Transparency can be both empowering and inhibiting. Ask some of my students who try to make excuses for work not being done. Since my classes are fully digital, the Internet catches these folks every time...date stamping, digital attendance notes, permanent links. Plausible deniability just doesn't cut it. Because of this, youth need to learn a whole new accountability. Fortunately, many of my students are stepping up...and they're going places with this whole new mindset.
As a photographer with a new DSLR, you might be trying your hand at video production. Most people completely overlook audio and they shouldn't. If a video sounds cheap then in most people's minds, it is cheap. If you don't have enough money to afford fancy lav mics, don't worry, you can record clean audio with a number of devices that you may already own.
In this episode of the Adobe Creative Suite Podcast, I'll show you the NEW Adobe Photoshop Touch for iPad. While there are lots of photo editing Apps for iOS, there are none that are truly like "Photoshop." Photoshop Touch gives you the power and familiarity of Photoshop tools and techniques on your iPad. Best of all the layered files you create can be opened in Photoshop CS5 on the desktop and continued to be refined.
Learn how to create a button, work with basic functions, link a button to a webpage, link a button to a frame, work with scenes and create a basic scene selection menu. This tutorial is good if you are completely new to Actionscript.
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When news broke last month that Ikea had changed the font in its catalogue-replacing Futura, after more than 50 years, with Verdana-twittering typophiles took their outrage to the Web.
Research and interviews with the top experts around the world on youth and new media appear on janemitchinson.ca, along with excerpts from Jane's documentaries on the subject area. Appearing on the site are David Buckingham, Danah Boyd, Linda Stone, Neil Andersen, Dr. David Meyer, and Dr. Tracey Alloway.
Taking better photos has more to do with attitude than technique, knowing a few tricks can only help... Photonhead offers a blend of photographic concepts and tips for the digital era. Shopping for digital cameras? Visit the buying guide for a look at new and popular models. Don't miss the SimCam, a great way to learn about exposure. Enjoy your visit and remember: take more pictures!
Photoshop has tons of potential for improving photos in one way or another. No matter how much experience you have with Photoshop there is probably more that you can learn in these areas. This is a categorized collection of tutorials that will show you some new tricks for photo touch-ups.
I was working a gig in Vegas with a brand new Phantom Flex high speed digital cinema camera. I had to try it out. In fact, I never did go to bed that night. I opened up a wormhole shooting at 2,564 frames per second.
This is an exciting new combination of hardware and technique that is now available to everyone - from hobbyist to professional - you'll have a great time.