Abstinence: The Video Game
There is an abstinence game being created by the University of Central Florida with $400k+ of taxpayer money. The game is directed at middle school girls to help them handle and cope with sexual advances.
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News: What Hand Do I Read, And Why ?
What Hand Do I Read - And Why ?This is the first tumbling block for some budding palmists, so let me give you some real begginning tips.
How To: Access and edit audio files with Adobe Soundbooth
This clip presents a guide on using Soundbooth to access Resource Central and purchase audio files to use in video projects. Accessing and Editing Adobe Sound documents with Adobe media applications.
How To: Apply effects to a portrait in Adobe Photoshop CS4/CS5
In this tutorial Dave Cross experiments with the color range command and goes to work on a portrait to create some creative variations of the image.
How To: Create banner ads with Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop
Matt Kloskowski has a tutorial for web designers and graphic designers who work with web banner ads. He shows how to use the banner ad template in Illustrator and bring it into Photoshop.
How To: Model an entire human head within Blender
This seven-part tutorial series presents an overview of the techniques needed to model a human head using the Blender 3D modeling application. First, you'll set up the primary edgeloops and then move on piece by piece from there. Upon completion you should come away with some good strategies to model your own heads. Whether you're new to the Blender Foundation's popular open-source 3D computer graphics application or are a seasoned digital artist merely on the lookout for new tips and tricks,...
How To: Design in Photoshop with patterns from Illustrator
There are a number of patterns built into Illustrator which can be brought over to Photoshop to use as design elements. Learn how to use them with this free video tutorial. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started using Illustrator patterns in your own Photoshop projects, watch this helpful guide.
How To: Slice up images in Photoshop for use in Dreamweaver
In this tutorial, Geoff Blake uses the slice tool in Photoshop to divide up a header image and then takes it into Dreamweaver to display it on a web page. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this free video software tutorial.
How To: Use Adobe InDesign's drag and drop text options
This clip shares some tips and tricks for using Adobe InDesign’s drag and drop text options. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started capitalizing on this oft-overlooked InDesign feature yourself, watch this free video software tutorial.
How To: Select or mask liquids in Adobe Photoshop
Some Photoshop users are intimidated by the idea of trying to mask or select liquids. Here is a guide with some helpful tips on how to get this done. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this brief video software tutorial.
How To: Create a rain effect with Fireworks & After Effects
In this two-part tutorial, Tom Green opens up a picture of the Swiss Alps, re-sizes the image in Fireworks, and creates a rain simulation in After Effects. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started using this fun effect in your own After Effects project, watch this free video software tutorial.
How To: Use guides when working in Adobe InDesign
In this clip, InDesign writer Jeff Witchel shares some of his popular tips for working with guides in InDesign. For detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started using guides for greater control in your own InDesign projects, watch this free video software tutorial.
How To: Retouch and enhance eyes in Adobe Photoshop CS4
See how to use Adobe Photoshop CS4 to make the eyes of your subject pop. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular graphic editing program or a seasoned design professional looking to better acquaint yourself with the new features and functions of this particular iteration of the application, you're sure to benefit from this free software tutorial. For more information, watch this designer's guide.
How To: Control time with audio using Trapcode Sound Keys
In this two part episode, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to use audio to control time. You'll learn how to make your video automatically move forward in time to the beat of the music - a technique used in tons of music videos and commercials.
How To: Create a Helix in Adobe Illustrator
This is a 3 part tutorial. Be sure to click on Chapters 2 & 3 to get the full tutorial. In Part 1 of this 3 part Adobe Illustrator tutorial series, Vincent Rosati explains how to use the free transform tool to take the first step in creating a helix with AI.
How To: Design lower thirds in Adobe Photoshop
This is a two part video tutorial. Be sure to click on Chapters 2 as well to get the full tutorial. Taking a look at the popular technique of designing lower thirds and the process it takes to design these using Photoshop. Photoshop is the perfect solution for this task with the ability to mix text, texture, graphics and logos to create compelling titles for your show or video.
How To: Build a 360 degree cube world with After Effects
In this four part video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Carl Larsen shows you how to create a 360 degree camera-aware environment in After Effects without the use of third-party plug-ins. In part two, build a title sequence within the 360 degree environment created in part one of this tutorial series. Part 3 shows you how to track a lens flare onto the surface of a 360 degree camera-aware environment without the use of a third-party plug-in. Part 4 shows you how to track a lens flare onto a 360...
How To: Animate floating text in Adobe Fireworks and Flash
Tom Green demonstrates this floating text technique by cutting the text out of the an image using Fireworks and then animating the text floating using Flash.
