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Mac OS X Lion: Peachpit Learning Series

Robin Williams, John Tollett The latest update of Robin Williams bestselling guide will have you working miracles in no time with Mac OS X Lion. With this book, you can learn in your own way, whether it's working through the lessons from start to finish, jumping straight to step-by-step exercises about new features, or looking up just what you need to know at that moment. There are hundreds of exciting tools and hidden gems in your Mac. And with the gentle, yet expert, hand of Robin Williams guiding you along the way, you will learn to take full advantage of all that OS X Lion has to offer. If you are new to Mac OS X, you'll learn to use your Mac with help from a world-renowned teacher. From there, you can move on to customize it to suit the way you work. And if you've been using Mac OS X already, you'll learn to use all of the new features in OS X Lion including Multi-Touch Gestures, Launchpad, Mission Control, the App Store, Mail, and much more.

The iPad Project Book

Michael E. Cohen, Dennis Cohen, Lisa L. Spangenberg Bridging the gap between the palm-sized iPod touch and a full-sized computer, Apple's iPad offers enough screen area and horsepower to perform the day-to-day tasks most people want to do. Packed with practical knowledge, this book will walk readers through how to manage their most common projects, from the simple (setting up a calendar event) to the complex (planning a vacation) and everything in between. Readers will learn to use the iPad tools and applications by using them to create practical real-world projects and to master everyday tasks.

In this practical hands-on guide, you’ll learn how to
Organize a party: Set up the calendar event, create invitations, invite attendees, and mail out the invites.
Build a recipe scrapbook: Write up recipes in Pages (or find recipes via one of the useful recipe apps) and import pictures of the finished dish to go with the recipe in the book. Even learn iPad kitchen tips!
Plan a vacation: Buy tickets, find destination activities, and map out directions.
Watch videos: Stream videos with Air Video, convert high-quality movies from DVDs, and buy or rent videos from the iTunes Store.
Get smart: Learn another language with one of the many translation apps available, and build an illustrated deck of flash cards with common words and phrases.
Plus many more useful projects—both big and small— to help you do stuff with your iPad.

The Internet for Dummies

John R. Levine, Carol Baroudi A new edition includes a resource reference of public Internet service providers; specific instructions pertaining to DOS, Windows, Mac, and UNIX users; and guidelines on information retrieval from the Net. (Beginner).

Digital Shoebox: How to Organize, Find, and Share Your Photos, The

Sarah Bay Williams Most people are awash in digital photos—some taken, some received—stuffed here and there in random folders and albums across a hard drive. In The Digital Shoebox, Sarah Bay Williams, creator of the image archiving system used by the Academy Awards®, shares her foolproof method for effectively organizing, finding, and sharing photos so you never lose track of your most precious memories.

Unlike many books on digital photography that are driven by software, The Digital Shoebox teaches readers an easy-to-remember and easy-to-repeat system that doesn’t feel like homework or require learning lots of complicated software applications. Part 1 of the book guides readers through the seven most important steps for organizing photos; Part 2 is packed with tips on ways to enjoy and share those photos. Each chapter closes with some slightly more advanced information, should readers want to get "technical."

Based on the author’s experience as photography coordinator for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and as someone who simply loves taking photos, The Digital Shoebox is the first concise and user-centered guide solely dedicated to organizing a personal digital photography collection.
Takes a fun and easy-to-implement approach to asset management, featuring a friendly writing style and charming illustrationsTeaches the seven key steps needed to help users keep photos organized, available, and safeIncludes a "Beyond the Box" section at the end of each chapter for more advanced readers who want to move beyond the basics

iMovie 09 and iDVD for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide

Jeff Carlson Visual QuickStart Guide—the quick and easy way to learn!

This full-color, amply illustrated, accessible book teaches readers the essential skills necessary for creating compelling movies with iMovie '09 and iDVD, Apple's consumer-friendly digital movie and DVD-burning software applications. Readers can follow the step-by-step instructions from the beginning to get a tour of the applications or look up specific tasks to learn just what they need to know. Longtime Macintosh and technology writer Jeff Carlson takes extra steps to ensure that readers understand all of the key aspects of digital movie making.

Easy visual approach uses pictures to guide you through iMovie '09 and iDVD (and how they interact with the other iLife ’09 applications) and show you what to do.Concise steps and explanations let you get up and running in no time.Page for page, the best content and value around.

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide

Maria Langer The latest update of this best-selling Visual QuickStart Guide will have you up and running in no time with Snow Leopard, the fastest and most reliable version of the Mac OS X ever. Respected, best-selling author Maria Langer will take you through all of Mac OS X's groundbreaking capabilities and new features. With plenty of screenshots to clearly illustrate techniques, this reasonably priced guide is a great reference to the essentials of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.

Get up and running in no time with the best-selling Visual QuickStart guides. The key to their worldwide popularity: concise, step-by-step explanations of core tools and techniques in a task-based reference format, with plenty of screenshots to keep you on track as you work.

The Photoshop Elements 8 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)
The Photoshop Elements 8 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)

Scott Kelby/ Matt Kloskowski This book (for Windows and Mac) breaks new ground by doing something for digital photographers that’s never been done before—it cuts through the bull and shows you exactly “how to do it.” It’s not a bunch of theory; it doesn’t challenge you to come up with your own settings or figure things out on your own. Instead, it does something that virtually no other Elements book has ever done—it tells you flat-out which settings to use, when to use them, and why. If you’re looking for one of those “tell-me-everything-about-the-Unsharp-Maskfilter” books, this isn’t it. You can grab any other Elements book on the shelf, because they all do that. Instead, this book gives you the inside tips and tricks of the trade for organizing, correcting, editing, sharpening, retouching, and presenting your photos like a pro. You’ll be absolutely amazed at how easy and effective these techniques are—once you know the secrets.

You’ll learn:
The real secrets of how the pros retouch portraitsHow to color correct any photo without breaking a sweat (you’ll be amazed at how they do it!)How to use Camera Raw for processing not only RAW photos, but JPEGs and TIFFs, too! (And you’ll learn why so many pros like it best— because it’s faster and easier)The sharpening techniques the pros really use (there’s an entire chapter just on this!)How to deal with common digital camera image problems, including removing noise and avoiding halosThe most requested photographic special effects, and much more!The Book's Secret Weapon
Although Elements 8 offers some digital photography features that Photoshop CS4 doesn’t offer, there are plenty of features that Photoshop CS4 has that Elements 8 still doesn’t have (things like paths, Channel Mixer, etc.). But in this book, you’ll learn some slick workarounds, cheats, and some fairly ingenious ways to replicate many of those Photoshop features from right within Elements. Plus, since this book is designed for photographers, it doesn’t waste your time talking about how to frame a shot, setting your exposure, etc., and there’s no talk about which camera or printer to buy. It’s all Elements, step-by-step, cover-to-cover, in the only book of its kind!

The Photoshop Elements 6 Book for Digital Photographers
The Photoshop Elements 6 Book for Digital Photographers

Scott Kelby/ Matt Kloskowski Best-selling author Scott Kelby pairs up with Matt Kloskowski to deliver the definitive book on using Photoshop Elements 6 to create the best possible images. With this newest release of Photoshop Elements, Scott and Matt show readers how to work with their images like a pro, from importing to organization to correction to output. Readers will learn all they need to know about the digital photography workflow, as well as the latest secrets of the pros to help them create the best special effects, apply the most useful sharpening techniques, and avoid many of the hassles and problems that are encountered in digital photography (such as digital noise and color halos).

Linux for Dummies, Fifth Edition
Linux for Dummies, Fifth Edition

Dee-Ann LeBlanc This friendly guide gives Linux newcomers the lowdown on how to install and use Linux on the desktop-and join the worldwide community of twenty million Linux usersShows how to get up and running with the latest versions of Red Hat Linux as well as two other popular Linux distributions: Mandrake and SuSECovers prepping a computer for Linux, booting and stopping Linux, connecting to the Internet, surfing the Web, using e-mail, working with cool Internet tools, and manipulating files and directoriesNow revised with enhanced coverage of the OpenOffice.org Desktop Productivity Suite.Includes a DVD that contains all of the CD-ROMs that make up the full Fedora Core Distribution, including the source code.

Mac OS X Tiger For Dummies
Mac OS X Tiger For Dummies

Bob LeVitus Mac OS X just keeps getting better! The newest cat in the pack, 10.4 Tiger, has new bells and whistles and terrific updates that make it even easier and more fun to use, which is why you won’t want to miss out on the helpful guidance this book has to offer.

Written by “Dr. Mac” himself, veteran Macintosh expert Bob LeVitus, Mac OS X Tiger For Dummies is perfect whether you’re brand-new to the Mac or you’re a longtime Mac-thusiast. You’ll find sections on Basic Mac usage, including keyboard and mouse, menus, windows, the Dock, saving and backing up files, and getting around OS XInternet ins and outs, how to print from your Mac, and the how and why of System PreferencesHow to set up a network, share files, and troubleshoot problemsStep-by-step installation instructions for OS X, and a lot more

Bob LeVitus reaches over a million readers weekly with his “Dr. Mac” column in the Houston Chronicle, and his books have sold more than a million copies worldwide. In this one, he helps you Find your way around the new Finder, go Web surfing with the cool new Safari browser, and search smarter with SpotlightUse Preferences to personalize your system for the way you workHandle removable media, including CDs, DVDs, and even classic devices like zip drivesManage files, use file sharing, and protect your precious data —painlesslyTake advantage of Dashboard widgets, navigate nested folders, and make the most of Tiger

With the friendly and expert advice in this book, you’ll tame the Tiger in no time. Then, when you’re ready to delve deeper into some of the specific applications like digital media, check out other For Dummies guides, including iLife '04 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (ISBN 0-7645-7347-0).

Computer Tips: For Artists, Designers, and Desktop Publishers
Computer Tips: For Artists, Designers, and Desktop Publishers

Scott Wills A collection of techniques, shortcuts, work-arounds, and good advice for anyone who prepares desktop publications. The newest reference in the practical TIPS series, Computer Tips focuses on specific computer-aided design and production tasks and issues for those who work on either the Macintosh or the PC platform for print or electronic publication. Among the topics covered are electronic file types and uses, workspace organization, font management, data compression and storage, working with Postscript, special effects, scanning and resolution, prepress, color calibration, modems, multimedia, and web site design, with emphasis on how to adapt traditional techniques and materials to digital use and use low-tech equipment for high-tech results. A glossary of essential terms and list of resources is included.

iPhoto 5: Missing Manual
iPhoto 5: Missing Manual

David Pogue/ Derrick Story Our Missing Manual is hands-down the bestselling book on iPhoto. And now, updated to cover Apple's newest release, iPhoto 5: The Missing Manual comes fully loaded—and in full color—so you can exercise all the power, flexibility, and creativity of the stunning new iPhoto 5.

