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Meet iPhoto for iOS 6

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Meet iPhoto for iOS 6

By: Lisa L. Spangenberg (HEPM ID: 28479717)

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 07-DEC-2012

Insert Date: 14-DEC-2012

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With iPhoto for iOS, browsing, editing, and sharing your photos is just a tap away. iPhoto for iOS takes full advantage of gestures on an iPad or iPhone for editing and manipulating photos and lets you easily share your photos over Wi-Fi and Bluetooth through social networks, email, and the Web. With this practical and invaluable guide, you,ll learn how to polish and show off your photos. Author Lisa L. Spangenberg will show you how to get images onto your iOS device; work with photos, albums, and events; edit and adjust photos; and share your finished work. ...

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Visual QuickStart Guide: iPhone 5

Visual QuickStart Guide: iPhone 5

By: Lynn Beighley

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 12-DEC-2012

Insert Date: 12-DEC-2012

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New Apple iPhone 5 users will want to start using their devices as soon as they get their hands on them and iPhone: Visual QuickStart Guide shows them how in a stunning full color layout. Lynn Beighley reveals the quickest way to learn iPhone 5 features. Everything is covered including the basics such as making calls and navigating through your music, TV shows, movies, and more. In addition, all the new features are covered including the improved iSight camera, Maps, and Siri. The author rounds out this complete guide with iOS 6 and iCloud coverage and along the way offers insider tips and...

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The iPad and iPad mini Pocket Guide, Fourth Edition

The iPad and iPad mini Pocket Guide, Fourth Edition

By: Jeff Carlson

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 04-DEC-2012

Insert Date: 11-DEC-2012

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The iPad is a game-changing product that reinvented the way we interact with digital content and the Web. Versitile, portable, powerful, ergonomically and functionally designed, it's the perfect companion for digital media. With Photos, music, movies, email, and hundreds of thousands of apps, the iPad helps you organize, explore, and maximize your digital world. Inexpensive and to-the-point, The iPad Pocket Guide is a complete companion to all the features and functions of the iPad including: Facetime, HD Video, Mail, Safari, Photos and Video, App Store, iBooks, Maps, Notes, Calendar,...

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The Photographer’s Introduction to Video in Lightroom 4 and Photoshop CS6

The Photographer’s Introduction to Video in Lightroom 4 and Photoshop CS6

By: Conrad Chavez

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 30-NOV-2012

Insert Date: 08-DEC-2012

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Use the image tools you already know as a photographer--Lightroom 4 and Photoshop CS6--to edit HD video from your DSLR camera or smart phone. This ebook will help you make the transition from still to motion, learning how to organize, edit, export, and upload your HD video. Take advantage of the advanced features in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop and bring your work to life. Follow along with your friendly and knowledgeable guide, photographer/author Conrad Chavez, and you will: Understand which software application is right for your project Get tips on planning, shooting video,...

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Plug In with onOne Software: A Photographer’s Guide to Vision and Creative Expression

Plug In with onOne Software: A Photographer’s Guide to Vision and Creative Expression

By: Nicole S. Young

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 04-DEC-2012

Insert Date: 08-DEC-2012

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With her friendly tone and insightful knowledge, Nicole S. Young takes readers through all the products in the onOne Photo Suite, walking through each and showing readers how to use the tools to stretch their creativity and showcase their personal photographic style. This beautifully illustrated guide provides easy-to-follow instructions on processing images from start to finish. Nicole will show readers how to use the following onOne tools to enhance their photos: Perfect Layers for a layered workflow without Photoshop: Perfect Portrait retouching; Perfect Mask for replacing backgrounds;...

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Hand Held Hollywood’s Filmmaking with the iPad & iPhone

Hand Held Hollywood’s Filmmaking with the iPad & iPhone

By: Taz Goldstein

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 03-DEC-2012

Insert Date: 05-DEC-2012

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Filmmakers love gadgets. We flock to any new technology that demonstrates the slightest potential to help us conceptualize, visualize, and digitize our creative efforts. So why are we neglecting those touch-screen powerhouses hiding in our pockets and backpacks? It’s time to make a change! In Hand Held Hollywood’s Filmmaking with the iPad & iPhone, director Taz Goldstein exposes how these remarkable devices can aid in nearly every aspect of film and video production. Written to empower aspiring filmmakers and reenergize working professionals, this book will help transform your iOS...

