Andrew, our graphic designer here at SoftwareMedia.com, put together an animation tutorial using Adobe Flash and Adobe Fireworks (after much pushing and nagging from me, I admit). Learn how to apply motion to objects in Flash by using the classic tween feature.
If Andrew starts to bug the crap out of you, click on the image above to get him to stop waving and bobbing. Don’t worry, I got annoyed too — so I made sure he built in that click to bring things to a halt. Just kidding, Andrew… you rock, for making this tutorial….
SoftwareMedia TV’s spotlight star is donning the sleek black look, once again. Experienced Microsoft sales rep, Todd Francis, is back for part two of our Microsoft Open Business licensing video series. In our first video, Todd explained how to purchase basic products through the Microsoft Open Business Program. He went over frequently asked questions such as how many licenses you will need, the different product options available and the benefits of buying a product with software assurance. In part two of this series, watch as Todd explains how to purchase the more complicated products available through the Microsoft Open Business Program. The following video also runs through the differences between the two available CAL licenses — user CALs and device CALs. In addition, Todd also explains other important terms, such as processor license and external connector.
For more information, see our Microsoft Open Licensing Guides. See more software tutorials by clicking on the SoftwareMedia TV tag or follow us on YouTube. Although this wraps up our Microsoft Open Business licensing videos, never fear! Todd will be b(l)ack soon.
Are there any topics you would like Todd to explain? Anything you want us to cover? Hit that comment link and let us know!
Earlier this week, blog posts about Windows 7 “GodMode” fluttered the tech web. Jeremy was kind enough to capture a quick video for us. If you have Windows 7, just hit play to see how easy it is to enable “GodMode.” Oh, this is the code you will need (for the convenience of simple copy and paste):
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
Ina Fried, from CNET.com, says “GodMode” also works with Vista, but with possible problems. Find out more by reading her Beyond Binary blog.
Todd is back, and again in black! SoftwareMedia TV presents a two-part series on Microsoft Open Business licensing. Our seasoned Microsoft sales rep, Todd, explains how to purchase basic products through the Microsoft Open Business Program. This video covers frequently asked questions such as how many licenses you will need, the different product options available and the benefits of buying a product with software assurance.
For more information, see our Microsoft Open Licensing Guides. See more software tutorials by clicking on the SoftwareMedia TV tag or follow us on YouTube. Be sure to stay tuned for part two of the Microsoft Open Business licensing series; Todd will be back for another stab at internet fame. He’ll probably even keep to those sleek, sexy black shirts he’s been wearing. Uhh… Todd, do you read all my posts? I mean, those black shirts are macho and ruggedly handsome.
Google recently released the open source for Chromium OS. Out about a year earlier than the scheduled release of Chrome OS, Google mentions their eagerness “to engage with partners, the open source community and developers.” The project is available here: Chromium OS.
If you are eager to engage with Chromium OS, PCWorld has a few write-ups: Get Chrome OS Now | How to Install Chrome OS from a USB Drive. TechCrunch also has one: Want to Try Out Google Chrome OS for Yourself? Heed PCWorld’s warning though: “changing the boot order means messing with your system’s command prompt and BIOS.” Does patience remain a virtue for you? For those that aren’t quite up to snuff in tech-abilities, hold out ’til next year when official Chrome OS machines are released.
Learn how to zoom and pan by simply using your mouse wheel. This video tutorial quickly walks through zooming and panning basics to easily navigate your drawing in AutoCAD LT 2010.
If you aren’t so much for videos, here’s a text overview:
ZOOM IN: scroll up on your mouse wheel
ZOOM OUT: scroll down on your mouse wheel
PAN: click and hold your mouse wheel, then drag to desired location (let go of the mouse wheel when you are finished dragging)
REGENERATE: type “regenall” in the dynamic input to regenerate your drawing if arcs and circles lose their smoothness or there is limited zooming
CENTER: double-click your mouse wheel to center your drawing within the window
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For this video tutorial, I show you how I created an animated GIF in PhotoShop CS4. The GIF animation is of the twitter bird, who flaps around around a bit and then shows a little banner that asks you to follow him.
In the video below, I walk you through the whole process, from importing the images, to saving it as web content. I show you how to create a timeline, edit slides, and watch your animation before exporting. Read the rest of this entry »
Playing God with Photoshop CS4 – How to change the color of the butterfly Planetary Nebula using Photoshop CS4.
Photoshopped Butterfly Planetory Nebula
Changing a specific color range in Photoshop is remarkably easy. Photoshop allows you to select particular colors and color ranges in your image, tweak your selection to the desired specificity and area, and then adjust it to your heart’s content. If you are using the trial version of PhotoShop, a good place for discounted software is SoftwareMedia.com.
In this tutorial, I decided to try my hand at a divine design, and adjust the color range of a beautiful image of a butterfly shaped Nebula, one NGC 6302, that was snapped by the Hubble telescope earlier this year.
If you would similarly like to tread on the outskirts of digital blasphemy, just go to Nasa’s Hubble Image page, and download the image you dare to adjust. Then follow the audacious steps below. Read the rest of this entry »
Adobe launched the latest version of Adobe TV today, its popular video channel offering its own official advice and training for Adobe products. The new face of Adobe TV includes the ability to customize your viewing experience and interact with the player during tutorials.
Videos featured instruct on topics ranging from beginning tutorials, such as creating simple animations in Flash CS4, to in depth explorations of Adobe product features, such as Photoshop CS4’s powerful tone-mapping capabilities, to advice on the best ways to integrate CS4 Creative Suite programs.
The new version of Adobe TV was designed in response to feedback from users, and offers a resizable pop-out window that will allow viewers to watch while working within the Adobe programs they are learning about. A free Adobe Media Player associated with Adobe TV is also available, allowing fans to save and watch content offline. The free media player also allows users to stream podcasts and internet shows, collect flash videos, and personalize via filters and playlists.
Chrome is just like everything else google — pretty to look at and freaking fast. Some things are still awkward, bookmarking for one, and there has been complaining about its javascript limitations; still for an out of the gate browser, it’s more than impressive. But by now you’ve probably tested it out for yourself. And if you liked it enough to keep it up, here are a few fun things to try out and some good stuff to remember.
1. Chrome’s task manager: Chrome has its own task manager: press Shift+Escape to display a list of all the websites currently open. Useful to show you which tabs are slowing everything down.
2. Adding shortcuts to the Desktop, Start menu, or Quick launch bar: This has never been so easy. In any open site, just select ‘”create application shortcut” from the file menu.
3. Undo close!: Ctrl+shift+T: Opens your most recently closed tab. Basically works as an “undo close” for those of us who are constantly closing tabs by mistake.
4. Browsing History: Ctrl+H
5. Link in new tab:Press Ctrl and click a link to open the link in a new tab.
6. Link in new window: Press Shirt and click a link to open the link in a new window.
7. Quick browsing through tabs: Holding down Ctrl and pusing 1 through 9, will select the tab with the corresponding position in the tab strip. You’ll be surprised at how much faster this will make browsing.
8. Some stuff to type into the the address bar
First type “about:internets” into your address bar. See what happens.
Type “about:network” – gives you a list of images, scripts and objects, on a page. Helpful when something doesn’t load right.
Type “about:stats”: because looking at statistics is always fun, right?
Type: “about: memory” – If you are like most of us, using different browsers for different things, you can compare IE, Mozilla, Chrome, or Safari here.
