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In his latest release, Harald Belker will cover techniques that reflect the latest process used in entertainment design and concept creation. The crossover integration of several 3D programs, combined and finished in Adobe Photoshop®, provide the best results in the creation of stunning vehicles. Based on imagery from his latest book, PULSE: A Complete Guide to Futuristic Racing, he will first guide you through the process of building the racer in Modo®. He then demonstrates the set up and rendering phase in KeyShot®. The images are then combined and finished beautifully in Photoshop. To wrap things up, Belker will discuss the use of Google Sketch Up® for use building the futuristic racing environment.

Best-selling author, designer, and web standards evangelist Jeffrey Zeldman has revisited his classic, industry-shaking guidebook. Updated in collaboration with co-author Ethan Marcotte, this third edition covers improvements and challenges in the changing environment of standards-based design.

This course explores an efficient, easy to work, and forgiving method for taking a drawing to a finished color painting And In this collection of lessons we will learn about different tools and techniques that can be used to manipulate a stock photo into a completely new image.

A special 1-day software workshop focused on designing and branding with today's social media tools. Get your act together on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, and more!

Expand your creativity with ease. What's the quickest way to produce professional looking artwork and album pages from your photographs* Use some high quality templates. Graphics/Photography expert Judy Host shows you how to get the most out of templates in Photoshop. You will learn to go way beyond the ordinary. Follow along as Judy shows you how to use Layers Blending Modes and more to maximize your creative results.

Designing a CD Cover Hands-on Workshop with author Nigel French shows how to design a CD package using a combination of Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Bridge, and Acrobat. This course looks at the range of CD package formats available, surveys some of the most successful CD and record covers of all time, and provides hands-on practical information for how to set up the project, and ultimately, how to get it printed. Exercise files are included with the course.

In this DVD, Aaron Sims shows how he uses Adobe Photoshop® to create and design characters and creatures. Aaron covers many of his techniques for designing character concepts and discusses the logic behind his methods. He shows you the entire process including sketching and drawing in Photoshop®, and manipulating, warping and blending photos to develop interesting features, backgrounds and textures. Aaron explains how to effectively design with tools like Warp, Liquify and different layer blend modes for quick results. He also demonstrates how to paint in finer details such as wrinkles, scars and hair. Finally, Aaron covers some of his techniques for unifying an image and giving it a more finished look.

Grid systems have been used in print design, architecture and interior design for generations. Now, what do we do on the web? The same rules of grid system composition and usage no longer apply. Content is viewed in many ways; from RSS feeds, to email. Content is viewed on many devices; from mobile phones to laptops. Users can manipulate the browser, they can remove content, resize the canvas, resize the typefaces. A designer is no longer in control. This workshop will take you through the theory to the practical application of how to design Grid Systems. From the fundamentals of composition and the basics of simple grid creation, through to the intricacies of mapping out complex grids.

We'll begin by learning about two popular packaging designs for CDs. After learning a little about our client, we'll begin designing the front cover of a CD insert in Photoshop. While working on the front cover, we'll learn how we can incorporate various other elements into our design, including a vector logo and textures. Next, we'll move on and begin to create the back cover of our insert, taking into account the lyrics that will appear on top of it. Finally, we'll move over to InDesign to create the layout of our insert. Here we'll learn about several features, including paragraph styles and character styles that will make the process of completing our design more efficient.

Building a great magazine layout can be a time-consuming and difficult process, and can involve working with a number of applications and perhaps a group of designers to achieve a satisfactory result. In Designing a Magazine Layout: Hands-On Workshop, graphic designer and Adobe Certified Instructor Nigel French teaches effective design and production techniques using InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Bridge to create dynamic magazine layouts. He establishes an efficient workflow using multiple programs, examines the aesthetics of integrating text with images, and teaches best practices for outputting the final document. Exercise files accompany the course.

"In her book Designing the iPhone User Experience, Suzanne Ginsburg takes a fresh look at cutting-edge, user-centered design from the perspective of designing mobile user experiences for the iPhone. Her book brings together everything you need to know to design great products for mobile contexts."

Aaron Sims’ second DVD illustrates the process of designing a full character in a 3D environment. Starting by creating a quick concept in Photoshop, Aaron models the character in XSI, texturing it in Deep Paint. Aaron shows how to use XSI to build the rig and pose the character, and then sets it in an environment where he lights and renders it. Finally, he finishes the piece in Photoshop, showing you techniques to give your design a refined and completed look.

In the first of two DVDs, Aaron Sims illustrates the techniques he uses when designing creatures for movies. As the character s facial features are the first and most important part of designing characters in film, this DVD concentrates on creating the character head. Using Photoshop, XSI and ZBrush, Aaron shows you how to accomplish stunning designs that can be easily altered for other designs. Speed is an important aspect of character design in production, which Aaron demonstrates by showing you how his process helps you design within a production environment.

Designer and educator Nigel French taps into his 15 years of professional experience to demonstrate how Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop CS4 can integrate to create eye-catching posters. Designing an Event Poster Hands-On Workshop covers more than just the mechanics of the workflow. Using a fictitious stage production of “Romeo and Juliet,” Nigel explores the creative process through a variety of approaches, generating over a dozen poster designs. He covers techniques for combining type and image, designing with grids, editing images for maximum impact, and “soft-proofing” to save time and money. Exercise files accompany the course.

WebDesigning Package designed for start up businesses or new businesseswishing to have a presence on the web. This package is ideal forindividuals and small businesses who are looking to put online theinformation about their Firm or business quickly in a cost effectiveway.

This video on DVD by the renowned designer and author Andy Clarke. In his book, Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design (New Riders), Andy opened the way for the development of the website design using progressive XHTML, CSS and other standard Web technologies. In this new video, he steps back and teaches the fundamentals of design using CSS and work with a range of tools on the browser to open the possibilities.

Web Designing Package designed for start up businesses or new businesses wishing to have a presence on the web. This package is ideal for individuals and small businesses who are looking to put online the information about their Firm or business quickly in a cost effective way.

Wayne Barlowe is an author and illustrator who has created images for books, films and galleries. After attending Cooper Union, he executed hundreds of paperback book covers for all of the major publishers as well as illustrations for Life, Time and Newsweek. He is the author and illustrator of Expedition, Barlowe’s Guide to Extraterrestrials, Barlowe’s Guide to Fantasy, Barlowe’s Inferno, Brushfire: Illuminations from the Inferno, The Alien Life of Wayne Barlowe and An Alphabet of Dinosaurs. His character designs can be seen in Blade 2, Galaxy Quest, Hellboy and Hellboy 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkhaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Avatar, The Hobbit and Alien Planet, a Discovery Channel special based on Expedition. He contributed many designs for EA’s Dante’s Inferno. Currently, he is writing the sequel to his first novel, God’s Demon, entitled The Heart of Hell.