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Authored By: Jen Kramer
Released On: 5/20/2013
Twitter Bootstrap is one of the most used HTML/CSS/JavaScript frameworks for creating responsive websites. In this course, Jen Kramer shows you how to add interactive elements like a thumbnail gallery, dropdown menus, or a contact form using Bootstrap and a simple text editor. Plus, learn to add helpful pop-ups and tooltips that enhance the usability of these features. The principles illustrated here can carry into using Bootstrap in content management systems as well as with static websites.
Authored By: Jen Kramer
Released On: 5/20/2013
ZURB Foundation is a sophisticated and popular tool for creating responsive websites. This course introduces the framework and provides a quick overview of all of the goodies in Foundation. Author Jen Kramer shows you how to download Foundation and understand its file structure, create a responsive layout with its 12-column grid, and leverage the built-in JavaScript effects to build dropdown menus, image carousels, and more.
Authored By: Grant Skinner
Released On: 5/17/2013
Grant Skinner is an innovator who thrives on pushing through problems and is inspired by the unknown technological possibilities ahead.
As the CEO of gskinner.com, a rich interactive design firm based in Alberta, Canada, he loves playing with technology in a research and development role. It was his passion for exploring new frontiers that led him to the Internet, where he began building content that no one had seen before.
Grant first rose to prominence as a notable Flash developer while his growing company delivered projects for agencies, startups, and corporate clients including Adobe, Microsoft, Google, and Facebook. He found the opportunity to challenge himself again with HTML5. Grant builds demos to show where the technology could go, and source tools such as CreateJS that enable others to push the boundaries of HTML5. By creating and sharing tools that empower the digital community, he facilitates the spread of creative content around the world.
Authored By: David Hobby
Released On: 5/17/2013
In this installment of the Lighting with Flash series, photographer and Strobist.com publisher David Hobby demonstrates using strobes to freeze action while capturing the strength and grace of a dancer in motion. After working through the lighting challenges of a dance studio, David sets up a white, seamless background and shoots some test shots, adjusting the flash units to create a white "blow-away" background that will enable the photo to be easily composited. Next, he photographs the dancer, working with her to capture a relaxed expression as she leaps and strikes various poses. After the action shots, David lights and shoots a portrait.
Authored By: David Rivers
Released On: 5/16/2013
Get started using Office 365, the Microsoft hosted collaboration and productivity suite that allows businesses and teams to email, collaborate on documents, and share calendars. Author David Rivers tours the subscription service, showing how to administer user accounts; share and collaborate with a team site; and manage mail, contacts, and calendars with the Outlook web app. The course also explains how to connect with colleagues using the instant messaging and social media features.
Authored By: Dennis Taylor
Released On: 5/16/2013
Conquer some of the most daunting features in Microsoft Excel once and for all. In this 2013 update to his popular series, author Dennis Taylor demystifies some of the most challenging of the 300+ formulas and functions in Excel and shows how to put them to their best use. The course starts with a review of the more basic, building-block functions, and a few critical keyboard shortcuts that will speed up working with Excel data, even on multiple sheets. Dennis then covers how to perform advanced searching and data retrieval with Lookup functions, tabulate and sort data with counting and statistical functions, format data with text and math functions, and work with financial data using advanced formulas. Dennis focuses on practical examples that transition effortlessly to real-world scenarios.
Authored By: Ben Long
Released On: 5/16/2013
In The Practicing Photographer, photographer and teacher Ben Long shares a weekly serving of photographic instruction and inspiration. Each installment focuses on a photographic shooting scenario, a piece of gear, or a software technique. Each installment concludes with a call to action designed to inspire you to pick up your camera (or your mouse or smartphone) to try the technique for yourself.