Some of iPhoto 5's fifty new features are tiny nips and tucks, such as menu rewordings, quiet refinements, and secret keystrokes that take most people days to stumble through. Others are big-ticket overhauls aimed at both power users (RAW-file import and editing, color correction sliders, real-time histogram) and everyday shutterbugs (nested file folders, individual-photo control in slideshows, and a completely rewritten book-layout kit). Additional improvements include a robust search feature (similar to that of iTunes) and the addition of "objects" for slideshow and book projects (using objects, you can manipulate images without affecting pictures in your master library).

iPhoto 5: The Missing Manual covers them all with the scrupulous objectivity, clever wit, and technical wisdom you count on from David Pogue along with the Mac and digital photography expertise of Derrick Story.

Their authoritative guide starts out with a crash course on digital photography, complete with tutorials on buying a digital camera, composing brilliant photos in various situations (including sports photography, portraits, nighttime photography—even kid photography!) and making digital movies. iPhoto 5: The Missing Manual then launches into every detail of iPhoto, from camera-meets-Mac basics to storing, searching, and editing; from sharing your digital photography with the world (via customized slideshows—complete with iTunes soundtrack, if you like—prints, photo books, email, the Web, and even your network) to exporting to QuickTime and iDVD. And don't forget iPhoto "stunts," such as building custom screen savers and desktop backdrops; exporting pictures; making the most of plug-ins, add-ons, and beef-ups; using AppleScript; and managing files with backups, CDs, and photo libraries.

iPhoto 5: The Missing Manual gives you everything you need to become the digital photographer extraordinaire you want to be.

Mac OS X Tiger Killer Tips
Mac OS X Tiger Killer Tips

Scott Kelby Tips rule!

Have you ever noticed that in just about every Mac book, the author will include a couple of tips in each chapter (you'll usually find them in the sidebar, or at the bottom of the page in a tinted box). Sometimes it's a shortcut, a faster way to do something, or a clever workaround that just makes your life easier. People really love those tips, but there's only one problem—there's never enough of them.

That's why Scott Kelby, bestselling author and Editor-in-Chief of Mac Design magazine came up with the idea to create a book that's nothing but "sidebar" tips. That's right—this entire book, cover-to-cover is packed with nothing but those cool inside secrets, slick workarounds, undocumented shortcuts, and sneaky little tricks that will make you faster, better, and have more fun using Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger).

Nothing but the tips!

You're not going to find complicated descriptions on how to configure a network, how to partition a hard drive, or lines and lines of scary-looking UNIX code—instead this book is nothing but cool tips—and it's all written in Scott's casual, plain English style so you can start using these tips today. Plus, this book does the standard "sidebar tip" one better by including a clear screen capture with nearly every tip, so you can see exactly how it's all done.

Not just tips. Killer tips!

To be in this book, every tip has got to be a "Killer Tip" (the kind of tip that makes you nod and smile, then call all your Mac buddies to tune them up with your new-found power). Scott's a total "hip hound" (in fact, it was Scott who created the entire smash-bestselling "Killer Tips" book series), and he doesn't hold anything back—it's all here from the man who literally "wrote the book" on cool productivity tips.If you like doing things the easy way, if you like getting twice the work done in half the time, and if you get a kick out of knowing all the "inside secrets and undocumented shortcuts" that will wow your friends and coworkers, you're absolutely going to love this book.

Apple Training Series: Mac OS X Support Essentials v10.6: A Guide to Supporting and Troubleshooting Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard
Apple Training Series: Mac OS X Support Essentials v10.6: A Guide to Supporting and Troubleshooting Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard

Kevin M. White The only Apple-certified book on Mac OS X v10.6, this revised best-seller will take you deep inside the latest big-cat operating system—covering everything from installation to automation, customizing the operating system, supporting applications, setting up peripherals, and more. Whether you're a support technician or simply an ardent Mac user, you'll quickly learn and master the new features in Mac OS X 10.6, including native support for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. Following the learning objectives of the Apple Certified Support Professional exam, this self-paced book is a perfect guide for Apple’s training and a first-rate primer for computer support personnel who need to troubleshoot and optimize Mac OS X as part of their jobs. Chapter review sections and quizzes summarize and reinforce acquired knowledge.

The Apple Training Series serves as both a self-paced learning tool and the official curriculum for the Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server certification programs.

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

Robin Williams, John Tollett

The Macintosh iLife 09
The Macintosh iLife 09

Jim Heid The definitive iLife reference, completely updated and revised!

The Macintosh iLife ’09 is a lavishly illustrated handbook packed with easy-to-follow instructions, essential technical background, and tips for iLife users of all levels.

Each two-page spread is a self-contained tutorial or set of tips. Everything you need is at your fingertips, and every page is updated for iLife ’09, including coverage of the Faces feature in iPhoto that allows users to organize their photos based on who's in them, the new Animated Travel Maps in iMovie that enhances vacation movies with eye-catching animations and much more!

Organize your photos using iPhoto's new Faces facial-recognition and Places geotagging technologiesShare your photos on Flickr and FacebookCreate spectacular slide shows using iPhoto's new slide show themesMaster the spectacular new features iMovie '09, including the precision editor, motion stabilization, video effects, and motion- graphics themesImprove your photography and video-shooting techniquesAssemble a video library with the all-new iMovie—and create animated Travel Maps in your scenesProduce spectacular slide shows, photo books, calendars, and greeting cardsRecord and arrange your own music with GarageBandCreate and publish your own Web sites, blogs, and podcastsPreserve the past: digitize old records, photos, and movies
Get updates, tips, and much more at this book’s companion Web site, www.macilife.com.

Apple Training Series: GarageBand 09
Apple Training Series: GarageBand 09

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 Mary Plummer starts by teaching you the interface and basic recording techniques and moves on to arranging a song, editing and mixing tracks, adding effects, and distributing your music files. Using practical step-by-step lessons and original music, you’ll learn how to record with any guitar, microphone, or MIDI keyboard; score a QuickTime movie; create an iPhone ringtone; jam with virtual musicians; and much more. A bonus lesson on advanced techniques covers little-known tips and time-savers that help you get the most out of GarageBand in a professional setting.

• Turn your Mac into a full-featured recording studio

• Arrange a song, edit and mix tracks, add effects, and distribute your music

• Use Magic GarageBand Jam to create your own virtual backing band

• Create a podcast complete with narration, music, sound effects, and artwork.

• Build a soundtrack and learn to score a professional trailer

• Create a fun iPhone ringtone from scratch

• Learn piano and guitar through interactive video lessons with legendary recording artists

iPhoto 09 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide
iPhoto 09 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide

Adam Engst Visual QuickStart Guide—the quick and easy way to learn!

With iPhoto '09 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide, readers can start from the beginning to get a tour of the applications, or look up specific tasks to learn just what they need to know. This task-based, visual guide uses step-by-step instructions and hundreds of full-color screenshots to teach beginning and intermediate users how to make the most out of their digital photos with iPhoto '09. Perfect for anyone who needs to learn the program inside out, this guide covers everything from importing, tagging, editing, and perfecting images to creating slideshows and photo albums to easy online Web publishing. Readers will learn about everything new in iPhoto '09, including: Faces, which allows you to organize your photos based on who’s in them; Places, which uses data from GPS-enabled cameras or your iPhone's camera to categorize photos by location with easily recognizable names; themed slideshows; online sharing via Facebook and Flickr with one click; enhanced photo editing tools; and more.

Apple Training Series: iWork 09
Apple Training Series: iWork 09

Richard Harrington In the only Apple-certified guide to iWork ’09, you’ll learn to create everything from first-rate business presentations and newsletters to effective budgets and event planners. Focused lessons take you step by step through all aspects of Keynote, Pages, and Numbers. The self-paced book/DVD combo uses real-life material and practical lessons that you can apply immediately to your own projects. You’ll learn to:

• Master the iWork suite of tools quickly through fun, real-world projects
• Design a Keynote presentation from storyboard to Web export
• Add animated charts and custom backgrounds to a presentation with ease
• Publish great-looking newsletters and brochures in print and on the Web
• Build a professional marketing package from scratch
• Create expense reports, track budgets, and plan special events
• Sort, organize, and chart data using sophisticated spreadsheet calculations

The Apple Training Series is both a self-paced learning tool and the official curriculum of the Apple Training and Certification Program. To find out more about Apple Training, or to find an Authorized Training Center near you, go to www.apple.com/training.

Apple Training Series: iLife 09
Apple Training Series: iLife 09

Michael E. Cohen/ Michael Wohl/ Richard Harrington/ Mary Plummer In the only Apple-certified guide to iLife ’09, the authors have you working miracles with iLife within the first few pages. Featuring footage and images from around the world, this book/DVD combo uses real-life material and practical lessons that you can apply immediately to your own projects. Focused lessons take you step by step through all aspects of iLife ’09—everything from organizing and sharing your photo library to creating polished video and soundtracks. Along the way, you’ll produce movies, photobooks, podcasts, websites, blogs, and custom DVDs.

• Master the iLife suite of tools quickly through fun, real-world projects
• Turn your photos into cards, picture books, calendars, or a web gallery
• Add motion and music to a slideshow, then publish it online
• Create a video with polished transitions, music, effects, and even greenscreen
• Learn “Hollywood-style” techniques for making better videos
• Build a soundtrack in GarageBand, and learn to score a simple movie
• Create websites, blogs, podcasts, and DVD menus in a snap.

The Apple Training Series is both a self-paced learning tool and the official curriculum of the Apple Training and Certification Program. To find out more about Apple Training, or to find an Authorized Training Center near you, go to www.apple.com/training.

The iPod Book: Doing Cool Stuff with the iPod and the iTunes Store
The iPod Book: Doing Cool Stuff with the iPod and the iTunes Store (5th Edition)

Scott Kelby Are you looking for a book that focuses on just the most important and most useful stuff about your iPod (including the iPod touch, the nano, shuffle, and the iTunes Store)? Well, this is it!

