Monday, January 19, 2009

Understanding Adobe Photoshop CS4 or Microsoft Office Excel 2007 for Windows

Understanding Adobe Photoshop CS4: The Essential Techniques for Imaging Professionals

Author: Richard Harrington

If you're considering a career in digital imaging or design or already working in the field, Adobe Photoshop is a tool you need to master. This book covers the core image editing techniques in Photoshop CS4 that a professional truly needs to know to succeed.

Learn the basics of acquiring and editing images; making selections and image enhancements; and using more advanced features such as layer styles and layer masking. Rich Harrington covers the essential skills needed to launch or advance your career with a focus not just on digital imaging, but also the Web, graphic design, multimedia, and video.

This full-color guide includes an interactive disc with more than 200 hands-on exercises and practice images, access to more than 20 hours of video podcast tutorials, and bonus materials from a companion Web site (www.peachpit.com/understandingphotoshop) to provide a rich multimedia experience for beginning and intermediate Photoshop users.

You will also learn about:

  • Compositing with layers and Photomerge
  • Repairing and retouching digital images
  • Color corrections and enhancements
  • Blending modes and maximizing filters
  • Smart Objects and Smart Filters
  • Photoshop actions and automations to speed up your workflow



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Microsoft Office Excel 2007 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide

Author: Maria Langer

Microsoft Office Excel 2007 is the biggest revision this industry standard software has undergone in years. It has a brand new interface, tons of new tools and even a suite of services called Excel Services to allow you to share your valuable data on the web. For the first time in years there is a lot to learn to make the most of this powerful new update. To take advantage of all of the new features in this powerful program (and to do so quickly), users need this Visual QuickStart Guide. In these pages, veteran author and trusted Excel teacher Maria Langer provides step-by-step instructions for the full gamut of Excel tasks: from worksheet basics like editing, using functions, formatting cells, and adding graphics objects, to more advanced topics like creating charts, working with databases, and Web publishing. She also shows readers how to use Excel Services to dynamically render a spreadsheet as HTML so others can access a spreadsheet stored on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 within any Web browser. As with all Visual QuickStart Guide books, clear, concise instructions and lots of visual aids make learning easy and painless.



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