Over the years I've had the honor of writing or co-writing several technology books such as Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightwave and more. I've been happy to continue teaching software on the internet and CD with Virtual Training Company. The links below will allow you to enjoy several free samples of the software training titles I and others at Virtual Training Company offer. Please enjoy and if you like what you see, you can purchase the full titles on CD, or subscribe to the entire library on a monthly or yearly basis (subscription link at the bottom of this page).
These are the graphics applications titles I teach. Click on the title of the application to try it out:)
Adobe Photoshop CS2
Adobe
Photoshop has been the industry standard digital imaging
application for a long time and with good reason – it can
help you to create almost anything you can imagine. Whether
you’re a photographer, 3D artist, painter, illustrator, Web
designer, or digital video artist, Photoshop has many
powerful tools that can take your vision to the next
level.
Adobe Creative Suite Power
Projects
The
Adobe Creative Suite contains a powerful and extremely
flexible set of tools that a creative person can use to
make art. Whether working on an advertisement for a client,
a painting for a gallery exhibit, or even an illustration
for a children's book, there are tools for each job and
more.
Animating In Flash
Make
your own cartoons! That is the beauty of Flash. Anyone with
an idea can create their very own cartoons and animations
and share them with the world on the Internet. In this
tutorial VTC author and experienced animator Dwayne
Ferguson will show you all the steps to creating your very
own animations. From concept to planning, to creating and
publishing. With "Animating In Flash" you will have the
knowledge and skills to create your own animations for
everyone to see.
Apple iLife 06
Apple
iLife ’06 allows you to use your Mac to collect, organize,
and edit various elements to get the most out of your
digital life. VTC author, Dwayne Ferguson, shows users how
to maximize the potential of this powerful creative suite.
Ferguson demonstrates the usefulness of GarageBand, iPhoto,
iMovie HD, iDVD, iTunes, iWeb---six superb tightly
integrated tools. Create websites and blogs complete with
podcasts, photos, and movies with iWeb. Import, organize,
and enhance photos with iPhoto. Edit video footage using
iMovie HD. Add songs to your photo album or video with
iTunes, or create your own music using GarageBand. Share
your finished slideshows, movie projects and musical
compositions on DVD with iDVD.
Autodesk Combustion
4
Autodesk
Combustion 4 is an exciting compositing application that
offers the creative tools, speed and interactivity that
professionals need and artists crave. The ability to paint,
animate, edit and compose in 2D and 3D are combined in an
integrated environment based on Autodesk's legendary and
easy to use interface. VTC author Dwayne Ferguson shows you
step by step, how to get the most out of this powerful
software. Learn animation, 3D compositing, particle effects
and much more.
Corel Painter IX
Corel®
Painter IX is a natural media emulation tool. It allows
users to create digital images and artwork that appear to
be created with traditional sketch and painting tools.
Painter IX has over 400 brushes and 30 mediums to work
with. The user can also create their own brushes.
Experiment with life-like media such as Digital Water Color
and Oils or create sketches from photographs. It's no
wonder Painter is considered to be "the ultimate digital
sketching tool".
LightWave 3D 9
NewTek
LightWave 3D is highly advanced imaging software that has
been used on many television and movie productions
including the new Battlestar Galactica television series,
the movie 300, Jimmy Neutron and even the familiar M&M
commercials we have come to know and love. Now even more
powerful, with an improved workflow and new features, this
version is better than ever. And with the help of VTC
Author and professional animator, Dwayne Ferguson, users
will quickly learn how to take command of their work.
Create stunning pictures, movies, and even design your own
video game. You're only limited by your
imagination.
Lightwave 3D
Fundamentals
NewTek
LightWave 3D is highly advanced imaging software that has
been used on many television and movie productions
including Babylon 5, the M&M commercials and Jimmy
Neutron. Designers and artists from Malaysia to Norway,
U.S. to Australia, and everywhere in between, are producing
award-winning work and making a living with LightWave 3D.
Whether you are watching television, browsing the Web,
reading a magazine, taking in a new movie at the theater,
or watching billboards and buildings on your way to work,
you are encountering work produced or visualized using
LightWave 3D.
Poser 5
Poser
is a 3d-character animation and design tool for digital
artists and animators. From an included collection of human
and animal models and props, this program enables you to
create movies, images, and posed 3D figures. With Virtual
Training Company's Poser 5 tutorial, this application
becomes easy for any user, artist, or animator to master.
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Titles in Development:
Toon Boom Studio 3.5
Photoshop CS3
Bryce 6