Autodesk AutoCAD 2009 Mastering References: Crop a referenced image By Jeff Bartels
At some point you'll want to crop an image that you've imported into AutoCAD. While you can crop an image in Photoshop, it is just as easy to crop an image in AutoCAD, and the clipping boundary is dynamic, enabling you to make as many adjustments as you'd like to. In this clip, host Jeff Bartels details how to use the clipping feature.
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Autodesk AutoCAD 2009 Mastering References: Enhancing images By Jeff Bartels
In this clip, host Jeff Bartels teaches how to use AtuoCAD to lighten the appearance of images in your projects. After you've attached an image to your drawing, possibly making them lighter or darker. For minor adjustments, you can make the changes in AutoCAD.
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Autodesk AutoCAD 2009 Mastering References: Inserting images By Jeff Bartels
In this clip, host Jeff Bartels details how to insert an image into an AutoCAD drawing. Even though AutoCAD's primary job is constructing geometric shapes and text, it is also proficient working with images.
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Autodesk AutoCAD 2009 Mastering References: Binding external references By Jeff Bartels
In this clip, host Jeff Bartels discusses how to bind your external references for emailing to clients. Once you have a drawing that x references several files, you may want to email that drawing to a client. Do you send all attachments separately or is there a way to merge everything into one drawing? He shows how to bind external references.
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Autodesk AutoCAD 2009 Mastering References: Referencing a large drawing By Jeff Bartels
In this clip, host Jeff Bartels talks about referencing a large drawing, and if you only need a small part of that file, referencing the entire drawing can seem like overkill. He details how to clip internal references so we can control how much of the file displays in our drawings.
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Autodesk AutoCAD 2009 Mastering References: Attribute labels By Jeff Bartels
In this clip, host Jeff Bartels discusses how to use attributes to automate and standardize text labels in AutoCAD drawings. Just because you use an attribute doens't mean you have to extract the data. He shows how to create some standardized labels for the drawing details.
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Autodesk AutoCAD 2009 Mastering References: Attribute modes By Jeff Bartels
In this clip, host Jeff Bartels takes a look at attribute mode settings, which are the controls you have over your settings. He shows how to define an attribute, how to change the settings, such as text settings, invisible, verify, preset, lock position, and multiple lines.
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Autodesk AutoCAD 2009 Mastering References: Create Attributes By Jeff Bartels
In this clip, host Jeff Bartels takes a look at creating attributes from AutoCAD drawing, which we typically look at as a collection of linework and dimensions. He details how to insert attribute data into an AutoCAD file of a small home.
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Google SketchUp Essential Training: Construction Guides By George Maestri
In this clip, Lynda.com host George Maestri covers how to measure and create guides within Google SketchUp. Two tools, the tape measure and the protractor enable you to measure and create the guides. He details how to use both the tape measure and the protractor, how to measure out angles and guides, which he also defines.
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Google SketchUp Essential Training: Smoothing edges By George Maestri
In this clip, Lynda.com host George Maestri takes a look at smoothing or softening the edges of objects in SketchUp. George creates a a 12 sided circle and a polygon to show how to smooth the edges of the objects, to show how to smooth them.
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Google SketchUp Essential Training: Text Tools By George Maestri
In this clip, Lynda.com host George Maestri takes a look at some of the text options in SketchUp and discusses the tools available to work with text, starting with the Text Tool and the 3D Text Tool. They are different in the way that they work and George goes over some of the differences.
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Google SketchUp Essential Training: Follow me Tool By George Maestri
In this clip, Lynda.com host George Maestri takes a look at the Follow Me Tool. What the Follow Me Tool does is takes a face and extrudes it along a path, which is similar to a launch tool in other 3D packages. George shows you how to locate the Follow me Tool and how to use it.
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Google SketchUp Essential Training: Offset Tool By George Maestri
In this clip, Lynda.com host George Maestri takes a look at the Offset tool. What the Offset tool does is takes an edge so that it creates an offset so you can create borders and insets. You need existing geometry for the Offset tool to work, so George starts with creating geometry and then shows how to access the Offset tool and how to use it.
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Google SketchUp Essential Training: Push Pull Tool By George Maestri
In this clip, Lynda.com host George Maestri takes a look at the Push Pull tool, one of the more handy tools you will find it SketchUp. What it does is takes a flat 2D face and extrudes it into a 3D shape. George shows where to find the tool and how to use it.
