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Wow! eBook: The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 Book - 7 new eBooks


Wow! eBook: The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 Book - 7 new eBooks

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The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 Book

Posted: 04 Aug 2012 08:12 AM PDT

The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 Book

Book Description

was designed from the ground up with photographers in mind, offering powerful editing features in a streamlined interface that lets photographers import, sort, and organize images. This completely updated bestseller was also written with photographers in mind. Author Martin Evening describes features in 4 in detail from a photographer's perspective. As an established commercial and fashion photographer, Martin knows firsthand what photographers need for an efficient workflow. He has also been working with from the beginning, monitoring the product's and providing valued feedback to . As a result, Martin knows the software inside and out, from image selection to image editing to image . In this book you'll learn :

  • Work efficiently with images 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 with
  • Export images for print or as contact sheets or personal portfolios
  • Make the most of new features in Lightroom 4, such as the Raw Process 2012 Basic panel tone controls

Photographers will find Lightroom 4–and The Photoshop Lightroom 4 Book–indispensable tools in their digital darkrooms.

This book's companion site, www.thelightroombook.com, offers tutorials, articles, sample images, and updates from author Martin Evening.

"With Martin's expert guidance, you'll soon find that you have precisely the tools you need to turn your concentration back where it belongs–on making better pictures!"
–George Jardine, digital consultant

"As a photographer himself, Martin Evening knows what tools photographers need to realize their creative vision. In this book, he shows not only how Adobe Photoshop Lightroom works but also why it will become an essential part of any photographer's workflow."
–Greg Gorman, photographer

Table of Contents
1. Introducing Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
2. Importing photos
3. The Library module
4. Develop module image editing
5. The art of black and white
6. Sharpening and noise reduction
7. Exporting from Lightroom
8. Printing
9. Presenting your work
10. Managing your photos in Lightroom
Appendix. Lightroom Preferences and Settings

Book Details

  • Paperback: 704 pages
  • Publisher: Adobe Press (March 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0321819594
  • ISBN-13: 978-0321819598
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A Project Guide to UX Design, 2nd Edition

Posted: 04 Aug 2012 01:24 AM PDT

A Project Guide to UX Design, 2nd Edition

Book Description

User experience design is the discipline of creating a useful and usable site or application that's easily navigated and meets the needs of the site owner and its users. There's a lot more to successful design than knowing the latest technologies or design trends: It takes diplomacy, skills, and savvy. That's where the updated edition of this important book comes in. With new information on design principles, and gestural interactions, content strategy, remote tools and more, you'll learn to:

  • Recognize the various roles in design, identify stakeholders, and enlist their support
  • Obtain consensus from your team on project objectives
  • Understand approaches such as Waterfall, , and Lean UX
  • Define the scope of your project and avoid mission creep
  • Conduct user in person or remotely, and document your findings
  • Understand and communicate user behavior with personas
  • Design and your application or site
  • Plan for , product rollout, and ongoing quality assurance

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. The Tao of UXD
Chapter 2. The Project Ecosystem
Chapter 3. Proposals fro Consultants and Freelancers
Chapter 4. Project Objectives and Approach
Chapter 5. Requirements
Chapter 6. User Research
Chapter 7. Personas
Chapter 8. Content Strategy
Chapter 9. Transition. From Defining to
Chapter 10. Design Principles
Chapter 11. Site Mpas and Task Flows
Chapter 12. Wireframes and Annotations
Chapter 13. Prototyping
Chapter 14. Design with Users
Chapter 15. Transition. From Design to and Beyond
Chapter 16. A Brief Guide to Meetings

Book Details

  • Paperback: 360 pages
  • Publisher: New Riders Press; 2nd Edition (March 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0321815386
  • ISBN-13: 978-0321815385
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Designing a Digital Portfolio, 2nd Edition

Posted: 04 Aug 2012 01:21 AM PDT

Designing a Digital Portfolio, 2nd Edition

Book Description

Portfolios have always been artists’ most valuable tools for communicating their talents to the outside world, whether to potential employers or galleries or clients. But the days of sketches and slides have given way to arrangements of assets that are both simpler and more complex than their traditional analog counterparts.

Instructor and design professional Cynthia Baron covers all the facets that artists need to know, from choosing the best work for a particular audience to using various file formats to organizing, , and presenting the portfolio. Beautiful full-color illustrations demonstrate her instructions, and case studies throughout portray examples of attractive and effective portfolio design. This book gives artists at any level a creative edge, ensuring that their portfolios get noticed and help them stand out from the crowd.

