Description: Wacom tablets are a popular alternative to the mouse for painting, drawing, and navigating your computer in a more natural position. In this course, artist and teacher John Derry shows how to get up and running with a variety of Wacom tablets (Intuos, Cintiq, and more), covering everything from setup to stylus selection. He then shows how to speed up your workflow and enhance your command of the drawing surface with ExpressKeys, the Touch Ring, and other controls. Plus, learn about tablet ergonomics—which makes your Wacom even more compatible with your working conditions—and follow a few exercises to warm up your drawing arm.

Content:

• Drawing freehand
• Tracing existing images
• Determining the correct tablet size for your work
• Understanding relative vs. absolute positioning
• Working with control surfaces like the Touch Ring and control keys
• Selecting the right stylus
• Working with the Bamboo, Intuos, Cintiq, and Inkling

Release name: Lynda.com.Wacom.Essential.Training-QUASAR
Size: 505.15 MB
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Description: Put HTML5, CSS3, and recent JavaScript API technologies to work and provide an enhanced brand opportunity for your clients with custom video bumpers. This short, easy-to-follow project shows how to add opening and closing video bumpers with the video tag and its JavaScript API. Author Joseph Lowery shows how to add these elements dynamically without additional editing, and includes instructions for troubleshooting the final presentation.

Content:

• Introduction 3m 16s
• Welcome 49s
• Using the exercise files 1m 14s
• Course and browser requirements 1m 13s
• Understanding the Project 5m 53s
• What we’re going to build 2m 19s
• Highlighted HTML5, CSS3, and javascript technologies 3m 34s
• Creating the Video Bumpers 22m 4s
• Setting up the HTML 3m 29s
• Prepping multiple formats 5m 37s
• Connecting the main video 5m 5s
• Playing the final bumper 5m 43s
• Troubleshooting 2m 10s
• Conclusion 23s
• Next steps 23s

Release name: Lynda.HTML5.Projects.Video.Bumpers.TUTORiAL-ALTAiR
Size: 290.31 MB
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Description: Microsoft Windows 8 introduces Windows Store apps (formerly known as Metro apps), which can be built with a variety of programming languages. In this course, David Gassner shows you how to pair XAML with Visual Basic to build a simple data-driven application. He provides a tour of the free Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows 8 and runs through a few Hello World exercises before demonstrating how to perform most of the basic app programming tasks with XAML and Visual Basic. The course describes how to acquire and display data, add an app bar, and use Windows 8 contracts to share assets with other applications.

Topics include:

• Installing Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows 8
• Testing apps with the Windows 8 simulator
• Defining a split-page layout with XAML
• Retrieving and parsing XML files with asynchronous programming
• Displaying data with dynamic bindings
• Sharing data with other apps through contracts
• Displaying command buttons in an app bar
• Creating Live Tile notifications

Release name: Lynda.Building.Your.First.Windows.Store.App.With.XAML.And.Visual.Basic.TUTORiAL-ALTAiR
Size: 203 MB
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Description: Bryan O’Neil Hughes is a photographer, a car buff, and the senior product manager for Photoshop. In Photo Workshop: Portrait of an Exotic Car, these passions combine at a workshop hosted by lynda.com and Adobe Systems. In the first portion of the course, Bryan photographs a carefully lit Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG and shares tips for photographing cars. He shows how to evaluate the lines of the vehicle and compose shots for the greatest dramatic effect. Along the way, he employs a variety of lenses and shooting techniques, from macro to high dynamic range.

Release name: Lynda.Photo.Workshop.Portrait.Of.An.Exotic.Car.TUTORiAL-ALTAiR
Size: 598MB
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Description:
Celebrations are an important part of life and in this course Nigel French shows how to create an eye-catching invitation using Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator. Learn about the various parts of an invitation and how to brainstorm design ideas, add text and imagery, incorporate a map to your event’s location, and explore different design treatments.

Topics include:

• Looking at type choices
• Creating a digital letterpress effect
• Adding text and images
• Creating alternate versions of your invitation

Release name: Lynda.InDesign.Designing.An.Invitation.TUTORiAL-ALTAiR
Size: 1.19 GB
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Description: Join Bruce Heavin, cofounder of lynda.com, as he explains the thinkable—a method of approaching life with curiosity and willingness to learn from our failures. In this presentation, illustrated in Bruce’s signature style, he shares his philosophy of putting passion first, mixing work with play, and seeing “no” as a blessing. Watch as Bruce explains how creativity and productivity can flourish in the face of barriers, limits, and constraints.

Release name: Lynda.Bruce.Heavin.The.Thinkable.Presentation.TUTORiAL-ALTAiR
Size: 38 MB
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Description: This installment of Start with a Theme shows how to set up a video blog using WordPress and three different free themes that result in three different looks for your site. Series author Morten Rand-Hendriksen explains how to get up and running quickly with Twenty Twelve, Origami, and Sundance, and reviews the benefits and drawbacks of all three themes as they apply to video content in particular. Learn how to add video from services such as YouTube and Vimeo, enhance the visibility of your posts, add a video slider, and more.

Release name: Lynda.Start.With.A.Theme.Video.Blogs.In.WordPress.TUTORiAL-ALTAiR
Size: 118 MB
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