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The tool on the cover of Home Theater Hacks is a film loupe. Invented around 1775, the loupe is a small magnifier used by jewelers, watchmakers, and photographers. Loupes come in several varieties. Watchmakers prefer the kind that are held by the eye socket. There are loupes that are worn as eyeglasses; others clip onto eyeglasses. Some are illuminated or have built-in tweezers. Photographers typically use handheld loupes to more closely study negatives and contact sheets.

Mary Anne Weeks Mayo was the production editor, Audrey Doyle was the copyeditor, and Leanne Soylemez was the proofreader for Home Theater Hacks. Darren Kelly provided quality control. Mary Agner provided production assistance. Reg Aubrey wrote the index.

Hanna Dyer designed the cover of this book, based on a series design by Edie Freedman. The cover image is an original photograph by Classic PIO Entertainment. Clay Fernald produced the cover layout with QuarkXPress 4.1 using Adobe’s Helvetica Neue and ITC Garamond fonts.

Melanie Wang designed the interior layout, based on a series design by David Futato. This book was converted by Julie Hawks to FrameMaker 5.5.6 with a format conversion tool created by Erik Ray, Jason McIntosh, Neil Walls, and Mike Sierra that uses Perl and XML technologies. The text font is Linotype Birka; the heading font is Adobe Helvetica Neue Condensed; and the code font is LucasFont’s TheSans Mono Condensed. The illustrations that appear in the book were produced by Robert Romano and Jessamyn Read using Macromedia FreeHand MX and Adobe Photoshop CS. This colophon was written by Mary Anne Weeks Mayo.