There are basically two kinds of iPod books: (1) The “tell-me-all-about-it” kind, which include in-depth discussions on compression algorithms and tutorials on how to export your playlist in Unicode format. (2) Then there’s this book—a “show-me-how-to-do-it” book. Scott shows you step by step how to do the things people really want to learn about their iPods, and he uses the same casual, conversational style that has made him the world’s #1 best-selling technology author. This book focuses on just the most important, most requested, most useful things so you can start having fun with your iPod today. Right now! Plus, there’s only one topic per page, so if you want to know how to do something, you turn to that page and it shows you how to do just that one thing. It's a simple approach, and people really love learning this way!

As an added bonus, you can check out the best iPod accessories by visiting Terry White's Tech Blog (http://terrywhite.com/techblog).

Mac OS X Leopard Killer Tips
Mac OS X Leopard Killer Tips

Scott Kelby/ Dave Gales Killer Tips books are written with one goal in mind: to allow the reader to work faster and smarter. In other books, you’ll often find that the most useful information is found in sidebars, tips, and notes. In a Killer Tips book, there’s nothing to weed through: it’s all sidebars, tips, and notes! Here, Scott Kelby gives you only the best tips and info on Mac OS X Leopard, covering all of the new features, including Time Machine, the revolutionary and completely unique backup system; Spaces, which allows the user to totally customize different window configurations based on their needs; Spotlight, which now allows the user to search across an entire network (not just the user’s computer); and much more. Scott Kelby’s trademark style—both direct and humorous—is easily accessible to all readers, who will appreciate all the great information here, as well as the book’s clear and focused presentation.

Apple Training Series: iLife 08 (Apple Training)
Apple Training Series: iLife 08 (Apple Training)

Michael Cohen/ Jeff Bollow/ Richard Harrington iLife 08
iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, iWeb, iDVD

In the only Apple-certified guide to iLife '08, the authors have you working miracles with iLife within the first few pages. Featuring footage and images from around the world, this book/DVD combo uses real-life material and practical lessons that you can apply immediately to your own projects. Focused lessons take you step by step through all aspects of iLife '08—everything from organizing and sharing your photo library to creating polished video and soundtracks. Along the way, you’ll produce podcasts, websites, blogs, video blogs, and custom DVDs. Master the iLife suite of tools quickly through fun, real-world projectsTurn your photos into cards, picture books, calendars, or a web galleryAdd motion and sound to your slideshows, then publish them onlineCreate a polished video with transitions, music, and effectsLearn "Hollywood-style" techniques for making better videosBuild a soundtrack in GarageBand, and learn to score a simple moviePublish Web sites, blogs, podcasts, and DVD menus with ease.SPECIAL NOTE: Before starting the lessons in the book, visit www.peachpit.com/atsilife08 for important lesson file updates.

Apple Training Series: A Teacher's Guide to Digital Media in the Classroom (Apple Training)
Apple Training Series: A Teacher's Guide to Digital Media in the Classroom (Apple Training)

Richard Harrington In this Apple-certified guide, Richard Harrington shows teachers how to integrate digital media arts into their existing curriculum using iLife ’08, iWork ’08, and practical, step-by-step projects. Developed in collaboration with the Pearson Education Foundation in accordance with the National Educational Technology Standards council, the book includes class-room tested guidelines from the Foundation's Digital Media Arts program, as well as inspirational profiles of successful digital media classroom projects around the world. Designed to be used with Apple Training Series: iLife ’08 and Apple Training Series: iWork 08, this guide covers everything from designing a photo essay to creating polished video projects, and will have teachers and students producing websites, podcasts, video blogs, and DVDs in no time. Students learn to:

• Express a Feeling: Create a photo-essay slideshow, add sound, and publish it on the web
• Make a Factual Case: Track data in a spreadsheet, organize it into charts, then deliver it as a Keynote presentation
• Make a Persuasive Case: Research an issue, develop an argument, and create a PSA in iMovie and burn it to DVD
• Solve a Problem: Reconcile income and expenses in a household budget and chart financial scenarios
• Tell a Story: Document the personal history of a community leader in a short, sophisticated movie

Robin Williams Cool Mac Apps: Twelve apps for enhanced creativity and productivity (3rd Edition) (Little Series)
Robin Williams Cool Mac Apps: Twelve apps for enhanced creativity and productivity (3rd Edition) (Little Series)

John Tollett/ Robin Williams This popular book shows readers how to take advantage of the iLife '08 applications that to many are the coolest parts of using a Mac. Through tutorials, tips, and techniques readers will learn how to use each of the powerful applications — individually and as part of an integrated, interactive suite. Robin and John also cover the features of the immensely popular .Mac Web Gallery, which enables you to share your iPhoto library with family and friends with just a few clicks. Friendly, practical instructions will have new and veteran Mac owners using all that's new in the suite in no time. They'll find everything about getting on the Internet and using email; using the way-cool iChat AV, which adds audio and video to instant messaging; using iTunes, including access to the iTunes Music Store; the new video libary in iMovie; new organization and editing tools in iPhoto; new animated themes in iDVD; and much more!

The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book: The Complete Guide for Photographers
The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book: The Complete Guide for Photographers

Martin Evening While Adobe Photoshop has long been their choice for editing digital photographs, many photographers want a more focused tool. That’s where Adobe Photoshop Lightroom comes in. Designed from the ground up with digital photographers in mind, Photoshop Lightroom offers powerful editing features in a streamlined interface that lets photographers import, sort, and organize images. This completely updated and expanded bestseller, The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book, was also written with photographers in mind. Author Martin Evening describes features in Photoshop Lightroom 2 in detail from a photographer’s perspective. As an established commercial and fashion photographer, Martin knows first-hand what photographers need for an efficient workflow. He has also been working with Lightroom from the beginning, monitoring the product’s development and providing feedback on the public beta. As a result, Martin knows the software inside and out, from image selection to image editing to image management.

The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book contains 624 pages of comprehensive and detailed coverage of all aspects of Lightroom. In this book you’ll learn how to:

• Work efficiently with images shot in the raw or JPEG format
• Import photographs with ease and sort them according to your workflow
• Create and manage a personal image library
• Apply tonal adjustments to multiple images quickly
• Integrate Photoshop Lightroom with Adobe Photoshop
• Export images for print or Web as digital contact sheets or personal
portfolios

The book structure has been organized to match a typical Lightroom workflow. The introductory chapter provides an overview of all the main Lightroom features, showing how Lightroom 2 was used on a studio photo shoot that was specially shot to illustrate the book. The following chapters cover all the essentials, such as importing photos, working with the Library module, and managing the catalog database. The biggest section of the book is devoted to working with the Develop module and provides some unique insights into working with new features such as the localized adjustment tools. There is also a whole chapter devoted to image sharpening and another on integrating Lightroom and Photoshop, where you will learn how to devise the best workflow methods for working between these two programs. This is followed by a chapter on printing and a presentation chapter on the Slideshow and Web modules. Lastly, there are two appendix chapters. One offers a complete overview of the Lightroom 2 preference settings, while the other provides some in-depth explanations and background reading on how the Lightroom program works.

The book is richly illustrated, mostly using the author’s own photographs, and one of the nice features of this book is the way enlarged panel views are used throughout, making it easier for readers to follow the settings used in the various step-by-step examples. There are also lots of tips that will help you take your Lightroom techniques to an advanced level.

If you are looking for the most comprehensive coverage of Lightroom, written by an author who is closely involved with the development of the program, this is the book to get.

About the Author
Martin Evening is a London-based advertising and fashion photographer and noted expert in both photography and digital imaging. In addition to being a bestselling author, Martin is sought after for speaking and lecturing. He also works with the Photoshop and Lightroom engineering teams, consulting on new feature development and alpha and beta testing. He is one of the founding members of PixelGenius, a software design company producing automated production and creative plug-ins for Photoshop.

Mac OS X Help Line, Tiger Edition
Mac OS X Help Line, Tiger Edition

Ted Landau/ Dan Frakes With every update, Mac OS X grows more powerful, more dependable, and easier to use—and Mac OS X Tiger is no exception. But along with the new features come fresh issues—new areas to troubleshoot, new functionality to unravel, and new glitches waiting to confound even the savviest Mac users. Not to worry.

Best-selling author and Mac guru Ted Landau turns his diagnostician's eye on Mac OS X Tiger, arming readers with fix-it knowledge This popular fix-it classic offers more troubleshooting information, tips, and hacks than any other single volume. Chock-full of detailed, understandable advice for maintaining and troubleshooting Mac OS X Tiger, this comprehensive reference is where users will turn before they head to the repair shop. Readers will find solutions for every Mac OS X problem under the sun plus the technical grounding they need to turn a diagnostic eye on their own operating systems. Filled with tips, tools, and preventive measures, the guide includes in-depth coverage of Library directories and folders, file and font maintenance, crash prevention and recovery, and more.

Real World Adobe Creative Suite 2 (Real World)
Real World Adobe Creative Suite 2 (Real World)

Sandee Cohen/ Steve Werner Adobe's Creative Suite offers a powerful unified design environment that includes Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS 2, InDesign CS2, GoLive CS2 and Acrobat 7.0. Problem is, you've still got to learn the thing, and learn it well: Your job, after all, depends on it. No one understands that better than the authors of this book, who draw on their own real-world professional knowledge to deliver all the industrial-strength production techniques and timesaving tips you need to start creating print and web projects with the Creative Suite 2 in record time. You'll find everything you need here to successfully master its advanced tools; working with the Adobe Bridge file browser, Stock Photos and more.

Macromedia Flash MX 2004 for Windows & Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Macromedia Flash MX 2004 for Windows & Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Katherine Ulrich New timeline effects and behaviors, better run-time performance (which equals faster graphics display and video playback), native support for PDF and EPS forms, a slew of workflow enhancements, an improved programming language, a redesigned interface—these are just a few in the long list of new features that have Web designers salivating over the newest version of their favorite Web tool: Macromedia Flash MX 2004. Whether you're brand new to the world of Flash development or a veteran chomping at the bit to take advantage of all the latest features, this task-based guide will have you creating high-impact, interactive Web sites with Flash MX 2004 in no time. Best-selling author Katherine Ulrich is at it again here, using simple step-by-step instructions and loads of visual aids to cover every aspect of Flash design—from the basics of vector animation to sophisticated interaction and transition effects. Throughout, you'll find the direct, friendly language and plethora of tips that have become the hallmark of the popular Visual QuickStart series.

