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The Rough Guide to iPods, iTunes, and Music Online 5 (Rough Guide Reference)

Peter Buckley, Duncan Clark

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Editorial Review:

The updated 5th edition of the "Rough Guide to iPods, iTunes & music online" is the ultimate companion to the defining gadget of the digital music era - and an essential guide to music and video on the Net, on your PC or Mac, and in your pocket. This new edition provides full coverage of the latest Apple models, including the iPod classic, iPod nano, iPod shuffle, and the iPod touch. All the latest accessories and software are road-tested with new-look iTunes 7 covered in full detail. This bestselling guide includes a fully revamped section on iTunes and Movies/Video, including the low-down on the new "Apple TV" hardware. Everything you need to know about buying music from the iTunes Music Store, as well as "iTunes Plus", which offers high-quality, DRM-free music. This book helps you discover how to select the right model and get the best deal, how to import your CDs and DVDs and manage your music and video library, how to digitize music from vinyl or cassette and download from the best online sites and stores, all this plus much, much more.

Whether you already have an iPod or you’re thinking of buying one, you need this book.  

Adobe Premiere 5.0 Classroom in a Book

Adobe Creative Team

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Total reviews: 62 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Great book for self teaching 5 out of 5 stars.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful.

During my Master's work in Design and Digital media, we were required to train in photoshop and illustrator. This was the text for that training. From the perspective of a student in a teach yourself environment, I felt this book presented itself well. The layout and information was informative. The lessons are great if you learn best through hands on application. I really recommend this series if you have the time to dedicate yourself to it. You will learn a firm foundation in which to advance yourself on your own. These books now serve as a reference on my bookshelf.

I love this book! 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

This book is amazing! I got it on a friday and by saturday night I had finished it. The book is not short, mind you, I just couldn't put it down. I no trouble with any of the tutorials. I breezed right through them! Not only does it give you training on how to use the software, it also offers tutorials on basic editing techniques. Despite what other reviewers might have said, this book's CD is easy to navigate, I had no trouble finding any of the files, and if you don't know what "fading titles" are you obviously made the wrong decision purchasing this book and the software it refers to. I had a blast with the book and tutorials, and rushed to purchase the AfterEffects Classroom in a Book shortly after reading it.

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-Includes training material from Adobe s software training experts and tested in Adobe s own classrooms

-Teaches Adobe Premiere X.0 in short, accessible lessons at a pace you can control

-Time-tested as the foremost book available on Adobe Premiere

iPod and Philosophy (Popular Culture and Philosophy)

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The iPod is transforming the lives of millions, changing their relationship to music and to each other. In iPod and Philosophy, 18 philosophers with diverse specialties and points of view bring their expertise to bear on this international cultural phenomenon. They explore such questions as how individuals become defined by their iPods, what the shuffle feature says about the role of randomness in people's lives, and much more.

Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro 5

Diana Weynand

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Total reviews: 23 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Excellent source of information 5 out of 5 stars.
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I am new at editing having only used Final Cut Pro for very basic and simple editing. This book is superb for beginners who wish to take their skills up a notch with plenty of tidbits for experimentation. I recommend beginners to have a copy of this book in their library if only for referrence.

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The scalability, performance and Emmy Award-winning workflow of Final Cut Pro 5 make it the first choice of professional editors everywhere. For those clamoring to get in on the action, this best-selling volume uses a series of class-length lessons designed to provide a strong foundation in all aspects of the digital video editing powerhouse. Readers follow the step-by-step instructions to complete the book's hands-on exercises, using the project files on the accompanying DVD. Master teacher Diana Weynand covers everything from basic editing skills to complex topics such as creating transitions and motion effects, real-time color correcting, titling techniques, and more. Previously published as Final Cut Pro HD, this revision has been updated to cover all of Final Cut Pro 5's new features, including higher quality effects, RT Extreme with Dynamic RT, editing multi-camera projects, closer integration with Apple's other creative tools and more.

Mixing, Recording, and Producing Techniques of the Pros

Rick Clark

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Editorial Review:

Veteran music journalist Rick Clark conducted hundreds of revealing interviews with some of the biggest names in the industry to create this extraordinary title. Tony Visconti, Danny Elfman, Eddy Offord, Trevor Rabin and Roy Thomas Baker are just a few of the contributors who share their special studio practices, tips, and anecdotes. A truly thorough look at the recording world, this in-depth reference guide covers everything from recording strings and horn sections to using creative production techniques on the latest musical styles. Candid interviews with expert tips will enlighten you with the knowledge that has led the featured producers, engineers and composers to huge industry successes and millions of record sales. This useful and no-less than entertaining information is organized by subject matter rather than by the celebrity so you can gain various expert advice on the topic you want to know about, and not about the personality you are learning from. All of this combined into one reasonably priced package makes for a truly definitive guide for any producers and engineers of audio productions who want the advice, opinions, tricks and techniques used by the leading experts in the field.

Yeah Dave's Guide to Livin' the Moment: Getting to Ecstasy through Wine, Chocolate, and Your iPod Playlist

David Romanelli

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Yeah Dave” Romanelli puts chocolate, wine, and excellent tunes right on the path to enlightenment. What's not to love?

David “Yeah Dave” Romanelli is kinda hip, kinda goofy, and occasionally really outrageous, an unlikely guru who is reinventing the quest for enlightenment. For Yeah Dave, the path to ecstasy doesn't require any previous experience with yoga, meditation, or wellness. He shows us how to find transcendence through everyday pleasures, like admiring the sunset or rocking out to your favorite band. “There is a place where the chocolate tastes sweeter, the music sounds better, the inspiration feels richer, and the visions look clearer,” writes Dave. “That place is the Moment.”

