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Photoshop CC 2015 One-on-One: Fundamentals

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Learn everything you need to know about Adobe Photoshop CC, in the order you need to know it, in a top-to-bottom overview of this powerful image editing software.Learn everything you need to know about Photoshop, in the order you need to know it, in this top-to-bottom overview of the world's most powerful image editing software, Adobe Photoshop. With all new movies and all new exercise files, Deke McClelland's flagship One-on-One series is completely refreshed for Photoshop CC 2015. In this Fundamentals installment, the first of three, Deke takes you on a personalized tour of the basic tools and techniques that lie behind great images and graphic design, while keeping you up to speed with the newest features offered in Creative Cloud.Learn to open images from multiple sources, crop and straighten images, navigate panels and menus, and work with layers—the feature that allows you to mask parts of an image, combine effects, and composite artwork. Deke shows you how to perform important editing tasks, adjusting brightness and contrast, correcting color, and retouching and healing portraits. He also reviews formatting text, printing, and preparing web graphics in Photoshop.Check back every time Photoshop updates for new movies, new feature reviews, and new ways to work.

James White's Laser Horse Illustration: Start to Finish

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Neon, VHS, and palm trees inspire designer James White's supercharged poster, created for lynda.com's Photoshop 25th anniversary series.

Using Wacom Tablets with Photoshop

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Optimize your Wacom tablet for use with Adobe Photoshop and get finer control when drawing and painting.If you're serious about digital illustration, there's a good chance you use a Wacom tablet. But are you getting the most out of your tools? In this course, Adobe Certified Instructor Kevin Stohlmeyer shows how to optimize your Wacom tablet for use with Photoshop. He reviews each component of the tablet and Grip Pen and shows how to adjust preferences and customize your tablet to work best with Photoshop. Plus, he helps you experiment with Photoshop's default brushes, natural tips brushes, erodible brushes, and Mixer Brush.

Designing VR Experiences with Adobe Animate

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Learn how to design virtual reality (VR) experiences using Adobe Animate.Learn how to design virtual reality (VR) experiences using Adobe Animate. In this course, Joseph Labrecque takes you through the exciting possibilities offered by this multimedia and authoring application. Learn how to set up Animate for both 360 degree and panoramic VR experiences, import assets for use as textures, and structure your project. Discover how to create and switch between scenes—allowing travel between different states in the experience—and code user interactions. Finally, find out how to test and publish your VR experience for viewing on web, mobile, and desktop devices.

Photoshop Restoration: Scanning Oversized Photos

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Learn how to scan oversized photos in multiple passes and stitch the results together in Photoshop.Oversized prints present a unique challenge when it comes to photo restoration: They don't fit most home scanners. By scanning the photo in two or more passes and stitching the image back together, you can create a composite that accurately captures the dimensions of the original photograph. In this course, master restorationist Neil Rhodes shows how to evaluate an oversized photo, scan it in sections, and merge the resulting images with Photoshop's Photo Merge command. He then shows how to repair areas of damage, retouch any seams and tonal differences, and sharpen the final composite.

Adobe XD Essential Training: Design

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Design great user experiences for any size screen using Adobe XD. In this course—the first in a two-part series—learn how to create and collaborate on web and mobile app designs.By building a high-fidelity prototype, you can get feedback from stakeholders and users before you sink too much time into a design that doesn’t meet their needs. Adobe XD—a UX design platform for creating experiences using an iterative design process—was designed to help make it easier to collaborate on and share your ideas. In this course, the first installment in a two-part series, learn how to create and collaborate on web and mobile app designs using Adobe XD. Instructor Dani Beaumont, a principal product manager on Adobe XD, shows how to set up a design project and make use of the workspace layouts and tools. She also demonstrates how to use power capabilities such as Repeat Grid and the Libraries panel; build a component library with states and overrides, and more.

Learning Cinema 4D R19

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Explore the core techniques you need to know to create 3D models and animation with the latest version of Cinema 4D.

Visio 2013 Essential Training

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Master the intricacies of Visio 2013, the powerful diagramming and vector graphics software. Learn to create org charts, floor plans, prototypes, and more.Whether you're creating an org chart, mapping a network, or drawing a floor plan, this course will help you master the intricacies of Visio 2013, the powerful diagramming and vector graphics software.Author David Rivers helps you explore the Visio interface, from working with shapes, creating basic diagrams, and connecting diagrams to adding objects (text, graphics, and links), styling diagrams with themes, and formatting shapes, pictures, and text. The final chapters concentrate on creating different types of projects with Visio: org charts and brainstorming diagrams, timelines, calendars, floor plans, and prototypes.