Macromedia(R) Flash(TM) MX Hands-On-Training (Hands-On Training)
Macromedia(R) Flash(TM) MX Hands-On-Training (Hands-On Training)

Kymberlee Weil There's no better way for you to get your feet wet using Macromedia Flash MX than with a H.O.T. tutorial, Lynda Weinman's well-loved and unique style of instruction. With Macromedia Flash MX Hands-On Training, you'll learn core Macromedia Flash MX principles and techniques in a real-world Web design environment. The step-by-step projects build successively, teaching you not only the various features of Macromedia Flash MX, but also how to actually work with the program to achieve results. Each lesson is chock-full of background information, tips, and insight aimed at helping you understand the process as much as the exercise itself. And the accompanying CD-ROM includes both starter files and finished files for each lesson, as well as QuickTime instructional movies, so that you can learn by watching and doing.

Macromedia Flash MX H.O.T. covers all of the most important new features of Macromedia Flash MX, beginning with projects that focus on the MX interface, drawing and color tools, animation basics, tweening, symbols and instances, bitmaps, and more. As the projects progress, you'll tackle more complex techniques, such as working with movie clips, text, sound, and video. The latter part of the book addresses publishing and managing Macromedia Flash MX content, as well as how to create content by integrating other software into Macromedia Flash MX. If you're looking for an intelligent, approachable guide for learning Macromedia's latest version of Flash, you'll find lynda.com's Hands-On Training your e-ticket to Macromedia Flash MX expertise!

Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Hands-On Training
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Hands-On Training

Garo Green/ Abigail Rudner Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Hands-On Training is the latest, updated version of the highly acclaimed tutorial from leading Web-design trainers Garo Green and Abigail Rudner. Thousands of readers have learned how to use Dreamweaver by simply following the step-by-step exercises in this foolproof book. Advanced sections of the book show how to create interactive, moving elements in your Web site, and how to download and use the hundreds of free extensions available online to Macromedia Dreamweaver users. And throughout the book, readers learn useful bits of information about HTML, online type, Web color, and more, while Quicktime movie tutorials demonstrate complex techniques.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book for Digital Photographers,The (Voices That Matter)
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book for Digital Photographers,The (Voices That Matter)

Scott Kelby This book takes you beyond showing you which sliders do what to reveal the secrets of the new digital photography workflow using Adobe Lightroom, and he does it using three simple techniques that make this just a great learning tool: 1) Throughout the book Scott shares his own personal settings and studio tested techniques he s developed using Lightroom for his own photography workflow since well before Adobe released even the first Beta version. He knows what really works, what doesn t, and he tells you flat out which tools to use, which to avoid, and why. 2) The entire book is laid out in a real workflow order with everything step-by-step, so you can jump right in using Lightroom like a pro from the very start and sidestep a lot of productivity killing road blocks and time-wasting frustrations that might have tripped you up along the way. 3) In the last two bonus chapters Scott visually answers his No.1 most-asked Lightroom question, which is: Exactly what order am I supposed to do things in, and where does Photoshop fit in? Scott teaches this by showing every step of the entire process, from the initial shoot to the final prints. Both chapters start with an on-location photo shoot, including full details on the equipment, camera settings, and even the lighting techniques. You ll see it all as he takes the photos from each shoot all the way through the entire workflow process, to the final output of the 16x20 prints for the client.

The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book: The Complete Guide for Photographers
The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book: The Complete Guide for Photographers

Apple Pro Training Series: QuickTime Pro Quick-Reference Guide (Apple Pro Training)
Apple Pro Training Series: QuickTime Pro Quick-Reference Guide (Apple Pro Training)

Brian Gary/ Steve Martin/ Jem Schofield This handy 180-page book offers a great overview of QuickTime Pro, including a fundamental explanation of video encoding and an invaluable look-up guide of video codecs and the QuickTime Pro interface. Includes step-by-step tutorials for the five things people do most with QuickTime Pro: Capturing, editing, using different video tracks, exporting, and scripting QuickTime Pro actions with Automator. Available for both Windows and Mac, QuickTime 6 was downloaded more than 350 million times. Moreover 98% of those downloads were from PC users, at a rate of over 10 million per month. QuickTime Pro is now available and can be downloaded for $29.99.

Understanding Adobe Photoshop: Digital Imaging Concepts and Techniques
Understanding Adobe Photoshop: Digital Imaging Concepts and Techniques

Richard Harrington If you're exploring a career in digital imaging or design, then you're likely to encounter Photoshop along the way—you probably already have. But how well do you know it? Understanding Adobe Photoshop: Digital Image Concepts and Techniques goes beyond the school newspaper or internship and teaches you the fundamental digital imaging techniques in Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements that you'll need to succeed both in the classroom and the workforce. While many Photoshop books focus on features, tools, or techniques, this book covers both the basics and delves into specific skills, tricks, and uses in multimedia. With a friendly style and interactive DVD-ROM, Richard Harrington covers digital imaging basics (correcting, editing, sharpening, retouching, and presenting photos) and shows you real-world projects and exercises, including: digital painting; designing a CD/DVD label, magazine cover, and advertisements; creating Web sites/animations; and more!

How to Wow with Photoshop Elements 4 (How to Wow)
How to Wow with Photoshop Elements 4 (How to Wow)

Jack Davis/ Mike McHugh/ Wayne Rankin Wouldn't it be great if you could have three of the world's most accomplished and sought after Photoshop teachers sitting next to you at your computer as you navigate the infinite possibilities of Adobe Photoshop Elements 4?

How to Wow with Photoshop Elements 4 is the next best thing. Three Photoshop powerhouses—Jack Davis, Mike McHugh, and Wayne Rankin—all renowned authors, graphic designers, and trainers, have developed an effective way to help you reach your full creative potential.

Jack, Mike, and Wayne guide you step-by-step through real-world projects, with an emphasis on uncompromising quality, last-minute flexibility, and go-home-at-night speed! You'll learn tips and techniques on everything from common workflow problems and exciting photo enhancing techniques to custom projects and presentations using Photoshop Elements 4. Whether it's optimizing the color and tone of your image, retouching cosmetic undesirables, or creating custom presentations, you’re given the tools at every stage of the creative process in order to learn How to Wow!

This book begins with the essentials of workflow (including Sizing Images, Working with Layers, and Color Management) and then moves on to photo organizing and optimizing and retouching and enhancing. Next comes the fun with creative projects such as texturing your images and turning them into works of art, applying a virtual tattoo, creating custom wrapping paper, producing a multimedia presentation, making a Web photo gallery, and more. The How to Wow! companion CD makes it a snap and is packed with everything you need to work through the projects in the book and start creating your own graphics that wow!

This book is for Windows users only.

Photoshop Elements 3 for Windows & Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Photoshop Elements 3 for Windows & Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Craig Hoeschen Photoshop Elements 3, Adobe’s more accessible version of its flagship product, Photoshop, opens the door for amateur photographers, business users, students, and home users who want professional-looking images for their print and Web projects.

Photoshop Elements 3 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide uses task-based lessons to show readers how to capture photos from traditional or digital cameras, reduce red eye, correct color, work with layers, erase backgrounds, create photo-illustrations and Web graphics, simulate painting and drawing techniques, apply artistic effects, and more. Longtime graphic designer and digital imaging expert Craig Hoeschen provides concise, step-by-step instructions and plenty of screenshots to help users look up just what they need to know, while an eight-page color gallery shows off sample filters, effects, and plenty of retouching and compositing examples for additional inspiration.

The iPod Book: Doing Cool Stuff with the iPod and the iTunes Store, Third Edition
The iPod Book: Doing Cool Stuff with the iPod and the iTunes Store, Third Edition (3rd Edition)

Scott Kelby

AppleWorks 5 for Windows & Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)
AppleWorks 5 for Windows & Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)

C. Ann Brown With a simple name change and some modified screen elements, ClarisWorks 5 becomes AppleWorks, the integrated package that encompasses word processing, database, spreadsheet, graphics, and telecommunications modules, all of which allows users to create sophisticated documents quickly. Apple is so sold on its program that they have included AppleWorks on all their new iMacs, the new consumer Internet Macs for home, small business and school, a market that has already embraced Clarisworks. And what better match for an Internet Mac than a product rich with Internet capabilities and multimedia features, making it easy for users of all levels to add pictures, sound, and even QuickTime movies to their projects.AppleWorks for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide is a great tool for mastering the best of the "Swiss Army knife" applications. The Visual QuickStart Guide's simple-to-follow instructions, hundreds of screenshots, and loads of tips will help the beginner navigate Appleworks' many facets with confidence, and more seasoned users will value it as a useful reference. AppleWorks is extremely popular with small businesses and schools AppleWorks is pre-installed on Apple's new iMacs Previous editions of the book have sold more than 50,000 copies.

The book is filled with simple-to-follow instructions, carefully detailed illustrations, screenshots, and loads of tips for combining text, graphics, spreadsheets, tables, charts, and even video. Fully cross-platform approach addresses the needs of the largest number of users.

Teach Yourself VISUALLY Mac OS X Leopard (Teach Yourself VISUALLY (Tech))
Teach Yourself VISUALLY Mac OS X Leopard (Teach Yourself VISUALLY (Tech))

Lynette Kent Do you prefer instructions that show you how instead of telling you why? This book is packed with easy, visual directions and full-color screen shots that show you how to tackle more than 150 tasks with Mac OS X Leopard, including adding applications to the Dock, color-coding files and folders, viewing windows in Exposé, using the QuickTime player, storing files on your iPod, creating your own Web widgets, and more. Succinct explanations walk you through step by step.

Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual Tiger Edition

Apple Training Series: iWork 08 (Apple Training)
Apple Training Series: iWork 08 (Apple Training)

Richard Harrington/ RHED Pixel iWork 08
Keynote, Pages, Numbers

Apple's enhanced iWork productivity suite is poised to allow Mac users to create, present, and publish their work with style. iWork '08 offers three powerful applications—Pages ’08, Keynote ’08, and the brand-new spreadsheet program, Numbers '08—for creating everything from newsletters and stationery to polished business presentations to graphics-rich spreadsheets.

This self-paced learning guide, which includes a companion CD jam-packed with practical media files, takes readers step-by-step through essential, real-life tasks for home and office that cover all aspects of iWork '08. The book is both a self-paced learning tool and the official curriculum of the Apple Training and Certification Program, used by schools and training centers worldwide, and is ideal for users of all levels.

