In this tutorial you’ll learn how to take an average photo of an average object and make it look like it was shot in a studio on a white background with expensive lights and an even more expensive camera. And you do this all from within Photoshop CS4 using layer masks, adjustment layers and layer effects.
Description: Learn how your company can stay ahead by creating rich interactive customer experiences using Adobe Flash® CS4 Professional and the many groundbreaking Web design tools for animation and interactivity within Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium software. In this session I will show you some easy steps you can do to get your brand from print to web to mobile all while maintaining design integrity and adding rich interactivity. You will learn how to:
Sometimes you can get stuck in a rut with your design work. Mantaining the status quo and doing what you know works. Knowing this I’ve compiled a list of inspirational sites that will hopefully inspire to go beyond “what works” and produce something even more amazing.
http://www.thefwa.com – Favourite Website Awards. Mostly dynamic Flash sites for created for promotion.
http://www.designmeltdown.com – Probably my favorite site because everything is categorized into just the areas you might be interested in. Mainly focused on web design.
http://www.creatiu.com – Get up-to-date in visual arts. The best in sites, videos and design schools.
http://www.semipermanent.com – International conferences on Film, Art, Illustration, Web Design, Photography, Visual Effects, Animation, Graffiti, Motion Graphics, and Stop Motion. Great videos posted on the site.
With Connect Pro Mobile, participants can watch and listen to live presentations including real-time meeting webcam video and screen sharing demonstrations. Mobile users can see who is in the meeting at any given time, and chat with others using the live text chat. VoIP meeting audio will broadcast straight to iPhone or iPod touch devices over a WiFi or 3G connection. Meeting hosts also have the ability to give participants the option to join a telephone conference call.
Connect Pro Mobile was built using a pre-release of the next version of Flash and was published as a native iPhone application. In fact, it’s the first publicly available Adobe-authored application that uses the Packager for iPhone technology! Also, because it was built in Flash, it can be published as an AIR app and put on other devices. Last week at Mobile World Congress for instance, Adobe demo’d Connect Pro on a number of devices, including Android!
Just release today! The thing I love most about this title is the fact that the gallery is XML driven. Which means you don’t have to open Flash and publish an swf anytime you want to update your portfolio. Other cool features include:
Displaying a random background on each page visit
Adding unique ActionScript animation
Implementing a video portfolio
Portfolio that includes description and title per image
Plus, one thing the description on lynda.com doesn’t mention is the fact that it comes with 2 bonus sites you can take and modify to your liking (premium subscribers only).
Learn how your company can stay ahead by creating rich interactive customer experiences using Adobe Flash® CS4 Professional and the many groundbreaking Web design tools for animation and interactivity within Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium software. In this session I will show you some easy steps you can do to get your brand from print to web to mobile all while maintaining design integrity and adding rich interactivity. You will learn how to: