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100 Ways to Take Better Portrait Photographs
Author Daniel Lezano
100 Ways to Take Better Portrait Photographs is a practical and informative guide to every aspect of portrait photography from informal pictures of family and friends to professional studio techniques. It contains: Straightforward, practical tips and advice Over....
Release Date 2006/09 -
The User Is Always Right: A Practical Guide to Creating and Using Personas for the Web
Author Ziv Yaar , Steve Mulder
How do we ensure that our Web sites actually give users what they need? What are the best ways to understand our users' goals, behaviors, and attitudes, and then turn that understanding into business results? Personas bring user research to life and make it actiona....
Release Date 2006/08 -
Author Scott Kel
Scott Kelby, the man who changed the "digital darkroom" forever with his groundbreaking, #1 bestselling, award-winning book The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers, now tackles the most important side of digital photography--how to take pro-quality shots using ....
Release Date 2006/08 -
Author Richard Harrington
Real-World commercial projects presented in full color feature the work of renowned artists, Chris and Trish Meyer, Jayse Hansen, Mark Coleran, Ken Locsmandi and others. The tutorials are commercial projects that the artists created for a client budget of $10,....
Release Date 2006/08 -
Using BusyBox: Prentice Hall Open Source Software Development Series
Author Christopher Hallinan
This digital Short Cut delivered in Adobe PDF format for quick and easy access, is an introduction to BusyBox, widely regarded as “The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux.” After a brief introduction, we walk you through the BusyBox configuration utility. This is use....
Release Date 2006/07 -
Author Education and Curriculum National Association of Photoshop Professionals Senior
If you're primarily interested in finishing touches--the million creative ways you can use your favorite software to improve, polish, and add pizzazz to your images--this is the book for you! The first book devoted exclusively to the topic, Finishing Touches for Ph....
Release Date 2006/07 -
Author Greg Hoglund , Gary McGraw
This digital Short Cut, delivered in Adobe PDF format for quick and easy access, is an introduction to issues with cheating and anti-cheating countermeasures in the online gaming industry.At present, the online game World of Warcraft has approximately six million su....
Release Date 2006/07 -
Digital Portrait Photography and Lighting: Take Memorable Shots Every Time
Author Sean McCormick , Catherine Jamieson
Portraits preserve peopleSince the earliest portraits were scratched onto cave walls, we've developed increasingly sophisticated tools for capturing human likenesses. Yet the motivation has changed little -- to freeze a human image as an art form, a means of commun....
Release Date 2006/07 -
The Art of Stop-Motion Animation
Author Ken A. Priebe
Through the magic of stop-motion animation, inanimate objects seem to spring to life. With true artistic passion and finesse, a stop-motion film evokes the nostalgia of childhood when imagination could bring toys to life. Stop-motion retains the art and performance ....
Release Date 2006/07 -
Apple Pro Training Series Final Cut Express HD
Author Diana Weynand
The only Apple-authorized guide to Final Cut Express HD 3.5, this book delivers the techniques you need to make movie magic with DV or HDV footage. Each chapter presents a complete lesson in an aspect of video editing and finishing, with hands-on projects to complet....
Release Date 2006/06 -
iMovie HD 6 & iDVD 6 for Mac OS X: Visual Quickstart Guide
Author Jeff Carlson
Need to learn iMovie HD 6 and iDVD 6 fast? Try a Visual QuickStart! This best-selling reference’s visual format and step-by-step, task-based instructions will have you up and running with these great iLife applications in no time. Best-selling author and iLife exper....
Release Date 2006/06 -
iPhoto 6 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide
Author Adam C. Engst
Need to learn iPhoto 6 fast? Try a Visual QuickStart! This best-selling reference’s visual format and step-by-step, task-based instructions will have you up and running with this great iLife 06 application in no time. Best-selling author and instructor Adam Engst us....
Release Date 2006/06 -
Inside/Outside: From the Basics to the Practice of Design, Second Edition
Author Malcolm Grear
Renowned artist and design legend Malcolm Grear has permanently shaped the design world with his work, lecturing, writing and teaching. Grear approaches design by looking at the inner parts of an object, process, or idea in order to understand the whole. He believes....
Release Date 2006/06 -
Digital Photography: The Missing Manual
Author Barbara Brundage , Chris Grover
Digital Photography: The Missing Manual helps you to take beautiful digital pictures -- of your baby, your trip to Paris, your new pet iguana--and then share the stunning results with your friends and family. Spiked with the advice and humor that are trademarks of t....