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The Photographer’s MBA: Everything You Need to Know for Your Photography Business

The Photographer’s MBA: Everything You Need to Know for Your Photography Business

By: Sal Cincotta

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 26-NOV-2012

Insert Date: 28-NOV-2012

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The Photographer's MBA takes into consideration the overall photography industry and discusses in depth how to set up, maintain, and grow a new photography business. Photographer Sal Cincotta - who runs a highly successful portrait, senior, and wedding photography business in St. Louis - first dives in to discuss the various corporate models (S-corp, C-corp, LLC, etc.), then, chapter by chapter, takes on the all-important business plan, basic accounting tips and tricks, business insurance, creating contracts, and model releases. He dives deep into understanding concepts surrounding costs and...

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The Sketchnote Handbook: the illustrated guide to visual note taking

The Sketchnote Handbook: the illustrated guide to visual note taking

By: Mike Rohde

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 30-NOV-2012

Insert Date: 26-NOV-2012

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This gorgeous, fully illustrated handbook tells the story of sketchnotes--why and how you can use them to capture your thinking visually, remember key information more clearly, and share what you've captured with others. Author Mike Rohde shows you how to incorporate sketchnoting techniques into your note-taking process--regardless of your artistic abilities--to help you better process the information that you are hearing and seeing through drawing, and to actually have fun taking notes. The Sketchnote Handbook explains and illustrates practical sketchnote techniques for taking visual...

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The Photoshop® Elements 11 Book for Digital Photographers

The Photoshop® Elements 11 Book for Digital Photographers

By: Scott Kelby; Matt Kloskowski

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 13-NOV-2012

Insert Date: 24-NOV-2012

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This book (for Windows and Mac) breaks new ground by doing something for digital photographers that's never been done before–it cuts through the bull and shows exactly "how to do it." It's not a bunch of theory; it doesn't challenge readers to come up with their own settings or figure things out on their own. Instead, it tells readers flat-out which settings to use, when to use them, and why. This book gives the inside tips and tricks of the trade for organizing, correcting, editing, sharpening, retouching, and presenting photos like a pro. Readers will be absolutely amazed at how easy and...

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Building Touch Interfaces with HTML5: Develop and Design Speed up your site and create amazing user experiences

Building Touch Interfaces with HTML5: Develop and Design Speed up your site and create amazing user experiences

By: Stephen Woods

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 22-FEB-2013

Insert Date: 21-NOV-2012

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HTML5 is the ideal format for designing touch interfaces to meet the demands of the rapidly growing number of tablet and smartphone users. Building Touch Interfaces with HTML5: Develop and Design will show you how to create interfaces users love, whether you’ve never created anything for the mobile web or have been unsatisfied with your results. Rather than a simple how-to, this book walks you through the tools and concepts that make touch interfaces feel right. You’ll learn about the limitations and strengths of touch devices, new interface conventions, and how to use CSS, JavaScript, and...

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Apple Pro Training Series: OS X Server Essentials

Apple Pro Training Series: OS X Server Essentials

By: Arek Dreyer; Ben Greisler

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 10-DEC-2012

Insert Date: 10-NOV-2012

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The only Apple-certified book on OS X Server on Mountain Lion, this comprehensive reference takes support technicians and ardent Mac users deep inside the server for the latest operating system, covering everything from networking technologies to service administration, customizing users and groups, and more. Aligned to the learning objectives of the Apple Certified Technical Coordinator certification exam, the lessons in this self-paced volume serves as a perfect supplement to Apple’s own training class and a first-rate primer for computer support personnel who need to support and maintain...

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Google Nexus 7 Tablet: Visual QuickStart Guide

Google Nexus 7 Tablet: Visual QuickStart Guide

By: Chris Fehily

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 30-OCT-2012

Insert Date: 01-NOV-2012

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This Visual QuickStart Guide will help you get up and running with the Nexus 7, Google's much-anticipated entry into the tablet market. This guide connects all the capabilities of the Nexus 7 for you, using full-color images and step-by-step instruction. You'll learn how to tap and swipe, search and use voice control, find the best apps, read books, watch movies, and listen to songs. Along the way, you'll pick up indispensable tips for getting the most out of your tablet. ...

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Photographing Women: 1,000 Poses

Photographing Women: 1,000 Poses

By: Eliot Siegel

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 26-SEP-2012

Insert Date: 30-OCT-2012

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The complete resource for any photographer seeking the best choice of poses! Features over 1,000 images especially selected to inspire you and help expand your creativity. Photographs and poses are placed in context, explaining why they do (or sometimes don’t) work. A selection of poses features an accompanying lighting diagram, giving a clear understanding of how the photo was made. Includes a variety of models shot using different lighting rigs, props, and settings–in the studio and on location–making this book suitable for commercial and editorial applications. Discover the...