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Google SketchUp Essential Training: Arc Tool By George Maestri
In this clip, Lynda.com host George Maestri takes a look at the Arc Tool, which is more of a line drawing tool than a shape drawing tool. The Arc Tool creates the edges. He shows where to find it as well as the keyboard shortcut, and details how the tool works.
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Google SketchUp Essential Training: Circle and Polygon tools By George Maestri
In this clip, Lynda.com host George Maestri takes a look at the circle and the polygon tool. They are both similar in the way that they work. George shows how to access both tools, and how to use them. He discusses snapping, snapping to specific axes, specific dimensions, and more.
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Although the entire Percy Jackson film is chock-full of fantastic visual
effects, the last sequence on Mt. Olympus is when the lightning bolt
takes center stage. The lightning bolt was a complex design, with the
look of moving plasma, a w...
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When AJA Video Systems first announced the Ki Pro portable digital
recording device, it was met with great enthusiasm and won six major
industry awards. Director of Photography (DoP) Timo Plogstedt
discovered these benefits and more when rec...
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Digieffects, a developer of popular visual effects plugins,today announced that Depth is immediately available for purchase.Depth, a plugin for After Effects, easily converts an entire AfterEffects composition into a depth map. Available for $49 ...
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Labor Day weekend is a great time to unwind, shed the stress, strain, anxiety of your workday world. Of course you won't shed it all...you'll check email, you'll carry your phone with you. Creativity isn't lost because it starts with ... YOU!!!!
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In Hollywood, there is little doubt that MAXON's CINEMA 4D is the 3D motion graphics artist's best friend. For years, I've been telling you about how easy it is to use, what brilliantly stunning images it produces, how quickly it renders through projects, it's offering of dynamic animation, and, most recently, about its increasingly powerful set of motion graphics tools which fit neatly into production pipelines. So, what could possibly be better than all that has come before? Plenty.
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NO...Doesn't have a thing to do with "that" smartphone...or "that" store...or "that" tablet. It's the next generation. Kids and we mean little kids. That's what today's products are being designed for/targeted at. You happen to buy one...fine. Watch a little, little kid pick up a smartphone. He/she just uses it. They've come pre-wired and we're still trying to figure out how to IM. It's the IGen. They want it instantly. They want to use it instantly. They expect their photos, their video, their music, their stuff immediately when/where/how they want it.
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In this clip, lynda.com host Mark Abdelnour takes a look at proxy bidding. He discusses the strategy and how it works. He also discusses the maximum bid, and when to use Proxy bidding.
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Autodesk AutoCAD 2009 Mastering References: Image Transparency
You might think that all the images referenced in AutoCAD have to be rectangles. This is not so. In this clip, host Jeff Bartels shows how to work with images in AutoCAD that supports image transparency.
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Autodesk AutoCAD 2009 Mastering References: Insert an image into a drawing at true size
Occasionally you may want to insert an image such that it plots to a measureable scale. This happens when referencing aerial photographs or maps. In this clip, host Jeff Bartels shows how to insert an image into a drawing such that it measures to a true size.
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Autodesk AutoCAD 2009 Mastering References: Crop a referenced image
At some point you'll want to crop an image that you've imported into AutoCAD. While you can crop an image in Photoshop, it is just as easy to crop an image in AutoCAD, and the clipping boundary is dynamic, enabling you to make as many adjustments as you'd like to. In this clip, host Jeff Bartels details how to use the clipping feature.
...Read More »
Autodesk AutoCAD 2009 Mastering References: Controlling the borders around your images
When you reference an image, the image comes in on the current layer. As a result, the border of your image will have the properties of the current layer. In this clip, host Jeff Bartels details how to control the appearance of the borders around your images.
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Autodesk AutoCAD 2009 Mastering References: Enhancing images
In this clip, host Jeff Bartels teaches how to use AtuoCAD to lighten the appearance of images in your projects. After you've attached an image to your drawing, possibly making them lighter or darker. For minor adjustments, you can make the changes in AutoCAD.
...Read More »
Autodesk AutoCAD 2009 Mastering References: Inserting images
In this clip, host Jeff Bartels details how to insert an image into an AutoCAD drawing. Even though AutoCAD's primary job is constructing geometric shapes and text, it is also proficient working with images.