Release Date 2006/06 -
Digital Collage and Painting: Using Photoshop and Painter to Create Fine Art
Author Susan Ruddick Bloom
Digital Collage and Painting proudly showcases the work of twenty-one talented digital artists. Each artist walks you through the creation of a piece of their art and lets you in on their secrets about equipment, software, favorite papers, and how their creative pro....
Release Date 2006/06 -
Commodities Rising: The Reality Behind the Hype and How To Really Profit in the Commodities Market
Author JEFFREY M. CHRISTIAN
"Commodities Rising, part memoir and part investment guide, provides a unique and practical perspective that is based on a rare combination of professional experiences."-Donald F. Larson, Senior Economist, World Bank"Jeffrey Christian brings twenty-five years of com....
Release Date 2006/06 -
Digital Travel Photography Digital Field Guide
Author David D. Busch
Your digital camera is the perfect travel companion. You don't need to pack extra film, worry about airport scanners, budget for processing costs, or wait until you get home to learn whether you got that once-in-a-lifetime shot. Tuck this book in beside your Fromme....
Release Date 2006/06 -
Author Douglas Self , Doug Self
Whether you are a dedicated audiophile who wants to gain a more complete understanding of the design issues behind a truly great amp, or a professional electronic designer seeking to learn more about the art of amplifier design, there can be no better place to....
Release Date 2006/06 -
Author Sara Eisenman
Presenting one’s portfolio is where every designer begins his or her career.
Release Date 2006/06 -
iMovie 6 & iDVD: The Missing Manual
Author David Pogue
While the last version of iMovie gave moviemakers the ability to capture and edit widescreen High Definition Video (HDV) from the new generation of camcorders, iMovie 6 is all about the ease of moviemaking itself. iMovie 6 includes five professionally designed them....
Release Date 2006/05 -
Author John H. Jack Zenger , Joseph R. Folkman
Praise for The Power of Feedback"Some books are worthy of being recommended simply because of their subject matter. . . . There is no greater force to improve the quality of human relationships or improve the way organizations function than to multiply the amount an....
Release Date 2006/05 -
Idealized Design: Creating an Organization’s Future
Author Herbert J. Addison , Jason Magidson , Russell L. Ackoff
What's the best way to drive fundamental, transformative change within your organization? Envision your ideal solution: then, work backwards to where you are. It's called idealized design, and -- as executives in hundreds of organizations will testify -- it's one....
Release Date 2006/04 -
Maya 7 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual Quickstart Guide
Author Nathaniel Stein , Morgan Robinson , , Danny Riddell
Adding tools that allow users to realize the 2D Toon look of comic books, cartoons, manga and anime; create spectacular clothing, fur or long hair for characters; and move data quickly back and forth between Maya and Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator, an already cool p....
Release Date 2006/04 -
Author Hoa Loranger , Jakob Nielsen
In 2000, Jakob Nielsen, the world’s leading expert on Web usability, published a book that changed how people think about the Web—Designing Web Usability (New Riders). Many applauded. A few jeered. But everyone listened. The best-selling usability guru is back and h....
Release Date 2006/04 -
Author George Maestri
Whether you’re creating animation for television, advertising, games, or multimedia, [digital] Character Animation 3 can help you bring your imagination to life. In this updated classic, both newcomers to digital animation and old hands looking to hone existing skil....
Release Date 2006/04 -
Apple Training Series GarageBand 3
Author Mary Plummer
Whether you're an accomplished musician or a student, Garageband is the most rewarding way to create, perform, and record your own music. In the only Apple-certified guide to Garageband, composer and master trainer Mary Plummer shows you just how easy it is to turn....
Release Date 2006/04 -
Apple Pro Training Series: Aperture
Author Ben Long , Orlando Luna
The only Apple-certified guide to Aperture, Apple’s revolutionary application for managing, editing, and archiving digital photographs! This comprehensive book-DVD combo starts with the basics of image management and takes you step by step all the way through Apertu....
Release Date 2006/04 -
Digital Photography in Available Light: Essential Skills, 3rd Edition
Author Mark Galer
Digital Photography in Available Light is an inspirational guide as well as a structured learning tool for mastering the essential techniques. Learn how to choose the most appropriate digital camera for your workflow, manage your image files and process images using....
Release Date 2006/04 -
Author Catherine Jamieson
Photos exist to be sharedWhether you seek to showcase a professional portfolio or just want your family across the continent to see the pictures from the reunion, you can do it with a photo blog. Catherine Jamieson, whose award-winning blog, Utata, has a legion of f....
Release Date 2006/04