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Illustrator CS6 New Gradients for Strokes

With Illustrator CS6, we can create variable width strokes to create complex shapes and then apply gradients to the strokes. These new features give us many new options for creating "raster looking" vector digital art.

video2brain Adobe Flash Pro CS6 Learn by Video

This video training course is a good choice if you are new to Adobe Flash Professional CS6. The author Joseph Labreque does a great job teaching you the basics of Flash from an introduction to the workspace to exporting for various end projects. I found his teaching approach to be very good.

video2brain iBooks Author Workshop

iBooks Author is a great way to self publish your interactive digital book and this online training course by video2brain will help you get that book in the Apple iBookstore. The author, Joseph Linaschke, walks you through building a sample iBook with iBooks Author.

How Buttons Work in Kwik 2

In Kwik we can use two types of buttons and the type we choose will determine the number of layers that we need for the button. Let's walk through an example to learn about buttons and button states.

Kwik - Layers and Shared Assets

This tutorial will discuss how Kwik 2 works with the Photoshop Layers panel to create the pages of your book app. You will build your pages by placing the design elements on Photoshop layers and adding interactivity.

Building Cover Page for Kwik Book App

Now we will create the first page of our Kwik book app - the cover page. We will take a look at the buttons and background graphics.

General Project Properties - Kwik 2

Before we can begin to build the pages of our book, we need to set a few Project Properties for this project. Kwik has several features that can be set differently for any project. These general options are what we will take a look at now.

Navigation For Book App - Kwik 2 Project

Now that we have begun our first project, we can start working on a few decisions for our book. Most of you will want the cover of your book to be the opening page and you will need a few buttons for navigation.

Starting Your First Kwik 2 Project

Before we can start our first Kwik project, we need to set up the general settings for the plugin. These settings will tell Kwik where to find the Corona SDK Simulator and where to store your projects files.

Installing Kwik 2 In Photoshop

Kwik 2 works as a plug-in to Photoshop to help you build your storybook app. Once installed, the plug-in has its own panel and controls for building the pages in your book app. Kwik 2, along with the Corona SDK, will generate the book app for the mobile device of your choice.

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