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3221. 

Sams Teach Yourself Ajax, JavaScript and PHP All in One

Sams Teach Yourself Ajax, JavaScript and PHP All in One

By: Phil Ballard; Michael Moncur

Publisher: Sams

Publication Date: 02-JUL-2008

Insert Date: 16-JUN-2008

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In just a short time, you can learn how to use Ajax, JavaScript, and PHP to create interactive interfaces to your web applications by combining these powerful technologies. No previous Ajax programming experience is required. Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson in this book builds on the previous ones, enabling you to learn the essentials of Ajax programming with JavaScript, PHP, and related technologies from the ground up. Regardless of whether you run Linux, Windows, or Mac OS X, the enclosed CD includes a complete Ajax programming starter kit that gives you all...

3222. 

Apple Pro Training Series Motion 3

Apple Pro Training Series Motion 3

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Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 30-AUG-2007

Insert Date: 15-JUN-2008

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In this guide to Apple’s revolutionary motion graphics software, commercial artists Damian Allen, Bryce Button, and Mark Spencer teach you to create cutting-edge animations, show opens, promos, logos, and effects while you learn Motion 3. As with the other titles in the Apple Pro Training Series, each chapter represents a complete lesson with a commercial-quality project to work through as you learn. The authors begin with generators and quickly move on to Motion’s behavior-based animations, particles, filters, effects, replicator, tracking, and matchmoving. The best-selling book is fully...

3223. 

jQuery in Action

jQuery in Action

By: Bear Bibeault; Yehuda Katz

Publisher: Manning Publications

Publication Date: 07-FEB-2008

Insert Date: 13-JUN-2008

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A good web development framework anticipates what you need to do and makes those tasks easier and more efficient; jQuery practically reads your mind. Developers of every stripe-hobbyists and professionals alike-fall in love with jQuery the minute they've reduced 20 lines of clunky JavaScript into three lines of elegant, readable code. This new, concise JavaScript library radically simplifies how you traverse HTML documents, handle events, perform animations, and add Ajax interactions to your web pages. jQuery in Action, like jQuery itself, is a concise tool designed to make you a more...

3224. 

Apple Pro Training Series Final Cut Pro 6: Beyond the Basics

Apple Pro Training Series Final Cut Pro 6: Beyond the Basics

By: Michael Wohl

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 02-JUL-2007

Insert Date: 12-JUN-2008

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In this Apple-authorized training book, director and filmmaker Michael Wohl teaches advanced skills that editing professionals need to know most Each chapter presents a complete lesson in some aspect of video editing or finishing, with hands-on projects for readers to complete as they go. Michael Wohl shows how to master advanced trimming techniques, make polished transitions, work with nested sequences, edit multi-camera projects, create fantastic effects, color-correct your video, and composite like a pro. This text also covers Soundtrack Pro, shows you how to manage your clips and media,...

3225. 

Getting Started with Flex 3

Getting Started with Flex 3

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Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Publication Date: 24-JUN-2008

Insert Date: 06-JUN-2008

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Discover how easy RIA development can be with this one-of-a-kind handbook from the Adobe Developer Library. Several clear, step-by-step mini-tutorials teach you about web services, event handling, designing user interfaces with reusable components, and more. After finishing this guide, you'll be able to build Flash applications ranging from widgets to full-featured RIAs using the Flex SDK and Flex Builder 3.0. With Getting Started with Flex 3, you will: Walk through sample RIA projects and see examples of amazing applications people have built with FlexWork with ActionScript 3.0 and the MXML...

3226. 

Apple Pro Training Series Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Studio 2

Apple Pro Training Series Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Studio 2

By: Mark Spencer; Jem Schofield

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 12-JUN-2007

Insert Date: 04-JUN-2008

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This practical book focuses on just the parts of Final Cut Studio that editors and designers need to create motion graphics in their daily work. Using footage from the BBC archives along with Motion, Final Cut Pro, and Live Type (all included in Final Cut Studio), you’ll build broadcast-quality titles, motion menus, show bumpers, and news opens. As with the other titles in the Apple Pro Training Series, each chapter in this Apple-authorized guide represents a complete lesson--with projects to complete and a review section to reinforce the lessons. Author and video editor/producers Mark...

3227. 

Apple Pro Training Series DVD Studio Pro 4, Second Edition

Apple Pro Training Series DVD Studio Pro 4, Second Edition

By: Martin Sitter; Adrian Ramseier; Jem Schofield

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 10-JAN-2008

Insert Date: 04-JUN-2008

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Now the best-selling book on DVD Studio Pro is even better. Updated for DVD Studio Pro 4.2, this Apple-certified book uses striking, real-world footage (including the HD documentary One-Six-Right) to build four complete DVDs. This revised edition covers integration with Final Cut Pro 6,  Motion 3, and Compressor 3, as well as the new SD-to-HD workflow. Each chapter presents a lesson in an aspect of DVD creation and finishing, with hands-on projects for you to complete as you go. After learning how to storyboard your DVD and plan its interactions, you’ll set chapter markers, create stories,...

