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741. | iMovie 3 for MAC OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide By: Jeff Carlson Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 19-JUN-2003 Insert Date: 27-AUG-2003 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: iMovie 3 for MAC OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide 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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742. | 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 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Premiere 6.5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide 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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743. | Microsoft Windows XP: Visual Quickstart Guide By: Chris Fehily Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 21-APR-2003 Insert Date: 27-AUG-2003 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Microsoft Windows XP: Visual Quickstart Guide 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...
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744. | Unix: Visual QuickStart Guide, Second Edition By: Deborah S. Ray; Eric J. Ray Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 27-MAR-2003 Insert Date: 24-AUG-2003 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Unix: Visual QuickStart Guide, Second Edition 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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745. | Photoshop Elements 2 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide By: Craig Hoeschen; Christopher Dahl Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 18-SEP-2002 Insert Date: 24-AUG-2003 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Photoshop Elements 2 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide 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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746. | Mac OS X for Windows Users: A Switchers' Guide By: David Coursey Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 06-FEB-2003 Insert Date: 19-AUG-2003 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Mac OS X for Windows Users: A Switchers' Guide 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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747. | 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 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: iPhoto 2 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide 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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748. | Wireless Networking Starter Kit, The By: Adam Engst; Glenn Fleishman Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 09-DEC-2002 Insert Date: 31-JUL-2003 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Wireless Networking Starter Kit, The 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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749. | Mac OS X 10.2: Visual QuickStart Guide By: Maria Langer Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 17-SEP-2002 Insert Date: 23-JUL-2003 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Mac OS X 10.2: Visual QuickStart Guide 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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750. | Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Advanced for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickPro Guide By: J. Tarin Towers; Sasha Magee; Abie Hadjitarkhani Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 13-DEC-2002 Insert Date: 18-JUL-2003 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Advanced for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickPro Guide 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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751. | InDesign for QuarkXPress Users By: David Blatner; Christopher Smith; Steve Werner Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 15-APR-2003 Insert Date: 09-JUL-2003 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: InDesign for QuarkXPress Users 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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752. | 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 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Macromedia Director MX for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide 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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753. | Mac OS X 10.2 Advanced: Visual QuickPro Guide By: Maria Langer Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 23-DEC-2002 Insert Date: 09-JUL-2003 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Mac OS X 10.2 Advanced: Visual QuickPro Guide 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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754. | HTML for the World Wide Web, Fifth Edition, with XHTML and CSS By: Elizabeth Castro Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 17-SEP-2002 Insert Date: 03-JUL-2003 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: HTML for the World Wide Web, Fifth Edition, with XHTML and CSS 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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755. | 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 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites: Visual QuickPro Guide 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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756. | Maya 4.5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide By: Danny Riddell Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 28-MAR-2003 Insert Date: 28-JUN-2003 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Maya 4.5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide 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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757. | Dreamweaver MX for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide By: J. Tarin Towers Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 22-AUG-2002 Insert Date: 27-JUN-2003 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Dreamweaver MX for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide 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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758. | C# Web Development with ASP.NET: Visual QuickStart Guide By: Jose Mojica Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 06-MAR-2003 Insert Date: 25-JUN-2003 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: C# Web Development with ASP.NET: Visual QuickStart Guide 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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759. | Little Digital Camera Book, The By: Cynthia L. Baron; Daniel Peck Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 01-JUL-2002 Insert Date: 13-JUN-2003 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Little Digital Camera Book, The 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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760. | Real World QuarkXPress 5 for Macintosh and Windows By: David Blatner Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 20-MAR-2002 Insert Date: 31-MAY-2003 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Real World QuarkXPress 5 for Macintosh and Windows 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...
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