A Quick Video Demonstration Of The iBooks Author App

Apple just recently released a new publishing app called iBooks Author. It's a free app available on the Mac App store, and it lets you create interactive multi-touch books that you can view on the iPad. You can add videos, interactive images, 3D objects and a bunch of other things. And once you're done, you can publish your book for distribution in the iBookstore. Here's a video from one of my favorite YouTube channels - mattsmacintosh - that takes a quick look at iBooks Author. As an educator, I am pretty excited about this app and its potential to change the education industry.

Subclipping in Final Cut Pro X - Using Favorites To Create Subclips - Final Cut Pro X Video Tutorial

If you're coming from Final Cut Pro 7 and you're moving to Final Cut Pro X, you might get into a bit of trouble trying to look for information on subclipping from the help menu. That's because subclipping now goes by a different name and a different workflow in Final Cut Pro X. You'll learn about this new subclipping workflow in this free Final Cut Pro X video tutorial. This is from a complete training course called Migrating from Final Cut Pro 7 to Final Cut Pro X from lynda.com. Visit the course details page to learn more. If you want to view the entire course for free, you can also get a free 7-day trial pass.

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Editing In The Timeline, Including Ripple, Roll, Slip, And Slide Edits - Final Cut Pro X Video Tutorial

If you're thinking of migrating from Final Cut Pro 7 to Final Cut Pro X, check out this video tutorial to give you an idea of how the new Final Cut Pro X interface looks like. In this free Final Cut Pro X video tutorial, the instructor shows you how much more effective the ripple edit tool is in Final Cut Pro X compared to the previous versions of Final Cut. He also shows you how to do roll, slip and slide edits. This is from a complete training course called Migrating from Final Cut Pro 7 to Final Cut Pro X from lynda.com. Visit the course details page to learn more. If you want to view the entire course for free, you can also get a free 7-day trial pass.

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Video: Hard Drive Gets Zapped With A Thunderbolt. Did The Data Survive?

ioSafe is a company that specializes in disaster proof hard drives and data recovery. In this demonstration video from CES 2012, they take a brand new solid state Thunderbolt ioSafe hard drive, and put it to a pretty shocking test - they zap it with high voltage electricity from a Tesla coil.

What's great about ioSafe is that they include a data recovery service (DRS) for accidental deletion, formats, corruption or disasters that can happen to your hard drive. This ioSafe DRS is a one-time, any reason, no questions asked data recovery service to help you get your data back. Watch the video below to see what happens to the drive.

Animating A Lower 3rd Graphic - Apple Motion Tutorial - Principles Of Motion Graphics

In this Motion 4 video tutorial, you'll see a demonstration of a lower 3rd graphic being created in Motion. You'll see the author take the elements from an already existing Motion project, and turn it into a lower 3rd graphic to be added as part of a graphics package. This video is from Motion: Principles of Motion Graphics from lynda.com. Visit the course details page for more information about the course. To view the entire course, you can sign up for a lynda.com membership or try it out first with a free 7-day trial pass. This trial pass gives you full access to the entire lynda.com training library of over 1000 software training courses.

Creating Elements With Paint Strokes - Apple Motion 4 Tutorial - Principles Of Motion Graphics

In this Motion 4 video tutorial, you'll learn how to use the paint stroke tool to create these interesting light streaks and particle effects in Motion. This video is from Motion: Principles of Motion Graphics from lynda.com. Visit the course details page for more information about the course. To view the entire course, you can sign up for a lynda.com membership or try it out first with a free 7-day trial pass. This trial pass gives you full access to the entire lynda.com training library of over 1000 software training courses.

Using Real Time Inspiration - Apple Motion 4 Tutorial - Principles Of Motion Graphics

In this Motion 4 tutorial, you'll see this cool bokeh effect easily and quickly applied to a project. You'll learn the idea of how the motion of an animated graphic can be used as inspiration while you're working on a Motion project. This video is from Motion: Principles of Motion Graphics from lynda.com. Visit the course details page for more information about the course. To view the entire course, you can sign up for a lynda.com membership or try it out first with a free 7-day trial pass. This trial pass gives you full access to the entire lynda.com training library of over 1000 software training courses.

A Collection Of Really Cute Mac Icons That You Can Download

Hey, everyone! I've got some links to some free and cute Mac icons that I've found from around the interwebz. If you're tired of the default Mac icons that you've got, and would like to change things up a bit, then you can try any of the cute and adorable Mac icon sets below. I've found some cute Mac icons that are really colorful, there are some that are sweet and tasty (if we could eat them!), Asian-inspired ones, and some that are strange but cute nonetheless! So let's start the cutie-fication of your Mac with these cute Mac icons!

