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iMovie 3 for MAC OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide

iMovie 3 for MAC OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide

By: Jeff Carlson

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 19-JUN-2003

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Crammed with new features--but lacking any documentation to speak of--iMovie 3 is a tool just waiting to be tapped, and this Visual QuickStart Guide provides the key. If you're already familiar with Apple's video editing software, you'll welcome the easy-to-find coverage of all of iMovie's new features--including seamless integration with other iLife applications, added visual effects, powerful new audio controls and effects, chapter markers, and instant DVD export. If you're using iMovie for the first time, the accessible, step-by-step format will have you making movies in no time. Using...

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Premiere 6.5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide

Premiere 6.5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide

By: Antony Bolante

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 20-SEP-2002

Insert Date: 27-AUG-2003

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Whether you're new to Adobe Premiere or you're a loyal old-timer who just upgraded, you'll want to get up-to-speed on all of the program's powerful new features fast. Premiere 6.5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide is now revised to show you how to capture, edit, and output digital video using Premiere's new tools and interface enhancements. If you're an experienced Premiere user, you can simply hit the index and skip right to the new features that you want to learn about. All of you new users, however, will probably want to start from the beginning of this task-based...

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Microsoft Windows XP: Visual Quickstart Guide

Microsoft Windows XP: Visual Quickstart Guide

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Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 21-APR-2003

Insert Date: 27-AUG-2003

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If you have Windows XP on your computer, you'll want Windows XP: Visual QuickStart Guide on your bookshelf-it's as simple as that. Even veteran Windows users will quickly discover that the changes in Windows XP go far beyond a radically redesigned interface. And to get the most out of this powerful new operating system-including all of its bundled software and goodies-there's no place better to start than the straightforward, task-oriented approach of Peachpit's popular Visual QuickStart series. In this volume, veteran author Chris Fehily gets right down to business, covering both Home and...

744. 

Unix: Visual QuickStart Guide, Second Edition

Unix: Visual QuickStart Guide, Second Edition

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Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 27-MAR-2003

Insert Date: 24-AUG-2003

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What was once regarded as the purview of programmers and administrators is now making its way to users' desktops-most notably via Mac OS X-and users have begun to take note. When you're ready to get to the heart of it all-to the operating system at the core of the Internet, the intranet, and quite possibly your own desktop-there's no better way to start than by consulting with this handy Visual QuickStart Guide. The authors who made Unix comprehensible to the masses are back with Unix, 2nd Edition: Visual QuickStart Guide-completely updated to reflect all that's new in Unix. The book...

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Photoshop Elements 2 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide

Photoshop Elements 2 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide

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Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 18-SEP-2002

Insert Date: 24-AUG-2003

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Adobe Photoshop Elements, Adobe's easy-to-use, flexible version of its powerful Photoshop software, opens the door for amateur photographers, business users, and home hobbyists who want to create and edit digital images. Photoshop Elements for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide uses task-based lessons to show readers the ropes in using Photoshop Elements to capture photos, correct color, work with layers, erase backgrounds, create photo-illustrations and Web graphics, simulate painting and drawing techniques, and more. Concise, step-by-step instructions and plenty of screenshots...

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Mac OS X for Windows Users: A Switchers' Guide

Mac OS X for Windows Users: A Switchers' Guide

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Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 06-FEB-2003

Insert Date: 19-AUG-2003

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You heard the buzz and made the switch: You're in good company! And here to prove it is Windows guru and CNET commentator David Coursey with Mac OS X for Windows Users: A Switcher's Guide. In this volume, Coursey draws on the experiences of real-world switchers to frame his own straightforward instructions on how to use Mac OS X. There's a lot involved in moving to a new operating system-files to be ported, software to learn, Internet and connectivity issues to iron out, and a new interface to unravel-but you'll find everything you need here to get up to speed quickly as well as understand...

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iPhoto 2 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide

iPhoto 2 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide

By: Adam C. Engst

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 21-APR-2003

Insert Date: 16-AUG-2003

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If you¿ve been using Apple¿s iPhoto software to organize and share your digital photos, you¿re about to start using it a whole lot more: That¿s because with version 2, iPhoto has grown even more powerful thanks to its integration with Apple¿s iLife suite of products. With iPhoto 2 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide, you¿ll quickly discover how you can share digital images with iMovie, create DVD-based slideshows with iDVD, archive photos instantly (to CD or DVD), create coffee-table books combining text and photos, and email your best shots to friends and relatives. Task-based...

