They lived for 150 million years but, as big a force as pterosaurs were in the history of life, they have largely remained a mystery to scientists. Now, with the help of amazing special effects and engineering, learn about remarkable new discoveries that have shed light on the lives of these creatures. Witness as a team of engineers reconstruct and fly a mechanized pterosaur to illustrate how an animal that large could have ever flown. Journey back in time as National Geographic recreates the prehistoric world of these winged giants through animation and cutting-edge CGI for a glimpse into the life and death of these fascinating creatures.

Understanding Digital Photography - Release Your Digital SLR's Potential
MP4 | 45 Min | 260 Mb

Many types of websites can be built and maintained more easily using a content management system (CMS). A CMS provides a web-based interface for creating and organizing content. The content is stored in a database, then consistently presented according to a set of templates and preferences, which eliminates the need to handcraft each page in HTML. Joomla! is a popular, easy-to-use, open-source CMS built in PHP. It has near-limitless functionality, thanks to its community of extension developers. In Joomla! 1.5 Essential Training, Joseph LeBlanc uses Joomla! to build a small-business website from scratch with no programming at all, from installation to launch. He demonstrates how to create and organize content; add menus, sidebars, and other features; change the look with templates; install plug-ins and extensions; and much more.

Join Dave Cross, Adobe Certified Instructor and Senior Developer, Education & Curriculum for the NAPP, as he teaches you step-by-step how to use the most important Layers features and techniques that will take your skills to a whole new level of efficiency and creativity.

Looking for some quick tips and tricks for using Adobe® Illustrator® to construct stunning, pro-quality vector graphics illustrations? If so…then this is the DVD for you!
Join Corey Barker – NAPP education and curriculum developer, and contributing writer for Layers magazine – for an exploration of the newest features and most powerful tools in Illustrator CS3, and discover techniques for creating vivid, engaging, and imaginative visual effects that will take your art to entirely new levels.

With Adobe® Photoshop® CS3 and Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS3, creating an Internet site from scratch has never been easier! Rafael "RC" Concepcion ­ NAPP education and curriculum developer and regular contributing writer for Layers magazine ­ shows you how in this easy-to-follow DVD.
As many pros will tell you, designing a website that effectively communicates with your audience can be harder than it appears. Some websites are attractive, but hard to use ­ while others are easy to navigate, but visually boring. In this DVD, RC shows you how the newest and most powerful features in Adobe Photoshop CS3 and Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 can help you build stunning, fully functional websites with absolutely no programming involved.

Looking for some quick tips and tricks for using Adobe® Illustrator® to construct stunning, pro-quality vector graphics illustrations? If so…then this is the DVD for you!
Join Corey Barker – NAPP education and curriculum developer, and contributing writer for Layers magazine – for an exploration of the newest features and most powerful tools in Illustrator CS3, and discover techniques for creating vivid, engaging, and imaginative visual effects that will take your art to entirely new levels.

Since its introduction in 1996, Macromedia Flash has become the standard for delivering high impact, vector-based graphics to the Web. Flash is deceptively simple at first, yet has great depth and flexibility.Sams Teach Yourself Macromedia Flash 5 in 24 Hours offers a clearly written, well-organized introduction to this powerful product, and gives the beginner an overview of the entire package, without becoming too overwhelming. A new version of Flash is expected to be released in the 1st quarter of 2002. It will have user interface improvements, several new features, and extensive improvements to existing features.

The ultimate administrator's guide, this book covers all the new features of this product and addresses complexities introduced by Windows 2000, including Active Directory integration, new conferencing services and instant messaging, and new security features, permissions, and routing procedures.

AutoCAD 2008 and AutoCAD LT 2008 Bible with Full DVD - 110 Mb
This is the eighth edition of the popular AutoCAD reference-tutorial, the AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT Bible, by Ellen Finkelstein. Because of its comprehensive coverage, it is very popular among both novice and experienced users. Even some of the employees at Autodesk keep this book at their workstations. Coverage of AutoCAD LT–an inexpensive, “light” version of AutoCAD–is also incorporated throughout the book. The book begins with a Quick Start tutorial, so that even beginners will be doing exciting work with AutoCAD on their very first day. The chapters begin with the basics of creating drawings, using commands, and specifying coordinates. Finkelstein builds on this these chapters to cover more complex 2D and 3D drawing techniques, including using layers, creating dimensions, 3D coordinates, solids, and rendering. Finally, the book discusses advanced topics such as customization of commands and toolbars, and programming AutoCAD using AutoLISP and VBA. A CD-ROM contains before and after drawings for each tutorial. All of these real-world drawings have been collected from AutoCAD professionals.