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.

Lynda - Photoshop CS3 Color Correction

Lynda - Photoshop CS3 Color Correction
Author:Taz Tally | 12 topics | Duration: 07:13:38 | 1 DVD | .iso | 921 MB
Genre: Video training

Photoshop CS3 Color Correction is all about color: from customizing Photoshop color settings to accessing color correction tools with keyboard shortcuts to understanding the intricacies of histograms. Color correction expert Taz Tally Ph.D., explains each step of the process, including how to evaluate an image, determine what steps are required, adjust image dimensions, linear resolution, and mode, identify and correct shadows, remove screens and noise, retouch flaws, use curves and the color sampler, and much more. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

Topics include:

* Setting up Photoshop CS3 for color correction
* Managing images with Bridge CS3
* Understanding color image fundamentals
* Evaluating images quickly and accurately
* Determining whether to correct or adjust
* Evaluating and fixing physical characteristics
* Fine-tuning brightness and contrast
* Proofing and gamut testing