Photoshop CS4 All-in-One For Dummies

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Your one-stop Photoshop reference, filled with the latest tips and techniques

There's a reason why Photoshop is the industry standard for image-editing software. But it's also that big, Photoshop has so many facets and features that a handy one-stop guide is exactly what you need. And you'll love the "Putting It Together" exercises that give you hands-on experience – in rich, full color!

• Learn the parts — the desktop, menus, panels, and key tools, and how to use Adobe Bridge
• Make your selection — learn about each of the selection tools plus the powerful Pen tool and Paths panel
• Brush up — on the Brush and Pencil tools and how to create vector shapes, create and edit type, and put type on a path
• Restore and retouch — correct and enhance color, improve contrast, and use the Clone Stamp and Healing tools to fix flaws and damage
• Print it — learn how to get the right resolution, image mode, and file format, and prepare your work for printing

Open the book and find:

• How to crop images and increase their canvas size
• Tips for creating gradients and patterns
• Advice on resizing images
• How to composite images with layers and blending modes
• Filter techniques to correct or alter images
• How the Vanishing Point feature makes editing easier
• Steps for making adjustments with levels and curves
• How to create contact sheets
• ISBN: 047032726X * ISBN-13: 9780470327265
  

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Storage Area Networks For Dummies

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* A basic guide to setting up and using this complex technology, making the lucrative world of computer storage accessible even to a novice in the storage field
* Offers networking professionals practical, hands-on instructions for implementing and maintaining a Storage Area Network, allowing them to get up and running quickly

* As a corporate asset, the value of secure, available storage continues to escalate, while professionals trained to manage SANs are in critically short supply
* Average salaries for storage networking professionals range from $69K to $85K, generating tremendous interest in this field
* Author, a twenty-year storage industry veteran, has designed and implemented storage area networks for most of the Fortune 100 companies

Storage Area Networks (SANs) For Dummies, 2nd Edition. Christopher Poelker, Alex Nikitin. ISBN: 978-0-470-38513-5

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Adobe AIR For Dummies

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Want to create rich Internet applications and RIA desktop apps that run seamlessly online and offline? Adobe AIR —Adobe Integrated Runtime — makes it possible; Adobe AIR For Dummies makes it easy.

AIR allows Web developers to create rich Internet applications using Web technologies. They run on desktops and across multiple operating systems, and they're more than mere wimpy widgets. Adobe AIR For Dummies gives you the scoop on AIR, working with local file systems and databases, setting up security, and all the stuff you need to know to create cool AIR apps. You'll learn to:

• Build full-fledged Web apps with JavaScript, Flash, Flex, or HTML
• Integrate AIR applications with Flash
• Use AIR to access services like eBay and AOL videos on the desktop
• Understand the AIR security model and how application sandboxes protect your code and data
• Create apps for network connectivity, monitor remote network services, and work with audio files
• Debug your apps with the AIR Debug Launcher, the alert command, or the AIR HTML Introspector
• Set the environment path in Vista, Windows XP, or Mac OS X
• Use HTML and CSS as building blocks and handle events in HTML DOM
• Add drag-and-drop capability in Flex, Flash, and HTML apps

If you're excited about the possibilities of building applications that run on the desktop and interface with external Web apps, Adobe AIR For Dummies is just what you need to get started!

Adobe AIR For Dummies. Richard Wagner. ISBN: 978-0-470-39044-3. Paperback. 360 pages. January 2009

ISBN-13: 9780470390443

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Manage Your Life with Outlook For Dummies

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• An all-new guide that unlocks the secrets of greater Office 2007 productivity-a must-have for power users and everyone who would like to work more efficiently
• Offers scores of tips, tricks, and techniques to boost productivity with the programs people use every day-Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint

• Topics covered include dealing effectively with e-mail, effectively managing files, using and creating templates, reusing and remixing content, sharing and reviewing content, and efficiently managing time and scheduling
• The CD-ROM and companion Web site offer podcasts of key productivity tips from the book

ISBN: 978-0-471-95930-4. Paperback. 360 pages

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