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3381. |  By: Bruce A. Epstein Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 30-NOV-1998 Insert Date: 11-DEC-2007 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Lingo in a Nutshell
Macromedia Director 6 is the premiere authoring tool for delivering
interactive content on both the Internet and the desktop. It is the
dominant multimedia package for Windows 95/NT, Windows 3.1, and the
Macintosh. A quarter million developers use Director(R) to
incorporate animation and audio into dynamic Web pages, and to
create engaging interactive corporate presentations, multimedia
advertising, entertainment CD-ROMs, Enhanced music CDs, and even
DVDs. Lingo is Director's powerful scripting language. This
companion book to Director in a Nutshell is an essential
tool for both new and...
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3382. |  Illustrator CS3 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide By: Elaine Weinmann; Peter Lourekas Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 14-NOV-2007 Insert Date: 10-DEC-2007 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Illustrator CS3 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide Visual QuickStart Guide—the quick and easy way
to learn!
Now revised and updated, this book uses simple step-by-step
instructions, loads of screen shots, and an array of time-saving
tips and tricks, serving both as the quickest route to Illustrator
CS3 mastery for new users, and a handy reference for more
experienced designers. This edition of the Visual
QuickStart Guide covers Illustrator CS3's newest
features, including new tools in Live Color, enhancements to
essential drawing tools and controls, improvements to the powerful
Control panel, the new Eraser tool and Crop Area tool, and...
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3383. |  Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS3 By: Bruce Fraser; Jeff Schewe Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 07-NOV-2007 Insert Date: 08-DEC-2007 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS3 The raw revolution that began in 2003 with the Adobe Camera Raw
plug-in for Adobe Photoshop has changed the way photographers work
with images. Shooting in the raw format gives digital photographers
complete control over every aspect of image quality. Adobe Camera
Raw makes the process of using raw files easier by providing a
standardized way of accessing and working with these uncompressed
digital negatives. Today serious photographers shoot raw images
only. Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop was the first book
devoted exclusively to the topic, explaining the advantages...
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3384. |  Creating Web Pages All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies®, 3rd Edition By: Richard Wagner; Richard Mansfield Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 02-JUL-2007 Insert Date: 07-DEC-2007 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Creating Web Pages All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies®, 3rd Edition Whether you’re looking to show off your digital photos or
launch your own blog, Creating Web Pages All-In-One Desk
Reference For Dummies, 3rd Edition delivers all the
know-how you need to create Web pages for any need. It demystifies
technical topics like HTML and Cascading Style Sheets, gives you
the lowdown on adding sound and video to a page, and shows you how
to put the latest versions of Dreamweaver and Flash to work.
These nine minibooks show you the easy way to create
great-looking pages with all the bells and whistles. They’re
completely revised and updated to cover new page design...
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3385. |  Podcasting 101 for Training and Development: Challenges, Opportunities, and Solutions By: Kaliym A. Islam Publisher: Pfeiffer Publication Date: 03-AUG-2007 Insert Date: 07-DEC-2007 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Podcasting 101 for Training and Development: Challenges, Opportunities, and Solutions Podcasting 101 for Training and Development
Podcasting can help you revolutionize the way you deliver training.
This groundbreaking book provides an innovative approach to
designing and developing podcasts that can improve employees'
productivity by providing them with easy-to-access up-to-date
information. The book is designed to help you to decide if
podcasting is the right solution for the business challenge that
your organization is facing, and then guide you to make the right
decisions in selecting the software and hardware that you will use
to create your podcasts.
Podcasting...
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3386. |  Building Flash® Web Sites For Dummies® By: Doug Sahlin Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 08-MAY-2006 Insert Date: 07-DEC-2007 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Building Flash® Web Sites For Dummies®
You can get Flash-y with your Web site -- here's how!
Know your audience, plan your site, and make it both interactive
and cool
Gone are the days when you could get by with a boring Web site.
With Flash, you can add interactivity, video, an exciting and
easy-to-navigate interface, and eye candy like custom cursors and
flying text. This friendly guide makes Flash fun and easy, so you
can have your site up and running in no time.
Discover how to
* Build an interface with custom buttons and menus
* Include animation and soundtracks
* Dress up your text
* Create tween...
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3387. |  Actionable Web Analytics: Using Data To Make Smart Business Decisions By: Jason Burby; Shane Atchison; Jim Sterne Publisher: Sybex Publication Date: 29-MAY-2007 Insert Date: 07-DEC-2007 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Actionable Web Analytics: Using Data To Make Smart Business Decisions Knowing everything you can about each click to your Web site can
help you make strategic decisions regarding your business. This
book is about the why, not just the how, of web analytics and the
rules for developing a "culture of analysis" inside your
organization. Why you should collect various types of data. Why you
need a strategy. Why it must remain flexible. Why your data must
generate meaningful action. The authors answer these critical
questions—and many more—using their decade of
experience in Web analytics....
