Archive for Videos

  • Quick Tip: Working with the Group Selection Tool

    A quick look at the little-known, but very useful Group Selection tool in Adobe Illustrator. This tool allows you to select individual object within groups, as well as sub groups within groups. Watch the demonstration video to learn the usefulness of this tool and how to work with it. Subscribe to...

  • How to Create a Realistic Fountain Pen – Screencast

    “In this tutorial, you’ll learn to design a realistic calligraphy pen from scratch. The tutorial involves a simple use of the Pen Tool and a few flexible Layer Styles. Lighting and reflection techniques are explained throughout the tutorial. This might be a quite useful for icon enthusia...

  • Happy Birthday (again) InDesign… math tip video

    Happy birthday to InDesign... happy birthday to InDesign... you do the math....

  • Quick Tip: Working With Illustrator’s Workspaces

    Learn how to work with Workspaces in Adobe Illustrator. Workspaces allow you to arrange the Panels and other interface elements in Illustrator. Learn to work with the built-in default Workspaces Illustrator CS4 comes with, as well as how to customize your own workspaces to suit the type of job you&#...

  • Quick Tip: FireWorks to Flash in About Ten Seconds

    Sometimes, Flash just isn’t the right tool for the job at hand. It’s not great at creating textured buttons, for example. Luckily for us Adobe users, Fireworks is – and we can drag an object from Fireworks to Flash in about ten seconds. This Quick Tip will show you how. Don̵...

  • Getting to Grips With Alpha Channel Video – Basix

    The creative uses for alpha channel video aren’t limited to your local weatherman. In this Basix installment I’m going to show you how to pull a key in After Effects CS4, how to create an alpha channel video in the Adobe Media encoder, how to use that video in Flash and then we’ll ...

  • How to Prepare Your Flash Documents for TV Broadcast

    In my previous article I showed you how to export a code-driven animation for video playback. The problem with writing these things is that everything is wonderful because I get to focus on a single task – but everyone then thinks, “Cool, I can do that” and then discovers they have...

  • Making Armatures With the Bones Tool in Flash CS4

    Getting started with the bones tool can be intimidating and tricky, but it can be your best friend for animating once you’ve had some practice. You can create bones (armatures) for graphic shapes (like a simple triangle) or a set of movie clips. During this screencast, I’ll demonstrate u...

  • This Week in InDesign Articles, Number 18

    A new year and a bunch of new articles, videos, and fun InDesign links!...