Photoshop Filters
with: Peter Bauer
Running Time: 6 hours
One of the keys to mastering Photoshop is understanding the multitude of filters that comes with the program. In Photoshop Filters, instructor Peter Bauer starts by discussing what filters are and how they work, then moves on to explain the specifics of each of Photoshop”s built-in filters. Peter explores each filter group step by step, and also shows how to combine filters for one-of-a-kind effects. He also discusses how to add and use third-party filters to expand Photoshop”s capabilities. This tutorial is meant to be used as a reference guide, allowing you to select any filter”s name to quickly get an explanation and demonstration.

Bay Essential Training
with: Mark Abdelnour
Running Time: 7.5 hours
With nearly 170 million members worldwide and close to a million people in the U.S. alone who report it as their primary or secondary source of income, eBay is a powerful resource. Gaining an advantage over competitors is key to the success of buyers and sellers, and eBay Essential Training offers tools to build this advantage. Mark Abdelnour shares invaluable insider tips on everything from understanding the eBay interface and bidding structure to searching for items to setting up individual auctions or a full-fledged eBay store. eBay Essential Training also teaches users how to best present items for sale, including how to prepare effective photos and descriptions, and provides an overview of fees, shipping methods, and pricing. In addition, the training offers advice on how to avoid scams and untrustworthy eBayers.

XML, or Extensible Markup Language, was designed to make information sharing and data interpretation easier, but it only works if you know how to work it. In XML Essential Training, veteran engineer and instructor Joe Marini takes you through the basic rules of XML, discusses suggested tools, explains XML syntax, and more. From integrating XML into your site to creating style sheets and Schema Definitions, XML Essential Training covers everything you need to not only get started, but to really get working with XML. Exercise files accompany the training, allowing you to follow along and learn at your own pace.

Photorealism with Bert Monroy will take you inside the creative mind of renowned artist Bert Monroy and show you how to produce ultra-realistic images using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. These movies showcase Bert Monroy’s personal methods for getting realistic details into an image. He demonstrates his techniques for creating lighting, fire, smoke, grass, reflections and even mold. In these movies you will get up close and personal with Bert’s paintings as well as learn to make
your own photorealistic imagery. Though these movies were created using Adobe’s latest releases of Photoshop CS and Illustrator CS, theprinciples and techniques apply to older versions of both programs in addition to other paint or vector-based drawing tools.

Do you have more than one computer in your home or small office? If you do, you need a network! Using the network, you can share a single internet connection between all your computers, transfer files with a few mouse-clicks rather than a pile of floppy disks, and work wirelessly with your laptop from anywhere in the room. You can also use your network for sharing printers, playing music, and vanquishing the enemy in multi-player online games.

PHP is a powerful and full-featured programming language used by millions of Web developers around the world. PHP Essential Training is a comprehensive guide to learning and understanding an open-source solution to your Web programming needs. Whether you want to use a little PHP functionality or you want to create a full-blown Web site, this tutorial will start you on the road to mastering PHP. It covers the essential features, syntax, and flow of the language, and provides instruction in creating interactive and dynamic Web pages. Whether you are a designer new to programming or a developer coming from a different language, you will be learning PHP as it was intended to be used. You can easily follow along with real world examples and expert tips and tricks

In the fast-paced world of Web development XHTML is becoming as important as HTML. Whether you are already familiar with HTML or just learning, whether you use an authoring system or write by hand, you need to know XHTML and how it works. XHTML Essential Training is designed to help you understand XHTML, why it is replacing HTML for many new applications, and how to make it work for you. More than just a tutorial, XHTML Essential Training covers the how and the why of XHTML documents, including document structure, block and inline level tags, floating images, controlling white space, phrase and font markup, and much more! From setting up a simpleWeb page to adding Cascading Style Sheets and JavaScript rollovers, XHTML Essential Training gives you the skills you need to take control of your Web pages.

Whether you use a web authoring system or write HTML by hand, you need to know how HTML works. HTML Essential Training is designed to help you understand HTML, its strengths and weaknesses, and how to identify and fix problems in a web page. More than just an HTML tutorial, HTML Essential Training covers the how and the why of HTML documents, including document structure, block and inline level tags, floating images, controlling white space, phrase and font markup, and much more! From setting up a simple web page to adding CSS style sheets and JavaScript rollovers, HTML Essential Training gives you the skills you need to take control of your HTML.

In CSS for Designers, Molly E. Holzschlag and Andy Clarke expertly guide you through some of the most complex and useful techniques used in progressive Web design. Molly and Andy consider the topics from the point of view of creative, visual people rather than developers or programmers. Their unique approach helps give designers all the tools they need to create accessible, manageable, and beautiful websites.

Photoshop CS2 Essential Training with Michael Ninness is a set of movie-based tutorials designed for beginning users who want to learn the basics of Adobe Photoshop CS2. The training begins with an overview of the software, including simple functions such as managing documents and palettes, then quickly moves on to cover more specific topics such as image adjustment and manipulation, tonal and color correction, brush settings, cloning, healing and other advanced tools, layers, masks, type, blending modes, filters, layer effects and so much more. Exercise files accompany the training, allowing you to follow along and learn at your own pace.

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