Posted: January 25th, 2010, 1:47am CET by IDM

Take a guided tour of Microsoft’s newest UI (user interface) platform, WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) in this video series. Instructed by Robby Ingebretsen, you will learn invaluable tips and techniques for building amazing applications and user experiences. Ideal for developers and creative professionals, this training series plunges into fundamental principles including XAML, layout, controls, data binding, styles, templates, graphics, animation, and much more.
Highlights
* Learn how to create and compile a WPF project.
* Understand data binding and the best practices for when to create bindings.
* Explore WPF controls such as Framework Element, Content Controls, Items Controls, and RangeBase Controls.
* Find out how to use XAML and Blend to create styles and effects.
Course Outline:
Chapter 1: GETTING STARTED WITH WPF (22 min)
1. WPF Related Applications & Tools
2. Starting a WPF Project
3. Understanding XAML
4. Using IntelliSense to Add Attributes
5. Adding Elements to the Application
6. Using Code Behind
Chapter 2: LAYOUT BASICS (44 min)
1. Understanding the Element Tree
2. Introducing XamlPad
3. Using the Canvas Panel
4. Using the StackPanel
5. Using the WrapPanel
6. Working with the Margin Property
7. Using the GridPanel
8. Defining Rows & Columns
9. Assigning Objects to Columns
10. Defining Column Widths
11. Using the Grid Splitter
12. Applying a Layout to the Media Player
Chapter 3: CONTROLS LIBRARY ESSENTIALS (46 min)
1. Working with a Border
2. Using an Image
3. Using a Text Block
4. Understanding Controls & Buttons
5. Using the Scroll Viewer & Tool Tips
6. Understanding Item Controls & List Boxes
7. Using Tab Control
8. Working with a Menu
9. Using a Range Base
10. Adding Controls to the Music Player
11. Becoming Familiar with Rich Content
12. Using the XAML Clipboard
13. Using Embedded Fonts
Chapter 4: DATABINDING & RESOURCES (36 min)
1. Getting Started with Databinding
2. Adding References
3. Understanding Resources
4. Databinding to Collections
5. Using Data Templates
6. Databinding to Other Elements
7. Using the Content Template Property
8. Using Value Converters
9. Using TwoWay Binding
Chapter 5: APPEARANCE TEMPLATES ON CONTROLS (36 min)
1. Introducing Control Templates
2. Creating a Basic Button Template
3. Using Triggers
4. Understanding Template Binding
5. Using Styles
6. Working with Control Templates
7. Using Templates in the Music Player
8. Merging a Scrollbar into the Music Player
Chapter 6: WPF’S VISUAL CAPABILITIES (54 min)
1. Creating a Volume Control Icon
2. Understanding Brush Type & Resource
3. Using a Gradient Brush
4. Adding an Opacity Mask to a Brush
5. Transforming Objects
6. Using Bitmap Effects
7. Understanding Storyboard & Animation
8. Adding Animation to a Control Template
Chapter 7: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER: REAL WORLD WPF (31 min)
1. Creating a Shiny Button
2. Refining a Shiny Button
3. Creating a Button Border
4. Creating a Pressed Effect
5. Creating a Glow Effect
6. Final Comments & Credits
download links:
http://rapidshare.com/files/340596376/MICROSOFT__WPF_ESSENTIALS.part8.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/340596666/MICROSOFT__WPF_ESSENTIALS.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/340596681/MICROSOFT__WPF_ESSENTIALS.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/340596751/MICROSOFT__WPF_ESSENTIALS.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/340596777/MICROSOFT__WPF_ESSENTIALS.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/340596825/MICROSOFT__WPF_ESSENTIALS.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/340596861/MICROSOFT__WPF_ESSENTIALS.part7.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/340597210/MICROSOFT__WPF_ESSENTIALS.part5.rar

AutoCAD Mechanical 2010, written by software vendor Autodesk, is the world’s most widely used 2D mechanical Computer Aided Design (CAD) package. It lets you design, visualize and communicate your ideas with ease and efficiency. Creating mechanical designs in AutoCAD Mechanical 2010 is easy! AutoCAD Mechanical 2010 has many new software features that make plotting, publishing and scaling so much easier and quicker. Its new user interface makes commands easy to find and allows users to be trained easily and quickly. This basic concepts course provides you with the skills needed to develop your AutoCAD knowledge to a competent user level, giving you the ability to plot, publish and scale with ease, impressing your customers and colleagues!.
download links:
http://rapidshare.com/files/339586921/VTAUDSKATCDMCHNCL2010BSCNCPT-INK.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/339588449/VTAUDSKATCDMCHNCL2010BSCNCPT-INK.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/339588470/VTAUDSKATCDMCHNCL2010BSCNCPT-INK.part1.rar

