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  • How Microsoft Windows Vista Works

    How Microsoft Windows Vista Works is the first book to take you inside the new Windows Vista operating system and show you how all the pieces and parts work. With clear and simple explanations and illustrations that say, “You, too, can understand this,” How Microsoft Windows Vista Works gives you detailed information on the hidden workings of Windows Vista–from the new Aero interface inside to the Windows kernel. It’s a four-color, highly visual explanation of everything that matters about Windows Vista.

    ISBN: 9780789735850

    Paperback

    $45.50
  • Easy Microsoft Windows Vista

    See it done. Do it yourself. It’s that Easy! Easy Microsoft Windows Vista teaches you the fundamentals of working with the newest Windows operating system—Windows Vista. Fully illustrated steps will show you how to burn CDs, manage your photos and other files, send and receive email messages, and browse the Internet. In addition, learn to use the built-in security features to ensure safe access to email, the Internet, and your programs, as well as protect against viruses, junk email, and privacy invasion. No need to feel intimidated; we’ll hold your hand every step of the way.

    ISBN: 9780789735775

    Paperback

    $30.90
  • Easy Computer Basics, Windows 7 Edition

    See it done. Do it yourself. It’s that Easy! Easy Computer Basics, Windows 7 Edition  teaches you the fundamentals to help you get the most from your computer hardware and software. Fully illustrated steps with simple instructions guide you through each task, building the skills you need to perform the most common computer tasks. No need to feel intimidated; we’ll hold your hand every step of the way.

    ISBN: 9780789742278

    Paperback

    $33.50
  • Windows 7 for the Over 50s In Simple Steps 1st Edition

    Here, readers can discover everything they want to know about Microsoft Windows 7. The book covers every practical aspect of using Windows 7 on your PC or laptop and is filled with easy to understand practical tasks that will help you to achieve immediate results.

    ISBN: 9780273729181

    Paperback

    $31.90
  • Brilliant Windows 7 for the Over 50s

    This guide is specifically written for those who did not have significant contact with computers in their working lives, but who now have the time to explore its possibilities. It provides an easy-to-use guide to anyone wanting to get the most out of their computer.

    Brilliant Windows 7 For the Over 50s allows you to find the information you need easily and without fuss. It guides you through all tasks and applications using a highly visual, step-by-step approach. It tells exactly what you need to know when you need to know it.

    ISBN: 9780273729150

    Paperback

    $41.50
  • Apple Pro Training Series: Sound Editing in Final Cut Studio

    Audio producer Jeff Sobel is your guide to the only professional audio post-production application designed specifically for the Final Cut editor: Soundtrack Pro 3. Working seamlessly between Final Cut Pro and Soundtrack Pro, you’ll master audio restoration and clean-up, build and edit multitrack projects, record and edit voice-overs and narration, and experiment with advanced mixing and effects.

    Using footage from the hit TNT show Leverage and the gorgeous HD documentary OneSixRight, this step-by-step, Apple-certified guide starts with sound editing and mixing basics in Final Cut Pro, and moves on to the fine points of fixing audio files, working with the frequency spectrum, recording and editing dialogue, and spotting sound effects in Soundtrack Pro. Finally, you’ll score a sophisticated multitrack montage sequence, and mix and conform it to professional standards. Whether you’re a seasoned editor or just getting started, this book shows you how to use Final Cut Studio as an integrated package to produce superb audio and sound design.

    ISBN: 978-0321647481

    Paperback

    $86.90
  • Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Server 1.5

    Designed for video-production professionals, Final Cut Server sets the standard for intuitive media asset management, making it easy to manage large collections of media files efficiently. In this Apple-authorized reference guide, system integrator Drew Tucker takes you on a comprehensive tour of the software, covering everything from tools for tracking, reviewing, and approving jobs to automating complex sequences of tasks in a busy post environment. Along the way, Tucker shares essential workflows that will shave hours from your post-production jobs. You’ll learn techniques for searching, cataloging, and finding the right asset quickly, as well as how to handle large quantities of real-time HD video, audio, and still image assets in a fast-paced production environment. Administrators will find a comprehensive overview of how to set up and configure this powerful collaboration tool, how to customize it to serve individual sites, and how to automate workflows and manage storage locations, users, and groups. The guide provides comprehensive coverage of the new features in Final Cut Server 1.5 including a robust edit proxy workflow, support for still sequences and production hierarchies.

    ISBN: 978-0321647658

    Paperback

    $85.90
  • Apple Training Series: Final Cut Pro 7 Advanced Editing

    This is the eBook version of the printed book. If the print book includes a CD-ROM, this content is not included within the eBook version. This comprehensive guide starts out with primary correction in Final Cut Pro 7 and moves on to the fine points of secondary grading and color effects in Color 1.5. Revised with remarkable clips from TNT’s hit show Leverage as well as HD footage shot around the world, the book takes you step by step through Color’s new features, including 4K and RED workflows and improved round-trip integration with Final Cut Pro. Topics include color balancing, scene matching, using keys and vignettes to isolate and grade regions, applying advanced color effects, adjusting the composition and framing of a shot, tracking and key framing, grade management, and advanced workflows. A special chapter on creating specific “looks” offers recipes for some of the most useful grades in a colorist’s toolbox.

