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Lynda – Up and Running with Showcase

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Lynda – Up and Running with Showcase
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Autodesk Showcase provides designers the ability to explore their work; presenters the tools to discuss their proposals; and clients the chance to explore your designs on their own time, in prebuilt presentation environments. Showcase also integrates beautifully with other Autodesk programs like Revit and Inventor. This course demonstrates each step of creating these presentations within a typical project environment, starting with exporting your model from Revit and ending with finished animations, images, and presentation environments in Showcase. Author Brian Myers also shows how to create alternatives that allow you to explore different aesthetic options with clients and colleagues—without interfering with the underlying beauty of your design.
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Lynda – Rigging a Quadruped in Maya

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Lynda – Rigging a Quadruped in Maya
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Learn how to rig a four-legged creature (aka a quadruped) in Maya using a fun example: manÆs best friend. Jason Baskin shows how to rig an entire dog mesh from start to finish in this project-based course. First, youÆll learn how to create a basic skeleton, positioning joints to deform the mesh at specific locations and adding controls for the head, neck, and ears. YouÆll then rig the hind legs, adding subfoot pivots that allow the dogÆs legs to connect to the ground when walking and running. Jason also covers more advanced techniques, such as creating a ôstretchyö back and head for more energetic animation and controlling the dogÆs tags with dynamics. Finally, youÆll learn how to bind the mesh to the skeleton, and test the rig by putting it through a simple animation.
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Lynda Up and Running with Bitcoin

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Lynda Up and Running with Bitcoin
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Understand the basics of bitcoin, the popular virtual currency, and then learn the nuances of bitcoin transactions and security issues that can be difficult to navigate on your own. Tom Geller addresses both the big and small issues swirling around bitcoin right now, and prepares you to use or accept bitcoin as a currency for your transactions. Discover how bitcoin compares to US dollars and other forms of money; how to send, receive, and “mine” it; and how to protect and track your bitcoin transactions. Tom will even show you how to connect with the Bitcoin development community, in case you’re interested in contributing to the spread of this modern cryptocurrency.
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Lynda – Introducing Photoshop 3D Tutorial

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Lynda – Introducing Photoshop 3D Tutorial
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When it comes to Photoshop, 3D doesn’t require a special pair of glasses, NURBS curves, or subdivision surfaces. In fact, Deke shows how, using the Photoshop skills you have now, you can quickly create 3D objects that look like the real thing, complete with volume, shading, and perspective. This introduction guides you through 3D in Photoshop in the shortest time possible. Deke shows you how to model forms, wrap them with color and surface textures, hang lights in your scene, and add cameras—the windows into your 3D world. Plus, learn how to create 3D type and extrude path outlines so they have the appearance of depth. Get started now on a series of eye-popping 3D projects that will help you get to know Photoshop in a whole new way.
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Lynda: Garrick Chow-Songwriting in GarageBand

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Lynda: Garrick Chow-Songwriting in GarageBand
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Interested in writing your own songs? GarageBand is a natural place to start. It’s an accessible program anyone can turn to when inspiration strikes. In this short course, author Garrick Chow teaches 9 basic steps to writing, recording, and mixing a song in GarageBand. He starts from an empty GarageBand project, records scratch tracks, and finds the best tempo for the new song idea. Then he creates a beat, lays down additional tracks, and adds effects. Next he shows techniques for recording and combining multiple takes, and arranging the song using GarageBand’s Arrangement Track. Finally, he shows how to create a rough mix and then how to bounce down the track and share it with the world.
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Lynda – WordPress Building Themes from Scratch Using Underscores

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Lynda – WordPress Building Themes from Scratch Using Underscores
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Description: Ready for your next WordPress challenge Learn how to build more complex custom themes using the _s (aka Underscores) starter theme. Morten Rand-Hendriksen takes you from basic layout and customization to enabling advanced responsive design and accessibility features. He reinforces the basics lessons with DRY (don’t repeat yourself) development practices and a structured approach that will help you build WordPress themes that meet modern standards. Plus, he’ll explore core concepts like understanding the WordPress template hierarchy, creating functions, adding custom javascript, applying styles, and more.
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