Authored By: Simon Allardice
Released On: 5/15/2013
Refactoring is the process of taking existing code and improving it. While it makes code more readable and understandable, it also becomes much easier to add new features, build larger applications, and spot and fix bugs. In this course, staff author Simon Allardice introduces the formalized, disciplined approach to refactoring that tells you exactly what to look for in your code, and how to fix it, through a series of "code smells"—clues that let you look at a block of code and realize when there's something wrong with it.
Authored By: Bert Monroy
Released On: 5/15/2013
Legendary author and artist Bert Monroy has been making digital art since 1984; he's a pioneer in the field who never stops innovating creatively. In this course, he walks through basic artistic concepts critical for creating great art and designs. The course covers concepts like perspective, shadows, and reflections, and shows how to take advantage of Adobe Photoshop tools like layers to add, mask, and remove objects.
Authored By: Todd Dewett
Released On: 5/14/2013
Group dynamics impact productivity and employee satisfaction, so it's important for managers to cultivate positive relationships among coworkers. Join Dr. Todd Dewett as he explains how to effectively manage teams. This course covers motivating your team, managing team performance, establishing your identity and authority within a group, addressing conflict, and making work fun. Full of practical tips and useful strategies, this course is a great reference for first-time managers and for more experienced managers who may need to address a specific issue with their team.
Authored By: Deke McClelland
Released On: 1/11/2011
Deke's Techniques is a collection of short Photoshop and Illustrator projects and creative effects that can be completed in ten minutes or less. The series is taught by computer graphics guru Deke McClelland, and presented in his signature step-by-step style. The intent is to reveal how various Photoshop and Illustrator features can be combined and leveraged in real-world examples so that they can be applied to creative projects right away.
New techniques will be added to the collection each week. Exercise files accompany the course.
Authored By: Pieter Schlosser
Released On: 5/14/2013
Get up and running with the cutting-edge DAW Cubase 7 in this quick one-hour class. Author Pieter Schlosser shows how to use Cubase 7 to create your music, starting with the very first steps: setting up audio and VST connections, utilizing templates, and customizing your Cubase workspace. Then learn how to import audio, set your tempo, and create a click track and markers. The next chapter shows you how to record and edit audio tracks, including how to overdub and loop, as well as apply and edit fades and crossfades. Then, Pieter moves into MIDI recording and editing, covering how to choose sounds, edit performances in the Piano Roll view, and use MIDI controller lanes to enhance the performance. He wraps up the course with a chapter on adding effects, creating aux sends, automating your mix, and exporting the final track.
Authored By: David Hobby
Released On: 5/13/2013
In this installment of the Lighting with Flash series, photographer and Strobist publisher David Hobby visits a conservation center to photograph subjects small and large, demonstrating flash lighting techniques along the way. The course begins with a close-up shoot of a small frog—and with details on how to light close-ups and macros using a small softbox and a reflector made of crumpled aluminum foil. Next, David uses multiple strobes and umbrellas to transform a dark blacksmith shop into a warm backdrop for a portrait of a craftsman at work. In a bonus chapter, David discusses an approach for organizing photo meet-ups that have a purpose: leveraging the talents of multiple photographers to quickly create a set of photos for a worthy organization.
Authored By: Bonnie Biafore
Released On: 5/13/2013
Get the upper hand on your project schedules before they begin and see them through to conclusion, on time and on budget. In this course, PMP-credentialed author Bonnie Biafore teaches you how to proactively manage project schedules. This includes a look at the elements that go into a schedule; how to estimate costs and resources; best ways to negotiate and allocate resources; and how to manage a schedule over time.
Authored By: David Hobby
Released On: 5/10/2013
In the Lighting with Flash series, photographer and Strobist blog publisher David Hobby demonstrates how to use compact flash units in a variety of lighting scenarios. In this first installment, he covers the basics, starting with ambient window light and ending with a four-light shoot of a model. Along the way, the course covers a variety of fundamental lighting concepts as well as accessories such as ring lights and softboxes. The course includes diagrams and detailed explanations of the lighting setups.
Last updated:
February 07, 2013
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