    ISBN: 978-0321636799

    Paperback

    $95.90
  • Apple Pro Training Series: DVD Studio Pro 4 (3rd Edition)

    Updated for DVD Studio Pro 4.2.2, this best-selling, Apple certified guide uses striking real-world footage to build four complete DVDs and share a Blu-ray disc. It covers how to use  DVD Studio Pro on its own, as well as how to integrate it into  your workflow with Final Cut Pro 7, Motion 4, and Compressor 3.5. Each lesson takes you step-by-step through an aspect of DVD creation and finishing, with hands-on projects for you to complete as you go.

    You’ll learn to storyboard your DVD and plan its interactions, set chapter markers, build still and motion menus, and add overlays and subtitles. You’ll also work with multiple audio tracks and camera angles, create smart buttons and custom transitions, professionally encode audio and video files, and build useful scripts.

    ISBN: 978-0321534095

    Paperback

    $84.50
  • Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro 7 Quick-Reference Guide

    Ideal for students and editors on the go, this is the quick look-up guide you’ve been hunting for. Veteran trainer Brendan Boykin uses clear, concise explanations and an easy-to-use format to put the essential techniques, most-used tools, and most-efficient workflows at your fingertips. A compendium of Final Cut Pro best practices, tips, and quick-glance reminders, plus a great summary of what’s new in Final Cut Pro 7 including  iChat Theater support, the redesigned speed tools, and sharing projects on a Blu-ray disc. The book’s compact size makes it easy to fit in a jacket pocket or computer case so that readers have it handy when they need it most.

    ISBN: 978-0321694683

    Paperback

    $45.60
  • Apple Pro Training Series: Motion 4 1st Edition

    In this best-selling guide to Motion 4, you’ll create eight sophisticated projects including a 3D show promo, a network-style title sequence, a DVD motion menu, and an actual temp effect used in Overture Film’s Traitor. Each chapter represents a complete lesson, with a commercial-quality project to work through as you learn. Master trainer Mark Spencer starts with the fundamentals of motion graphics and quickly moves into compositing, animation, motion graphics design, visual effects design, and the world of 3D. The book is fully revised to take advantage of the software’s new features: you’ll explore 3D shadows, reflections, and depth of field; “fly” a camera from one object to another; ripple text characters on and off the screen with ease; animate date and time sequences automatically; and master Motion’s remarkable new linking behavior. Along the way, you’ll work with particles, generators, filters, effects, templates, green screen mattes, keying, tracking, paint, and more. Whether you’re just entering the field or are already an accomplished motion graphics pro, this book will have you designing in Motion in record time.

    ISBN: 9780321635297

    Paperback

    $86.90
  • Apple Pro Training Series: Color Correction in Final Cut Studio

    This comprehensive guide starts out with primary correction in Final Cut Pro 7 and moves on to the fine points of secondary grading and color effects in Color 1.5. Revised with remarkable clips from TNT’s hit show Leverage as well as HD footage shot around the world, the book takes you step by step through Color’s new features, including 4K and RED workflows and improved round-trip integration with Final Cut Pro. Topics include color balancing, scene matching, using keys and vignettes to isolate and grade regions, applying advanced color effects, adjusting the composition and framing of a shot, tracking and keyframing, grade management, and advanced workflows. A special chapter on creating specific “looks” offers recipes for some of the mostuseful grades in a colorist’s toolbox.

    ISBN: 978-0321635280

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    $84.50
  • Creating a Web Video in Silverlight

    For Web designers and developers who want to add great-looking  video to their Web site fast. The full-color projects in this book teach all the techniques needed to enhance Web sites with Silverlight video.

    This book takes the approach that Web designers don’t need to know every feature in Silverlight; Creating a Web Video in Silverlight: Visual QuickProject Guide shows designers just what they need to get their project done fast.

    ISBN: 978-0321554222

    Paperback

    $29.90
  • Mac OS X Snow Leopard On Demand 1st Edition

    Inside the Book

    ·         Master the Mac OS X Snow Leopard user interface, file management, and applications

    ·         Find everything you need with Spotlight

    ·         Find and use keyboard shortcuts to save time

    ·         Explore the Internet with Safari and send e-mail with Mail

    ·         Manage and play digital music with iTunes and iPod

    ·         Chat online instantly with iChat

    ·         Manage and share your schedule with iCal

    ·         Get a Front Row seat to play DVDs and other media

    ·         Set up multiple users and maintain security

    ·         Keep your files up to date and backed up with Time Machine

    ·         Customize and fine-tune Mac OS X Snow Leopard

    ·         Use Microsoft Windows along with Snow Leopard

    ISBN: 978-0789739858

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    $46.90
  • Microsoft Office Word 2007 On Demand

    This book uses real-world examples to give you a context in which to use the task. This book also includes workshops to help you put together individual tasks into projects. The Word example files that you need for project tasks are available at the site of Perspection.

    This courseware meets the objectives for the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS). Upon completion of this courseware, you may be prepared to take the exam for MCAS qualification.

    ISBN: 9780789736444

    $52.50
  • Photodex ProShow: Visual QuickStart Guide 1st Edition

    Photodex ProShow: Visual Quickstart Guide, in full color, leads readers through the process of creating stunning slide shows that can be viewed on computers, televisions, devices, and over the Internet. Whether the reader wants to create a show around their last vacation or professionals needing to create shows for weddings and other events, this task-based tutorial has it all. Both versions of ProShow 4 are covered in-detail: ProShow Gold and ProShow Producer.

    ISBN: 978-0321606181

    Paperback

    $43.50