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Photoshop Elements 9: The Missing Manual
Author Barbara Brundage
Elements 9 offers much of Photoshop's power without the huge price tag. It's an ideal tool for most image-editing buffs -- including scrapbookers, photographers, and aspiring graphic artists. But Elements still doesn't come with a decent manual. This bestselling ....
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Author Paul Gulacy , Spencer Drate , Judith Salavetz
Comics are a unique form of storytelling created by talented and visionary artists.
Release Date 2010/09 -
Modern Calligraphy and Hand Lettering
Author Lisa Engelbrecht
Calligraphy, the art of elegant, beautiful lettering, has increased in popularity over the last several years. From brides who want to address their wedding invitations to do-it-yourselfers who want to prepare certificates or make a family tree, and even for art jou....
Release Date 2010/09 -
Author Christine Walsh-Newton , David Schmidt , Matthew Roharik , Melissa LaRose , Tom Hauc
Designed for both the photography enthusiast and weekend warrior, this daily reader offers a broad look at life through the camera lens. From brief biographies of world-renowned photographers to techniques in fashion photography and trends, there is something for ev....
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Transforming Research Libraries for the Global Knowledge Society
Author Barbara Dewey
Transforming Research Libraries for the Global Knowledge Society explores critical aspects of research library transformation needed for successful transition into the 21st century multicultural environment. The book is written by leaders in the field who have real ....
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Television Versus the Internet
Author Barrie Gunter
This book will explore the questions raised by the technological developments that have encouraged the multiplication of TV channels. TV is moving through a period of rapid change. Governments around the world are switching from analogue to digital forms of transmis....
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Blender 3D 2.49 Architecture, Buildings, and Scenery
Author Allan Brito
Create photo-realistic 3D architectural visualizations of buildings, interiors, and environmental scenery with Blender.Study modeling, materials, textures, and light basics in BlenderLearn special tricks and techniques to create walls, floors, roofs, and other speci....
Release Date 2010/09 -
Advanced Fashion Drawing, Lifestyle Illustration
Author Bil Donovan
Advanced Fashion Drawing is a practical book showing not only how to draw the figure but also how to illustrate it in today's fashion and lifestyle market.Designed specifically for those interested in illustrating fashion and lifestyle commercially, Bil Donovan dem....
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Author Mark Gatter
This book gives designers the confidence to do everything necessary to ensure trouble-free, high-quality printingâÂÂto calibrate images (color and black and white); adjust trapping levels in all the major software applications, and mix colors that won't print as....
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The Fundamentals of Creative Photography
Author David Präkel
The Fundamentals of Creative Photography offers a comprehensive introduction to the world of applied creative photography.It is concerned with photography in a professional context—images that are to be used in the fulfilment of a brief, rather than those created so....
Release Date 2010/09 -
CorelDRAW® X5 The Official Guide
Author Gary David Bouton
The Only Corel-Authorized Guide to CorelDRAW X5Learn to create outstanding fine art and eye-catching commercial graphics with one powerful tool! CorelDRAW X5: The Official Guide is your comprehensive reference and workbook to get you started designing visually capti....
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Database Modeling and Design, 4th Edition
Author Sam S. Lightstone , Tom Nadeau , H.V. Jagadish , To J. Teorey
Database Modeling and Design, Fourth Edition, the extensively revised edition of the classic logical database design reference, explains how you can model and design your database application in consideration of new technology or new business needs. It is an ideal t....
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Taking Stock: Make money in microstock creating photos that sell
Author Rob Sylvan
The ultimate insider guide to creating stock shots that sell from a veteran iStockphoto inspector An iStockphoto inspector since 2002, author Rob Sylvan has spent nearly a decade as part of the team that decides which photos get sold on one of the largest, most popu....
Release Date 2010/08 -
Author Bob Bringhurst , David Blatner , Olav Martin Kvern
Sharpen your InDesign skills with this definitive resource created specifically for design professionals who need to lay out, proof, export, and print/publish pages in InDesign CS5. Best-selling authors Olav Martin Kvern, David Blatner, and Bob Bringhurst share thei....
Release Date 2010/08 -
Illustrator CS5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide
Author Peter Lourekas , Elaine Weinmann
This fully updated edition for Illustrator CS5 covers the essential skills for Illustrator artists, such as drawing geometric and freehand objects; color management; using multiple artboards; applying colors, patterns, and gradients; creating and using brushes; tran....