Apple Training Series: iLife '11

Dion Scoppettuolo, Mary Plummer The Apple Certified Way to Learn

In the only Apple certified guide to iLife, the authors have you working wonders with iLife ’11 within the first few pages. Featuring compelling footage and images, this book/DVD combo uses real-life material and practical lessons that you can apply immediately to enhance your own projects. Focused lessons take you step by step through all aspects of iLife—everything from organizing and editing your photo library to creating polished movies and soundtracks. Along the way, you’ll produce movie trailers, photo books, soundtracks, and music and learn to publish and share your projects.

Master the iLife suite of tools quickly through fun, real-world projectsFix, rate, and share your photos with friends and family
Turn your photos into keepsake books and slideshows
Create professional looking sports highlights from your home videos
Learn to make a “Hollywood-style” movie trailer
Play and record music with expert guidance
Fix, arrange,and mix music like a pro
Publish and share your projects with iWeb and iDVDThe Apple Training Series is both a self-paced learning tool and the official curriculum of the Apple Training and Certification Program. To find out more about Apple Training, or to find an Authorized Training Center near you, go to www.apple.com/training.

About the Authors:
DionScoppettuolo is an Apple Certified Trainer, marketing consultant, and avid travel photographer who has taught classes on Apple products worldwide. Before starting his own company, he was at Apple, Inc., for over seven years, where he worked as Senior Product Manager on iMovie and Final Cut Studio. Dion is also the author of Apple Pro Training Series: Aperture 3. Mary Plummer is a professional musician, composer,and video editor.She is an Apple Final Cut Studio MasterTrainer and the co-owner of InVisionDigital and Media Arts Inc.,an Apple Authorized Training Center located at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. She has written numerous books including Apple Training Series:iLife’09 and Apple Training Series:GarageBand’09.

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Peachpit Learning Series
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Peachpit Learning Series

Robin Williams Learn how to get the most out of Mac OS X version 10.5 Leopard with legendary teacher and author Robin Williams.

The Peachpit Learning Series brings you the best-selling authors you know and love, on the topics that are near and dear to you, in a format that allows you to learn just what you need to know, and at your own pace. With this book, you can learn in your own way—whether it’s working through the lessons from start to finish, jumping straight to step-by-step exercises about new features, or looking up just what you need to know at that moment. There are hundreds of exciting tools and hidden gems in your Macintosh. And with the gentle yet expert hand of Robin Williams guiding you along the way, you will learn to take full advantage of all that Leopard has to offer. If you are new to Mac OS X, you'll learn to use your Mac with help from a world-renowned teacher. From there, you can move on to customize it to suit the way you work. And if you've been using Mac OS X already, you'll learn to use the new features in Leopard, like Spaces, Quick Look, and Time Machine, and explore all the enhancements to favorites like Mail and iChat.

How to Do Everything with Mac OS X Tiger (How to Do Everything)
How to Do Everything with Mac OS X Tiger (How to Do Everything)

Kirk McElhearn Experience the excitement of Apple’s revolutionary new release with help from this hands-on guide. How to Do Everything with Mac OS X Tiger explains all the features. Learn to use the Finder to easily navigate files, folders, and applications, set up and manage user accounts, access the Internet, and print and fax documents. Digital entertainment features such as iPhoto, iMovie, and iTunes are also covered, as are easy methods for networking and security. A special two-color section called “Writers and Their Macs” profiles famous writers such as Arthur Golden (Memoirs of a Geisha) and screenwriter Mike Rich (Finding Forrester) who discuss how their Macs are integral to their creativity.

The Macintosh iLife 08
The Macintosh iLife 08

Jim Heid The definitive iLife reference, completely updated and revised!

The Macintosh iLife ’08 is a lavishly illustrated handbook packed with easy-to-follow instructions, essential technical background, and tips for iLife users of all levels. Now in its sixth edition, it’s the world’s top-selling iLife book.

• Shop ’til you drop at the iTunes Store—and wirelessly with the iPhone and iPod touch
• Create a digital media center with Apple TV and your widescreen TV set
• Improve your photography and video-shooting techniques
• Produce spectacular slide shows, photo books, calendars, and greeting cards
• Refine your photos to perfection with iPhoto’s new editing tools
• Share photos via email, .Mac Web Gallery, DVD slide shows, and more
• Assemble a video library with the all-new iMovie—and share your creations on YouTube
• Record and arrange your own music with GarageBand
• Create and publish your own Web sites, blogs, and podcasts
• Preserve the past: digitize old records, photos, and movies

The book: Each two-page spread is a self-contained tutorial or set of tips. Everything you need is at your fingertips, and every page is updated for iLife ’08, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, the iPhone, and latest iPods.

The Web site: Get updates, tips, and much more at this book’s companion Web site, www.macilife.com.

Mac OS X Version 10.2 Jaguar Little Black Book
Mac OS X Version 10.2 Jaguar Little Black Book

Gene Steinberg The Mac OS X Version 10.2 Jaguar Little Black Book is the complete, no-nonsense guide to using Apple’s revolutionary new operating system. It is your essential reference with the critical information you need to install and use Apple’s Unix-based operating system. From the extraordinary graphics of its interface to its industrial-strength core, Mac OS X V. 10.2 (Jaguar) promises to bring the aging Mac operating system into the 21st century. You’ll learn commonsense strategies for installing Mac OS X Version 10.2 and discover the hidden tips and tricks to harness its powerful features. You’ll also discover many of the new programs that deliver on Mac OS X’s promise.

This book will help all Mac users:
• Discover successful Mac OS X Jaguar installation trategies
• Configure Mac OS X Jaguar for maximum performance
• Learn the secrets of the Mac OS X Finder
• Set up the Mac OS X desktop for maximum efficiency
• Configure your Mac for multiple users
• Integrate Mac OS X into small and large networks
• Harness the power of AppleScript for desktop automation
• Install new hardware under Mac OS X Jaguar
• Take Mac OS X Jaguar on the road
• Discover the new Mac OS X Jaguar applications
• Explore Mac OS X’s Unix environment
• Learn how to quickly troubleshoot Mac OS X Jaguar

Adobe InDesign CS3 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques
Adobe InDesign CS3 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques

John Cruise/ Kelly Kordes Anton Build your InDesign expertise,one technique at a time. In Adobe InDesign CS3 How-Tos, authors John Cruise and Kelly Kordes Anton bring you 100 carefully selected techniques to help you get right to work in InDesign, the world’s most powerful page layout program. Their strategy is to focus on those features you’re most likely to use, showcasing each in a clearly explained, well-illustrated, stand-alone technique—complete with a relevant hint or two. These bite-sized lessons offer a great way to learn just what you need to know when you need it, exploring the program in a way, and at a pace, that makes sense to you. Before you know it, you’ll master all these tools and techniques, and more:

• Customize the interface [Tip #6]
• Add metadata to documents [Tip #14]
• I nsert variable text [Tip #29]
• Add special effects to type [Tip #34]
• Format tables with styles [Tip #45]
• U se spot colors, process colors, and tints [Tip #74]
• Paginate a book [Tip #86]
• U se PDF presets for output [Tip #96].

Mac OS X for Dummies
Mac OS X for Dummies

Bob LeVitus Mac OS X includes dozens of new or improved features to make using your Mac easier, as well as dozens more that help you do more work in less time. Now you can use these new features to be more productive, have fewer headaches, reduce your cholesterol level, and fall in love with your Mac all over again.

With Mac OS X For Dummies, you'll be managing files, storing documents, launching programs, adjusting the way the machine works, and much more in the short time it takes to move through the smoothest reference guide you'll ever meet (and re-greet every time you need a trusted resource for fast, friendly answers). In this updated volume, you'll find out what make your Mac a Mac, in addition to discovering The new-fangled Finder windowThe big deal on the DockIcon info galoreA sea of menus and shortcutsStraight talk on folder navigation

Navigating the depths of Mac OS X safely and sanely is a breeze with the coverage in this must-have companion to your Apple product. Written by renowned Mac expert and best-selling author Bob LeVitus, Mac OS X For Dummies takes you from basic training to advanced maneuvers, including Customizing Finder Windows with ViewsMastering the Save Sheet and the Open Dialog BoxHaggling with Removable MediaApplying yourself to the Applications FolderBacking up by using commercial softwareTroubleshooting operating system annoyancesTuning into cool programs and preferences that you may use every day

Whether you’re brand-spanking new to the Mac or a grizzled old Mac-vet, Mac OS X For Dummies proves that exploring the ins and outs of Mac OS X can be fun, easy, and totally habit-forming.

Apple Training Series: Mac OS X Support Essentials (2nd Edition) (Apple Training)
Apple Training Series: Mac OS X Support Essentials (2nd Edition) (Apple Training)

Kevin M. White The only Apple-certified book on supporting Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, this comprehensive reference takes support technicians and Mac aficionados deep inside the new operating system, covering everything from installation to networking technologies, and more. Following the learning objectives of the Apple Certified Support Professional exam, the lessons in this self-paced volume serve as a perfect guide for Apple’s own training class and a first-rate primer for computer support personnel who need to troubleshoot and optimize Mac OS X as part of their jobs. Lesson-review quizzes reinforce the knowledge gained along the way.

Mac Maintenance and Backups

joe Kissell

Podcasting and Blogging with GarageBand and iWeb
Podcasting and Blogging with GarageBand and iWeb

Robin Williams/ John Tollett If you've got something to say and want to join the podcasting revolution but don't know how to start, this short and approachable guide from bestselling authors Robin Williams and John Tollett will teach you how to create and distribute podcasts using Apple's easy-to-use audio and Web site tools. Using the Garageband and iWeb tools from Apple's iLife 06 suite of tools, Robin and John show you how to create professional sounding and looking podcasts, including how to add chapter markers, artwork, sound effects, jingles, and musical accompaniment to your podcasts.

Apple Training Series: iWork 06 with iLife 06 (Apple Training)
Apple Training Series: iWork 06 with iLife 06 (Apple Training)

Richard Harrington The second generation of Apple's iWork productivity suite is poised to allow mac users to create, present and publish their work with style! iWork '06 features two powerful applications for creating everything from newsletters to business presentations. With Pages 2 you can quickly create a wide variety of stunning documents and with Keynote 3 you can produce quality presentations and more. Here to show users how to take their creative projects to new heights is the only Apple-certified curriculum for the iWork '06 suite. This self-paced learning tool takes readers step-by-step through practical, real-word projects, teaching all aspects of iWork '06. Coverage includes iWork’s new shared features including creating tables with calculations, three-dimensional charts and freeform shapes and masks. The reader will also learn about all of the exciting additional features including the new Apple-designed templates within Pages 2 and the new cinematic tranistions in Keynote 3.