...Read More »
Autodesk AutoCAD 2009 Mastering References: Binding external references
In this clip, host Jeff Bartels discusses how to bind your external references for emailing to clients. Once you have a drawing that x references several files, you may want to email that drawing to a client. Do you send all attachments separately or is there a way to merge everything into one drawing? He shows how to bind external references.
...Read More »
Autodesk AutoCAD 2009 Mastering References: Referencing a large drawing
In this clip, host Jeff Bartels talks about referencing a large drawing, and if you only need a small part of that file, referencing the entire drawing can seem like overkill. He details how to clip internal references so we can control how much of the file displays in our drawings.
...Read More »
Autodesk AutoCAD 2009 Mastering References: Attach and overlay options
In this clip, host Jeff Bartels explains the difference between the attach and overlay options when creating an external reference. He shows how to reference a drawing and how to choose between the attach and overlay options.
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Autodesk AutoCAD 2009 Mastering References: Attribute labels
In this clip, host Jeff Bartels discusses how to use attributes to automate and standardize text labels in AutoCAD drawings. Just because you use an attribute doens't mean you have to extract the data. He shows how to create some standardized labels for the drawing details.
...Read More »
Autodesk AutoCAD 2009 Mastering References: Attribute modes
In this clip, host Jeff Bartels takes a look at attribute mode settings, which are the controls you have over your settings. He shows how to define an attribute, how to change the settings, such as text settings, invisible, verify, preset, lock position, and multiple lines.
...Read More »
Autodesk AutoCAD 2009 Mastering References: Create Attributes
In this clip, host Jeff Bartels takes a look at creating attributes from AutoCAD drawing, which we typically look at as a collection of linework and dimensions. He details how to insert attribute data into an AutoCAD file of a small home.
...Read More »
Google SketchUp Essential Training: Construction Guides
In this clip, Lynda.com host George Maestri covers how to measure and create guides within Google SketchUp. Two tools, the tape measure and the protractor enable you to measure and create the guides. He details how to use both the tape measure and the protractor, how to measure out angles and guides, which he also defines.
...Read More »
Google SketchUp Essential Training: Smoothing edges
In this clip, Lynda.com host George Maestri takes a look at smoothing or softening the edges of objects in SketchUp. George creates a a 12 sided circle and a polygon to show how to smooth the edges of the objects, to show how to smooth them.
...Read More »
Google SketchUp Essential Training: Text Tools
In this clip, Lynda.com host George Maestri takes a look at some of the text options in SketchUp and discusses the tools available to work with text, starting with the Text Tool and the 3D Text Tool. They are different in the way that they work and George goes over some of the differences.
...Read More »
Google SketchUp Essential Training: Follow me Tool
In this clip, Lynda.com host George Maestri takes a look at the Follow Me Tool. What the Follow Me Tool does is takes a face and extrudes it along a path, which is similar to a launch tool in other 3D packages. George shows you how to locate the Follow me Tool and how to use it.
...Read More »
Google SketchUp Essential Training: Offset Tool
In this clip, Lynda.com host George Maestri takes a look at the Offset tool. What the Offset tool does is takes an edge so that it creates an offset so you can create borders and insets. You need existing geometry for the Offset tool to work, so George starts with creating geometry and then shows how to access the Offset tool and how to use it.
...Read More »
Google SketchUp Essential Training: Push Pull Tool
In this clip, Lynda.com host George Maestri takes a look at the Push Pull tool, one of the more handy tools you will find it SketchUp. What it does is takes a flat 2D face and extrudes it into a 3D shape. George shows where to find the tool and how to use it.
...Read More »
Google SketchUp Essential Training: Arc Tool
In this clip, Lynda.com host George Maestri takes a look at the Arc Tool, which is more of a line drawing tool than a shape drawing tool. The Arc Tool creates the edges. He shows where to find it as well as the keyboard shortcut, and details how the tool works.
...Read More »
Google SketchUp Essential Training: Circle and Polygon tools
In this clip, Lynda.com host George Maestri takes a look at the circle and the polygon tool. They are both similar in the way that they work. George shows how to access both tools, and how to use them. He discusses snapping, snapping to specific axes, specific dimensions, and more.
...Read More »