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Adobe Creative Suite 5 Web Premium How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques
Author David Karlins
Adobe Creative Suite CS5 Web Premium How-Tos: Essential Techniques is a concise, economical, current, and informed guide to the key techniques for creating inviting and accessible Web sites using Adobe Creative Suite CS5. Readers choose the How-Tos guide when they w....
Release Date 2010/08 -
Author Dan Moughamian
Adobe Digital Imaging How-Tos: Essential Techniques for Photoshop CS5, Lightroom 3, and Camera Raw 6 is a concise, current, and affordable full-color guide to the key techniques for working with digital images. Choose the How-Tos guide when you want to learn the fea....
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Using Microsoft® Publisher 2010
Author Brien Posey
Using Microsoft® Publisher 2010More than just a book!Get comfortable with simple techniques that you can use to create professional-looking documents. Don’t just read about it: see it, hear it, with step-by-step video tutorials and valuable audio sidebars delivered ....
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Protecting Your Business’ Intellectual Property: Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, and Trade Secrets
Author Bruce Barringer
This Element is an excerpt from The Truth About Starting a Business (9780137144501), by Bruce R. Barringer. Available in print and digital formats.Failing to protect your intellectual property can destroy your business. Learn how to keep it from happening to you.Ima....
Release Date 2010/08 -
Author Deepa Prahalad , Ravi Sawhney
This Element is an excerpt from Predictable Magic: Unleash the Power of Design Strategy to Transform Your Business (9780137023486) by Deepa Prahalad and Ravi Sawhney. Available in print and digital formats.The #1 secret to building powerful emotional connections int....
Release Date 2010/08 -
The Truth About Creating Effective Feedback Loops with Your Employees
Author William S. Kane
This Element is an excerpt from The Truth About Thriving in Change (9780132354622) by William S. Kane. Available in print and digital formats.A manager’s guide to getting the right information, giving the right feedback, and pushing the right buttons.Today, research....
Release Date 2010/08 -
Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Server 1.5
Author Drew Tucker
Designed for video-production professionals, Final Cut Server sets the standard for intuitive media asset management, making it easy to manage large collections of media files efficiently. In this Apple-authorized reference guide, system integrator Drew Tucker takes....
Release Date 2010/08 -
Author Suzanne Ginsburg
With over 150,000 apps in the App Store, it has become increasingly challenging for app designers and developers to differentiate their apps. The days are long gone when it was possible to crank out an app over the weekend and refine it after receiving a few not so ....
Release Date 2010/08 -
InDesign CS5 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide
Author Sandee Cohen
Adobe InDesign CS5 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide highlights the important new features, as well as covering the ones readers have relied on in previous versions of InDesign. Complete coverage of InDesign CS5's new features includes: tools for i....
Release Date 2010/08 -
Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 Classroom in a Book
Author Adobe Creative Team
Those creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 choose Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 Classroom in a Book from the Adobe Creative Team at Adobe Press. The 22 project-based lessons in this book show readers st....
Release Date 2010/08 -
Design Informed: Driving Innovation with Evidence-Based Design
Author W. Mike Martin , FAIA , PhD , Gordon H. Chong , FAIA , Robert M. Brandt , AIA
The Power of Evidence to Create Design ExcellenceThis practical, accessible book—for design professionals and students alike—is about design excellence and how to achieve it. The authors propose an evidence-based design approach that builds on design ingenuity with ....
Release Date 2010/08 -
The H.264 Advanced Video Compression Standard, Second Edition
Author Iain E. Richardson
H.264 Advanced Video Coding or MPEG-4 Part 10 is fundamental to a growing range of markets such as high definition broadcasting, internet video sharing, mobile video and digital surveillance. This book reflects the growing importance and implementation of H.264 vide....
Release Date 2010/08 -
Author Cathy Lynn Austin , Jim Peterik , Dave Austin
Proven techniques for songwriting successThis friendly, hands-on guide tackles the new face of the recording industry, guiding you through the shift from traditional sales to downloads and mobile music, as well as how you can harness social media networks to get yo....
Release Date 2010/08 -
Creative Portraits: Digital Photography Tips & Techniques
Author Harold Davis
Go beyond the basic rules of photography to capture stunning portraits. Portrait photography is a vital topic for photographers of every level of experience, from amateur to professional. Written by renowned photographer Harold Davis, this inspirational book encoura....
Release Date 2010/08