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Wireless Networking Starter Kit, The

Wireless Networking Starter Kit, The

By: Adam Engst; Glenn Fleishman

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 09-DEC-2002

Insert Date: 31-JUL-2003

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Once authors Adam C. Engst and Glenn Fleishman discovered that the freedom of a wireless network meant they could access the Internet from bed, the living room, the coffee house down the street, most major airports, and even some city parks, there was no going back to the days of clumsy wired networks. Now they¿re here to share their knowledge in the new book The Wireless Networking Starter Kit Whether you¿re a Mac or PC user, if you¿re ready to embrace the freedom of wireless, this is the place to start. In these pages you¿ll learn first about the underpinnings of wireless technology and...

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Mac OS X 10.2: Visual QuickStart Guide

Mac OS X 10.2: Visual QuickStart Guide

By: Maria Langer

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 17-SEP-2002

Insert Date: 23-JUL-2003

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Along with a major upgrade to Apple's core operating system comes a comprehensive upgrade to the best-selling Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide. Mac OS X 10.2 promises to offer exciting new features that will change how people use their Macs, such as iChat, improved Unix tools, Bluetooth-enabled contact management software, QuickTime 6, and advanced handwriting recognition. This newest revision to Maria Langer's best-selling book covers all of the new features and more in the familiar step-by-step, task-based approach that millions of readers have come to rely on when they need to quickly and...

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You don't have to write SQL or other database code to build interactivity into your site-you just need Dreamweaver MX, Macromedia's powerful new Web design tool, access to an application server, and a copy of Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Advanced for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickPro Guide. This valuable reference picks up where the Visual QuickStart Guide leaves off with advanced step-by-step tutorials on dynamic page serving, site management, and basic dynamic page building-and that's just in the first half of the book! The book's second half includes clear, concise instructions on how to...

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InDesign for QuarkXPress Users

InDesign for QuarkXPress Users

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Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 15-APR-2003

Insert Date: 09-JUL-2003

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While QuarkXPress is the most-widely used page-layout program in the world, Adobe InDesign is rapidly gaining ground with better typography and transparency features, speedier performance, and more overall control. Plus, InDesign 2 is Mac OS X native, QuarkXPress 5 isn't. But if you're a QuarkXPress user thinking of making the switch to InDesign, you know you can't afford to lose time and productivity at the office while learning a new program. Thanks to InDesign for QuarkXPress Users, you don't have to. InDesign for QuarkXPress Users is the only book on the market that shows experienced...

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Macromedia Director MX for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide

Macromedia Director MX for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide

By: Andre Persidsky; Mark Schaeffer

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 13-MAY-2003

Insert Date: 09-JUL-2003

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Macromedia announced the latest version of its flagship multimedia authoring environment, Macromedia Director MX, in late November at a $1,199 price point ($399 for users upgrading from versions 8.0 or 8.5). Director MX for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide makes the perfect accompaniment for readers looking to quickly get up-to-speed on the new version¿s seamless integration with the Macromedia Flash MX product family, advanced debugging capabilities, new Object Inspector, support for both QuickTime 6 and Mac OS X, and more! Like the other books in Peachpit¿s popular Visual...

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Mac OS X 10.2 Advanced: Visual QuickPro Guide

Mac OS X 10.2 Advanced: Visual QuickPro Guide

By: Maria Langer

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 23-DEC-2002

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With more than 150 new features and applications, Mac OS X 10.2 is more than a minor upgrade. For those of you experienced Mac users who already know your way around the desktop, Mac OS X 10.2 Advanced: Visual QuickPro Guide is the fastest way to ramp up on the software's myriad new features. Veteran Macintosh columnist and author Maria Langer goes beyond the basics to show you how to get the most out of Mac OS X 10.2. In addition to covering Mac OS X 10.2's new features, such as the enhanced Finder and revised customization options, Maria takes on Unix basics for Mac OS X, security,...

