This video tutorial will show you how to use Ambrosia Software’s screen-capture software to record desktop movements and then encode audio and video for video editing beginners. This video tutorial comprehensively answers the following questions. Continue reading →

Freeway 4 Pro from Softpress is a relatively expensive solution to building websites. A single package costs US$289. It’s nothing like other website design applications we have ever used. That doesn’t necessarily mean that we give it our ‘buy-it’ recommendation. We often use Adobe Dreamweaver to modify our PHP webpages. And we use Adobe Fireworks if we want to work on web graphics. They are separate applications. Freeway 4 Pro is interesting because you can work on graphic images and rotate and skew them without resorting to a graphic application. Continue reading →

Adobe Photoshop Creative Design #16: Designing Missouri Number Plate

The other day, my wife and I invited a couple living at the next door to a dinner. After the dinner, we had some wine. And they told us about their last trip to St. Louis, Missouri. So I said that I lived in Missouri for several years. Then my wife said “Oh, honey, I didn’t know you lived in Missouri before. How long?” I just went to college there in the late 80s. But my wife and the couple kept asking me questions like what’s the state capital of Missouri, and what is state’s nickname. Then my wife said “Honey, what does the Missouri number plate look like?” That’s when I snapped like a cow with the mad cow disease. And I said “All right, all right, you want to see my old Missouri tag? I’ll show it to you.” I slammed a door and then went to the garage to look for my old number plate. And I remembered that I threw it away a long time ago. Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa… I had no choice. So I turned on my iMac and launched Adobe Photoshop CS2. In a matter of 15 minutes or so, I designed my old Missouri tag. After I showed it to them, they all looked like they were convinced that I lived in Missouri.

In this Photoshop CS 2 video tutorial, we design a dark red Missouri number plate. Some of the techniques used in this tutorial include Smooth, Bevel and Emboss, Contour, Rasterize and Group into New Smart Object. So there isn’t really anything special to show off. Continue reading →

We introduced a 3D graphic software title called Kinemac about 12 hours ago. This video quickly overviews some of the basic features of Kinemac 1.5 by showing you how to create the sample video we presented earlier. Continue reading →

How to Use Photo to Movie 4.0 for Mac #02: Audio, Title, Export

Earlier, we imported photo images and add key frames to create Ken Burns Effect by panning and zooming them. In the second tutorial of the series, we first add title layers. And after adding an audio clip, we move on to export the project as a QuickTime slideshow. Continue reading →