.Mac with iWeb, Second Edition
.Mac with iWeb, Second Edition

David Reynolds Need to learn what’s new in .Mac 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 .Mac in no time. In this completely updated edition of our best-selling guide to .Mac leading software application expert David Reynolds uses crystal-clear instructions and friendly prose to introduce you everything that’s new. Filled with step-by-step, task-based instructions and loads of visual aids, this book explains how to publish your photos, movies, podcasts and blogs on the internet with iWeb; share your photo albums in iPhoto as a photocast; access your files from anywhere with iDisk; keep all your Macs in sync with another with .Mac sync; and more!

iMovie HD 6 and iDVD 6 for Mac OS X (Visual QuickStart Guide) #36
iMovie HD 6 and iDVD 6 for Mac OS X (Visual QuickStart Guide)

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 expert Jeff Carlson uses crystal-clear instructions, full-color illustrations, and friendly prose to introduce you to everything from using themes, tools, and effects to timeline editing to video podcasts and blogs. You’ll also learn about everything new in iMovie HD 6 and iDVD 6, including motion-graphics themes, real-time effects, audio enhancements, sharing options, and more!

The Macintosh iLife '05: An Interactive Guide to iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie HD, iDVD, and GarageBand
The Macintosh iLife '05: An Interactive Guide to iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie HD, iDVD, and GarageBand

Jim Heid The first and best book about iLife is back—and better than ever! Since its debut two years ago, Apple’s iLife suite has provided users with a way to organize, produce, and share their digital media, whether they’re editing and emailing digital photos, burning home movies to DVD, or creating a CD of original songs.Apple's newest revision of this software— iLife' 05—includes new versions of iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, and GarageBand. and all four programs—along with iTunes—work together better than ever.

Here to explain how it all works is The Macintosh iLife '05, a completely revised and expanded edition of Jim Heid's bestselling book/DVD on Apple's revolutionary digital media studio.

This lavishly illustrated handbook and a two-hour instructional DVD combine to create the ideal iLife learning experience. Its innovative, full-color design puts everything you need to know about iLife and digital media at your fingertips. Each two-page spread is a self-contained tutorial or set of tips on a specific subject, all written in the friendly writing style that has made Jim Heid one of the most admired writers and instructors in the Mac community. Along the way, you'll find plenty of screenshots, diagrams, and easy-to-follow instructions to guide you through the steps.You'll also find informationt shows you how to do more with your Mac—Jim Heid covers the latest iPod models and accessories, offers tips on using microphones to create better sounds for your iMovie and GarageBand creations, and provides useful advice on how to convert your old tapes and albums to a digital format.

The companion DVD has been completely updated for iLife '05, and contains two hours of video instruction on all five iLife applications. Watch over Jim Heid's shoulder as he creates iLife projects ranging from photo books to home movies (complete with sound effects and transitions) to original GarageBand compositions. The DVD also includes software, GarageBand loops, and more. Soon you'll find yourself eager to create compelling iLife projects of your own. Inspiration guaranteed.

Apple Training Series: iLife 06 (Apple Training)
Apple Training Series: iLife 06 (Apple Training)

Michael Rubin In the only Apple-certified guide to iLife ’06, you will be making miracles with iLife within the first few pages. Using real-life material and practical lessons that you can apply immediately to your own projects, this book/DVD combo offers a complete, self-paced course in all aspects of iLife ’06. Focused lessons take you step-by-step through everything from arranging your iTunes library to creating Hollywood-style movies using motion titles. Fully updated to cover all the new features of iLife ’06 including the brand new iWeb application, this book will take you from newbie to producer of your own media content in one day! The book is both a self-paced learning tool and the official curriculum of the Apple Training and Certification Program, used by schools and training centers worldwide. An easy, accessible style paired with ample illustrations and keyboard shortcuts guarantee that readers will make iLife their life in no time.

Upgrading to Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger: Visual QuickProject Guide
Upgrading to Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger: Visual QuickProject Guide

Tom Negrino For many users, it's not working with a new operating system that's intimidating, it's all that needs to be done before, during, and after the upgrade that has them running scared. That's why best-selling author Tom Negrino has devoted an entire guide to just that topic. Rather than cover every last feature and function of Apple's newest OS, Tom focuses on just the need-to-know essentials that will ensure a smooth transition to Mac OS X Tiger. In short order, readers will learn how to prepare for the upgrade, how to back up their data, what's entailed in the actual upgrade, and how to reinstall software. Once Tiger is safely installed, Tom provides a quick overview of what's changed before showing readers how to customize their systems and use three of Tiger's key features: Spotlight search, Automator (for streamlining repetitive tasks), and Dashboard (the control panel for Tiger's nifty new widget mini-apps). And for readers who want to know more about what's new in this system upgrade, the book provides a handy overview of the top ten new additions to Mac OS X Tiger.

The Adobe Photoshop Elements Crafts Book
The Adobe Photoshop Elements Crafts Book

Elizabeth Bulger

"Elizabeth Bulger has taken Photoshop Elements to a whole new level with this unique book of projects. She shows you how to use Photoshop Elements to create all sorts of cool things: holiday gifts, book covers, coasters, postcards, and a zillion other nifty 'I didn't know you could do that!' crafts."—Scott Kelby, President, National Association of Photoshop Professionals

Millions of people own digital cameras, yet most of us just store our digital photos on a hard drive or email them to friends. But what if you want to get a little more creative with your images? Armed with little more than a copy of Photoshop Elements, a computer, an inkjet printer, and a handful of basic tools, you can transform your digital photos into beautiful, custom-made crafts. Written by designer and Photoshop guru Elizabeth Bulger, The Adobe Photoshop Elements Crafts Book will motivate you to get creative with your own images while learning basic Photoshop Elements skills along the way. Each project begins with a list of the tools and materials you’ll need to get started. From there, full-color photographs, clear instructions, and numbered steps walk you through every step of the project. You’ll learn how to create unique crafts out of a variety of materials, including paper, ceramic, metal, glass, fabric, and polymer clay. Whether you’re a longtime D.I.Y. devotee or completely new to crafting, this book will show you everything you need to create attractive, unique keepsakes for you or your family and friends to cherish.

Elizabeth Bulger shows you how to
Get your photos ready for projects: Learn how to import, edit, crop, and apply quick fixes to your imagesCreate custom brushes in Photoshop Elements and make unique gift-wrapping paper with your own imagesCustomize a notebook by creating a new cover with decorative borders, text, and your own photosUse custom shape and type tools to create unique ceramic tilesLearn how to transfer your images to fabric to create custom throw pillows, aprons, and moreDesign and create your own canning labels, CD covers, beverage coasters, and gift boxes.

Keynote 2 for Mac OS X (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Keynote 2 for Mac OS X (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Tom Negrino The first task-based guide to Keynote is back, just in time for the revision of Apple's elegant presentation software, Keynote. Keynote 2 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide gets readers quickly up-to-speed on the powerful presentation software through detailed step-by-step tasks and hundreds of screenshots. Business and educational users will want to start leveraging the power of Apple's graphics-intensive Keynote presentation software ($79, as part of Apple's iWork suite) immediately—dragging and dropping graphics, digital photos, QuickTime movies, and audio into their slide shows; creating animations, shadows, and labels for their charts and tables; producing dynamic drop shadows and cinematic transitions between slides; and more—and this Visual QuickProject Guide will show them how. Task-based instructions, peppered with plenty of full-color screenshots, tips, and sidebars make it easy to dive in and start creating high-impact presentations in no time. Readers will learn how to use Keynote's professionally designed "themes" to create coordinated backgrounds, fonts, colors, bullets, tables, and charts in seconds.

Creating Pages with iWork: Visual QuickProject Guide
Creating Pages with iWork: Visual QuickProject Guide

David Morris With over 40 professionally designed templates, multiple page designs, dozens of fonts, and stunning tables and charts, Pages—Apple's new word processor—makes it easy to create polished documents with a minimum of fuss. Part word processor, part layout program, it lets you place alignment guides to help you position text and graphics precisely on the page while text flows around any kind of graphic, no matter where you put it. (Try doing that with Microsoft Word!) Students can use Pages to create school reports; parents can use it to send out birth announcements; anyone can use it to create an advertising mailer, church newsletter, party invitation, or just a plain old letter.

Here to help is this small, smart, streamlined guide designed to take readers from standing start to stellar finish, no matter what project they're tackling. Rather than cover every last option Pages offers, this book steps readers through several sample Pages projects, showing them the quickest, most effective way to communicate their ideas. Each short lesson builds a component of a basic Pages document, from choosing a template, deciding on a layout, formatting charts and tables, incorporating graphics and color, and adding a bit of polish to a final document. Friendly, step-by-step instructions and large, full-color screen shots make the information instantly accessible.

The iPod Playlist Book
The iPod Playlist Book

Cliff Colby

How to Boss Your Fonts Around: A Primer on Font Technology and Font Management on the Macintosh

Robin Williams Explaining each separate aspect of the technology of font formats, this book shows how to install and manage fonts using the utilities Font/DA Mover, Suitcase or MasterJuggler. It covers Adobe Type Manager and Type Reunion, and provides a chapter on how to use Fontgrapher for special typographic solutions such as customizing fonts for logos and creating speciality typefaces and characters. Aimed at intermediate and advanced users, this guide caters for three levels of users: those with no extra fonts; those with just a few extra; and those with hundreds of fonts to manage. An extensive illustrated glossary of typographic terms and a list of vendors is also included.

The iMovie '11 Project Book

Jeff Carlson Sometimes its the best stuff that gets left out of books on consumer applications. Not with the iMovie Project Book! This book delivers the cool stuff in a fun and engaging format. It jumps over the manual part of what's covered in most books to get right to tips, projects, and how to be productive. The book starts off with a chapter on the essentials and then gets into the captivating cool stuff. To grab readers' attention and direct them to valuable information the book has many entry points for the reader on each page, such as tips and notes. Fun, engaging, lively, and information-rich, this project book is designed for a new generation of learners who want to move past boring text heavy documentation and build knowledge effortlessly.

The Little Mac Book

Robin Williams, Kay Nelson A thoroughly revised edition of the classic Macintosh reference offers readers quick, easy access to the Macintosh environment. Original.