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3388. |  Building a Web Site For Dummies®, 3rd Edition By: David A. Crowder Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 01-OCT-2007 Insert Date: 07-DEC-2007 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Building a Web Site For Dummies®, 3rd Edition Whether you’re in the preliminary stages of planning a site
or you’re looking to improve the look of an existing site,
this reference book covers it all. Now updated with the latest site
tools, design techniques, and commerce options, this new edition of
the bestseller offers a solid framework for building a Web site
from scratch. Packed with all the essentials to help make your site
the best it can be, this resource goes beyond just basic design and
page building to show you how to incorporate both of those elements
into a successful site.
Veteran author David Crowder spills the secrets to...
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3389. |  By: Steve Holzner PhD Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 13-MAR-2006 Insert Date: 06-DEC-2007 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Ajax For Dummies® Ajax is short for “Asynchronous
JavaScript+CSS+DOM+XMLHttpRequest.”Even if you weren’t intimidated before, that tidbit is
probably enough to make you reach for the Excedrin. Just reach for
Ajax For Dummies instead. With screen shots, actual code and
explanations, and live Web sites where you can see Ajax
applications doing their thing, it will have you using Ajax to
create Web applications that look an act like desktop applications
in no time. With Ajax, you can speed up and clean up your Web
applications. Shoppers at your online store can fill their carts
without waiting for multiple page...
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3390. |  iMovie '08 & iDVD: The Missing Manual By: David Pogue Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 29-OCT-2007 Insert Date: 06-DEC-2007 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: iMovie '08 & iDVD: The Missing Manual
Whether you consider yourself a pro or a hobbyist, you have to
admit that Apple's iMovie 08 and iDVD 08 are amazing right out of
the box. Unfortunately, the box doesn't include much of a user's
guide, so learning about these applications is another matter.
iMovie 08 & iDVD: The Missing Manual gets you up to
speed on all of the themes, motion graphics, titles, effects --
everything that lets you turn raw digital footage into highly
creative video projects.
You get crystal-clear and jargon-free explanations of all the
iMovie 08 and iDVD 08 features, including the new video library,
how to view...
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3391. |  Visual Design for the Modern Web By: Penny McIntire Publisher: New Riders Publication Date: 14-NOV-2007 Insert Date: 03-DEC-2007 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Visual Design for the Modern Web Just as great artists must understand their tools, great Web
designers must understand the technology behind their art. In
Visual Design for the Web, author Penny McIntire shows novice Web
designers how to use their tools--including HTML, CSS, and
JavaScript--in conjunction with the principles of aesthetics and
usability to become masters of their craft. Chapters begin with
explanations of the terminology and techniques of web structures,
then demonstrate how to apply the rules of design to create
beautiful sites. The book:
Illustrates how fundamental principles of design apply to...
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3392. |  Adobe® After Effects® CS3 Professional Studio Techniques By: Mark Christiansen Publisher: Adobe Press Publication Date: 20-NOV-2007 Insert Date: 03-DEC-2007 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Adobe® After Effects® CS3 Professional Studio Techniques This is the only book in the After Effects market to focus
exclusively on the creation of visual effects, and is a one-stop
resource for anyone who wants in-depth explanations that demystify
the realm of visual effects and how they were created, thanks to
veteran author Mark Christiansen's friendly and accessible style. A
thoroughly packed, informative read, this masterful guide focuses
on explaining the essential concepts, features, and techniques that
are key to creating seamless movie-quality visual effects. Readers
will learn how to put After Effects to work to create the shots
they need....
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3393. |  Pinnacle Studio 11 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide By: Jan Ozer Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 06-NOV-2007 Insert Date: 30-NOV-2007 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Pinnacle Studio 11 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide Pinnacle Studio 11 is the latest version of the industry leading
home video editing tool aimed at the Windows consumer market. In
Pinnacle Studio 11 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide, veteran
journalist and teacher Jan Ozer tackles Pinnacle Studio version 11
in classic and popular QuickStart style--with step-by-step
instructions, plenty of illustrations, and straightforward
language. Jan provides the skinny on all popular Studio 11 features
like HD capture, editing and disc burning: Pinnacle Studio Plus
edits native HDV or AVCHD footage and then authors HD DVD format
discs that will play...
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3394. |  By: Olav Martin Kvern; David Blatner Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 09-OCT-2007 Insert Date: 28-NOV-2007 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Real World Adobe InDesign CS3 Adobe InDesign is no longer the industry
newcomer—it’s a full-fledged, sophisticated program,
tightly integrated with the other Adobe industry leading graphics
and Web programs. It’s the essential tool for anyone doing
page layout and design. With the release of InDesign CS3—part
of Adobe’s perfectly synchronized, tightly integrated
Creative Suite 3 (which now includes Photoshop CS3, Illustrator
CS3, Dreamweaver CS3, and Flash CS3 Professional in the Design
Premium and Web Premium packages)—it takes its place in the
design firmament! Real World Adobe InDesign CS3 offers
industrial-strength...
