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Video-Based Tutorial: By Eric Keller

ZBrush 3 for Windows Essential Training: Isolation
Isolating a specific area of a model to easily work on it

In this clip, Lynda.com host Eric Keller discusses isolating parts of a model while working on it so that you can focus on key details of one section of the model. He shows how to isolate certain parts of the model by making a selection so you can easily work on that particular section without worrying about the other elements of the model getting changed inadvertently. Read More

In case you haven't heard the news - a few months ago Canon introduced its new 5D Mark II digital SLR camera and it hit the market like the proverbial 600 pound gorilla. Everyone, and I mean everyone, sat up and took notice when they heard the specs. It wasn't just the 21 megapixel sensor it was packing that had everyone drooling at the mouth to get their hands on the camera. Read More

Product Review: By Heath McKnight

Essential Final Cut Pro: FxFactory Pro and CrumplePop

For this Final Cut Pro (FCP) Plug-Ins and 3rd Party Software apps, I decided to focus only Noise Industries' FxFactory Pro (also available for Motion, Final Cut Express, and Adobe After Effects) and some of key plug-ins, including those from Noise Industries, SUGARfx, yanobox, and Boinx Software. I will also take a look at CrumplePop, which is a very cool "handwritten" text creator that helps editors create handwritten-style graphics on templates that look like paper, Post-It-style notes, masking tape, and more. Read More

Product Review: By John Virata

13-inch MacBook Pro

Over the years, I've had always had access to a Macintosh computer, starting way back with the PowerBook 140, to the dual 450 G4, to a 15-inch MacBook Pro with illuminated keyboard. I used the systems for testing the latest software from Adobe, Apple and others. I never really became a Mac user, because I have been using Windows computers since 1994 and became used to that OS. But the new MacBooks piqued my interest in part because of their use of aluminum. Read More

Video-Based Tutorial: By Chris Orwig

Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers: Monitor Calibration

In this clip, Lynda.com host Chris Orwig talks about monitor calibration so the communication between the monitor and the printer is clear. He discusses several approaches to monitor calibration, going over tips such as setting white point and brightness. He also showcases some places on the Web for more color management and monitor calibration tips. Read More

Product Review: By Heath McKnight

Elgato's Turbo.264 HD

Elgato's Turbo.264 HD is a pretty cool and affordable hardware USB accelerator and software video encoder for the Mac. Easily create high-quality (and small in size) H.264/MPEG-4 movies from your existing videos, and from an AVCHD video camera. You can even use it from within Final Cut Pro 6.x and QuickTime Pro, plus iMovie for those of you working in Apple's consumer editing app! Read More

Video-Based Tutorial: By John Derry

Corel Painter Essential Training: The Tracker

In this clip, lynda.com host John Derry covers the tracker palette, which is a brush history list so you can keep track of the brushes in your custom palette. When you are working and want to remember what brush you were using, the Tracker enables you to go back in history to see what brushes you were using. He also discusses some of the limitations of the tracker. Read More

Product Review: By John Virata

Western Digital MyBook Studio Edition II 4TB external hard drive system

External hard disk drives have the advantage of storing large capacities of data in form factors small enough that you can carry them with you. With devices that capture large amounts of data, such as HD video cameras and high megapixel digital SLR cameras now the norm rather than the exception, all that data has to be stored somewhere. Read More

Project Profile:

BLUE ROOM WINS PROMAX/BDA HONORS FOR EMERIL GREEN SHOW LOGO AND HISTORY LOGO

On June 16, at the 2009 PROMAX & BDA Conference, Blue Room took home a Silver statuette for their art direction and design of the show logo for Emeril Green, part of a full graphics package and complete in-show package they created for Planet Green. Blue Room also earned a Bronze for their design of the History(tm)logo, part of the agencyâ??s refresh of the networkâ??s brand which included an on-air graphics package, station IDs and promo packages. Read More

Video-Based Tutorial: By Chris Orwig

Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers: Color Management

In this clip, Lynda.com host Chris Orwig discusses the importance of color, and discusses how to clear up the color differences between your monitor and your printer so the color you see on your monitor is the same as that which comes out of your printer. Read More

Project Profile:

Dr. Dre Delivers New Track in Dr. Pepper's Spot Edited by Cut + Run's David Checel

The new commercial for Dr. Pepper via agency Deutsch and edited by Cut +Run's David Checel features Hip-Hop mogul Dr. Dre and the world debut of a track from his highly-anticipated "Detox" album. Read More

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