Volume I will quickly get you up to speed in programming with a strong foundation in the C# programming language. You’ll also get a clear description of the .NET infrastructure, while learning precisely what .NET is and how it is defining the next generation of computer programming. The lessons have a strong emphasis on programming using proper design principles, including creating your initial requirement spec, moving on the design phase, and laying out a solid implementation plan.

DVD II
This second volume of the XNA Xtreme 101 series continues with the foundation of programming with the C# language with over 50 hours of lecture. Volume II begins by expanding upon the C# language foundation already set forth in the first volume. You’ll see how to work with variables, including predefined data types and value reference types. From there, you’ll be introduced to various ways you can loop your code for purposes of automation. This volume also teaches you the key concepts behind Object-Oriented Programming, introducing you to classes, inheritance, and polymorphism. You’ll also learn about constructors, the use of static members, as well as virtual methods. Volume II concludes with the creation of the game Precision, a fast-paced top-down casual action game in which a player’s goal is to navigate a ‘nanite probe’ around the screen to save endangered cells from a degrading disease while avoiding enemy antibodies. During gameplay, any cells that are fully infected will be converted into more antibodies, thereby increasing the number of enemies on the screen. If an antibody touches the nanite probe, the player will lose a life. Once all lives are gone, the game will be over.

DVD III
In this, the closing volume of the XNA Xtreme 101 series, we take a look at some key techniques and topics that you’ll need in order to push your programming skills to their maximum potential. From there, you start to really strike out and become a game developer as you are given thorough design specs and construction techniques for a variety of game engines!
The key educational element of this volume is that the viewer is given a much greater degree of freedom over their coding process. With so much programming knowledge gained in Volumes I and II, this third volume does considerably less hand-holding, instead focusing on new topics that have not been covered, and giving discussions on how these new concepts can be worked into existing knowledge to create the final game. Put simply, this volume contains fewer examples coded in their entirety, opting instead for teaching you new skill sets and showing you how they can be implemented to create each new game.
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Producer: Jonathan Williamson, Kernon Dillon
Year: 2010
Language: English
Video codec: QuickTime
Video: avc1, 960 x 720, 12.00fps
Audio: mp4a: MPEG-4 AAC LC, 44100Hz 64 kb / s, mono (1 / 0)

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Here's a short list of the major new improvements:


* Blob Tool for painting outlined strokes
* Separations preview
* New Gradient Tool with transparency in gradients
* Revised Smart Guides
* Key objects for alignment
* Tabbed interface
That's a pretty good list, so it seems we've got enough for a review.

System requirements
Nothing significant has changed in the program's system requirements. Illustrator isn't using the GPU for screen drawing, like Photoshop CS4. And it's still 32-bit only on all platforms. If your Illustrator documents are using 3+ GB of RAM, then you're doing something wrong. Also, having 32-bit and 64-bit versions would also add further costs to 3rd party plug-in developers; they have a hard enough time releasing new plug-ins for each Illustrator revision for both Windows and the Mac. In fact, I'm worried that Adobe's new shorter release cycle is going to kill off these immensely useful tools developed by small companies.
Windows

* 2GHz or faster processor
* Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 recommended) or Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (certified for 32-bit Windows XP and Windows Vista)
* 512MB of RAM (1GB recommended)
* 2GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on flash-based storage devices)
* 1,024x768 display (1,280x800 recommended) with 16-bit video card
* DVD-ROM drive

Medicine: Yes

Adobe Illustrator CS4 for Beginners (Video tutorials)
MOV | 848x480 | 22 Lesson

Dave Cross introduces the essential tools and techniques in Illustrator CS4. Rather than attempting to cover every single aspect of Illustrator, this course focuses on the most important skills that a beginner needs to know.

Lesson 01 Introduction (1:50)
Lesson 02 AI vs PS: Similarities and Differences (5:36)
Lesson 03 Key Concepts 1: Paths and Shapes (3:27)
Lesson 04 Key Concepts 2: Selecting Objects and Paths (5:03)
Lesson 05 Key Concepts 3: Fill and Stroke (3:12)
Lesson 06 The Illustrator Process (4:53)
Lesson 07 Setting Up a Document (2:36)
Lesson 08 Creation Tools and Commands 1: Shapes (9:20)
Lesson 09 Illustrator Clip Art (4:12)
Lesson 10 Creation Tools and Commands 2: the Pen Tool (7:33)
Lesson 11 Creation tools and Commands 3: Brushes (3:03)
Lesson 12 Pathfinder Commands (7:28)
Lesson 13 Working with Type (10:48)
Lesson 14 Editing Tools and Commands (5:45)
Lesson 15 Manipulating Tools and Commands (7:57)
Lesson 16 Coloring Tools and Commands (7:26)
Lesson 17 Live Effects (4:50)
Lesson 18 Appearance Panel (6:40)
Lesson 19 Saving (6:57)
Lesson 20 Sample Projects, Part 1 (2:25)
Lesson 21 Sample Projects, Part 2 (8:11)
Lesson 22 Conclusion (0:30)

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Instructor: Terry White
There are 21 lessons
Custom Settings (03:17)
Creating Frames (04:56)
Placing Content (06:57)
Scaling and Cropping (09:32)
Resolution (05:50)
Image Size (07:00)
Editing Originals (08:27)
Document Templates (12:33)
Working with Camera Raw Files (09:06)
Transparency Effects (07:21)
Text Wrap (05:43)
Content Aware Scaling (06:59)
RGB vs CMYK Color (06:04)
Color Management (02:56)
Sampling Color (03:09)
Colorize a Grayscale Image (04:16)
Colorize an RGB Image (02:28)
Place Image Inside Text (03:42)
Contact Sheets (04:13)
Compound Paths (04:05)
Layout from Scratch (19:30)
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Beauty-Retusche und mehr
Begleiten Sie Calvin Hollywood durch seine komplette Calvinize-Edition! Eine Sammlung der besten Tipps und Tricks, Arbeitstechniken und ausgefeilte Workflows fuer Bildergebnisse, die sich sehen lassen koennen! Und damit noch nicht genug: Mit Original-Photoshop-Dateien,Uebungsmaterial und ueber 250 frei verwendbare Texturen fuer Ihre Composings starten Sie sofort kreativ durch!
Als besonderes Bonbon ist ausserdem das ungekuerzte Training „Miss Beauty – Anspruchsvolle Beauty-Retusche“ enthalten.

The T-Rex texturing tutorial covers all the techniques used to create a realistic looking skin for your dinosaur. The tools shown in this tutorial are the UV texture editor, move and sew, as well as cut UV’s options which are used for laying out the UV’s of your model to achive a flat UV map. Once your UV map is complete you will learn how to take a UV snapshot of your flat UV’s to import into photoshop. Once we get into photoshop you will learn how to build up layers of color so that your skin will have a realistic look with multiple color values running through it to so it appears real. After the color map is complete you will begin a bump map which will add skin texture to your T-Rex and give it the appearance of wrinkles and bumps. The spec map is the last part you will cover in Photoshop and this map will show you how to control all the highlights of the skin with more procision. Finally, we cover lighting to show off all your hard work and to get some nice renders.