Find out how to add stylized dropdown menus to your web site using HTML, CSS, and javascript. Working in Dreamweaver, author Chris Converse breaks down the menu design process, explaining how to build a menu foundation using unordered lists, establish hierarchy with nested submenus, apply styling using CSS rules, and incorporate dropdown functionality using a jQuery plug-in.

Digital Tutors - Introduction to Light Shading in Harmony Premium

In this Toon Boom Harmony tutorial, we'll learn about the Light Shading effect.

In this course, author Nigel French covers the ins and outs of creating professional designs and artwork using crisp, scalable vector graphics in Photoshop. The course demonstrates the fundamentals of drawing and manipulating shapes; achieving various artistic effects using blend modes, layer effects, and Smart Filters; and combining shape layers with pixel-based imagery and photographs. The course also showcases practical applications for shape layers, including posters, logos, and web buttons, and includes tutorials on building custom shapes and making modifications with vector masks.

For the first installment of Photoshop for Designers, Nigel French shows how to create editable, non-destructive effects such as shadows, glows, and bevels with layer effects in Photoshop. The course covers the use of layer effects like Drop Shadow, Inner Shadow, Bevel and Emboss, and Gradient Overlay, as well as how to combine effects with blending modes, transparency, and textures. With these techniques, designers can finesse type and graphics, control light, warp text, and extrude shapes, creating drama and adding depth to their compositions.

In this course, Rich Harrington and Abba Shapiro give beginning photographers a brisk look at using strobe lights in a studio setting—lessons that easily translate to the field and locations, inside and out. Learn why shooting with strobes and continuous lighting makes such a big impact on your photographs, and how to buy a good, affordable starter kit. Rich and Abba also show how to set your gear up, trigger your lights, and make modifications with accessories like reflectors, umbrellas, and soft boxes. Finally, learn how to make the most of what you have in a series of lighting challenges.

Building the ultimate file renamer takes time. That's why ever since 1996, we have made it our business to listen to our customers. A Better Finder Rename has long been the file renamer of choice for tens of thousands of professionals, businesses and hobbyists across the world, but that hasn't stopped us from continuing to perfect our product culminating now in the brand-new version 9.

Quickly identify channel conflicts, signal overlapping or configuration problems that may be affecting the connectivity and performance of your home, office or enterprise wireless network.

Learn to edit video and add custom graphics and animations to your projects— all with Adobe Photoshop CS6 Extended! Author Chris Converse starts with the powerful new video editing tools in Photoshop CS6, which allow you to design and brand videos for your interactive and online projects. Once editing is complete, discover how to render the video as an MP4 file that can be uploaded to a favorite video website, incorporated into your own site, or embedded in an iBook, interactive PDF, or digital magazine.

Parallax is an optical illusion that gives 2D objects a sense of depth. Parallax motion, on the other hand, is when objects in the foreground tend to move faster than the background.

REVisionFX company released updated versions of their plug-ins for Adobe After Effects software and Adobe Premiere Pro, designed for creating, modifying, monitoring, improving and applying effects on the stunningly beautiful video of the highest quality. The company's products have a wide range of applications and is currently being used at each stage of television, movies, internet, etc. According to the developers, plug-ins support newer versions of products Adobe CC.

With robust and ever-increasing browser support, it is now possible to take advantage of expressive CSS3 capabilities across modern browsers. In this course, Joseph Lowery explores the possibilities of the new coding options, which animate well over 50 different properties automatically or interactively, and how they open the door to enhanced user experiences.