The “Complete Collection” combines the video tutorials for six powerful Nik software plug-ins: Dfine 2.0, Viveza 2, Color Efex Pro 3.0 Complete, Silver Efex Pro 2, Sharpener Pro 3.0, and HDR Efex Pro. These enhancements for Photoshop, Aperture, and other programs are easy to install and use, enabling you quickly optimize your images without complicated selections and layer masks. In the tutorials trainer and product specialist Richard West shows you how to use the plug-ins to create HDR and black-and-white images, reduce noise, apply sharpening and filters, and much more.

With the release of Photoshop CS6, Adobe introduced the ability to edit video footage. Author Rich Harrington guides you through this brand-new workflow, from building a sequence to working with audio and exporting your video in a variety of high-quality formats. The course also covers how Photoshop's strongest feature, its image enhancement toolset, translates to video, from fixing under- or overexposed footage, performing color balancing, and adding vibrance and contrast to special effects, such as converting to black and white and using Smart Filters to soften skin

Learn the essentials to character setup and a time-saving approach to rigging and enveloping characters with XSI. Contains over 7 hours of project-based training for artists new to XSI. Popular highlights include: Rigging Workflow in XSI; Scripted Operators; Expressions; Constraints; Animator-friendly Control Objects; Enveloping; Deformation Preservation Techniques; Mirroring Weights; Creating Custom Spines; Flexible Spine Controls; Custom Toolbars; Corrective Shapes; Create Chain from Curve; Organized Scene Hierarchies; Custom Parameters; Transform Groups; Reverse Foot Controls; Effectors; Parameter Connection Editor; Models; Weight Editor; Symmetry Mapping; Parenting; Broken Hierarchies; Mirroring Rigs.

Join renowned children’s photographer Sandy Puc’, as she shows you how to capture enchanting images that tug at your heartstrings and bring big business to your studio. In three days with tons of hands-on shooting, you’ll learn how to catch natural expressions, what must-have tools every studio needs, and how to roll with any situation to get the best from your tiny subjects. Sandy will also share all her secrets for marketing to mommies, consultations that increase sales, and workflow that leaves more profit in your pricing.

The Audio Masterclass Music Production and Sound Engineering course is delivered to you online in twelve weekly modules containing the equivalent of over 500 pages of learning materials. The course also contains over 1000 professionally-recorded audio example files, and practical assignment examples where you can learn from the successes, and mistakes, of former Audio Masterclass students. There are also complete, professionally-made multitrack recordings that you can mix yourself in your own home recording studio.

Track: Programming
Date: Monday July 23
Time: 1:30pm - 5:00pm
Location: D136

Confused after reading the manual* You are not alone. This DVD simplifies the Nikon Creative Lighting System so you can take the photos you want.

Learn Python The Hard Way is a Python tutorial I wrote to teach programming to people who do not know how to code. It assumes you are probably a power user of your computer and then takes you from nothing to programming simple games. After finishing this course you should be ready for many of the other programming books out there.
The following is a suggested schedule for this Python tutorial but you may take the course at your own pace. The book is included in PDF and ePub form and you will learn from both the book and the videos.

You have a patch full of ripe gourds and an afternoon to kill. Youve been seeing these 3D pumpkins on the internet on the talk shows everywhere. Youre inspired. You can do it! Follow along with Ray as he sculpts four complete masterpieces. Accessorize your results with vine extremities and prepare to impress your friends and family. For the novice to the seasoned pro youll be captivated by the numerous tricks and treats this (more than just a) tutorial offers.

Android 4.0 includes a number of new developer features that improve the ability for applications to support a wide variety of devices and enhance developer productivity. In this course we will exam many of these new features including Android user interface Fragments the ActionBar how to detect network availability working with peer-to-peer network communications and using the new Calendar API.