Full Browser Flash By Kevin Schmitt
Let's face facts, folks: sometimes just scaling your entire Flash movie to an arbitrary window size won't cut it. A prime example of one of those times would be if you're using Flash to create Web-based applications, where your users would rightfully expect to have the application interface scale intelligently to the size of their browser window. Flex Builder can do this through a simple GUI panel, but the process is a little more involved if you're using Flash CS4 Professional, which is where we'll pick things up.
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Adding Audio Hardware Meters to Sony Vegas Pro By Jeffrey P. Fisher
There's no doubt that watching volume levels with your audio- and video-centric projects is important. The digital audio world has a top limit --- 0 dBFS --- that you can't exceed. But screen real estate is often at a premium when working in the Vegas NLE. Sure you can pop the Audio Mixer and/or Mixing Console over to a secondary monitor, but that's often filled up with audio/video effects, waveform/vectorscope monitor, and even full-screen previews.
...Read More »
300+ Free After Effects Tutorials
After Effects has always been a popular topic for our writers and editors. We thought it would be helpful to list - with direct links to them on our After Effects Channel - the more than 300 different After Effects tutorials we have so far. In this list are After Effects training videos, After Effects hands on tutorials and techniques, and lots of After Effects Quick Tips. All professional quality, and all free! Enjoy!
...Read More »
Basic Training for LightWave v9: Layout By Jarrod Davis
In this clip, host Jarrod Davis takes a look at LightWave's layout and goes over some of the differences and similarities as modeler. He details the taskbar and tabs, the different views in layout, including top bottom back, front, right left, perspective, light view, camwera view, and schematic view.
...Read More »
C4D4AE: A simple graphic element with mograph By Ko Maruyama
There are many ways to create some little elements that go into radar screens and control panels, but when you need to design something that matches a defined or described function - then you might find some really simple solutions in CINEMA4D's mograph tools. This 5min video tutorial walks you through the basics. What you do with those tools can take a little longer.
...Read More »
ZBrush 3 for Windows Essential Training: Creasing By Eric Keller
In this clip, Lynda.com host Eric Keller discusses how to create more manufacturing or hard edged surfaces by adding creasing to your models. He adds lower levels of subdivisions and turns on frame mode so you can see the changes. When he makes a crease, it creases the outside edge of whatever is visible on the canvas. He shows how to use the crease button, and shows the dotted line to indicate the crease line on the edge.
...Read More »
ZBrush 3 for Windows Essential Training: Edge Loops By Eric Keller
In this clip, Lynda.com host Eric Keller discusses how to use Edge Loops to make an extrusion to a model, which helps you to add geometry to a model. He uses a polysphere to demonstrate this.
...Read More »
Adobe Kuler By Maltaannon
Adobe Kuler is a great website where designers from all over the world create and exchange color schemes. Kuler has several algorithms to help you create your very own color scheme, plus it allows rating and commenting on existing schemes, that can be downloaded in Adobe Swatch Exchange format.
...Read More »
ZBrush 3 for Windows Essential Training: Isolation By Eric Keller
In this clip, Lynda.com host Eric Keller discusses isolating parts of a model while working on it so that you can focus on key details of one section of the model. He shows how to isolate certain parts of the model by making a selection so you can easily work on that particular section without worrying about the other elements of the model getting changed inadvertently.
...Read More »
ZBrush 3 for Windows Essential Training: Basic Masking By Eric Keller
In this clip, Lynda.com host Eric Keller discusses how to apply a mask to a model. When starting to add detail to a model, there will be times when you want to apply a mask to the model. Eric shows you how to apply masks to a 3D model.
...Read More »
ZBrush 3 for Windows Essential Training: Z Spheres By Eric Keller
Once you have your basic 3 ZSphere arrangement, you are ready to start adding to the armature to create more of a figure like shape, and Eric shows you how to do so in this clip. He also shows how to add another ZSphere, scale it down, add arms via the Draw tool and also add shoulders, and more.
...Read More »
ZBrush 3 for Windows Essential Training: ZSpheres By Eric Keller
In this clip, Lynda.com host Eric Keller covers the ZSpheres, which are used to create armatures for digital sculptures. The basic idea is to create a starting point to create a geometry, and Eric details how to use ZSpheres to create that starting point so you can build and pose your own armatures.
...Read More »
ZBrush 3 for Windows Essential Training: Symmetry By Eric Keller
In this clip, Lynda.com host Eric Keller discusses the Symmetry tool in ZBrush, which enables you to work on both sides of a model at the same time, which is an advantage over working with clay in the real world. It is a huge timesaver and Eric explains how to use it.
...Read More »
ZBrush 3 for Windows Essential Training: Deformers By Eric Keller
In this clip, Lynda.com host Eric Keller discusses another way to get started with your 3D sculptures in ZBrush is to use the deformations sub-palette in the tool palette. You can apply a number of deformers to the 3D tool to come up with your own unique shapes.