Table of Contents
Part I: Planning
Chapter 1. Professions
Chapter 2. Assessment & Adaptation
Chapter 3. Your Audience
Chapter 4. Format

Part II: Collecting and Preparing
Chapter 5. Organizing Your Work
Chapter 6. Digitizing Traditional Work
Chapter 7. Repurposing and optimizing
Chapter 8. Creating written content

Part III: Production
Chapter 9. Basics
Chapter 10. a portfolio interface
Chapter 11. portfolio reels

Part IV:
Chapter 12. Copyright & portfolio
Chapter 13. Presenting your portfolio

Appendix A. About the Contributors
Appendix B. Resources

Book Details

  • Paperback: 360 pages
  • Publisher: New Riders Press; 2nd Edition (August 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0321637518
  • ISBN-13: 978-0321637512
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Fundamentals of Game Design, 2nd Edition

Posted: 04 Aug 2012 01:18 AM PDT

Fundamentals of Game Design, 2nd Edition

Book Description

To create a great , you must start with a solid design: A well-designed is easier to build, more entertaining, and has a better chance of succeeding in the marketplace. Here to teach you the essential skills of player-centric design is one of the industry's leading authorities, who offers a first-hand look into the process, from initial concept to final tuning.

Now in its second edition, this updated classic reference by Ernest Adams offers a complete and practical approach to design, and includes material on concept , gameplay design, core mechanics, user interfaces, storytelling, and balancing. In an easy-to-follow approach, Adams analyzes the specific design challenges of all the major genres and shows you apply the principles of game design to each one. You'll learn :

  • Define the challenges and actions at the heart of the gameplay.
  • Write a high-concept document, a treatment, and a full design script.
  • Understand the essentials of user interface design and define a game's look and feel.
  • Design for a variety of input mechanisms, including the controller and multi-touch .
  • Construct a game's core mechanics and flow of resources (, points, ammunition, and more).
  • Develop appealing stories, game characters, and worlds that players will want to visit, including persistent worlds.
  • Work on design problems with engaging end-of-chapter exercises, design worksheets, and case studies.
  • Make your game accessible to broader audiences such as children, adult women, people with disabilities, and casual players.

"Ernest Adams provides encyclopedic coverage of process and design issues for every aspect of game design, expressed as practical lessons that can be immediately applied to a design in-progress. He offers the best framework I've seen for thinking about the relationships between core mechanics, gameplay, and player—one that I've found useful for both teaching and ." — Michael Mateas, University of California at Santa Cruz, co-creator of Façade

Table of Contents
PART I: THE ELEMENTS OF GAME DESIGN
Chapter 1. Games and Games
Chapter 2. Design Components and Processes
Chapter 3. Game Concepts
Chapter 4. Game Worlds
Chapter 5. Creative and Expressive Play
Chapter 6. Character
Chapter 7. Storytelling and Narrative
Chapter 8. User Interfaces
Chapter 9. Gameplay
Chapter 10. Core Mechanics
Chapter 11. Game Balancing
Chapter 12. General Principles of Level Design

PART II: THE GENRES OF GAMES
Chapter 13. Action Games
Chapter 14. Strategy Games
Chapter 15. Role-Playing
Chapter 16. Sports Games
Chapter 17. Vehicle Simulations
Chapter 18. Construction and Simulations
Chapter 19. Adventure Games
Chapter 20. Artifi cial Life and Puzzle Games
Chapter 21. Gaming

Appendix A. Designing to Appeal to Particular

Book Details

  • Paperback: 700 pages
  • Publisher: New Riders Press; 2nd Edition (September 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0321643372
  • ISBN-13: 978-0321643377
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The iPad for Photographers

Posted: 04 Aug 2012 01:13 AM PDT

The iPad for Photographers

Book Description

The Has Earned a Place in Your Camera Bag!

’s popular is an incredibly useful tool for photographers on the go. Instead of hauling a laptop on the road or to a photo shoot, you can tuck the lightweight iPad in your camera bag and take advantage of its large screen, third-party apps, and access to effectively complete and share your work.

Novice to pro shooters will discover everything that the iPad has to offer with simple step-by-step instructions and real-world advice for:

  • Importing and copying photos from memory cards using the iPad Camera Connection Kit, then uploading and backing up to iCloud Photo Stream or Dropbox.
  • Organizing and rating images and assigning tags in the field, and integrating them later with Photoshop on your computer.
  • Editing photos with Photogene, Snapseed, and other image adjustment tools.
  • Editing clips in , creating slideshows, rough cuts, and more.
  • Using portfolio software to create and deliver impressive iPad presentations for prospective clients.

Photographers will learn other clever uses for iPads including triggering the camera shutter remotely, using the screen as a fill flash, calculating depth of field, tracking outdoor light conditions, storing camera manuals as PDFs for quick reference, and other handy at-your-fingertip resources to complement your particular shooting style.

A bonus chapter with additional coverage for the new iPad–including and Photoshop apps–is included with purchase.

The iPad is a powerful tool and this guide will help every photographer take advantages of its full capabilities!

