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3261. |  Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques By: Chris Orwig Publisher: Adobe Press Publication Date: 11-AUG-2008 Insert Date: 06-APR-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques Build your Lightroom expertise, one technique at a time. Why
sort through piles of unrelated documentation when you can focus on
the essential techniques? In Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 How-Tos,
author Chris Orwig brings you the best techniques to quickly
organize and correct your digital images using this powerful
program created specifically for photographers. Complete with
illustrations and practical tips, these bite-sized lessons from
Chris’s experience as a photographer and instructor provide
just the information you need. Here you can explore the program at
your own pace, spending less...
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3262. |  Final Cut Express 4: Visual QuickStart Guide By: Lisa Brenneis Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 18-MAR-2008 Insert Date: 05-APR-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Final Cut Express 4: Visual QuickStart Guide Here to ensure that users start taking
advantage of Final Cut Express 4's powerful editing capabilities
immediately is a thoroughly updated task-based guide to the program
from best-selling author and digital video expert Lisa Brenneis.
Users who are eager to make effective, compelling videos but don't
want to invest heavily in training or equipment will welcome Lisa's
simple step-by-step instructions, strong visual approach, and sound
professional advice. In short order, they'll find themselves
editing video; applying special effects and transitions; mastering
the program's compositing,...
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3263. |  AIR for Javascript Developers Pocket Guide By: Mike Chambers; Daniel Dura; Daniel Dura; Kevin Hoyt; Kevin Hoyt; Dragos Georgita Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 18-APR-2008 Insert Date: 05-APR-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: AIR for Javascript Developers Pocket Guide
This book is the official guide to Adobe ® AIR[TM], written by
members of the AIR team. With Adobe AIR, web developers can use
technologies like HTML and JavaScript to build and deploy web
applications to the desktop. Packed with examples, this book
explains how AIR works and features recipes for performing common
runtime tasks.
Part of the Adobe Developer Library, this concise pocket guide
explains:
What Adobe AIR is, and the problems this runtime aims to
solveHow to set up your development environmentThe HTML and JavaScript environments within AIRHow to create your first AIR application...
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3264. |  Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac: The Missing Manual By: Barbara Brundage Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 27-MAR-2008 Insert Date: 05-APR-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac: The Missing Manual
After more than two years, Adobe has finally released a new version
of Photoshop Elements for the Mac. Version 6 packs a lot more
editing firepower than iPhoto, and this Missing Manual puts every
feature into a clear, easy-to-understand context -- something that
no other book on Elements does!
Photoshop Elements 6 is perfect for scrapbooking, making fancy
photo collages, and creating Web galleries. It has lots of new
features such as Guided Edit for performing basic editing tasks, an
improved Photomerge feature, a handy Quick Selection Tool, and much
more. But knowing what to do and when is...
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3265. |  By: Alaric Cole Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 16-JUN-2008 Insert Date: 04-APR-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Learning Flex 3
How soon can you learn Adobe Flex 3? With this book's unique
hands-on approach, you will be able to tinker with examples right
away, and create your own Rich Internet Applications with Flex
within the first few chapters. As you progress, you learn how to
build a layout, add interactivity, work with data, and deploy your
applications to either the Web or the desktop.
Learning Flex 3 offers step-by-step instructions that are
clear and concise, along with tips and tricks that author Alaric
Cole has gathered after years of using Flex and teaching it to
fellow developers at Yahoo! You'll...
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3266. |  The Adobe Photoshop Express Beta Pocket Guide By: Jeff Carlson Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 22-JUN-2008 Insert Date: 02-APR-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Adobe Photoshop Express Beta Pocket Guide Adobe Photoshop Express Beta is a free Rich Internet Application
(RIA) that allows users to store, sort and display digital photos
with eye-catching effects. Photoshop Express Beta allows users to
store up to 2 gigabytes of images online for free, and lets users
make edits to their photos and share them online in creative ways.
For example, users can download and upload photos to and from
various social networking and image-hosting sites, including
Facebook, PhotoBucket, and Picasa. In this handy, low-priced guide,
best-selling author Jeff Carlson walks you through the key new
features of...
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3267. |  Special Edition Using® Microsoft® Expression® Web 2 By: Jim Cheshire Publisher: Que Publication Date: 31-MAR-2008 Insert Date: 01-APR-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Special Edition Using® Microsoft® Expression® Web 2 Special Edition Using Microsoft®
Expression® Web 2
The only EXPRESSION WEB 2 book you need
The successor to the best-selling book on
the first release of Microsoft Expression Web, this book provides
comprehensive coverage of Microsoft Expression Web 2. You’ll
learn the basics of Web design and Expression Web 2 and gain
valuable insight into Expression Web 2’s advanced features,
such as ASP.NET and PHP development. If you’re interested in
learning how to design standards-compliant Web sites using
Expression Web 2, this is the only book you need.