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Shooting in Sh*tty Light: The Top Ten Worst Photography Lighting Situations and How to Conquer Them

Shooting in Sh*tty Light: The Top Ten Worst Photography Lighting Situations and How to Conquer Them

By: Lindsay Adler; Erik Valind

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 04-OCT-2012

Insert Date: 28-OCT-2012

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Sometimes photographers have to shoot in less than ideal lighting situations. Maybe the wedding is mid-day in the middle of a field, or perhaps the event is in a florescent-lit room. These scenarios can be particularly intimidating for beginning photographers who don't know how to handle the many undesirable lighting situations they may encounter. In Shooting in Sh*tty Light, professional photographers Lindsay Adler and Erik Valind cover the top ten worst lighting situations and provide a variety of solutions for each. They explain which solutions are most practical and why one option...

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Windows 8: Visual Quickstart Guide

Windows 8: Visual Quickstart Guide

By: Barrie Sosinsky

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 23-OCT-2012

Insert Date: 25-OCT-2012

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With Windows 8, Microsoft reimagines its popular OS for a connected and mobile world.  In the Windows 8: Visual QuickStart Guide, author Barrie Sosinsky shows you how to work with live tiles, navigate the Windows 8 touch interface, and take advantage of the cloud-connected Calendar, People, Mail, and Messages apps. You'll learn about: The Charms bar Using the Desktop The new Windows Search functionality. How to add a printer and print from the Start screen. Internet Explorer 10 Windows Explorer Working with Settings in the new touch...

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Apple Pro Training Series: Aperture 3, Second Edition

Apple Pro Training Series: Aperture 3, Second Edition

By: Dion Scoppettuolo

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 13-OCT-2012

Insert Date: 20-OCT-2012

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Updated for Aperture 3.4, this Apple-certified guide starts with the basics of image management and takes you step by step through Aperture's powerful editing, retouching, proofing, publishing, and archiving features. It delivers comprehensive training—the equivalent of a two-day course—in one project-based book. With complete coverage of Aperture's new interface and features, you'll learn to index your photos using face recognition and GPS location data; master powerful non-destructive image-adjustment tools including brush-based local adjustments; and create impressive slideshows that...

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Now that you’ve had your DSLR for a while, are you ready to take a much closer look at what creating a great image is all about? It’s all about light! The ability to see, influence, modify, control, and create light will take your images from snapshots to great shots! In Lighting for Digital Photography: From Snapshots to Great Shots, photographer and bestselling author Syl Arena begins with a primer on light itself—how to see its direction, intensity, color, contrast, and hardness—and quickly moves on to discussions of shooting both indoors and outdoors in the many different conditions...

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Photoshop Elements 11: Visual QuickStart Guide

Photoshop Elements 11: Visual QuickStart Guide

By: Jeff Carlson

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 08-OCT-2012

Insert Date: 12-OCT-2012

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Whether you’re an Elements newbie or an experienced veteran, this book will teach you all you need to know--from adjustments to bring out the best in your photos, editing in five easy steps, and organizing media by places and events, to working with raw files--and much more!   This fully updated edition includes: concise, step-by-step instructions; hundreds of carefully edited full color photographs; screen captures of program features; supplemental tips and sidebars; and a thorough table of contents and index. Readers can download many of the key images featured in the guide and...

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Apple Pro Training Series: OS X Support Essentials

Apple Pro Training Series: OS X Support Essentials

By: Kevin M. White

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 15-NOV-2012

Insert Date: 11-OCT-2012

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The only Apple-certified book on OS X Mountain Lion, this revised best-seller will take you deep inside the latest big-cat operating system–covering everything from installation and configuration, customizing the operating system, supporting applications, setting up peripherals, and more. Whether you're a support technician or simply an ardent Mac user, you'll quickly learn and master the new features in OS X Mountain Lion. Following the learning objectives of the Apple Certified Support Professional exam, this self-paced book is a perfect guide for Apple’s training and a first-rate primer...

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Canon EOS Rebel T4i / 650D: From Snapshots to Great Shots

Canon EOS Rebel T4i / 650D: From Snapshots to Great Shots

By: Jeff Revell

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 07-OCT-2012

Insert Date: 09-OCT-2012

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Now that you’ve bought the amazing Canon EOS Rebel T4i/650D, you need a book that goes beyond a tour of the camera’s features to show you exactly how to use the camera to take great pictures. With Canon EOS Rebel T4i/650D: From Snapshots to Great Shots, you get the perfect blend of photography instruction and camera reference that will take your images to the next level! Beautifully illustrated with large, vibrant photos, this book teaches you how to take control of your photography to get the image you want every time you pick up the camera. Follow along with your friendly...