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Cryptography and PKI for CompTIA Security+ | Christopher Rees | Pluralsight

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Cryptography and PKI for CompTIA Security+ | Christopher Rees | Pluralsight
English | Size: 231.08 MB
Category: Tutorial

Providing secure communication, access to data, and disposal of assets is no longer essential to every company’s overall IT security plan. In this course, Cryptography and PKI for CompTIA Security+, you’ll learn the various concepts and components that make up a company’s Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). First, you’ll delve into the basics of cryptography, including symmetric and asymmetric algorithms, and cipher types. Next, you’ll explore the various methods to encrypt data and how to verify a file’s integrity. Then, you’ll discover how to secure wireless communication using encryption. Finally, you’ll learn about the components that make up a PKI. By the end of this course, you’ll have the information necessary to discuss and assess your company’s PKI, wireless security posture, and identify gaps both internally and externally. [Read more…]

Lynda – Painter 2017 Essential Training (updated Nov 29, 2017)

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Lynda – Painter 2017 Essential Training (updated Nov 29, 2017)
English | Size: 1.1GB
Category: Tutorial

Join digital painting pioneer John Derry as he teaches basic and advanced creative techniques in Corel Painter 2017 that can get beginners up and running. Paint with the new Glazing Brushes, Dab Stencils, and Texture brushes. Familiarize yourself with new workflow enhancement features like Artist Layouts and Palette Drawers, and then dive into the essentials. Learn how to use tools like custom palettes, layouts, and color management to curate your work environment. Review the color palette and how to mix colors for any kind of digital artwork, while identifying safety nets you can put in place for working in a digital world. To help illustrate the concepts introduced in this video, John shows how to create a collage. In addition, he stresses the importance of the humble pencil, and shows how Painter 2017 takes traditional drawing to the next level. [Read more…]

Lynda – On Getting Published-QUASAR

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Lynda – On Getting Published-QUASAR
English | Size: 177 MB
Category: Tutorial

– There are many different books, websites,.and in-person courses that provide tools for.writing books, getting the right PR,.and finding ways to have your work published.in print or online..Many of these are useful..In the end however, the way to do it.is not too complicated..With good work, effort, and some thought,.you’ll find a wide range of opportunities..Here is the basic fact..Books, magazines, and websites need content..They all need an ongoing source of work.that reinforces whatever story is being told.. [Read more…]

Lynda – Multi-Camera Video Production and Post (updated Dec 1, 2017)

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Lynda – Multi-Camera Video Production and Post (updated Dec 1, 2017)
English | Size: 3.3GB
Category: Tutorial

A multicamera setup is the next big step in video production. Multicam helps you record different angles simultaneously and shoot scenes much faster than with a single camera. It requires great planning and lighting to make sure the footage from each camera matches, but what you can’t control on location you can usually correct in post. In this course, Rich Harrington and James Ball show how to organize and run multicamera video productions, and use tools such as Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro to fine-tune the results. [Read more…]

Lynda – Motion Graphic Design Composition

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Lynda – Motion Graphic Design: Composition
English | Size: 762.7MB
Category: Tutorial

It can seem as though professional artists and designers have an instinctive understanding of where to position elements on a screen. But these capabilities don’t appear out of nowhere-many designers develop these skills by studying graphic design at art college or university. The principles that are taught in these schools have been developed over centuries, and they offer a fairly foolproof set of methods. Self-taught designers often spend too much time experimenting with the placement of elements on screens, using a trial and error approach to design that can be slow and unproductive. [Read more…]

Lynda – Maya Advanced Modeling

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Lynda – Maya: Advanced Modeling
English | Size: 3.5GB
Category: Tutorial

Enhance your Maya skill set by learning about advanced techniques and tools that can help you approach modeling nearly any shape with confidence. In this course, instructor Andy Beane dives deep into modeling with Maya. He starts with an overview of modeling basics, before moving on to creating some specific models of a leather chair, a side table, and several other small room objects like walls, floors, books, bookshelves, and picture frames. Finally, he puts the whole room together by cleaning up all the files, importing the individual files into a single file, and adding the final camera shot. [Read more…]

Lynda – Learning OneDrive

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Lynda – Learning OneDrive
English | Size: 174.11 MB
Category: Tutorial

Discover how to store and share your documents, spreadsheets, photos, and other files on the cloud with Microsoft OneDrive. In this course Garrick Chow covers everything you need to know about the 2017 version of OneDrive, from managing and recovering files to viewing your photos in elegant galleries and slideshows. Learn how to upload, organize, copy, and delete files; share files using links and email; find the files and info you need; and create documents with Office Online. [Read more…]

Lynda – Forecasting Using Financial Statements.

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Lynda – Forecasting Using Financial Statements.
English | Size: 436.71 MB
Category: Tutorial

Learn where a company is headed and the resources it will need to succeed. Forecasting with Financial Statements provides a deep dive into the mathematics of financial forecasting. Dig into the numbers and find out how to build a complete forecast from start to finish, using Excel or Google Sheets. Yash Patel dissects an income statement and balance sheet to calculate pro-forma predictions for revenue, equipment, sales cost, and more. He also shows the math behind simple forecasting techniques, such as the naive approach, simple moving average, and exponential smoothing. He also shows how to build cash flow projections, calculating earnings before interest and taxes, depreciation and capital expenditures, and net working capital. Yash also uses data to create regressions that can extrapolate and forecast for a given independent value. By the end of this course, you should be able to provide projections for a business using nothing more than commonly available financial statements. [Read more…]

Lynda – Creating a Meeting Agenda

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Lynda – Creating a Meeting Agenda
English | Size: 213.25 MB
Category: Tutorial

Agendas are the most important thing for an effective meeting, and yet they aren’t paid much attention. People aren’t trained on creating agendas; they just sort of happen, and often they are done really badly. In this short course, management trainer Chris Croft shows how to build your own agenda and circulate it for ideas and distribution. He explains when to send it, who to send it to, and what factors should be considered in any worthwhile agenda. [Read more…]

Lynda – Communicating with Diplomacy and Tact

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Lynda – Communicating with Diplomacy and Tact
English | Size: 510.69 MB
Category: Tutorial

Diplomacy is a mindset; tact is a strategy. In this course, communications professor Tatiana Kolovou helps you realize the benefits of communicating with tact and diplomacy in workplace situations. She walks you through four scenarios that you might encounter on an average day, and coaches you through appropriate responses to challenging situations at work. She emphasizes core skills, such as authenticity, empathy, and listening, and shows examples, stories, and facts that bring their importance to life. By taking opportunities to practice at work and in your personal life, you can strengthen this delicate balance of skills and build relationships that can survive difficult interactions. [Read more…]