Do you have more than one computer in your home or small office? If you do, you need a network! Using the network, you can share a single internet connection between all your computers, transfer files with a few mouse-clicks rather than a pile of floppy disks, and work wirelessly with your laptop from anywhere [Read More...]
The Internet is an unmatched resource for home, education, and business. And no matter where and how you are using the Internet, it is critical that you protect your privacy and security while you are online. Computer Privacy & Security Essential Training is a movie-based tutorial designed for both novice and experienced Windows or Macintosh [Read More...]
Unwanted email has grown increasingly common and sophisticated. It now includes not only unsolicited commercial messages, but also fraud schemes, identity theft attempts, and dangerous attachments. Because the majority of this mail is now sent from virus-infected computers, many of the strategies that worked to combat spam a few years ago have become less effective. [Read More...]
After Effects CS3 Professional Beyond the Basics shows how to take After Effects to the next level. Instructor Chad Perkins teaches techniques for bringing photos to life with displacement, crafting fire and water effects with Fractal Noise, mastering masks, using the “other” puppet tools, creating a lightsaber fight, running the gamut of expressions, and taking [Read More...]
Session Description: A basic introduction to After Effects emphasizing content that can be integrated with Flash. After Effects is the standard for motion graphics applications, and animating in After Effects is much simpler and more flexible than it is in Flash. Text animation, for example, can be difficult and time-consuming in Flash. In this session, [Read More...]
The animation tools have been greatly enhanced in Flash CS4, and Todd Perkins teaches their advanced capabilities in Flash CS4 Professional Tools for Character Animation. He shows how to master the new Motion Tween model and the Motion Editor to control easing and effects such as Squash and Stretch. He demonstrates how to use the [Read More...]
This course is perfect for anyone who’s looking to add more “flash” to Flash projects. In Flash CS4 Professional: Object-Oriented Programming, Todd Perkins shares tools and techniques to help create a more streamlined workflow through reusable code components. He explains how encapsulation and inheritance can produce creative work with maximum efficiency, and shows how to [Read More...]
After Effects CS4 features a new operator for shape layers: Wiggle Transform. This useful tool can automatically animate the anchor point, position, rotation, and scale of a layer without having to use expressions or animation presets. In After Effects CS4: Wiggle Transform Tips, Chris and Trish Meyer present helpful advice for using Wiggle Transform to [Read More...]
After Effects CS4: Apprentice’s Guide to Key Features is a series of guided tours with Chris and Trish Meyer. It is designed as a gentle introduction to some of the major features of After Effects CS4. This quick–start course is for beginners who already know how to animate, users who are not familiar with the [Read More...]
Volumetric lighting effects, such as light rays and glows, are susceptible to two common problems: They can look too synthetic, and they are prone to banding when compressed for DVDs and the web. In After Effects Natural Light Effects,Chris Meyer shows how to make light look more realistic by adding dust or swirling smoke, creating [Read More...]