3228. 

The ActionScript™ 3.0 Migration Guide: Making the Move from ActionScript 2.0

The ActionScript™ 3.0 Migration Guide: Making the Move from ActionScript 2.0

By: Kris Hadlock

Publisher: New Riders

Publication Date: 11-JUL-2008

Insert Date: 02-JUN-2008

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When Flash Player 9 released in June 2006, it introduced the new scripting language, ActionScript 3, which has already taken hold in the Adobe Flex application development community. ActionScript 3 provides not only a significant enhancement in performance, but also a more robust programming model that lends itself to complex Rich Internet Application development. For web designers and developers who need to make the move to ActionScript 3 from the previous version, ActionScript 2, the learning curve has proven to be significant. In this essential and timely guide, ActionScript expert Kris...

3229. 

Apple Pro Training Series Aperture 2

Apple Pro Training Series Aperture 2

By: Ben Long; Richard Harrington; Orlando Luna

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 06-MAY-2008

Insert Date: 02-JUN-2008

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Fully updated for Aperture 2, this comprehensive book-DVD training combo starts with the basics of image management and takes you step by step all the way through Aperture's powerful photo-editing, image-retouching, proofing, publishing, and archiving features. Aperture 2's new features are completely covered, including a new RAW-image processing engine, a streamlined interface, powerful new adjustment tools, and added integration with Mac OS X and other Apple products for instant web publishing and one-click portfolio syncing. Apple Pro Training Series: Aperture 2 delivers comprehensive...

3230. 

Creating Visual Experiences with Flex 3.0

Creating Visual Experiences with Flex 3.0

By: Juan Sanchez; Andy McIntosh

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional

Publication Date: 17-NOV-2008

Insert Date: 02-JUN-2008

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Don’t settle for Flex’s boring, standard user interface. Set your Flex applications apart with the breakthrough skinning and programming techniques found in Creating Visual Experiences with Flex 3.0. Leading Flex developers Juan Sanchez and Andy McIntosh show how to build stunning Flex and AIR applications. You’ll learn how to take a design and translate that design into Flex or AIR without sacrificing fidelity, and how to apply state-of-the-art branding that adds value to all your Flex applications, no matter what they do or who you’re building them for. Sanchez and McIntosh illuminate...

3231. 

Beyond HTML Goodies

Beyond HTML Goodies

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Publisher: Que

Publication Date: 27-JUN-2002

Insert Date: 25-MAY-2008

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Go beyond the basics and learn how the pros add and use dynamic HTML features and advanced JavaScript techniques. Beyond HTML Goodies demonstrates dozens of new and different features readers can add to their existing Web pages using HTML and JavaScript. The book starts with simple text and image tips, such as adding a clock to a Web page or causing text to appear when the mouse moves over an image. It gradually builds to more complex tricks, including manipulating forms or working with cookies behind the scenes. Throughout the book, readers enjoy Joe's snappy style and "to the point"...

3232. 

Special Edition Using® Macromedia® Director® MX

Special Edition Using® Macromedia® Director® MX

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Publisher: Que

Publication Date: 13-JUN-2003

Insert Date: 25-MAY-2008

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Special Edition Using Macromedia Director MX is a comprehensive guide to creating and publishing Director movies. The book includes complete coverage of the newest version of Director, from advanced issues such as Lingo scripting and multi-user applications on how to employ the 3D API. This edition includes more coverage of multi-user applications, using 3D media, efficient sprite editing with the context-sensitive Property Inspector, increased control of cast members through the Cast Manager, vector drawing tools that add illustration capability, and special imaging effects and...

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Apple Pro Training Series Final Cut Pro 6

Apple Pro Training Series Final Cut Pro 6

By: Diana Weynand

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 21-MAY-2007

Insert Date: 24-MAY-2008

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Cut a scene from the USA Network television series Monk, create a promo for Seaworld’s Belief documentary,  and master filters and effects as you edit a segment of  BBC Motion Gallery's Living Colour documentary. Completely revised for Final Cut Pro 6 and featuring all-new footage, this best-selling, Apple-certified guide provides a strong foundation in all aspects of video editing. Renowned author Diana Weynand starts with basic video editing techniques and takes you all the way through Final Cut Pro’s powerful advanced features. Each chapter presents a complete lesson in an aspect of video...

3234. 

Designing for the Social Web

Designing for the Social Web

By: Joshua Porter

Publisher: New Riders

Publication Date: 24-APR-2008

Insert Date: 24-MAY-2008

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No matter what type of web site or application you’re building, social interaction among the people who use it will be key to its success. They will talk about it, invite their friends, complain, sing its high praises, and dissect it in countless ways. With the right design strategy you can use this social interaction to get people signing up, coming back regularly, and bringing others into the fold. With tons of examples from real-world interfaces and a touch of the underlying social psychology theory, Joshua Porter shows you how to design your next great social web application. Inside,...