...Read More »
ZBrush 3 for Windows Essential Training: Startup Meshes By Eric Keller
In this clip, Lynda.com host Eric Keller explains that when you are ready to start working with a 3D sculpture in ZBrush, you can start by using one of the aptly named 3D startup meshes that are found in the tool palette.
...Read More »
ZBrush 3 for Windows Essential Training: Layout Preferences By Eric Keller
In this clip, Lynda.com host Eric Keller discusses the Zbrush interface and how you can cutomize it to fit your own working style. He shows how to rearrange things on the interface so that you can focus just on the sculpting. He shows how to use the presets to move through the various interface arrangements that you can choose to work with.
...Read More »
Adobe Soundbooth CS4 Essential Training: What is Digital Audio By Sven-Erik Seaholm
In this video, Lynda.com host Sven-Erik Seaholm talks about what digital audio is and how it looks and sounds in Adobe's Soundbooth CS4. He covers how various instruments such as drums and the electric guitar sound, and look via Soundbooth's spectral frequency display. He discusses what frequencies are and how they look, as well as how the spectral frequency display works as opposed to the waveform display. He also talks about bit depth and sample rates.
...Read More »
ZBrush 3 for Windows Essential Training: Memory settings By Eric Keller
In this clip, Lynda.com host Eric Keller talks about memory and how ZBrush uses a lot of memory when working with dense models. He shows how to tune or set the memory controls in the preference menus, setting the compact mem slider to optimize the memory parameters.
...Read More »
HowAudio's Apple Logic Training: Track Automation By Patrick Copeland
In this clip, host Patrick Copeland continues on with Track Automation in Logic Pro and covers more features, including Automation groups, Insert Bypassing, Output Automation, Convert MIDI to Automation, and Quick Access.
...Read More »
ZBrush 3 for Windows Essential Training: Layout Preferences By Eric Keller
In this clip, Lynda.com host Eric Keller covers the customization process of the ZBrush interface. He shows how to rearrange the interface to your work style. He details the presets that are built into ZBrush. He shows where to find the presets, and what each of the presets are used for. If you just want to work on the model itself without some of the other controls, you can set the interface accordingly.
...Read More »
Bluetooth headsets have become more and more popular throughout the years and now more and more cell phones have been able to take advantage of this technology. In this review we'll be looking at a brand new Bluetooth headset from iTech, the SolarVoice 908, one of the first solar charging headsets on the market.
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Thank goodness you're a pack rat! You know, have to grab, keep everything that flies by...ok everything except that report or news item or YouTube yuck you saw last week and now desperately need. Can't find it it save your behind. And still you don't have enough storage...there are new worlds to conquer, new worlds to destroy or take home with you. Don't worry Flash will always be there for you Dale!!!!
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On this Veteran's Day 2009, as we honor those who served and gave their lives for America, there are stories about man's best friend being told by those who fought alongside their "War Dogs of the Pacific." Most Americans have no idea that dogs were trained to sniff out the enemy during World War II, 549 to be exact fought with the U.S. Marines on Guam, Saipan, and other battlegrounds of the Pacific Theater.
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Did you hear? Microsoft is releasing a new version of Windows - should you buy it? Windows 7 is here. In this article you will find out if Windows 7 is worth the wait and whether or not you should upgrade. Or is Windows 7 just another Vista?
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Full Browser Flash
Let's face facts, folks: sometimes just scaling your entire Flash movie to an arbitrary window size won't cut it. A prime example of one of those times would be if you're using Flash to create Web-based applications, where your users would rightfully expect to have the application interface scale intelligently to the size of their browser window. Flex Builder can do this through a simple GUI panel, but the process is a little more involved if you're using Flash CS4 Professional, which is where we'll pick things up.
...Read More »
Adding Audio Hardware Meters to Sony Vegas Pro
There's no doubt that watching volume levels with your audio- and video-centric projects is important. The digital audio world has a top limit --- 0 dBFS --- that you can't exceed. But screen real estate is often at a premium when working in the Vegas NLE. Sure you can pop the Audio Mixer and/or Mixing Console over to a secondary monitor, but that's often filled up with audio/video effects, waveform/vectorscope monitor, and even full-screen previews.
...Read More »
300+ Free After Effects Tutorials
After Effects has always been a popular topic for our writers and editors. We thought it would be helpful to list - with direct links to them on our After Effects Channel - the more than 300 different After Effects tutorials we have so far. In this list are After Effects training videos, After Effects hands on tutorials and techniques, and lots of After Effects Quick Tips. All professional quality, and all free! Enjoy!
...Read More »
Basic Training for LightWave v9: Layout
In this clip, host Jarrod Davis takes a look at LightWave's layout and goes over some of the differences and similarities as modeler. He details the taskbar and tabs, the different views in layout, including top bottom back, front, right left, perspective, light view, camwera view, and schematic view.
...Read More »
C4D4AE: A simple graphic element with mograph
There are many ways to create some little elements that go into radar screens and control panels, but when you need to design something that matches a defined or described function - then you might find some really simple solutions in CINEMA4D's mograph tools. This 5min video tutorial walks you through the basics. What you do with those tools can take a little longer.