The iPod Book: Doing Cool Stuff with the iPod and the iTunes Music Store
The iPod Book: Doing Cool Stuff with the iPod and the iTunes Music Store

Scott Kelby There are basically two kinds of iPod books: (1) The "tell me all about it kind," which include in-depth discussions on compression algorithms, debates about analog vs. digital equalizers; and how to export your playlist in Unicode format. And (2) there's this book. It's not a "tell me all about it" it’s a "show me how to do it" book.

Award-winning author Scott Kelby shows you step-by-step how it's all done, using the same casual, plain English style that made him one of the world's bestselling technology authors. You'll learn how to do only the most important, most requested, and just plain cool things you're going to want to do with your iPod so you can start having fun with it today. Right now!

Each page covers just one topic, complete with full color photos making it easy to find just what you're looking for fast. Plus, it shows you how to get the most from the iTunes Music Store, how to integrate your iPod into your car, which iPod accessories are hot, and it even covers how to use Apple’s iPod photo. It's all here–in the only book of its kind, and you're gonna love it!

Secrets of the iPod and iTunes (5th Edition) (Secrets of...)
Secrets of the iPod and iTunes (5th Edition) (Secrets of...)

Christopher Breen With the addition of Character Studio 4 — an advanced animation toolset previously available only as a $1,500 plug-in — 3ds max 7 provides unparalleled character animation functionality. Here to ensure that you start taking advantage of it immediately is the first guide to focus on just that aspect of 3ds max 7. Simple step-by-step tutorials, glorious full-color examples, and an easy-to-understand approach to tricky concepts will have you creating and animating your own characters within hours! Author and award-winning animator Michele Bousquet answers all your questions about character modeling, rigging, and animating in 3ds max — in the process illuminating the techniques used by game developers, broadcast and film companies, industrial designers, and more. As you complete the book's projects and exercises — using the files contained on the companion CD — you'll learn the fundamentals of character modeling, character rigging, creating rigs with custom controls, skinning, character animation, and more.

Adobe Photoshop Elements 3: 50 Ways to Create Cool Pictures
Adobe Photoshop Elements 3: 50 Ways to Create Cool Pictures

Dave Huss Adobe Photoshop Elements 3: 50 Cool Ways to Create Cool Pictures covers all the new tools that Photoshop Elements 3 has to offer users of all levels who want to edit, store, share, and archive their digital images. Photoshop Elements 3 includes new edge tools, easier organization and layout tools, and better tools for red-eye reduction. With a focus on what the average photographer really wants to learn, author Dave Huss covers all of these tools in this practical, fun guide to learning Photoshop Elements 3. This book covers both the Macintosh and Windows versions of Photoshop Elements 3.

Blue Pixel Personal Photo Coach: Digital Photography Tips from the Trenches
Blue Pixel Personal Photo Coach: Digital Photography Tips from the Trenches

David Schloss When it comes to learning a new skill, you want to be taught by the best—someone who truly specializes in what you want to learn. In these pages you'll find just that: a team of professional photographers ready to coach you in every aspect of digital photography—from what you need to know about your digital camera to how to capture a great image and how to use your computer to output an even better one. Interested in travel photography? Who better than an ex-National Geographic photographer to show you the ropes? Want to take lasting portraits of family and friends? Let an official White House photographer give you some hard-won tips. Need to document you daughter's soccer team in action? Get the inside skinny on capturing motion from a successful sports photographer. David Schloss and the team of pro shutterbugs at Blue Pixel pool their knowledge here to provide everything you need to know to create compelling digital photographs — regardless of what camera or software you're using.

Cool Mac Apps
Cool Mac Apps

John Tollett/ Robin Williams Prepare to pounce! This companion volume to Robin Williams Mac OS X Book, Panther Edition offers all the friendly, practical instruction you need to immediately take advantage of the powerfully enhanced iApps in Panther. Through tutorials, tips, and techniques you'll learn how to use each of the powerful iApps—both individually and as part of an integrated, interactive suite. Robin and John also cover the features of the immensely popular .Mac account and its applications.

Whether you're a new or veteran user, you'll welcome this volume's easy approach to all that's new (and not so new) in Panther's application collection. You'll find everything about getting on the Internet and using email, including the greatest web browser, Safari; the way-cool iChat AV, which adds audio and video to instant messaging; an updated iTunes, which includes access to the revolutionary Apple iTunes Music Store; a powerfully updated iCal with its enhanced alarms and robust time zone support; haunting new visual effects in iMovie; updated features in the .Mac applications, including iSync, Backup, Virex, Mail, Homepage, iCards; and much more.

Creative Digital Scrapbooking: Designing Keepsakes on Your Computer
Creative Digital Scrapbooking: Designing Keepsakes on Your Computer

Katherine Murray With the explosion of digital cameras and the wealth of accompanying digital images, digital scrapbooking has emerged as an activity that brings people together to tell their stories, preserve their memories, and perhaps share a little gossip over the act of creating digital scrapbooks. Here to help you do so with creativity and panache is one of the first books on the topic from veteran technology and lifestyle writer Katherine Murray. Using a combination of friendly how-to instruction, full-color illustrations and examples, personal anecdotes, and a grab-bag of creative tips, this high-energy volume takes you through each of the steps in creating a digital scrapbook—from planning and capturing quality photos to choosing fonts, collecting clip art, telling the story, laying out pages, sharing the scrapbook, enhancing it with video, and more. Also included are a resources appendix and a guide to scrapbook-friendly hardware and software.

Apple Training Series: AppleScript 1-2-3

Sal Soghoian, Bill Cheeseman We know what you’re thinking. You’ve heard about AppleScript. You’ve heard that it can do amazing things. You’ve heard that it can automate away the tiring, redundant, repetitive tasks you do with the computer.

All true. But you’re not sure about what’s involved with using it. Is it difficult? Is it programming? After all, you’re just a better-than average computer user. You know what you know, and your expertise serves you pretty well. But recently you’ve reached the point of asking yourself “Is there a better way?” The answer is “Yes.”

And relax, you just got lucky. This book is for you.

If you’ve never written a single line of computer code—this book is for you. If the most technical thing you do on the computer is calculate a column in Excel—this book is for you. If you’re tired of doing the same thing over and over—this book is for you.

It’s about being motivated to explore, understand, and take advantage of the tools you already own. AppleScript is free—the only price for its use is your desire to finally sit down and take a few moments to absorb and activate its magic.

This book starts at square one and walks you through the process of understanding and writing AppleScript—step by step, one concept at a time—until you find yourself suddenly creating powerful and useful automated solutions. And the lessons in this book are based on a decade of experience teaching hands-on classes to folks just like you. You can do this. You can become Master of your Computer Universe!

Still don’t believe us? Open the first chapter and start reading. You’ll see.

Macintosh Bible, The (9th Edition) (Macintosh Bible)
Macintosh Bible, The (9th Edition) (Macintosh Bible)

Cliff Colby/ Cheryl England When the last edition of The Macintosh Bible was published Mac OS X was still in its infancy, the full suite of free Mac iLife apps had yet to appear, and the idea of switching from a PC to a Mac was still considered heresy by most Windows aficionados. Obviously, a lot has changed: Here to address those changes is the 9th Edition of the most comprehensive Mac resource on the planet. Offering an expanded chapter on digital media, a new appendix on switching (not just from Windows to Mac OS X but from earlier Mac OS versions as well), an increased focus on the newest (and newly mature) OS X versions, and brand-new interviews with Mac luminaries (at the end of each chapter), this completely revised volume offers something for Mac users of all stripes and skill levels. Leaders of the Mac community address every aspect of Mac use here, packing in hundreds of tips, trivia, sidebars, and other goodies along the way.

Photographer's Guide to the Digital Lifecycle: Real-life workflow scenarios for managing still and motion photography assets

Ben Greisler Photographers, videographers, and other creative content makers are dealing with a new world of media that presents the challenge of managing all their raw and prepared data produced in the creative process. The framework for managing this data must go beyond Digital Asset Management (DAM) to the holistic data lifecycle perspective.

Enter Photographer's Guide to the Digital Lifecycle. Offering much more than a DAM book—this is a comprehensive guide to modern, real-world digital asset storage practices. It goes beyond things like metadata and how to use DAM applications and looks at the whole process, from ingest to archive. In addition to the usual DAM concerns of metadata and tagging, Photographer's Guide to the Digital Lifecycle brings to light the fundamental strengths and weaknesses of the digital storage mediums we choose and the best techniques for applying them. It looks beyond DAM software to real-life examples for keeping your data safe and managed, from the moment of production to its status as historical artifact.

Mac OS X Panther Hands-On Training
Mac OS X Panther Hands-On Training

Garrick Chow Get up to speed on Apple's latest major release, Mac OS X Panther, and its iLife applications through hands-on exercises and demo movies. Apple has made a great operating system even better with the release of Mac OS X Panther. With Panther, the formerly complicated Finder is set up to work like the easy-to-use iTunes interface, and Expose allows users to quickly switch among dozens of windows and files. Other upgrades include a new Font Book for managing fonts, ways to manage multiple email threads, and the ability to protect your files from people you don't want accessing them (File Vault). However, it's difficult to use these great tools or know how to burn CDs, work with photos, use no-charge videoconferencing, or instant messaging effectively if you don't understand how to work with the operating system itself. Enter Mac OS X Panther Hands-On Training. Veteran author and trainer Garrick Chow first tackles the operating system—understanding the interface, working with files and folders, installing applications, and printing. Then he tackles the digital goodies: burning MP3s, editing iMovie videos, posting images online. Chow devotes the first sections to grounding readers in skills they'll need to use the OS, and once they're fluent, he provides detailed coverage of the bundled iApps: iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iTools, and iChat. The entire book is filled with hands-on, fully illustrated tutorials and demo movies that get users up to speed quickly.

Mac OS X Panther Killer Tips
Mac OS X Panther Killer Tips

Scott Kelby Nothin' but sidebars! The hottest collection of cool tips andhidden secrets for the pro who needs results FAST! Not another newbie book. OS X Killer Tips speaks directly to the daily Mac user who needs to get the most out of their Mac NOW. Other such books tend toward fluffiness, where Killer Tips is all business.