Photoshop for Video Editors: Core Skills

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Learn how to use Photoshop to perform video editing tasks, such as lens correction, color grading, and more.Learn about Adobe Photoshop features of use to video editors. Instructor Rich Harrington describes core digital imaging concepts and shows how to perform basic image adjustments, such as correcting exposure and contrast. He also works through a series of practical techniques, from designing and animating a logo to creating a gradient wipe for use in motion backgrounds. The course also covers using the Photoshop editing tools and video timeline for advanced tasks, such as correcting lens distortion, color grading, and enhancing depth of field.This course was created by Rhed Pixel. We are pleased to offer this training in our libraryIntroductionWhat you can learn in this courseWhat you should know before watching this courseExercise files1. Pixels DemystifiedUnderstanding resolutionUnderstanding pixel aspect ratioUnderstanding image modeUnderstanding bit depth2. Preparing a PhotoCreating a new Photoshop file to match your sequence settingsThe Power Place techniqueAdjusting a raw fileFixing exposureFixing contrastUsing Content-Aware ScaleSending an image to the nonlinear editor (NLE)3. Creating a Logo BugSetting the canvasPlacing the vector logoWorking with raster logosEnhancing with stylesSetting transparency4. Animating a LogoPreparing a layered file for animationAdjusting blending modesAnimating a logo with keyframes in PhotoshopAnimating a logo with keyframes in an NLEAnimating a logo with keyframes in After Effects: Part 1Animating a logo with keyframes in After Effects: Part 25. Gradient WipesUnderstanding the Gradient Wipe effectCreating custom gradients6. Correcting Lens DistortionSending footage to PhotoshopFixing lens correction automaticallyFine-tuning lens correctionFixing distortion with the Adaptive Wide Angle repairRendering the video for the NLE7. Using Actions for Video WorkflowsOverview of the Actions panelUsing the Video Actions set8. Advanced Color Grading and EffectsSecondary color correctionAdvanced secondary color correctionBlack and white conversionUsing the Spot Color effectGenerating a LUT with PhotoshopUsing Photoshop Filters on a video clip9. Enhancing Depth of FieldThe Lens Blur effect in PhotoshopCreating a depth matte with gradientsCreating an advanced depth matte for footageThe Lens Blur effect in After Effects10. The Photoshop, Premiere Pro, and After Effects RelationshipExploring similarities between interfacesExploring matched presetsCreating a new PSD LinkConclusionNext steps

Photoshop CS6: Editing Video

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Guides you through the brand-new video workflow in Photoshop, from building a sequence to working with audio and exporting your video in a variety of high-quality formats.With the release of Photoshop CS6, Adobe introduced the ability to edit video footage. Author Rich Harrington guides you through this brand-new workflow, from building a sequence to working with audio and exporting your video in a variety of high-quality formats. The course also covers how Photoshop's strongest feature, its image enhancement toolset, translates to video, from fixing under- or overexposed footage, performing color balancing, and adding vibrance and contrast to special effects, such as converting to black and white and using Smart Filters to soften skin.

Cinema 4D: Dynamics

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Learn how to use CINEMA 4D dynamics to create physically accurate object animations, using real-world physics like gravity, collisions, and bounces.CINEMA 4D dynamics are powerful, but easy to understand and fun to play with. In this course, Thanassis Pozantzis shows you how to use dynamics to create physically accurate object animations, using real-world physics like gravity, collisions, and bounces. Learn how to work with forces like initial velocity, create more complex objects like hierarchies and static objects, and use dynamics with MoGraph clones and particle systems. You'll also get a look at eight of the major physical properties, learn how to connect your simulation to keyframe-animated objects, and trigger dynamics. After the completion of this course, you should be able to create complex dynamic simulations setups. The possibilities are limited only by your imagination.This course was created by Thanassis Pozantzis. We're honored to host this training in our library.

Sculpting a Game Asset in Blender

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Learn how to use Blender's Multiresolution modifier and sculpting tools to create high-poly texture maps for 3D game assets.Blender's sculpting tools are great for modeling, but they also can be used to create fine-detail textures for your 3D models, whether for animations or games. In this course, Darrin Lile demonstrates how to use Blender's Multiresolution modifier and sculpting tools to create texture maps that simulate high-poly sculpt information. He reviews the process of baking these textures out to normal and ambient occlusion texture maps, and then shows how to apply them to your 3D game assets in Unity.

Animating Cartoon Characters in Maya

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Teaches simple steps to creating exaggerated cartoon animation in Maya, using principles such as squash and stretch, exaggeration, follow-through, and overlapping action.Now that you've rigged your characters, it's time to make them move. Starting from where Modeling a Cartoon Character in Maya left off, George Maestri teaches five simple steps to creating exaggerated cartoon animation in Maya. Using the rig developed in the previous course, he shows how to animate a walk, create a jump, animate changes in facial expression and posture, animate a "zip out" or quick exit, and then show how to finalize and render the complete project. Throughout the course, George touches on animation principles such as squash and stretch, exaggeration, follow-through, and overlapping action.

Premiere Pro Guru: Professional Trimming

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Learn to trim on the timeline, perform various kinds of trim edits, trim audio, and incorporate keyboard shortcuts that make the work go faster.Trimming is at the very heart of editing. The fine adjustments that you make to your edits for timing and precision make a huge if subtle difference to the final product. This course is a deep dive into all of the tools used to make trim edits and the different ways to utilize them. Professional editor and documentary filmmaker Jason Osder teaches members how to trim on the timeline, perform various kinds of trim edits, trim audio, and incorporate keyboard shortcuts that make the work go faster.

Synchro Essential Training

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Use Synchro for virtual design and construction (VDC). Learn how to visualize models, schedule tasks, and manage projects more efficiently with Synchro.Virtual design and construction (VDC) is changing the way projects are built. This course teaches leading industry software, Synchro, to help you implement this new direction in your architecture and engineering projects—improving quality, safety, and productivity while reducing costs. Brian Myers focuses on the major features of Synchro for project management, animation, and presentation. Learn how to import scheduling and model data, schedule tasks and visualize them with Gantt charts, track progress, and even create animations based on tasks. Brian also shows how to export your work to paper, PDF, and image and video files. Start watching to find out how Synchro unifies the process of BIM and scheduling for more insight and control at every stage of construction.