Arts

Learn how to build and refine your story with the redesigned editing toolset in Final Cut Pro X. In this course, author Ashley Kennedy focuses on getting you comfortable with each aspect of the editing process in Final Cut—from preparation and organization, to editing and refining, to audio and effects, to media management and exporting. Each stage of the postproduction workflow is explained thoroughly and concisely, and uses real-world examples from both narrative and documentary workflows.

Version 10 is the game changer that FL Studio users have been waiting for. This new version builds on the long tradition of FL Studio excellence while bringing meaningful new tools to the platform. In this VTC course, author Sam McGuire helps FL Studio users navigate the FL Studio application, focusing on real-world workflow and example projects. In addition to discussing the basic FL Studio interface and functionality, Sam will delve into the exciting new Pitcher and Newtone plugins. Building on the FL Studio 9 course, this new material is designed to sharpen your skills and provide the means to be a master user of the software. Work Files are included.

Video and the Internet are ideally matched; video is the medium that most closely reflects our day-to-day visual experiences, and the Internet is a boundless playground filled with interesting content. Recent bandwidth improvements together with the improved video capabilities of Flash Professional 8 has now made it possible for web designers to use video content to its full potential. Flash now has more video importing and compression options, alpha channel video support, can trim and edit video clips, apply color correction, and now ships with a new stand-alone video encoding tool. If you are interested in joining this revolution to create your own cutting edge, interactive, and media-rich Flash video applications, this series of movies has been produced with you in mind. VTC author, James Gonzalez, is here to provide all the information you'll need to create and publish your own Flash Video projects and enter this new era of abundant and accessible web delivered video. Work files also accompany the tutorial.

This course was specifically designed to help demonstrate the many tools and techniques used within the 3D game and film industry in regards to character creation. The course begins with the very basics of setting ideal preference settings and creating a customized tool shelf for fast and efficient workflow. Author and 3D expert Michael Ingrassia then takes users through the very basic techniques of box modeling, UV layout and traditional texture map creation using Maya and Photoshop software. As the lessons progress, Michael begins to demonstrate much more advanced tools and techniques. Finally, he pushes Maya and Zbrush to it's breaking point generating a final character sculpted mesh to 33 million polygons before exporting the necessary maps and finalizing the low poly mesh back into Maya for exporting into a game engine. The various tools and techniques demonstrated here will certainly be beneficial to beginners as well as seasoned professionals alike. And his Zbrush texturing lessons alone make these videos worth the price. A DVD containing work files is included.