Book Details

  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Peachpit Press (March 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0321820185
  • ISBN-13: 978-0321820181
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Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro X Advanced Editing

Posted: 04 Aug 2012 01:10 AM PDT

Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro X Advanced Editing

Book Description

In this -authorized guide, director and filmmaker Michael Wohl teaches the advanced skills that editing professionals need to know most. Using compelling professional footage, Wohl delivers a comprehensive course on the groundbreaking, entirely new X.

  • DVD-ROM includes lesson and files
  • Focused lessons take you step-by-step through professional, real-world projects
  • Accessible writing style puts an expert instructor at your side
  • Ample illustrations and keyboard shortcuts help you master techniques fast
  • Lesson goals and time estimates help you plan your time
  • Chapter review questions summarize what you've learned and prepare you for the  Certified Pro Exam

Table of Contents
Advanced Editing
Lesson 1. Organizing Your
Lesson 2. Advanced Editing Techniques
Lesson 3. Working with Auditions
Lesson 4. Working with Sound
Lesson 5. Using Effects
Lesson 6. Editing Multicam Clips

Advanced Compositing and Effects
Lesson 7. Keying and Compositing
Lesson 8. Transformations, Effects, and Titles
Lesson 9. Creating

Finishing Techniques
Lesson 10. Color Correction Basics
Lesson 11. Adjusting Color and Saturation
Lesson 12. Color Matching
Lesson 13. Making Isolated Color Adjustments
Lesson 14. Advanced Sharing and Sending to Compressor

Appendix A. Using Footage

Book Details

  • Paperback: 512 pages
  • Publisher: Peachpit Press (April 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0321810228
  • ISBN-13: 978-0321810229
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iPhoto ’11: The Macintosh iLife Guide to using iPhoto with OS X Lion and iCloud

Posted: 04 Aug 2012 01:06 AM PDT

iPhoto 11: The Macintosh iLife Guide to using iPhoto with OS X Lion and iCloud

Book Description

’11 helps you organize, edit, and share your photos. With ’11 it’s easy to organize and manage the thousands (maybe tens of thousands) of photos on your Mac by Faces, Places, and Events. ’11 also comes with editing and enhancement tools that rival those in expensive photo software. And finally Share what you shoot by publishing photos to your page and account or liven up someone’s inbox with a beautiful email message designed with your photos. And do it all without leaving . Let this book be your complete guide to managing all that ’11 has to offer. Beyond what other books offer this book guides you in work with ’11 today including integration with with the brand new service and OS X Lion.

Table of Contents

  • at a Glance
  • The Essentials of Imaging
  • Importing Photos from a
  • Importing Photos with 's Photo Stream
  • How Photo Stream Works
  • After the Import
  • More Ways to Import Photos
  • Importing Tips
  • Browsing Your Photo Library
  • Tips for Working with Events
  • Adding Titles and Captions
  • Faces at a Glance
  • Working with Faces
  • Tips for Faces
  • Places at a Glance
  • Adding a New Place
  • Exploring and Browsing Places
  • Tips for Places
  • Assigning Keywords and Ratings
  • Searching for Photos
  • Creating Albums
  • Tips for Working with Albums Creating Smart Albums
  • Smart Albums, Faces, and Places
  • Basic Photo Editing
  • Fixing Composition Problems and Red-Eye
  • Enhancing and Retouching Photos
  • Applying Effects to Photos
  • Advanced Editing and the Adjust Pane
  • Adjusting Exposure and Levels
  • Adjusting Defi nition, Shadows, and Highlights
  • Changing a Photo's Colors
  • Sharpening and Reducing Noise
  • The Big Picture: Full-Screen Editing
  • Editing Tips
  • Shooting in Raw Mode
  • Working with Raw Images
  • Using iPhoto with Photoshop
  • Slide Shows: iPhoto as Projector
  • Customizing Instant Slide Shows
  • Creating a Slide Show Project
  • Creative Options for Slide Show Projects
  • Slide Show Tips
  • More Slide Show Tips
  • Sharing Photos via Email
  • Tips for Emailing Photos
  • Sharing Photos on
  • Tips for Facebook Publishing
  • Sharing Photos on
  • Tips for Flickr Publishing
  • Sharing Photos on a Network
  • Printing Photos
  • Customizing a Print Job
  • Printing Tips and Troubleshooting
  • Ordering Prints
  • Creating Photo Books
  • Planning for Publishing
  • Book Layout Techniques
  • More Book Layout Techniques
  • Creating Travel Maps
  • Tips for Creating Books
  • More Tips for Creating Books
  • Creating a Photo Calendar
  • Tips for Creating Calendars
  • Creating Greeting Cards and Postcards
  • More Ways to Share Photos
  • Burning Photos to CDs and DVDs
  • Creating and Managing Photo Libraries
  • Getting Old Photos into iPhoto
  • iPhoto Tips
  • More iPhoto Tips
  • Mastering Your
  • Tips for Better Digital
  • Index

Book Details

  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Peachpit Press (February 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0321819519
  • ISBN-13: 978-0321819512
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