• Create standards-compliant Web...
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3268. |  Building Web Sites All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies® By: Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 17-JAN-2007 Insert Date: 28-MAR-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Building Web Sites All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies® From idea to online, your key to great-looking Web sitesYour one-stop guide to building a user-friendly site with
professional flairWhether you're building a site to keep in touch with others,
sell products, or promote a cause, you want to make sure yours
stands out in the crowd. This handy reference shows you how to
design an accessible site, create graphics and navigation menus,
build forms, insert sound and video, and keep your visitors coming
back for more.Discover how to
Plan, maintain, and promote a Web site
Design with users in mind
Work with HTML and CSS
Optimize graphic...
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3269. |  Microsoft® Expression® Web 2 On Demand By: Steve Johnson, Perspection, Inc. Publisher: Que Publication Date: 07-APR-2008 Insert Date: 24-MAR-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Microsoft® Expression® Web 2 On Demand Microsoft
Expression
Web 2
on Demand
FOR THOSE WHO WOULD RATHER BE SHOWN HOW THAN
TOLD HOW
SEE HOW TO
• Create Web sites using drag and drop
controls
• Insert Flash, Windows Media, and
Photoshop content
• Create Cascading Style Sheet
layouts
• Integrate media and interactive Web
applications using Microsoft Silverlight
• Create a page design using layout
tables
• Explore the capabilities of
Microsoft Expression Studio
• Add interactive buttons and create
hyperlinks
• Create dynamic Web templates to
reuse
• Create forms to gather online
information
• Write, edit,...
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3270. |  By: Joshua Noble; Todd Anderson Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 13-MAY-2008 Insert Date: 21-MAR-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Flex 3 Cookbook
The best way to showcase a powerful new technology is to
demonstrate its real-world results, and that's exactly what this
new Cookbook does with Adobe Flex 3.
Wide ranging and highly practical, Flex 3 Cookbook
contains more than 300 proven recipes for developing interactive
Rich Internet Applications and Web 2.0 sites. You'll find
everything from Flex basics, to solutions for working with visual
components and data access, to tips on application development,
unit testing, and using Adobe AIR.
You also get ideas from the development community. Through its Flex
Cookbook website...
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3271. |  Layers: The Complete Guide to Photoshop’s Most Powerful Feature By: Matt Co-host of the top-rated video podcast Photoshop User TV Kloskowski Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 12-FEB-2008 Insert Date: 15-MAR-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Layers: The Complete Guide to Photoshop’s Most Powerful Feature When Photoshop guru Matt Kloskowski was asked why he wrote this
book, he replied, “It’s simple: I wanted to write the
Photoshop book that I wished was around when I was learning
Photoshop”. You’ve always known that layers were the
key to understanding Photoshop, and now you have a resource to show
you exactly how. With Matt’s clear, easy-to-follow, and
concise writing style you’ll learn about:
Working with and managing multiple layers
Building multiple layered images
Blending layers together
Exactly which of the 25+ Blend Modes you need to worry about
(there’s just a...
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3272. |  Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 Web Application Construction Kit, Volume 3: Advanced Application Development By: Ben Forta; Charlie Arehart; Jeffrey Bouley; Jeff Tapper; Matt Tatam; Raymond Camden; Robi Sen; Sarge Sargent Publisher: Adobe Press Publication Date: 26-DEC-2007 Insert Date: 15-MAR-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 Web Application Construction Kit, Volume 3: Advanced Application Development The ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit is the
best-selling ColdFusion series of all time—used by more
ColdFusion developers to learn the product than any other books.
Volume 3, Advanced Application Development introduces advanced
ColdFusion features and technologies, including ensuring high
availability, security and access control implementations, Java and
.NET integration, using feeds and web services, connecting to IM
networks, and server OS integration.
Complete coverage of ColdFusion 8 starts in Volume 1, Getting
Started (ISBN 0-321-51548-X) and Volume 2 Application...
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3273. |  Sams Teach Yourself Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 6 in 24 Hours By: Kate Binder Publisher: Sams Publication Date: 16-MAY-2008 Insert Date: 09-MAR-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Sams Teach Yourself Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 6 in 24 Hours In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, you
will be editing and organizing your photos with Adobe Photoshop
Elements 6. Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each
lesson builds upon a real-world foundation in both the creative
process and techniques, allowing you to learn the essentials of
Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 from the ground up.
Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you
through the most common Photoshop Elements tasks.
Quizzes and Exercises at the end of each
chapter help you test your knowledge.