This DVD includes everything you need to retouch beauty, portrait, and fashion shots, like a pro! Beauty Photographer & Digital Artist, David Cuerdon, not only teaches you the retouching techniques he has mastered in his 30+ year career, he gives you the actual tools he uses to produce his award-winning images!
This is an actual retouching kit, a tool box, not just a collection of tutorials. You have all the Photoshop tools that David uses is in his work, including brushes, color swatches, actions, textures, custom shapes, and more.
download links:
http://rapidshare.com/files/339048528/Photoshop_CS4_Beauty_Portrait_Retouching_Kit.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/339048531/Photoshop_CS4_Beauty_Portrait_Retouching_Kit.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/339048655/Photoshop_CS4_Beauty_Portrait_Retouching_Kit.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/339048680/Photoshop_CS4_Beauty_Portrait_Retouching_Kit.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/339048947/Photoshop_CS4_Beauty_Portrait_Retouching_Kit.part1.rar

In PowerPoint 2010 Beta: Real-World Projects, author Gini Courter uses a real-world project to demonstrate the new features in the latest edition of Microsoft’s presentation software. Gini teaches the use of screen clippings and the ability to create one-click snapshots of a desktop during a live presentation. She shows how to apply corrections and effects to presentation images without leaving the application, and add interest to a presentation via slide transitions and animation effects. Gini also uses PowerPoint’s new Backstage view to compress a presentation for distribution via email, and demonstrates the review tools from the perspective of the reviewer and the presenter. Exercise files accompany the course.
Topics include:
* Taking and sharing screen clippings
* Editing images with the Remove Background tool
* Merging and comparing presentations
* Organizing a presentation into sections
* Editing and using video in a presentation
download links:
http://rapidshare.com/files/339040639/Lynda.com.PowerPoint.2010.Beta.Real.World.Projects.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/339041068/Lynda.com.PowerPoint.2010.Beta.Real.World.Projects.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/339041122/Lynda.com.PowerPoint.2010.Beta.Real.World.Projects.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/339041365/Lynda.com.PowerPoint.2010.Beta.Real.World.Projects.part3.rar

Are you ready to design and plan database business solutions for your company? SQL Server 2008 offers database managers lots of built in controls and plenty of great opportunity to enhance their reputations.
In this CBT Nuggets video series you’ll learn to plan the design and implementation of your SQL Server 2008 SSIS, SSAS and SSRS projects.
This training maps to Microsoft exam 70-452. After watching this series you’ll be fully prepared to take the exam and earn Microsoft PRO: Designing a Business Intelligence Infrastructure Using Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Published certification. It’s also your final towards earning SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence MCITP Certification.
Exam-Pack 70-452: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 includes to following:
* SSRS Architecture Overview
* SSRS & .NET
* SSRS Data Sets & Filters
* SSRS Templates, RDL & Advanced Reports
* SSRS Deployment & Migration (free video!)
* Scaling SQL Server 2008
* SQL Server 2008 Performance
* Aggregations & Partitions
* Data Mining Design
* SQL Server 2008 Advanced Data Mining
* SQL Server 2008 Sharepoint Integration
* SQL Server 2008 Visualization Tools
* SQL Server 2008 Auditing
* SSAS — Moving Packages
* SSAS International Considerations
download links:
http://rapidshare.com/files/338529547/CNMPSS2008EP70452.part7.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/338529600/CNMPSS2008EP70452.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/338529803/CNMPSS2008EP70452.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/338529848/CNMPSS2008EP70452.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/338529936/CNMPSS2008EP70452.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/338530883/CNMPSS2008EP70452.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/338530935/CNMPSS2008EP70452.part5.rar

Ergin Kuke will discuss the methods, pipeline, budgeting and client expectation management of 3d/post production work in a small studio environment. Case studies on 3 music videos will be covered: Anjulie’s “Boom” (MTV Music Award’s Best Newcomer Artist Video), Regina Spektor’s “Laughing with God” and Beyonce’s “Sweet Dreams”.
The music video industry is not the huge money maker it used to be. One of the reasons they still get done is as a creative outlet and a means to “make a name” for the studios and directors involved. It tends to be a more freely creative environment, especially when young musicians and bands are in play.
Budgets are tight, deadlines are very tight and managing the layers between production houses, directors, musicians, music labels and the post-production house is a risky business. How to actually get the job, what creative input does the post production company have, budgeting of time and money, managing client expectations, pipelines and delivery methods.
Ergin will go over 3 case studies and explain how a 3-5 man studio finished 6 music videos in 2 and a half months. Results are sometimes great and sometimes less than great. Successes and shortcomings will be analyzed in an attempt to share the experiences and what was learned from them.
download links:
http://rapidshare.com/files/337516672/Music_Video_Post-Production.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/337516666/Music_Video_Post-Production.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/337516563/Music_Video_Post-Production.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/337516519/Music_Video_Post-Production.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/337516359/Music_Video_Post-Production.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/337515750/Music_Video_Post-Production.part6.rar

