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The Designer’s Apprentice: Automating Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign in Adobe Creative Suite 3
Author Rick Ralston
Adobe Creative Suite 3 has fantastic tools for minimizing the drudgery of graphics production work: The key is to make your computer and Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign do rote tasks for you. And although the concept of automation may sound intimidating, it doe....
Release Date 2007/08 -
Adobe Soundbooth CS3 Classroom in a Book for Windows and Mac OS
Author Adobe Creative Team
This project-based guide from Adobe will teach readers all they need to know to create and edit audio with Soundbooth CS3, Adobe's new audio-editing application targeted at creative professionals in all disciplines (no sound engineering background required!) Soundb....
Release Date 2007/08 -
Nighttime Digital Photography with Adobe Photoshop CS3
Author John Carucci
Nighttime photography often transforms otherwise mundane subject matter into spectacular images such as a warmly-lit subject positioned against a rich blue sky, or the red, yellow, and green swirls of an amusement park ride. Capturing these images can be challengin....
Release Date 2007/08 -
Adobe Illustrator CS3 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques
Author Bruce K. Hopkins , David Karlins
Adobe Illustrator CS3 is more than just the world's most popular and powerful illustration tool: As part of the Adobe's Creative Suite 3, it's a key component of an overall design workflow that lets users work seamlessly among all of their graphics applications t....
Release Date 2007/08 -
Apple Pro Training Series Motion 3
Author Tony Huet , Bryce Button , Mark Spencer , Damian Allen
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....
Release Date 2007/08 -
Author Diego Adrian Naya Lazo
Get your workflow up and running with this step-by-step guide authored by an active developer of the OSWorkflow project with real-world examplesBasics of OSWorkflowIntegrating business rules with DroolsTask scheduling with QuartzIn DetailOSWorkflow is an open-source....
Release Date 2007/08 -
Inkscape: Guide to a Vector Drawing Program
Author Tavmjong Bah
Inkscape, An Open-Source Vector Drawing Program is THE GUIDE to the Inkscape program. The shorter, web-based, version is linked directly to under the program's Help menu. This book is both an introduction and reference for the Inkscape drawing program. With Inkscap....
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Adobe Acrobat 3D Version 8 Classroom in a Book
Author Adobe Creative Team
Adobe Acrobat 3D, the newest member of the Acrobat family, enables engineering and technical professionals to publish and share 3D design information from major CAD applications with virtually any computer user, significantly enhancing collaboration within extended ....
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Author Mordy Golding
Real World Adobe Illustrator CS3 is the definitive reference to Adobe's industry-standard vector graphics software. With an easy, engaging style, author Mordy Golding takes readers through all of the features of the program, explaining not only how to use the multi....
Release Date 2007/07 -
Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional Classroom in a Book for Windows and Mac OS
Author Adobe Creative Team
Visual effects and motion graphics pros of all stripes--from broadcast professionals to VFX supervisors to Web designers who need to produce occasional video segments--will welcome the dramatically accelerated features provided in the brand-new After Effects CS3 Thi....
Release Date 2007/07 -
The Adobe® Photoshop® CS3 Book for Digital Photographers
Author Scott Kel
Scott Kelby was honored with Professional Photographer magazine’s highly coveted 2008 Hot One Award for The Adobe Photoshop CS3 Book for Digital Photographers. Here’s what Jeff Kent, the Hot One Editor at Professional Photographer, has to say about the book: “In a h....
Release Date 2007/07 -
Apple Pro Training Series Final Cut Pro 6: Beyond the Basics
Author Michael Wohl
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 ....
Release Date 2007/07 -
Author Chris Bucher
A rigorous practical guide to photographic lighting techniques, complete with hands-on assignmentsOffering digital photographers a complete course in photographic lighting, this book covers everything from using flash systems and studio lights to working outdoors in....
Release Date 2007/07 -
Author Blue Fier
The hands-on instruction that digital photographers need to compose great shotsIntroducing readers to the basic elements of design, this full-color guide shows photographers step by step how to frame great compositions before they take the shot. Instructions, advice....
Release Date 2007/07 -
Author Robert C. Fuller , Laurie Ulrich Fuller
Get the book you need to succeed in any Photoshop endeavor -- Photoshop CS3 Bible. In this totally updated edition to the international bestseller, the authors show you how to master every aspect of Photoshop -- from image-editing basics to new techniques for workin....
