http://commtechwatch.com Keeping up with communications created on computers. Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:51:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://commtechwatch.com/?p=927 [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Computer Shopper Epson WorkForce 520 Review"][/caption] Communications Technology Watch is happy to announce that William Harrel has begun reviewing printers for the popular online magazine and buyers' guide Computer Shopper. Harrel has a long history of writing about information technology, going back to the industry's glory days, ... http://commtechwatch.com/?p=923 Yes, creating Websites is fun and rewarding work. And nothing is more fun and rewarding than creating Flash Websites, or other Flash applications, such as online movies or training courses. Nowadays, learning to use Flash is a must for student Website and Web application designers. The Flash CS4 course at Ed2Go was so well-received ... http://commtechwatch.com/?p=914 [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="California Spine Institute"][/caption] The folks at WilliamHarrel.com have been diligently upgrading the California Spine Institute's (CSI) Website over the past few weeks, bringing it into the Twenty-First Century. As the original designers of World renowned Neurosurgeon, Dr. John C. Chiu's first Website (SpineCenter.com) nearly 15 years ago, ... http://commtechwatch.com/?p=903 Communications Technology Watch is pleased to announce that William Harrel has contracted with Ed2Go to create and instruct two intermediate-level Flash courses, Intermediate Flash CS5 and Intermediate Flash CS4. The upcoming courses are extensions of Harrel's popular Introduction to Flash CS4 and Introduction to CS5, which are currently distributed through ... http://commtechwatch.com/?p=849 Best Viewed in HD Format Learn how to create inner popups using the UILoader component in Flash CS4. (This procedure is nearly identical in CS5.) Load any external SWF as a popup. Create as many popups as you need. Part 1 and Part 2 walk you through the entire process, from configuring ... http://commtechwatch.com/?p=803 Learn how to create inner popups using the UILoader component in Flash CS4. (This procedure is nearly identical in CS5.) Load any external SWF as a popup. Create as many popups as you need. Part 1 and Part 2 walk you through the entire process, from configuring the component to ... http://commtechwatch.com/?p=796 Best in HD format. In Part 3 we look scripting the portfolio and saving it to a movie clip symbol. Learn this and other techniques in William Harrel’s Introduction to Flash CS4 Course at Ed2Go. Click here to download portfolio.fla. http://commtechwatch.com/?p=791 Best in HD format. In Part 2 we look at extending the basic portfolio structure, animation, tweens and instance names. Learn this and other techniques in William Harrel’s Introduction to Flash CS4 Course at Ed2Go. Click here to download portfolio.fla. http://commtechwatch.com/?p=786 Best in HD format. In Part one we look at laying out the basic portfolio structure. Learn this and other techniques in William Harrel's Introduction to Flash CS4 Course at Ed2Go. Click here to download portfolio.fla. http://commtechwatch.com/?p=770 Finally, after several months of painstaking writing, editing and rewriting, my Introduction to Adobe Flash CS4 is ready to go over at Ed2Go. Begin your career as a Flash designer! In this course, you’ll learn how to create animated, interactive movies in Flash CS4. Nowadays, Flash movies appear everywhere—the Internet, the ... http://commtechwatch.com/?p=745 Since my last post on upgrading from Vista to Windows 7, I (and many others) have experienced a number of snafus, ranging from the mildly annoying, to disastrous. In any case, the upgrade issues that arise during and after the upgrade process are at the least frustrating and incredible time ... http://commtechwatch.com/?p=728 After over 20 years of Windows upgrade snafus, I have been running Windows 7 beta on a duel boot machine, just to be safe. Whenever my friends, colleagues, and clients ask me about upgrading to a new version of Windows, my advice is always, "Wait until it has been out ... http://commtechwatch.com/?p=710 [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="320" caption="Source: Smartphone-Freeware.com"][/caption] Is this Windows Mobile 7? Who knows. Will it be released this spring? Again, anybodies' guess. Once again Microsoft is secretive and evasive. Don't try to plan anything. Just wait to see what happens. With the disappointing release of Mobile 6.5, and some manufacturers, such ... http://commtechwatch.com/?p=698 We've all been watching as Microsoft 's mobile OS struggles to catch up with Apple's iPhone and Google's Android. Granted, creating a modern operating system for handheld's can't be easy, but Microsoft's competitors have proven it can be done. The question is, why can't Microsoft keep up? Windows Mobile 6.5 ... http://commtechwatch.com/?p=678 I've been using Windows since before Windows 3.1, which is when this unruly beast finally became functional. You can't imagine what it was like running PageMaker and Photoshop on machines that sometimes took a full minute or so for screen redraws. Crashes were a regular occurrence, driving me nuts and ... http://commtechwatch.com/?p=648 The tech edit  for the new Introduction to Flash course on Ed2Go is nearly finished. It should be up and available soon. The name of the course is "Introduction toAdobe Flash CS4". It is a beginner's course on creating basic Flash movies and Websites with the latest version of Flash, Creative ... http://commtechwatch.com/?p=645 Here's an easy way to sync sounds with animation in Flash without scripting. Give it a try. You won't believe how easy it is. You can learn this technique in William Harrel's Introduction to Adobe Flash CS4 over at Ed2Go. http://commtechwatch.com/?p=640 Here's a quick and easy way to create a product color selection movie by importing Photoshop PSD files into Flash. Flash imports the PSD layers, distributes them to Flash Layers and aligns the images precisely on the Stage. This technique can save you a lot time. You don't have to ... http://commtechwatch.com/?p=537 CTW and williamharrel.com are proud to announce the launch of the new Gold Coast Recovery Center Website. Gold Coast Recovery Center, Inc. is a non-profit corporation based in Ventura, California. The purpose of the corporation is to mange The Meeting Place, a meeting hall and gathering place for 12 step ... http://commtechwatch.com/?p=533