1. Crayons Icon Set by gabo-the-baka

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2. Little Asia Icon Set by KatiBear

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3. Little Princess Icon Set by KatiBear

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4. Red Little Shoes Icon by Raindropmemory

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5. Snail Mac Icons by thehermitdesign

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6. La Pâtisserie by Cedarseed

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These cute Mac icons are free for your own personal use. So just use them to make your own Mac desktops cuter. If you'd like to share them with others, just post the link to each creator's download page.

Finder Integration - Unix For Mac OS X Users Video Tutorial

In this video, web developer Kevin Skoglund shows you a few ways you can access the Finder via Terminal. You'll see some examples of Unix techniques that will help speed up your workflow in the Finder. This video is from Unix for Mac OS X Users from lynda.com. Visit the course details page for more information about the course. To view the entire course, you can sign up for a lynda.com membership or try it out first with a free 7-day trial pass. This trial pass gives you full access to the entire lynda.com training library of over 1000 training courses.

File And Directory Permissions - Unix For Mac OS X Users Video Tutorial

Watch this video to learn about file and directory permissions while you're working inside Terminal in Mac OS X. This video is from Unix for Mac OS X Users from lynda.com. Visit the course details page for more information about the course. To view the entire course, you can sign up for a lynda.com membership or try it out first with a free 7-day trial pass. This trial pass gives you full access to the entire lynda.com training library of over 1000 training courses.

Moving Around The Filesystem - Unix For Mac OS X Users Video Tutorial

Watch this video to learn how to move around and change your present working directory in the Mac OS X Terminal. This video is from Unix for Mac OS X Users from lynda.com. Visit the course details page for more information about the course. To view the entire course, you can sign up for a lynda.com membership or try it out first with a free 7-day trial pass. This trial pass gives you full access to the entire lynda.com training library of over 1000 training courses.

Listing Files And Directories - Unix For Mac OS X Users Video Tutorial

Learn how to use the Terminal in Mac OS X to get different kinds of listings of the files and directories that you have on your Mac. This video is from Unix for Mac OS X Users from lynda.com. Visit the course details page for more information about the course. To view the entire course, you can sign up for a lynda.com membership or try it out first with a free 7-day trial pass. This trial pass gives you full access to the entire lynda.com training library of over 1000 training courses.

Command Structure - Unix For Mac OS X Users Video Tutorial

Learn about the Unix command structure in this informative Unix for Mac OS X video tutorial. You'll see some helpful examples of commands, options, and arguments to help you better understand the lesson. This video is from Unix for Mac OS X Users from lynda.com. Visit the course details page for more information about the course. To view the entire course, you can sign up for a lynda.com membership or try it out first with a free 7-day trial pass. This trial pass gives you full access to the entire lynda.com training library of over 1000 training courses.

Logging In And Using The Command Prompt - Unix For Mac OS X Users Video Tutorial

In this video, web developer Kevin Skoglund demonstrates typing commands in the command prompt. He also enumerates some Terminal and Unix shortcuts. This video is from Unix for Mac OS X Users from lynda.com. Visit the course details page for more information about the course. To view the entire course, you can sign up for a lynda.com membership or try it out first with a free 7-day trial pass. This trial pass gives you full access to the entire lynda.com training library of over 1000 training courses.

What is Unix? - Unix For Mac OS X Users Video Tutorial

In this video, web developer Kevin Skoglund gives you a history and overview of Unix. This will give you an idea of how Unix came to be what it is today. Towards the end of the video, he also explains the general idea of when you might want to use Unix directly instead of a graphical user interface (GUI). This video is from Unix for Mac OS X Users from lynda.com. Visit the course details page for more information about the course. To view the entire course, you can sign up for a lynda.com membership or try it out first with a free 7-day trial pass. This trial pass gives you full access to the entire lynda.com training library of over 1000 training courses.

How To Use A Mac - Training Course For Beginners

Here are a few video tutorials for those of you who want to learn how to use a Mac. These videos are from Computer Literacy for the Mac by lynda.com, and they are ideal for the complete computer novice. In this Mac training course for beginners, author Garrick Chow avoids technical computer jargon, and presents everything in an easy-to-understand language so you won't get intimidated and overwhelmed. You can learn more about the course by watching the introductory video below. I've also posted a few more sample videos from the training course. If you wish to access the entire course, you can sign up for a lynda.com membership or try it out for free with a 7-day trial pass. This trial pass gives you full access to this entire Mac training course as well as all the other training courses (1000+) at lynda.com.

How To Use Aperture 3 - Tutorials For Beginners

Here are some Aperture 3 tutorials for those of you who would like to learn how to use Aperture 3. These video tutorials are from Aperture 3 Essential Training from lynda.com. In this training course, pro photographer Derrick Story covers the entire photographic workflow in Aperture. You'll learn how to organize your image collections, color correct, retouch your photos, and more! The free video tutorials can be found below. If you would like to access the rest of the videos in this entire 8-hour course, you can sign up for a lynda.com membership or you can get a free 7-day trial pass. The trial pass gives you complete access to the entire lynda.com training library of over 1000 courses.