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P E R S P E C T I V E | J A N UA RY / F E B R UA RY 2 0 1 6 27 S:10.375" T:10.875" B:11.125" news NEW COURSES ON lynda.com For yet another year, the Art Directors Guild and the IATSE have partnered with online learning company lynda.com to provide Guild members with inexpensive subscriptions to the company's full library of video tutorials. lynda.com is a leading online learning company that helps anyone learn design, business, software, technology and creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals. Through the Guild's subscription program, members have access to engaging, top-quality courses taught by recognized industry experts. lynda.com is continually adding new content, and it's all part of the Guild's package. Here are just a few additions to the online library that are new for 2016: After Effects Hidden Gems Weekly Chris Meyer and Trish Meyer, principals at Crish Design There are a lot of potentially useful tricks, shortcuts and features hiding in this 20-year-old program that you might not be aware of. These are features you can put to work to save you time and learn more about what this deep motion graphics and visual effects program can do. Topics include: setting the vertex point; creating swarms of objects; replacing layers without losing effects and animation; simplifying projects; hiding layers; and more…Come back each week to discover another hidden gem. Pixel Playground Bert Monroy, hyper-realistic digital painter Take a 10-minute recess every week and join Bert Monroy in Adobe Photoshop ® or Illustrator ® , the playgrounds of digital artists. Every Friday, Bert walks through a fun, self-contained project that tests your skills and challenges the imagination. These programs aren't just image editors; they are sandboxes for creativity and experimentation. Take a spin through a carousel of tools and get reinspired, each and every week. Photoshop ® got 3D quite some time ago and it has some really nice features. Learn the part that 3D plays in the creation of this realistic artwork. Up and Running with Office for iPads and iPhones Nick Brazzi, software trainer and instruction designer Learn how to quickly become productive with the new Office for iOS suite. Author Nick Brazzi explains the differences between paid and free version of the apps and steps through common tasks in Word, Excel and PowerPoint. He also explores the file-storage options so you can decide whether to store files on your phone or tablet, or in the cloud. If you're a Microsoft Office user and you need to create and edit documents on the go, then these apps might be what you're looking for. Spend a few minutes getting familiar with the core interface functionality in all three apps, including creating and saving files and using the ribbon. Then, get into Word, Excel and PowerPoint individually, to look at some of their most essential features.