Videos in category Graphics

This week's tutorial takes you through process of creating a snapshot vignette on your digital photographs.This is another remastered episode. All other episodes are being posted ASAP!

Come learn about the new and updated development tools in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 that help to build and debug HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Also hear about the new AJAX features that help enable powerful and dynamic Web applications. Speakers: Marc Silbey

Learn the new layout and how to take advantage of new layout functionality in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 to create cross-browser-compatible layout designs. Speakers: Scott Dickens

How do you combine a designer's vision with the requirements of productive software? Left brain/Right brain workflow is a sophisticated problem that impacts us all but has no easy answers. Industry experts will share their learnings and invite you to join in on a lively discussion about the merits and costs of different approaches.

Behind the scenes, great applications feature not only clever code, but they also expose a great user experience and design. We illustrate the workflow possible using the Microsoft Expression tools and Microsoft Visual Studio to create great applications. Speakers: Celso Gomes, Kirupa Chinnathambi

Just posted the first video in our "Quick Tips" series. This video takes you step-by-step through the process of creating a "Halo Blur" effect to your images and product shots. This effect is widely used in the advertising world and really makes your images stand out to your customers. This is a remastered version of the original episode 1. This video is now 100% iPod compat...

Summary Laurence Moroney provides an overview of the features of Silverlight and coming enhancements. He introduces the designer/developer continuum, the JavaScript API, as well as the tools of the trade for both developers and designers. Laurence also walks through building a video player. Bio Laurence Moroney is a Technology Evangelist for Silverlight at Microsoft. He is the author of 10 comp...

The keyboard and mouse are aging input devices. For the future of computing and UX, where are interfaces going? Are these enough? Is touch-screen Surface/iPhone/iPod Touch just a gimmick? Where should Man Machine Interface (MMI) go?

Summary In this panel discussion from QCon San Francisco, several influential leaders of the software development community discussed and debated the future of the Java language and APIs based upon the lessons we have learned from the past. Topics included static versus dynamic languages, removing code from Java, forking the JVM, and the next big programming language. Bio Chet Haase is a client...

Come hear about all the great new features and capabilities in Microsoft Expression Encoder 2 including zoomable timelines, detailed event authoring, improved encoding accuracy and control, improved scalability and performance, and much more. Speakers: Charles Finkelstein; James Clarke