook. The course also shows how to transition a Drupal Gardens site to a self-hosted Drupal site. Exercise files are included with the course.

Topics include:
* Creating and managing content and content types
* Embedding videos and other media
* Publishing and subscribing to RSS feeds
* Setting up blocks, banners, menus, and forms
* Managing comments and spam
* Tracking site usage
* Duplicating and deleting sites
* Adding custom domains 

Lynda.com Microsoft Windows 7 Essential Training




Lynda com Microsoft Windows 7 Essential Training | 756.69 MB


In Windows 7 Essential Training, David Rivers helps users of any level feel comfortable with the improvements and enhancements found in Microsoft's operating system. From simple navigation through the updated graphic user interface, David shows how to install or upgrade and get the most out of Windows 7. He covers using the new Internet Explorer 8 and boosting a computer's memory with the ReadyBoost tool. He also highlights hardware configuration options and explores the advances made connecting a home or work system with Windows Live, the cloud-computing environment made available for Windows 7 users. Exercise files accompany this course.
Software works on: Windows only.