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This channel contains videos about the latest version of eyeon Software's image compositing program, Fusion. Eyeon Software is a developer of award winning software solutions for visual effects and compositing in the film, broadcast and multimedia markets.

Taught by Vancouver-based colorist Lorne Miess, Digital Colour Theory introduces you to the fundamentals of light and colour when applied to film and television industries. Understanding how to make your images look as photorealistic as possible is the premise for this course. Standard theories of additive and subtractive colour models will be discussed with examples from various media and software packages such as Final Cut Pro and Photoshop.

Unity Mobile Game DevelopmentCreating a polished game requires skilled artists from many different disciplines. To help teams work on a game development pipeline, Digital-Tutors brought together our top designers, illustrators, modelers, texturers, riggers, animators, game developers and programmers to create a working prototype for a potential pitch to publishers. With many of the assets created in past courses, we\'ve focused this series on the specific hurdles and production decisions that goes into each step of the game development pipeline.

In this 3ds Max tutorial, we discover the power that MassFX can deliver when working with rigid bodies. Throughout these tutorials, we'll learn how to utilize rigid bodies using the MassFX toolset. We'll start off by learning the basics of rigid bodies in 3ds Max. Then we'll move on into planning out our scene to give us the result we're looking for. Then we'll utilize some helpful scripts that will allow us to cut apart our geometry. Once the scene is prepared, we'll jump into applying dynamic, kinematic and static rigid bodies to create the destructive scene we desire.

In this Flash tutorial, we will learn how to create a dynamic animated Flash banner from a Photoshop storyboard. We will be using tricks and optimizing techniques so that we can keep our banner within “Standard Flash” specifications: Under 40kb, 18fps, and under 15 seconds in length. Along the way we'll look at workflow and file organization tips and tricks.

In this Illustrator tutorial we will focus on creating hand painted skateboard artwork that pays homage to vintage zombie comics. For many designers, Adobe Illustrator is a program they use daily for tasks such as building logos. While it's tools and vector results make it perfect for these type of projects, as you might have guessed, it's also a powerful painting program.

In this Illustrator tutorial we will focus on creating hand painted skateboard artwork that pays homage to vintage zombie comics. For many designers, Adobe Illustrator is a program they use daily for tasks such as building logos. While it’s tools and vector results make it perfect for these type of projects, as you might have guessed, it’s also a powerful painting program.

InDesign is an essential tool for design firms, ad agencies, magazines, newspapers, book publishers, and freelance designers around the world. This course presents the core features and techniques that make this powerful page layout application fun and easy to use.

The Knoll Light Factory Pro & Editors Training DVD covers one of the world's most chosen motion graphics tools, used by 1000's to create light effects called flares. Flares simulate reflections from a very bright light source as seen in a camera lens. In the digital graphics world, they are most often used to simulate the sun or other light sources, enhance text or logos, or intensify special effects shots like explosions.

After Effects CS5: Creating Motion Graphics with Ian Robinson Covers some of the core Principles Used to create Motion graphics, breaking down INTO Them Smaller Groups of Applied techniques in After Effects. The course explores everything from gathering inspiration to integrating traditional typography, transitional elements, animated textures, color, and more into motion graphics. Instructions for building a toolkit with templates and a style guide for future projects are also included. Files accompany the exercise course.