Time is money and a lot of experienced users find themselves trying to save time by skimming through larger computer books in order to pull out the useful nuggets of info that are often placed within what we call sidebars (i.e. those Note/Tip/Warning boxes). The Killer Tips series was developed by Scott Kelby because he recognized how useful non-beginning technology users find those cool "I didn't know THAT" sidebarsthat are peppered all over the other computer books out there. This book is allabout speed; showing the Mac professional how to get more work done faster,while actually increasing quality.

The Mac OS X Conversion Kit: 9 to 10 Side by Side, Panther Edition
The Mac OS X Conversion Kit: 9 to 10 Side by Side, Panther Edition

Scott Kelby If you've been using Mac OS 8 or OS 9 and you want to start using Mac OS X Panther today (and we literally mean today), there is no easier way than this ingenious new book from Mac Design magazine's Editor-in-Chief Scott Kelby. Here's how the book works: on the left page, it shows how you did a particular task back in Mac OS 9; and on the right page it shows you exactly how itÂ¿s now done in Mac OS X (Panther). It couldn't be easier.

The whole book, every page, is in crisp full color, with clear concise, plain-English descriptions that let you start using Mac OS X today, immediately, without having to learn the whole operating system first. It's like having a friend nearby with all the answers—when you get stuck, and wonder "how to I do that in Mac OS X?" just turn to that task and there it is—the left page shows the old way, the right page shows the new way. If youÂ¿re one of those people who believe (like we do) that the best ideas are the simple ones, you'll absolutely love this book!

If you want to start using Mac OS X today, if you want to unlock its power, stability, features and fun today, this is the book that will do it. There are no in-depth explanations about networking, no UNIX commands or how to hack the system, and no detailed descriptions of how it all works and why. In short, it's not a "tell me all about it" book—it's a "here's how to do it" book, and that's why it works so amazingly well.

Plus, if you look up how to do a particular task, and Mac OS X offers new features, new shortcuts, or new options that weren't available in Mac OS 8/9 (and there are plenty in Panther), Scott includes those too, using the same right to the point, conversational writing style that made his "Mac OS X Killer Tips" book a smash bestseller! We can't imagine an easier, faster, or more fun way to convert to Mac OS X, and really start using it today.

Mac OS X Tiger: Missing Manual

David Pogue You can set your watch to it: As soon as Apple comes out with another version of Mac OS X, David Pogue hits the streets with another meticulous Missing Manual to cover it with a wealth of detail. The new Mac OS X 10.4, better known as Tiger, is faster than its predecessors, but nothing's too fast for Pogue and Mac OS X: The Missing Manual. There are many reasons why this is the most popular computer book of all time.

With its hallmark objectivity, the Tiger Edition thoroughly explores the latest features to grace the Mac OS. Which ones work well and which do not? What should you look for? This book tackles Spotlight, an enhanced search feature that helps you find anything on your computer; iChat AV for videoconferencing; Automator for automating repetitive, manual or batch tasks; and the hundreds of smaller tweaks and changes, good and bad, that Apple's marketing never bothers to mention.

Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition is the authoritative book that's ideal for every user, including people coming to the Mac for the first time. Our guide offers an ideal introduction that demystifies the Dock, the unfamiliar Mac OS X folder structure, and the entirely new Mail application. There are also mini-manuals on iLife applications such as iMovie, iDVD, and iPhoto, those much-heralded digital media programs, and a tutorial for Safari, Mac's own web browser.

And plenty more: learn to configure Mac OS X using the System Preferences application, keep your Mac secure with FileVault, and learn about Tiger's enhanced Firewall capabilities. If you're so inclined, this Missing Manual also offers an easy introduction to the Terminal application for issuing basic Unix commands.

There's something new on practically every page, and David Pogue brings his celebrated wit and expertise to every one of them. Mac's brought a new cat to town and we have a great new way to tame it.

Designer's Guide to Mac OS X Tiger
Designer's Guide to Mac OS X Tiger

Jeff Gamet You held off on moving to Mac OS X until your bread-and-butter applications made the jump, and now you're thinking of moving up to Tiger. This book is especially geared toward designers who've become comfortable working under Mac OS X and are ready now to make the Tiger transition. Designer and prepress pro Jeff Gamet focuses on the Mac OS X Tiger features that matter most to illustrators, designers, and other graphic professionals. He explains not only how things work in Mac OS X Tiger, but how Tiger enables users to work efficiently and effectively. In chapters devoted to fonts, printing, PDF, color management, networking, the Mac's built-in design tools, and much more, readers will learn how to:

* Solve the nitty-gritty issues designers confront daily
* Improve production workflow and avoid common problems
* Optimize, maintain, and secure your network, whether you work in a complex office environment or a small graphics studio

Real World Digital Photography, Second Edition
Real World Digital Photography, Second Edition

Katrin Eismann/ Sean Duggan/ Tim Grey Whether you're just making the transition from a lifetime of traditional photography or are looking to bring your digital photography skills in line with todayÂ¿s market, if you're serious about digital photography, you need this book. In the four years since the first edition was published, just about every aspect of digital photography has changed (often radically) — and it's all covered in these pages. Organized in four major sectionsÂ¿Digital Processing Essentials, Digital Processing Techniques, The Digital Darkroom, and Output and Presentation — the focus here is on getting great pictures and spectacular printed output through a combination of smart techniques and the right equipment. As with all of the titles in the Real World series, the authors here realize that this entails learning not just techniques but the concepts behind them. For a professional-level understanding of the digital photography process — from how a digital camera works to advice on buying cameras and accessories, choosing hardware and software, downloading and outputting images, and more — this is the place to turn.

Robin Williams DVD Design Workshop
Robin Williams DVD Design Workshop

Robin Williams/ John Tollett/ David Rohr Robin Williams DVD Design Workshop provides a clear, accessible introduction to the world of DVD menu design and authoring. If you're an amateur video artist, home-movie buff, or professional designer, you can use this book as a great introduction to learning how to create DVDs for your personal use or professional projects. John Tollett, David Rohr, and Robin Williams make it easy by presenting necessarytechnical information and design inspiration in the classic informaland friendly style that has made Robin's books continual best-sellers.

Robin Williams DVD Design Workshop provides all of theinformation you need to understand the DVD authoring process and to get started with your own DVD projects. You'll learn about the advantages of the DVD format, applications of DVD technology, hardware requirements, and the pros and cons of various consumer vs. prosumer DVD authoring tools. The book also includes overviews of leading Mac and PC DVD authoring software tools, such as iDVD, MyDVD, DVD Studio Pro, DVD Producer and more. To get you inspired, the authors includeexamples of successful (and sometimes unusual) DVD interface designs from professional designers and major Hollywood studios. Valuable outsource resources for packaging and distributing your own DVD are also included.

Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger: Peachpit Learning Series
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger: Peachpit Learning Series

Robin Williams If you want to tame Mac OS X Tiger, but you want to do so in the comfort of your own home, this guide makes it possible! Robin Williams uses her trademark friendly teaching style to reveal exactly what you want to know: What's new in Tiger, what's great about it, and how can you get the most out of it fast! Focused lessons take you step-by-step through practical, real-world projects that teach Mac OS X Tiger inside and out. Covers everything from upgrading your Mac to Tiger and customizing and troubleshooting your system to all of Tiger's new goodies: configuring the spoken-user interface, audio and video messaging with multiple people at once, a Dashboard full of Widgets, the innovative Spotlight Search system, the enhanced Safari RSS browser, and more.

Desktop DVD Authoring
Desktop DVD Authoring

Douglas Dixon Desktop DVD Authoring opens up the world of DVD at your desktop — for playing movies, archiving data, and authoring video productions. Whether for business presentations or family events, the medium of DVD offers an exciting new way to create and distribute video material as high-quality interactive presentations.

With this book, you can easily create and share great-looking productions on DVD and even CD, with real, full-quality digital video and audio, complete with professional-style menus. Even better, the DVD discs that you burn at your desktop can be played almost anywhere — not only on computer DVD drives, but also on consumer set-top DVD players.

This book will help you make sense of DVD — discs and formats, consumer and computer products, computer systems and peripherals, for playback and authoring, across both the Windows and Macintosh platforms. You'll see the range of possibilities for desktop DVD authoring, from transferring some videotapes to DVD as easily and simply as possible, to designing your own interactive presentations.

The Photoshop Elements Book for Digital Photographers
The Photoshop Elements Book for Digital Photographers

Scott Kelby Scott Kelby offers full-color, graphically rich, linear, tutorial- and project-based examples of every key step in the digital photography process. From experimenting with camera settings, through capturing and manipulating the image, through editing, output and organization, this book is designed for the digital photographer who knows aesthetics but who wants a concise guide to "grip it and rip it" usage of digital technology. Photoshop Elements is a very powerful and affordable image editing software. It carries many of the same features Photoshop does without the complicated graphs and tools. It also carries it all at a much less expensive price tag - only $99, compared Photoshop's $600. Anyone making the transition from film to digital photography will learn the stuff that is critical for Photoshop Elements — no theory, no challenging the readers to come up with their own settings. This book shows the readers exactly "how to do it."

Scott Kelby is President of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP), and is Editor-in-chief of both Photoshop User and Mac Design magazines. Throughout the year, Scott serves as Training Director for the Adobe Photoshop Seminar Tour and is technical chair of the largest Photoshop gathering, Photoshop World. Scott is one of the leading Photoshop trainers in the country today and trains thousands of Photoshop users across the country each year, and is featured in a series of Photoshop training videos. He has written 6 best-selling books on Photoshop and on digital photography.

Mac OS X 10.2 (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Mac OS X 10.2 (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Maria Langer

The Mac OS X Conversion Kit: 9 to 10 Side by Side, Jaguar Edition
The Mac OS X Conversion Kit: 9 to 10 Side by Side, Jaguar Edition

Scott Kelby Mac OS X Conversion Kit: 9 to 10 Side by Side aims to take readers from their old Mac operating system to the new one. There's a lot to learn and a lot to get used to, and this book makes the learning curve as smooth as possible by cataloging the most important things you need to know and showing them in a format Mac users will appreciate; the old way is on the left page, and the new way is on the right page. Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar 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. To take full advantage of these new features, Mac users will want Side By Side at their side.

Appleworks 6 For Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Appleworks 6 For Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Nolan Hester Using the AppleWorks 6 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide, readers will learn everything they need to master the many tools in AppleWorks. Revised from the ground up by a new author, the new edition offers complete cross-platform coverage complete with hundreds of illustrations and examples highlighting classroom and home-use projects. Additions not in previous edition will include a section highlighting AppleWorks's new Presentation module.