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3395. |  Joomla! A User’s Guide: Building a Successful Joomla! Powered Website By: Barrie M. North Publisher: Prentice Hall Publication Date: 11-DEC-2007 Insert Date: 28-NOV-2007 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Joomla! A User’s Guide: Building a Successful Joomla! Powered Website The First Easy-to-Use Guide to
Joomla!-The World’s #1 Open Source Content Management
System
If you want to build sophisticated websites
that can be easily edited and updated, you need to master
Joomla!-the world’s #1 open source content management system.
Now there’s an easy-to-read, easy-to-use guide to Joomla! for
every site manager, administrator, and developer. Leading
Joomla! consultant Barrie North covers all you need to get results:
installation, administration, site organization, template
development, content updates, and a whole lot more. You’ll
find never-before-published tips,...
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3396. |  Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS3 Classroom in a Book® By: Adobe Creative Team Publisher: Adobe Press Publication Date: 24-OCT-2007 Insert Date: 26-NOV-2007 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS3 Classroom in a Book®
Watch out, Final Cut Pro. For the first time
in five years, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe's flagship digital video
editing application, is once again available for both Macintosh and
Windows users. This project-based book covers not just the basics
of working with audio, creating transitions, and producing titles,
but also all that's new in Premiere Pro: the ability to build
Blu-ray Disc, DVD, and Flash projects with Adobe Encore CS3 (now
included with Premiere Pro CS3); Adobe OnLocation CS3, which lets
on-the-road users record footage directly to their computer
disk--removing the need to...
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3397. |  Final Cut Pro 6: Visual QuickPro Guide By: Lisa Brenneis Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 08-OCT-2007 Insert Date: 26-NOV-2007 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Final Cut Pro 6: Visual QuickPro Guide Newly updated for Final Cut Pro 6, this Visual QuickPro Guide is
hands-down one of the most sought out books on Apple’s
non-linear editing system. An undisputed master of the digital
video medium, Lisa Brenneis once again demystifies the complexities
of the program with her straightforward approach that uses
tasked-based, step-by-step instructions and loads of visuals and
time-saving tips. Busy professionals and newcomers alike will
appreciate that they can quickly find and learn tasks specific to
their needs, benefiting from the award-winning Visual QuickPro
style. Topics covered include...
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3398. |  Web Design for ROI: Turning Browsers into Buyers & Prospects into Leads By: Lance Loveday; Sandra Niehaus Publisher: New Riders Publication Date: 17-OCT-2007 Insert Date: 26-NOV-2007 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Web Design for ROI: Turning Browsers into Buyers & Prospects into Leads
Your web site is a business—design it
like one.
Billions of dollars in spending decisions are influenced by web
sites. So why aren't businesses laser-focused on designing their
sites to maximize their Return on Investment (ROI)?
Web design can do more than make a site look good—it can be a
powerful strategic weapon that enhances financial returns and
creates competitive advantage.
It's time to make web sites accountable. It's time to make design
decisions based on metrics and business goals. It's time for Web
Design for ROI.
In this book you'll learn:
Why so many...
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3399. |  Scott Kelby’s 7-Point System for Adobe® Photoshop® CS3 By: Scott Kelby Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 16-OCT-2007 Insert Date: 26-NOV-2007 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Scott Kelby’s 7-Point System for Adobe® Photoshop® CS3 Scott Kelby, the world's #1 bestselling Photoshop author, and
the man who changed the Photoshop and digital photography world
with his ground-breaking, award-winning "Photoshop Book for Digital
Photographers" unveils a exciting, brand new way of thinking, and
working in Adobe Photoshop that will not only change the industry
again, but it will change the way we all work in Photoshop forever,
so we can finally spend less time fixing our images, and more time
finishing them.
You're about to become a Photoshop Shark!
Scott has focused in and really narrowed things down to just
exactly which...
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3400. |  InDesign CS3 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide By: Sandee Cohen Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 08-OCT-2007 Insert Date: 26-NOV-2007 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: InDesign CS3 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide Visual QuickStart Guide—the quick and easy way to
learn!
Users of Adobe InDesign will be impressed with the power, ease of
use, and integration found in the new InDesign CS3, Adobe's
page-design component of Creative Suite 3. Users will also find
more robust file-placing capabilities, new Find features, and great
new text and transparency effects, among other exciting features.
Adobe InDesign CS3 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual
QuickStart Guide will highlight the important new
features, as well as covering the ones readers have relied on in
previous versions of InDesign. Using the...
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