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Macro Photography Photo Workshop
Author Haje Jan Kamps
Special techniques for creating unique, artistic, close-up imagesMacro, or close-up, photography is gaining popularity, and this book covers all of the challenges associated with taking great close-ups: depth of field, focus, and exposure. Copublished with Photowork....
Release Date 2007/07 -
AutoCAD® 2008 and AutoCAD LT® 2008 Bible
Author Ellen Finkelstein
Whether you're new to AutoCAD or a veteran, you will undoubtedly find this book to be an excellent resource.-- Abhi Singh, AutoCAD Product Manager, Autodesk, Inc.Here's the book that makes AutoCAD approachableEven the people at Autodesk look to Ellen Finkelstein f....
Release Date 2007/07 -
Author Mikkel Aaland
This beautifully illustrated and eminently practical book is the first to offer a complete tour of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.2, the integrated digital photography workflow application that allows serious photographers to import, select, develop and showcase large....
Release Date 2007/07 -
A Hitchhiker's Guide to Virtual Reality
Author Robin Stuart Ferguson , Karen McMenemy
A Hitchhiker's Guide to Virtual Reality brings together under one cover all the aspects of graphics, video, audio, and haptics that have to work together to make virtual reality a reality. Like any good guide, it reveals the practical things you need to know, from....
Release Date 2007/07 -
Author M. Nora Klaver
Everyone hates asking for help. We're afraid of seeming weak. We think it's an admission of failure. We simply don't know how. So instead we continue to struggle on alone with both day-to-day burdens and serious crises. But, as Nora Klaver shows, we make thi....
Release Date 2007/07 -
Photoshop CS3 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide
Author Peter Lourekas , Elaine Weinmann
This Visual QuickStart Guide uses a combination of task-based instruction and strong visuals to teach beginning and intermediate users how to create great-looking images with Photoshop. Best-selling authors Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas take readers step by ste....
Release Date 2007/06 -
Apple Pro Training Series Final Cut Pro for Avid Editors, Third Edition
Author Diana Weynand
Using Avid images and terminology, master teacher Diana Weynand shows you how to perform the tasks you’ve been doing in Media Composer by using Final Cut Pro instead. You’ll find detailed feature comparisons, practical conversion tips, and instructions on how to use....
Release Date 2007/06 -
XML Publishing with InDesign CS2+
Author Dorothy J. Hoskins
Adobe InDesign's user documentation provides some examples of importing and formatting XML. But if you need to wrangle XML that comes from a database or website and make it look good inside an InDesign document, you'll want to dive deeper. (Note: while Adobe made....
Release Date 2007/06 -
Author Norbert Aubuchon
Some people seem to be able to talk anybody into anything! Do they simply possess a natural talent that the rest of us can never hope to imitate? This refreshing books says "No!" and provides readers with a unique, proven, step-by-step analytical thinking pro....
Release Date 2007/06 -
Author Chris Robinson
For five years, Chris Robinson wrote a monthly column for Animation World Network (AWN) called The Animation Pimp. Although it began as a way for Robinson to let off steam in his role as director of one of the world's largest animation festivals, the column quickly....
Release Date 2007/06 -
Special Subjects: Get Started Painting
Author Caroline Zimmermann , Tom Swimm , Geri Medway , Marilyn Grame , Marla Baggetta
Learn how to paint in four different media! Taking the first steps to learn how to paint can be a challenge, especially when beginning artists are unsure which medium best suits them. With this book, aspiring artists will discover the qualities and benefits of four ....
Release Date 2007/06 -
Author Larry Cor , Jack Foster
How to Get Ideas shows you--no matter your age or skill, your job or training--how to come up with more ideas, faster and easier. You'll learn to condition your mind to become "idea-prone," utilize your sense of humor, develop your curiosity, visualize your go....
Release Date 2007/06 -
Photoshop CS3: Essential Skills
Author Philip Andrews , Mark Galer
Brimming with beautiful pictures, this successful book guides you through a project-based, progressive curriculum so that you can build all the essential skills to enhance photographs creatively and professionally with Photoshop CS3. If you are an aspiring pro....
Release Date 2007/05 -
User Interface Design for Mere Mortals
Author Eric Butow
User Interface Design for Mere Mortals takes the mystery out of designing effective interfaces for both desktop and web applications. It is recommended reading for anyone who wants to provide users of their software with interfaces that are intuitive and easy-to-use....
Release Date 2007/05