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Lynda.com is an online repository for professionally-produced software, creative and business training videos. They offer training on everything from accounting to word processing .
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DSLR Video Tips
Authored By: Richard Harrington , Robbie Carman
Released On: 7/6/2012
This weekly course covers the most common questions videographers encounter when shooting and editing with DSLR cameras, from choosing a frame size and frame rate to understanding moiré. Authors Rich Harrington and Robbie Carman will also help you understand the impacts of compression and the difference between cropped (or micro 4/3rds) and full-sized sensors in cameras, and much more. This continual FAQ guide is a handy way to find the answers to the questions that plague you the most.
The Creative Spark: Grant Skinner, Interactive Developer
Authored By: Grant Skinner
Released On: 5/17/2013
Grant Skinner is an innovator who thrives on pushing through problems and is inspired by the unknown technological possibilities ahead.
Lighting with Flash: Capturing a Dancer in Motion
Authored By: David Hobby
Released On: 5/17/2013
In this installment of the Lighting with Flash series, photographer and Strobist.com publisher David Hobby demonstrates using strobes to freeze action while capturing the strength and grace of a dancer in motion. After working through the lighting challenges of a dance studio, David sets up a white, seamless background and shoots some test shots, adjusting the flash units to create a white "blow-away" background that will enable the photo to be easily composited. Next, he photographs the dancer, working with her to capture a relaxed expression as she leaps and strikes various poses. After the action shots, David lights and shoots a portrait.
InDesign Secrets
Authored By: David Blatner , Anne-Marie Concepcion
Released On: 8/25/2011
In this series, David Blatner and Anne-Marie Concepción, co-hosts of the web's top resource for InDesign tips and tricks, InDesignSecrets.com, share some hidden and sometimes surprising workflow tips that will make working in InDesign more efficient and more fun. The course covers built-in timesaving features such as Quick Apply and auto-expanding text, but also little-known tricks, such as using the eyedropper to copy and paste character and paragraph text attributes and making accurate selections by selecting through or even into objects.indesignsecrets.com .
Lynda.com is an online repository for professionally-produced software, creative and business training videos. They offer training on everything from accounting to word processing.