Author › Bruce Heavin
Bruce Heavin is the cofounder and Chief Creative Officer of lynda.com. After graduating from Art Center College of Design with a degree in illustration, he began his career as an acclaimed painter and illustrator working extensively with both traditional and electronic media, with clients that included Adobe, MSNBC, E! Entertainment Television, Outside, Computer Life, MacUser, and Keyboard magazines.
Bruce is responsible for the distinctive covers of all of Lynda's web design books, which were created using acrylic paints and crayons. Bruce's work often combines computer techniques and traditional painting techniques. He has designed graphics for numerous web sites and CD-ROMs, including pieces for DreamWorks SKG Interactive's web site. Bruce authored a chapter in the After Effects Classroom in a Book publication by Adobe Press, and has used AE since the early coSA roots. He has contributed research and artwork to all of Lynda's books, and is the co-author of Coloring Web Graphics and Coloring Web Graphics.2. A portfolio of his images is on display at www.stink.com/bruce.
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Bruce Heavin, cofounder of lynda.com, gives an inspiring and whimsically illustrated talk about following your curiosity and embracing failure as the stairway to success.
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The lynda.com Story: Founders and key executives share accounts of learning, teaching, and building their company.
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Explores color principles, including value, hue and color relationships, digital color mixing, shifting, saturation, tinting, shading, toning, and swatch creation.
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A deep exploration of Photoshop brushes for the creative-minded.
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Explores the basic functions of Adobe Photoshop 7, including layers, the healing and clone stamp tools, and filters.
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Beginning to advanced examples of how to use After Effects in a variety of creative workflows.
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Explores the newest features in Photoshop 7.
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Practical and usable techniques for advanced Photoshop 6 users.
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Simple transformations using keyframes, effects, masks, track mattes, and more advanced concepts.
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How to use the Illustrator tool set to do specific drawing tasks and achieve control over imagery for production work.
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Teaches essential and basic features of the Photoshop 6 imaging tools.
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Shows integral features of Photoshop 6 and ImageReady 3 for the web.
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Bruce Heavin shows how to work with Illustrator 10's drawing tools, paths, vectors, styles, appearances, and transformations.
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Teaches how to optimize workflow in Photoshop for better image flexibility and fidelity.