By the Way notes present interesting
information related to the...
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3274. |  Building Findable Websites: Web Standards, SEO, and Beyond By: Aarron Walter Publisher: New Riders Publication Date: 13-FEB-2008 Insert Date: 08-MAR-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Building Findable Websites: Web Standards, SEO, and Beyond This is not another SEO book written for marketing
professionals. Between these covers you’ll find
practical advice and examples for people who build websites aiming
to reach their target audience. Each chapter will introduce you to
best practices and fresh perspectives on how to accomplish these
simple, yet indispensable goals:
Help more people find your site
Help users find content within your site
Encourage return visits
The path this book travels through the villages of Web
standards, accessibility, and contemporary technologies like Ajax,
APIs, Flash, and...
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3275. |  Photoshop Elements 6 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide By: Jeff Carlson Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 11-FEB-2008 Insert Date: 08-MAR-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Photoshop Elements 6 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide Photoshop Elements is geared for business users, students,
educators, and home users who want professional-looking images for
their print and Web projects, but don't want or need the advanced
power of Adobe Photoshop. With Photoshop Elements 6 for Windows:
Visual QuickStart Guide, readers can start reading from the
beginning of the book to get a tour of the interface and start with
image-editing basics, or they can look up specific tasks to learn
just what they need to know. This task-based, visual reference
guide uses step-by-step instructions and plenty of screenshots to
show readers how to...
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3276. |  Photoshop® All‐in‐One Desk Reference For Dummies® By: Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 29-MAY-2007 Insert Date: 06-MAR-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Photoshop® All‐in‐One Desk Reference For Dummies® Get your picture-perfect guide to using all the cool features of
Photoshop CS3.
Whether you're new to Photoshop, want to take your skills up a
notch, or want to quickly master the new features and enhancements
in Photoshop CS3, you've come to the right place. Nine
easy-to-follow minibooks cover Photoshop fundamentals plus the
newest tools and techniques. "Putting It Together" exercises give
you hands-on experience. This is your one-stop guide to Photoshop.
You'll learn to:
Specify size and resolution.
Correct contrast, color, and clarity.
Create top-notch selections.
Composite...
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3277. |  By: Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 18-DEC-2006 Insert Date: 06-MAR-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Visio® 2007 For Dummies® Reveal your inner business artist with VisioTurn your ideas into diagrams and drawings with Visio's
stencils and templatesIf you have an idea you want to get down on electronic paper,
Visio 2007 is for you, and so is this book! They're both flexible
and user-friendly. Here's how to use Visio to capture ideas from
simple to intricate, update data in a drawing with a single click,
add and manipulate text, work with connectors, and more.Discover how to
Create business, engineering, software, or network
diagrams
Format an entire drawing using themes
Analyze "what-if" scenarios with...
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3278. |  Creating Web Pages For Dummies® By: Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 23-OCT-2006 Insert Date: 06-MAR-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Creating Web Pages For Dummies® Chances are, you’re already a Web user and use the Internet
on a regular basis. You’ve probably seen a few impressive Web
sites and now you’re inspired to create a Web page of your
own, but you’re not sure where to start. The answer is: right
here!
Creating Web Pages For Dummies guides you through the
process of making your own Web pages without hassle or confusion.
This straightforward book shows you just how easy it is to launch a
site, specialize a page, making your site interactive, and much
more! In no time you will become a pro in:
Web publishing basics
Geocities, Google page...
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3279. |  The Digital Photography Companion By: Derrick Story Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 13-MAR-2008 Insert Date: 05-MAR-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Digital Photography Companion
Are you ready to take photos that reflect your creative spirit,
rather than just another set of snapshots? Then you want this book
in your camera bag. Well-organized so you can look up topics
quickly, The Digital Photography Companion gives you
creative tips and technical advice for taking top-notch digital
photos in a wide range of conditions, and for a variety of
occasions. In other words, this book will help you make pictures
that look better than everyone else's.
Professional photographer and teacher Derrick Story, whose online
tips and podcasts at The Digital Story...
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3280. |  The Non-Designer’s Design Book, Third Edition By: Robin Williams Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 12-FEB-2008 Insert Date: 03-MAR-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Non-Designer’s Design Book, Third Edition A lot has happened in the world of digital design since the
first edition of this title was published, but one thing remains
true: There is an ever-growing number of people attempting to
design pages with no formal training. This book is the one place
they can turn to find quick, non-intimidating, excellent design
help from trusted design instructor Robin Williams. This revised
classic--now in full color--includes a new section on the hot topic
of Color itself. In The Non-Designer's Design Book,
3rd
Edition, Robin turns her attention to the basic
principles that govern good design. Readers...
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