The Learning Section

I've been slowling building something here, not sure what yet. But many of these are old. Even so, if there's any help to be gained, then it was worth it.

Blender Tutorials

• Multiple Materials
• Basic Render Settings

Inkscape Tutorials

• Inkscape Path Tools
• Inkscape Gradient Tool

Mac Tutorials

• Disable the automatic launching of iPhoto when you plug in your camcorder/camera/iPhone

Ubuntu Linux Tutorials

• How to generate a file listing from a folder
• Some good Ubuntu system setup recommendations
• Dual Screen setup
• Setting a default "open with" for a file
• Show Hidden Files inside your Home folder
• How to open RAR files

Celtx Tutorials

Celtx is an open source screenwriting program which has some cool network features. I made some movies about it for the Celtx team as well as my enjoyment of the software.

• Importing and working on scripts 5MB .swf file
• New script and publishing to celtx server 3MB .swf file
• Reports and Publishing to PDF and HTML 2MB .swf file

Articles and Other Tutorials

Some notes on SSH

This isn't a tutorial so much as just a list of ssh notes for my archiving. SSH Notes

How to Create an LED Ticker Logo

You know those stock tickers you see in some banks and schools? Those logos you see lit up require some special settings in the graphics. Read the LED Ticker Logo Tutorial

Some Free Software Tools

Free Tools is a listing of useful software I've found over time. Many of which I use on a weekly or even daily basis. There are tons of sites with link collections such as these.

Indexing in InDesign

I wrote up a quick InDesign Indexing tutorial for yearbook customers. It might be out of date by now. I can't recall.

Create PDF files in Windows for the screen

Create a Screen PDF document with PrimoPDF. Primo is a really easy free PDF making you can download from www.primopdf.com.

Playing a flash movie within Macromedia Director

I wrote the article Controlling Flash In Director because I was always forgetting how to do it at work and I wanted to always have access to the code.

Desktop Publishing Resources

Desktop Publishing is a page I made up with some of the better links out there for creating graphics, understanding print concepts like UV coating, flats and signatures. This is more of a listing than an article, but it's good.

Website Tutorials

Use a Print CSS file on your site

Using a Print CSS file is such an awesome way to acknowledge and assist your site readers,so they can print a page without hassle.