The centerpiece of this Lesson Module is the Troubleshooting video on demand (VoD) instruction. The split-screen format of each VoD module provides the powerful learning experience of shadowing a Cisco CCIE who is configuring and explaining a Troubleshooting process.
Duration
Seven Hours
Each VoD is approximately 1530 minutes in length, and the approximately seven hours of VoD modules are grouped into three blocks. A set of supporting “Spot the Issues” soft assessment quizzes are included in each block. In addition, two hands-on, technology-focused practice labs on the subject of the Troubleshooting are available in this Lesson Module.
Target Audience
The Troubleshooting lesson is for professional-level networking engineers who have 35 years of network engineering experience or who have completed the Cisco CCNP certification. This self-paced Lesson Module is for engineers who need to master CCIE-level problems that involve:
* Formulating a structured and consistent troubleshooting process
* Troubleshooting Link-Layer Technologies
* Troubleshooting IPv4 Routing Protocols
* Troubleshooting IP Services: IPv6, Multicast, Router QoS and NAT
Recommended Prerequisites and Corequisites
A CCNP level of understanding of network troubleshooting are required. It is also recommended that this lesson be completed with these lessons
* CCIE R&S Lesson: Data Link Layer Technologies
* CCIE R&S Lesson: Frame Relay
* CCIE R&S Lesson: BGP Routing Protocols
Lesson Module Objectives
Upon completion of this self-paced Lesson Module, learners should be able to formulate well-defined mental simulations to perform the following Troubleshooting tasks with the minimally described parameters that are commonly found in CCIE-level tasks.
* Formulate an end-to-end opening moves strategy for troubleshooting tasks
* Formulate a troubleshooting strategy for link-layer technologies
* Formulate a troubleshooting strategy for routing protocols
* Formulate a troubleshooting strategy for IP Services that include IPv6, Multicast, Router QoS and NAT
Lesson Module Outline
The VoDs in this Lesson Module discuss these topics:
* Block 1: Troubleshooting Tools and Techniques Introduction to Troubleshooting
* Troubleshooting Tools IOS SHOW Commands
* Troubleshooting Tools – PING
* Troubleshooting Tools – Traceroute
* Troubleshooting Tools Debug IP Packet Part I
* Troubleshooting Tools Debug IP Packet Part II
* Troubleshooting Frame-Relay Part I
* Troubleshooting Frame-Relay Part II
* Troubleshooting Frame-Relay Part III
* Troubleshooting Switched Interfaces Fundamentals
* Troubleshooting Switched Interfaces Strategy Part I
* Troubleshooting Switched Interfaces Strategy Part II
* Block 2: Troubleshooting Routing Protocols Troubleshooting RIP
* Troubleshooting EIGRP Adjacencies
* Troubleshooting EIGRP Routing
* Troubleshooting OSPF Adjacencies
* Troubleshooting OSPF Routing Part I
* Troubleshooting OSPF Routing Part II
* Troubleshooting Redistribution
* Troubleshooting BGP Neighbor Relationships Part I
* Troubleshooting BGP Neighbor Relationships Part II
* Troubleshooting BGP Routing Part I
* Troubleshooting BGP Routing Part II
* Troubleshooting BGP Filtering Part I
* Troubleshooting BGP Filtering Part II
* Troubleshooting BGP Filtering Part III
* Block 3: Troubleshooting IP Services Troubleshooting IPv6 Part I
* Troubleshooting IPv6 Part II
* Troubleshooting IP Multicast
* Troubleshooting Router QoS Part I
* Troubleshooting Router QoS Part II
* Troubleshooting NAT
Lab Outline
This Lesson Module contains two hands-on labs that focus on the Troubleshooting topics in the VoDs. Learners must supply the lab equipment that is required to run the labs. Each of these hands-on, technology-focused scenarios consists of:
* A scenario written with CCIE-level troubleshooting tasks
* A detailed Answer Key
* The web-based and highly interactive Mentor Guide
Lab Topology
The following minimal topology is required to perform the Troubleshooting Lesson Module labs.
INSTALLATiON:
1.Unpack
2.Burn or mount
3.Use
download links:
http://rapidshare.com/files/337499105/NMCC360LNP4CCIERSLTSTVLiBiSO.part03.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/337498696/NMCC360LNP4CCIERSLTSTVLiBiSO.part08.rar
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http://rapidshare.com/files/337498216/NMCC360LNP4CCIERSLTSTVLiBiSO.part01.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/337498125/NMCC360LNP4CCIERSLTSTVLiBiSO.part05.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/337498116/NMCC360LNP4CCIERSLTSTVLiBiSO.part10.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/337498057/NMCC360LNP4CCIERSLTSTVLiBiSO.part14.rar
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