Lynda.com InDesign CS5.5 New Features

Lynda.com InDesign CS5.5 New Features
TEAM QUASAR | 05-03-2011 | 563MB
Genre: eLearning
In InDesign CS5.5 New Features, James Fritz provides an in-depth exploration of the new features in InDesign CS5.5, showing not just where they are and how to use them, but also tips, workarounds, and practical applications of the features. The course covers improved accessibility features, new HTML export options, key enhancements to EPUB export, and a thorough introduction to the new Adobe Digital Publishing Suite, used to created folio files for the iPad and Android tablets. Exercise files are included with the course.

Topics include:
Adding alternate text for screen readers
Mapping styles to export tags for HTML exports
Adding multimedia for iBook output
Dragging and dropping anchored objects
Working with linked stories
Using the Overlay Creator
Creating a panorama for an iPad publication

Homepage: http://www.lynda.com/InDesign-CS5-5-tutorials/New-Features/80438-2.html

Lynda.com Premiere Pro CS5.5 New Features

Lynda.com Premiere Pro CS5.5 New Features
TEAM QUASAR | 05-03-2011 | 324MB
Genre: eLearning


In Premiere Pro CS5.5 New Features, author David Basulto details the latest productivity enhancements to the Premiere Pro video editing workflow. Covering preproduction through delivery, the course shows how to edit RED footage nondestructively, place and modify keyframes directly on the timeline, and export to multiple file formats with the redesigned Media Encoder. Exercise files accompany the course.


Topics include:
Choosing the appropriate keyboard layout
Building custom sequences
Syncing audio and video into a merged clip
Roundtripping with Audition to sweeten audio
Collaborating on the fly with CS Review
Adding closed captions

Homepage: http://www.lynda.com/Premiere-Pro-CS5-5-tutorials/New-Features/81048-2.html

Lynda.com After Effects CS5.5 New Features

Lynda.com After Effects CS5.5 New Features
TEAM QUASAR | 05-03-2011 | 1.54GB
Genre: eLearning

In After Effects CS5.5 New Features, visual effects guru Mark Christiansen covers the relevant new features of After Effects CS5.5, including the new Warp Stabilizer, 3D Stereoscopic workflow, and Lens Effects tools. The course also covers light falloff enhancements and workflow improvements in this release. Exercise files are included with the course.


Topics include:
Adding smooth light falloff
Using inverse square falloff
Creating lens blur with the After Effects camera
Working with Warp Stabilizer
Recreating bokeh blur artifacts
Creating rack focus
Setting up stereo 3D
Working with RED camera footage
Saving preview time with disk caching
Creating an orbit null

Homepage: http://www.lynda.com/After-Effects-CS5-5-tutorials/New-Features/80439-2.html

Lynda.com Illustrator CS5 Essential Training

Lynda.com Illustrator CS5 Essential Training 

In Illustrator CS5 Essential Training, author Mordy Golding explains the core concepts and techniques that apply to any workflow in Illustrator, whether designing for print, the web, or assets for other applications. This course includes a detailed explanation of the elements that make up vector graphics—paths, strokes, and fills—and shows how to use each of Illustrator's drawing tools. Also demonstrated are techniques for combining and cleaning up paths, organizing paths into groups and layers, text editing, working with color, effects, and much more. Exercise files accompany the course.

Topics include:

Setting up a new document based on the output destination
Using rules, guides, and grids
Making detailed selections
Drawing and editing paths with the Pen and Pencil tools
Creating compound vector shapes
Understanding the difference between point and area text
Applying live effects
Creating color swatches
Transforming artwork with Rotation, Scale, and Transform effects
Placing images
Working with masks
Printing, saving, and exporting artwork

Lynda.com - Up and Running with Photoshop Lightroom 3

Lynda.com - Up and Running with Photoshop Lightroom 3
English | 02 Hours 44 Mins | 960x600 | H264 | 15fps 400kbps | AAC 96kbps | 2.03GB
Genre: eLearning
In Up and Running with Photoshop Lightroom 3, Jan Kabili provides an approachable introduction to organizing, editing, and sharing photos in Lightroom. This course offers a quick-start approach to the basics, from importing photos from a camera or a hard drive, to managing photos in the Library module, to improving photos by adjusting exposure, recovering details from highlights and shadows, sharpening, and more. The course also includes a look at popular Lightroom features for sharing photos: exporting, printing, and creating slideshows.


Topics include:
* Understanding Lightroom catalogs
* Importing photos from multiple sources
* Organizing photos with ratings, keywords, and collections
* Working with virtual copies
* Making basic corrections to photo color and tone
* Making local photo edits with the Adjustment Brush and Graduated Filter tools
* Removing spots from multiple photos at once
* Reducing digital noise and sharpening
* Cropping and straightening
* Printing and exporting edited photos

More info:
_http://www.lynda.com/Photoshop-Lightroom-3-tutorials/Up-and-Running-with/79820-2.html