How To: Use the image slide show in Adobe Fireworks
How do you create a slide show without having to write a bit of code? The answer is Adobe Fireworks.
How To: Create a 3D space project with Adobe Flash CS4
Tom Green wraps up his Flash 3D series with this project which uses all of the functions he has covered in his previous tutorials.
How To: Use 3D rotation in Adobe Flash CS4
The new Flash CS4 includes 3D tools that allow users to rotate perspective around a movie clip. This tutorial goes over some of the basic controls.
How To: Use the camera object in Adobe Flash
There is an option in Flash that allows users to capture the data coming from a web cam attached to the computer and broadcast it using Flash.
How To: Use camera raw with Adobe InDesign
Camera raw is great for designers because of the fact that images remain editable and will automatically update with changes. Here is a tutorial about using that functionality with InDesign.
How To: Use the next style paragraph feature in Adobe InDesign
Tip of the Day writer Jeff Witchel shares some of his favorite InDesign tips about formatting with paragraph styles palette and the next style feature.
How To: Work with the effects panel in Adobe InDesign
Layers Tip of the Day writer, Jeff Witchel has created this video tutorials sharing some of his popular tips for working with the effects panel in InDesign.
How To: Create graphic styles in Adobe Illustrator
Working with Graphic Styles in Illustrator is similar to working with layer styles in Photoshop. Corey explores some of things you can do with Illustrator’s graphic styles.
How To: Create Adobe Illustrator calendar warped perspective
This tutorial is part of Dave’s magazine article, “Warped Perspective” from the November/December 08 issue. In this video, Dave explains how he created the calendar featured in the article.
How To: Use patterns and shapes in Adobe Illustrator
This tutorial is based on an advertisement that uses patterns and shapes to create a unique design effect. Corey recreates the effect using Adobe Illustrator.
How To: Create simple silhouettes in Illustrator CS4
Creating a silhouette from a photo is nothing new, but with Illustrator CS4’s new Blob Brush tool, it has become a lot easier. Corey demonstrates how to use the Blog Brush tool to create a silhouette, and how to create some quick background effects using the Gradient Mesh tool.
Use Premiere Pro feature: frame holds and clip speed
This tutorial covers how to use Premiere pro to hold a frame from your video clip and also, how to adjust clip speed and duration.
How To: Use the Project Manager in Adobe Premiere Pro
The Project Manager inside the new Premiere Pro CS4 will help video editors to save only what they are using in their video project and trim down what they are not using.
How To: Use clip markers in Adobe Premiere
In this tutorial, Franklin McMahon talks about clip markers, how to set them, and how to use them when reviewing footage to determine what to use in a final project.
How To: Use subclips in Adobe Premiere Pro
Subclips are smaller parts of the bigger project. Use the Make Subclip command early and save yourself some time when you get to the timeline.
How To: Use Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 lift and extract tools
Franklin McMahon goes over Premiere Pro CS4’s lift and extract tools and compares them with some of the other methods video editors may use when editing video clips.
How To: Creating an Eclipse in Adobe After Effects
In the first part of this two-part project tutorial, J. Schuh demonstrates how he creates a bright sun and then blocks it out in part 2.
How To: Create an animated butterfly in Adobe After Effects
In this two-part tutorial, J. Schuh demonstrates how to animate a layered image of a butterfly using After Effects CS4.
How To: Retrieve GPS Data from JPG Image Files Using Exif and PHP
Technology: The Less You Know the Better?
News: So You Just Bought Your First DSLR. Now What?
Moving up from a point and shoot to a digital single lens reflex camera is a big step. And actually, a DSLR can be a better buy than a new point and shoot, many of which rival the prices of entry level or used DSLRs. Keep in mind when you buy a new body, the lenses are the most important elements. Once you start investing in them, it makes it much harder to switch brands. So if it isn’t too late, do some research.
Roger Ebert: Why I HATE 3-D (And You Should, Too)
Chicago Sun Times movie critic Roger Ebert hates 3-D. And when I say hate, I really mean hate. Check out Ebert's excerpted nine points below via Newsweek.
Shooting Street Cats in Kuwait: or why going digital was the right choice
Update: New Trailer (7/9/10) In July of 2008, Fawaz Al-Matrouk, director of "To Rest In Peace", brought me on to shoot his USC graduate thesis film. Two years, 3 cameras, and over 15,000 miles later, the film is in its last week of post, having completed our final color correction at Light Iron Digital in Culver City yesterday.