Yeah Dave’s Guide to Livin’ the Moment offers an alternative to the crazy, over-stimulating, distracted world we live in today, a world in which we watch the news while eating, eye our email while conversing, and forget to notice the full moon while texting. On our mission for speed, movement, and stimulation, we risk missing our life. Yeah Dave’s book gives us our life back, one beautiful, delicious, and funny moment at a time.

Yeah Dave’s Guide will make you laugh out loud while taking you someplace totally unexpected. Through hilarious vignettes about his dorky moves on the dance floor, his Crackberry addiction, and his tryst with Hot Horny Married Woman, he shares fresh and unforgettable wisdom. Without dogma or anything too “out there,” Dave makes you want to slow down the blur of modern life and find the full flavor, power, and passion that can only be found in the Moment.

DVD Demystified Third Edition

Jim Taylor

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Total reviews: 9 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

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U.S DVD sales will top $8.1 billion in 2002, an increase of over 50%, according to Adams Media Research. DVD sales this year surpassed video, even though only 30% of households have DVD players (compared to 90% for VCRs). In August 2002 the New York Times dubbed DVD the most successful home entertainment device in history…a true pop-culture phenomenon.

DVD Demystified has served as DVD's bible since the format first shipped in 1997. Demystifying not only basic technology issues but detailing production and authoring processes, making sense out of the plethora of battling video, audio, and data formats, and clearly explaining how DVD standards and specs dovetail or clash with related digital media standards, this book has not only become DVD's standard reference, but also required reading for DVD enthusiasts who wanting to peer behind the scenes and figure out how to get the most from their technology.

Since then, Jim Taylor has become DVD's most visible guru, now President of the DVD Association, author of the internet DVD FAQ, and profiled by E!Online and DVD Report.

This third edition will be almost completely rewritten to cover the major technology, format, and standard changes of the past three years, and will once again include a DVD designed to show the extreme limits of performance of this dynamic technology.

Creating Music and Sound for Games

G. W. Childs

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Written by someone who's been there 5 out of 5 stars.
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After reading through this book, I realized that it can be just as much a reference as a source of motivation or inspiration. For those who are passionate enough about learning to write game music, or begin to dabble with sound design, this is a great book. It is a bit elementary with some of the effects descriptions, but for someone who doesn't have a music background (or a very limited one), they will open the eyes for the unknowning.

Editorial Review:

Get ready to step into the mysterious world of the video game sound designer and composer. Creating Music and Sound for Games examines the responsibilities associated with each of these roles and offers tips and insight for breaking into the business. With focused sections for each of these important roles, this book offers an insider's look into how the sound designer and compositor fit into the game production team and how these roles interact with one another. You'll cover the essential tools of the trade and will examine sound design and compositional tips that can save you time and make you more efficient.

Focal Easy Guide to Final Cut Express: For new users and professionals (The Focal Easy Guide)

Rick Young

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This highly illustrated, full color book tells you all you need to know to get up and running quickly using Apple's new digital video editing application - Final Cut Express. Rick Young shares his professional insight to ensure you get the most out of all the pro-level tools, offered at a very affordable price by Express.

All the essential areas are covered: set-up; capture; editing; multi-channel sound mixing; effects creation and print to video, web or DVD, enhanced throughout by important workflow tips. This is an ideal first read, whatever you want to edit in Final Cut Express, at whatever level, as this powerful package is the answer to all your digital video needs, presenting a complete, easy to use digital laboratory for your movie creation.A freelance television director and editor with many years of broadcast experience, including work for the BBC, Sky, ITN, CNBC and Reuters. Also a Final Cut Pro Consultant, Rick has attended numerous UK and US exhibitions, is a liaison to the US FCP user groups, and author of the best-selling, 'The Easy Guide to Final Cut Pro'.

* Achieve excellent results - fast! - with Express through Rick Young's expert teaching
* Clear and concise color coverage helps you explore the full power of the program
* Ideal for editors who want to learn how to push their skills to a professional level with this new, affordable package

Multi-Platinum Pro Tools: Advanced Editing, Pocketing and Autotuning Techniques

Nathan Adam, Brady Barnett

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Learn how a real professional uses Pro Tools to make multi-platinum records with this jam-packed, fast-paced guide. Including over 300 color illustrations, Multi-Platinum Pro Tools takes you inside the minds of one of the top Pro Tools engineers in the business, giving you the skills you need to succeed. Using the interactive DVD (featuring a real Nashville recording session) you watch, listen, learn and edit alongside Multi-Platinum and Gold record engineer Brady Barnett in a real Pro Tools editing session!

Essential reading for current and aspiring recording engineers, students, musicians and all those who have some prior knowledge of Pro Tools but wish to become expert users, Multi-Platinum Pro Tools enables you to really enhance your Pro Tools skills without having to spend thousands on special 'digidesign training.'

* Provides step-by-step techniques for using Pro Tools in a session, enabling you to edit, tune, and pocket everything from rhythmic and melodic instruments to lead and background vocals
* High-quality DVD includes an interactive editing session and close-up movie screenshots giving you an in-depth look at the editing techniques used on major record label releases
* Pre-edited and final mix versions of the session demonstrate just how these techniques will take your mixes from Demo to Promo