...Read More »
ZBrush 3 for Windows Essential Training: Creasing
In this clip, Lynda.com host Eric Keller discusses how to create more manufacturing or hard edged surfaces by adding creasing to your models. He adds lower levels of subdivisions and turns on frame mode so you can see the changes. When he makes a crease, it creases the outside edge of whatever is visible on the canvas. He shows how to use the crease button, and shows the dotted line to indicate the crease line on the edge.
...Read More »
ZBrush 3 for Windows Essential Training: Edge Loops
In this clip, Lynda.com host Eric Keller discusses how to use Edge Loops to make an extrusion to a model, which helps you to add geometry to a model. He uses a polysphere to demonstrate this.
...Read More »
Adobe Kuler
Adobe Kuler is a great website where designers from all over the world create and exchange color schemes. Kuler has several algorithms to help you create your very own color scheme, plus it allows rating and commenting on existing schemes, that can be downloaded in Adobe Swatch Exchange format.
...Read More »
ZBrush 3 for Windows Essential Training: Isolation
In this clip, Lynda.com host Eric Keller discusses isolating parts of a model while working on it so that you can focus on key details of one section of the model. He shows how to isolate certain parts of the model by making a selection so you can easily work on that particular section without worrying about the other elements of the model getting changed inadvertently.
...Read More »
ZBrush 3 for Windows Essential Training: Basic Masking
In this clip, Lynda.com host Eric Keller discusses how to apply a mask to a model. When starting to add detail to a model, there will be times when you want to apply a mask to the model. Eric shows you how to apply masks to a 3D model.
...Read More »
ZBrush 3 for Windows Essential Training: Z Spheres
Once you have your basic 3 ZSphere arrangement, you are ready to start adding to the armature to create more of a figure like shape, and Eric shows you how to do so in this clip. He also shows how to add another ZSphere, scale it down, add arms via the Draw tool and also add shoulders, and more.
...Read More »
ZBrush 3 for Windows Essential Training: ZSpheres
In this clip, Lynda.com host Eric Keller covers the ZSpheres, which are used to create armatures for digital sculptures. The basic idea is to create a starting point to create a geometry, and Eric details how to use ZSpheres to create that starting point so you can build and pose your own armatures.
...Read More »
ZBrush 3 for Windows Essential Training: Symmetry
In this clip, Lynda.com host Eric Keller discusses the Symmetry tool in ZBrush, which enables you to work on both sides of a model at the same time, which is an advantage over working with clay in the real world. It is a huge timesaver and Eric explains how to use it.
...Read More »
ZBrush 3 for Windows Essential Training: Deformers
In this clip, Lynda.com host Eric Keller discusses another way to get started with your 3D sculptures in ZBrush is to use the deformations sub-palette in the tool palette. You can apply a number of deformers to the 3D tool to come up with your own unique shapes.
...Read More »
ZBrush 3 for Windows Essential Training: Startup Meshes
In this clip, Lynda.com host Eric Keller explains that when you are ready to start working with a 3D sculpture in ZBrush, you can start by using one of the aptly named 3D startup meshes that are found in the tool palette.
...Read More »
ZBrush 3 for Windows Essential Training: Layout Preferences
In this clip, Lynda.com host Eric Keller discusses the Zbrush interface and how you can cutomize it to fit your own working style. He shows how to rearrange things on the interface so that you can focus just on the sculpting. He shows how to use the presets to move through the various interface arrangements that you can choose to work with.
...Read More »
Adobe Soundbooth CS4 Essential Training: What is Digital Audio
In this video, Lynda.com host Sven-Erik Seaholm talks about what digital audio is and how it looks and sounds in Adobe's Soundbooth CS4. He covers how various instruments such as drums and the electric guitar sound, and look via Soundbooth's spectral frequency display. He discusses what frequencies are and how they look, as well as how the spectral frequency display works as opposed to the waveform display. He also talks about bit depth and sample rates.
...Read More »
ZBrush 3 for Windows Essential Training: Memory settings
In this clip, Lynda.com host Eric Keller talks about memory and how ZBrush uses a lot of memory when working with dense models. He shows how to tune or set the memory controls in the preference menus, setting the compact mem slider to optimize the memory parameters.
...Read More »
HowAudio's Apple Logic Training: Track Automation
In this clip, host Patrick Copeland continues on with Track Automation in Logic Pro and covers more features, including Automation groups, Insert Bypassing, Output Automation, Convert MIDI to Automation, and Quick Access.
...Read More »
ZBrush 3 for Windows Essential Training: Layout Preferences
In this clip, Lynda.com host Eric Keller covers the customization process of the ZBrush interface. He shows how to rearrange the interface to your work style. He details the presets that are built into ZBrush. He shows where to find the presets, and what each of the presets are used for. If you just want to work on the model itself without some of the other controls, you can set the interface accordingly.
...Read More »
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