3235. 

Drupal 5 Themes: Create a new theme for your Drupal website with a clean layout and powerful CSS styling

Drupal 5 Themes: Create a new theme for your Drupal website with a clean layout and powerful CSS styling

By: Ric Shreves

Publisher: Packt Publishing

Publication Date: 31-DEC-2007

Insert Date: 23-MAY-2008

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Create a new theme for your Drupal website with a clean layout and powerful CSS styling Learn to create new Drupal 5 Themes No experience of Drupal 5 theming required Set up and configure themes Understand Drupal 5's themeable functions In Detail Drupal is an award winning open source Content Management System. Based on PHP/MySQL, its power and flexibility combined with its exceptional design mean it is already on the way to becoming the de facto standard for CMS Websites. Drupal's modular design and structured source code make it both highly flexible and...

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Learning jQuery: Better Interaction Design and Web Development with Simple JavaScript Techniques

Learning jQuery: Better Interaction Design and Web Development with Simple JavaScript Techniques

By: Jonathan Chaffer; Karl Swedberg

Publisher: Packt Publishing

Publication Date: 07-JUL-2007

Insert Date: 23-MAY-2008

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Better Interaction Design and Web Development with Simple JavaScript Techniques Create better, cross-platform JavaScript code Learn detailed solutions to specific client-side problems For web designers who want to create interactive elements for their designs For developers who want to create the best user interface for their web applications. In Detail jQuery is a powerful JavaScript library that can enhance your websites regardless of your background. In this book, creators of the popular jQuery learning resource, LearningjQuery.com, share their knowledge, experience,...

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Joomla! Template Design: Create your own professional-quality templates with this fast, friendly guide

Joomla! Template Design: Create your own professional-quality templates with this fast, friendly guide

By: Tessa Blakeley Silver

Publisher: Packt Publishing

Publication Date: 29-JUN-2007

Insert Date: 23-MAY-2008

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This complete, easy-to-use guide for web designers wanting to create unique templates for Joomla! websites covers template design workflow, debugging and validating code, creating drop-down menus, interactive and dynamic forms, and packaging templates for distribution, with advice on using multiple templates, replacing tables with CSS, using animation and other effects, and tricks to tweak existing templates. Readers need basic knowledge of Joomla! (which can be gained from Packt's Building Websites with Joomla!), of CSS and HTML, and of using Dreamweaver for coding. Written in PHP, free,...

3238. 

Mastering Joomla! 1.5 Extension and Framework Development: The Professional’s Guide to Programming Joomla!

Mastering Joomla! 1.5 Extension and Framework Development: The Professional’s Guide to Programming Joomla!

By: James Kennard

Publisher: Packt Publishing

Publication Date: 30-NOV-2007

Insert Date: 23-MAY-2008

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The Professional Guide to Programming Joomla! In-depth guide to programming Joomla! Design and build secure and robust components, modules and plugins Includes a comprehensive reference to the major areas of the Joomla! framework In Detail Joomla! is the world's hottest open-source content management system, and the winner of the 2006 Open Source CMS Prize. Out of the box, Joomla! does a great job of managing the content needed to make your website sing. But for many people, the true power of Joomla! lies in its application framework that makes it possible for thousands of...

3239. 

Learning Joomla! 1.5 Extension Development

Learning Joomla! 1.5 Extension Development

By: Joseph LeBlanc

Publisher: Packt Publishing

Publication Date: 25-MAY-2007

Insert Date: 23-MAY-2008

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If you're a PHP programmer eager to create extensions for Joomla!, this book is for you. Written for Joomla! 1.5, it gets you coding your first extensions as quickly as possible, and adds features that will make your work look professional! The world's hottest open-source content management system, Joomla! won the 2006 Open Source CMS Prize. Already feature packed, it is also extremely extensible, allowing multiple complex applications to be cleanly integrated, inheriting the look and feel of one Joomla! site, with only one database, template, and core to maintain. This practical tutorial is...

3240. 

Microsoft® Expression Blend™ Unleashed

Microsoft® Expression Blend™ Unleashed

By: Brennon Williams

Publisher: Sams

Publication Date: 03-JUN-2008

Insert Date: 11-MAY-2008

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Microsoft Expression Blend Unleashed is about learning a new tool for designers, but also learning a new mindset for developers. Expression Blend enables the delivery of rich interactive applications, for the web as well as the desktop, allowing you to take graphical assets and blend them with functional .NET code through the power of XAML and the WPF platform. Microsoft Expression Blend Unleashed also features a C# Primer, introducing designers to the .NET Framework. .NET allows the reader to extend the functionality of many of the WPF elements used in Expression Blend. The most important...