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HTML for the World Wide Web, Fifth Edition, with XHTML and CSS

HTML for the World Wide Web, Fifth Edition, with XHTML and CSS

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Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 17-SEP-2002

Insert Date: 03-JUL-2003

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As both the Web and the browsers used to navigate it mature, work-arounds that compensate for the myriad factors that affect Web page appearance no longer cut it. Users expect Web pages to look beautiful regardless--and with the Fifth Edition of this popular Visual QuickStart Guide, you can make your Web pages comply. By following the generously illustrated, step-by-step instructions that are the hallmark of the Visual QuickStart series, you'll create beautiful code that works consistently across browser versions and platforms (including hand-held devices and cell phones) in no time. This...

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PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites: Visual QuickPro Guide

PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites: Visual QuickPro Guide

By: Larry Ullman

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 21-MAY-2003

Insert Date: 28-JUN-2003

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When static HTML pages no longer cut it, you need to step up to dynamic, database-driven sites that represent the future of the Web. In PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites: Visual QuickPro Guide, the author of best-selling guides to both the database program (MySQL) and the scripting language (PHP) returns to cover the winning pair in tandem¿the way users work with them today to build dynamic sites using Open Source tools. Using step-by-step instructions, clearly written scripts, and expert tips to ease the way, author Larry Ullman discusses PHP and MySQL separately before going on to cover...

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Maya 4.5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide

Maya 4.5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide

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Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 28-MAR-2003

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Used to create over half of the top 20 best-selling holiday PlayStation 2 titles in December 2001 and used in almost every film nominated by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in the best visual effects category for the past five years, Maya is one of the world's most powerful, high-end 3D animation and visual effects software programs available. Maya 4.5, the latest version of the all-in-one modeling, rendering, and 3D animation program, is loaded with new features and enhancements designed to make it even more powerful and easy-to-learn for Mac and Windows...

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Dreamweaver MX for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide

Dreamweaver MX for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide

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Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 22-AUG-2002

Insert Date: 27-JUN-2003

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Even if you've never used Macromedia Dreamweaver before, Macromedia Dreamweaver MX for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide will have you up and running with Macromedia's popular Web authoring program in no time. This completely updated edition of our best-selling guide to Macromedia Dreamweaver uses step-by-step, task-based instructions to explain all of the program's basic tools and how to use them to design a Web site. The book covers the program's existing features as well as its new ones, including its site setup wizard, context-sensitive toolbar, snippets, and enhanced coding...

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C# Web Development with ASP.NET: Visual QuickStart Guide

C# Web Development with ASP.NET: Visual QuickStart Guide

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Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 06-MAR-2003

Insert Date: 25-JUN-2003

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C# was developed from the ground up to serve as the main language for Microsoft's new .NET framework--and to compete with Java. C# Web Development for ASP.NET: Visual QuickStart Guide is aimed at beginning developers who may have experience with scripting languages but are not necessarily experienced with object-oriented languages. Using task-based examples and hundreds of screenshots, all code examples are presented in the context of ASP.NET development, aimed at Web developers. While C# Web Development for ASP.NET: Visual QuickStart Guide does not attempt to teach everything about the .NET...

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Little Digital Camera Book, The

Little Digital Camera Book, The

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Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 01-JUL-2002

Insert Date: 13-JUN-2003

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Looking for a friendly, comprehensive primer on digital cameras that assumes you know next to nil about digital photography, yet manages not to treat you like a dummy? Look no further. In The Little Digital Camera Book, authors Cynthia Baron and Dan Peck help you go digital by providing a no-nonsense, jargon-free introduction to shooting, enhancing and sharing images from a digital camera. The Little Digital Camera Book covers everything nonprofessional photographers need to know about purchasing the right digital camera, how to get the best image that the camera and image-editing software...

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Real World QuarkXPress 5 for Macintosh and Windows

Real World QuarkXPress 5 for Macintosh and Windows

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Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 20-MAR-2002

Insert Date: 31-MAY-2003

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David Blatner's friendly, easy-to-read style has turned this book (formerly known as The QuarkXPress Book) into the world's number-one best-selling reference on QuarkXPress. At many design firms and schools it's considered required reading. If you're a beginner,this book will help you get up to speed fast. And if you're an advanced user, Blatner's tips,tricks,and techniques will turn you into a raging, inexorable QuarkXPress speed demon. When you buy this book, you also get access to the members-only Real World QuarkXPress Web site, where you can find the hottest tips, latest updates,and...