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Inside LightWave 3D v10: Lighting
Jun 1, 2011
This chapter explains how to light your models and scenes, including understanding basic lighting principles, using different light sources, enabling radiosity, lighting with gobos, creating soft shadows, and interacting with materials.
Integrated Web Design: Position This! CSS Positioning Demystified
Aug 6, 2004
In this installment of Integrated Web Design, Molly Holzschlag teaches you all about positioning schemes.
Integrated Web Design: Social Networking — The Relationship between Humans and Computers is Coming of Age
Apr 2, 2004
In this compelling article by Molly Holzschlag, you'll learn what social networking is, which languages are emerging to support it, and what it might mean for the next generation of web design and development.
Integrating Flash and QuickTime Video
Sep 2, 2001
David Emberton shows you how to integrate Flash and QuickTime video, complete with play controls and subtitles.
Integrating Photoshop and Illustrator to Create Professional Imagery
Nov 18, 2004
Using some cool filters and effects from Adobe Illustrator, you can create vector mosaics from bitmap graphics, or even change squares into circles. Find out here how to make it work for you.
Interactivity in Flash
Mar 23, 2001
Three things are needed to make interactivity work in Flash. Learn what they are and how they apply to Flash in this article by Derick Franklin and Brooks Patton, authors of Flash!4 Creative Web Animation.
Interface Design for Devices
Aug 23, 2002
Learn about common interface issues, considerations you need to keep in mind when developing for devices, how to use specially built interface components for devices, and how to optimize the code that makes up your user interfaces.
Interview with Diane Burns and Sandee Cohen on Digital Publishing with Adobe InDesign CC
Dec 26, 2014
Diane Burns and Sandee Cohen, authors of Digital Publishing with Adobe InDesign CC, answer interview questions for designers about moving from print to digital format and layout.
Introducing ActionScript
Jun 21, 2002
Get ready to be introduced to your new best friend: ActionScript! This sample chapter will show you some compelling reasons for learning ActionScripting, as well as what makes it tick.
Introducing ActionScript Objects
Apr 11, 2003
Take advantage of ActionScript's objects, and learn how to use objects' properties to manipulate data, colors, sound, dates, and more.
Introducing The Design Method: A Philosophy and Process for Functional Visual Communication
Sep 10, 2013
Eric Karjaluoto introduces The Design Method, which is a framework you can implement in every design project to achieve appropriate results. This blueprint helps you gain understanding, craft a plan, develop ideas, and ultimately produce and apply them.
Introduction to Flash Animation in InDesign CS5
Dec 15, 2010
Who says you need to work with Adobe Flash to create Flash content? Adobe InDesign CS5 adds a load of new features and panels that enable you to add interactivity to your documents. From motion, buttons, video, and more, Brian Wood shows how you can turn your InDesign documents into multimedia extravaganzas!
Introduction to Flash Video Encoder
Mar 31, 2006
The new Flash Video Encoder is a separate application that can significantly improve your Flash video production workflow by providing an easy way to convert video files into the Flash Video (FLV) format and can perform batch processing of video files. With these new capabilities, Flash has developed into an excellent platform for delivering video and many other types of media. James Gonzalez lets you in on ways to encode video using this great new tool.
Introduction to Media Design with the Adobe Creative Suite: Type on the Grid
May 19, 2009
Formulating an abstract concept from simple lines and planes is a practice in translating visual cues into language-based meanings. It is the goal of any visual communicator to learn to do this, as both the reader of the message and the generator of visual content.
Introduction to Using Adobe Photoshop CS4
Jul 30, 2009
This chapter summarizes fundamental Photoshop features, including using the main application features; configuring the panel docks; choosing the correct image size and bit depth; cropping and rotating images; applying content-aware scaling; choosing and saving colors; using the Layers and History panels; creating and using adjustment and fill layers; and creating and managing presets.
iPhoto '08's Greatest Hits
Oct 26, 2007
Apple’s new, improved iPhoto ’08 has a slew of new features that will change the way you work with photos on your Mac. Jim Heid, author of the upcoming The Macintosh iLife ’08, takes you on a tour of his favorite iPhoto improvements.
iPhoto: Organize and Share Your Digital Photos
Dec 13, 2002
Learn how to use iPhoto to organize and edit your photos, then share them with friends, relatives, or business associates in a number of different ways.
Is Microsoft Expression Graphic Designer Good Enough to Take On Adobe Illustrator?
Oct 14, 2005
Microsoft's upcoming Windows Vista promises a new era of rich, graphically engaging experiences. The new beta illustration tool, Expression Graphic Designer, will allow you to create content for Vista. What is interesting, however, is that Graphic Designer is being promoted as a serious professional tool that will compete against current tools such as Adobe Illustrator and Macromedia Fireworks. Does Graphic Designer stand up against these power tools? Maybe.
Is Microsoft's Sparkle the New Flash?
Nov 11, 2005
Anyone who spends any time on the Web is familiar with Flash presentations. They're practically inescapable, they're usually fast, and they're easy to create. And now, they're in danger of being replaced—that is, if you’re buying what Microsoft has to sell you. Matthew David previews Microsoft's answer to the ubiquitous Flash: a new product whose beta name is "Sparkle."
Jealous Type: Cool Type Effects in Adobe Photoshop CS
Jun 23, 2006
Scott Kelby shows you some great type effects in Photoshop CS, including Neo Grunge, Black Chrome, and Gothic Chiseled.

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