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3D Programming for Windows (Pro - Developer)

Charles Petzold

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Get a focused introduction to programming 3D graphics with the Windows Presentation Foundation 3D API. Complementing his book Applications = Code + Markup, award-winning author Charles Petzold builds on XAML essentials, teaching you how to display and animate 3D graphics under the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 and Windows Vista. You ll get expert guidance and code samples in XAML and Microsoft Visual C# helping you master the skills you need to create high-fidelity user interfaces. Discover how to: Define complex 3D objects with triangle meshes Enhance the illumination of 3D surfaces with light and shading effects Color 3D figures with gradients, bitmaps, and drawings Add animation with transforms and vertex manipulation Represent linear, affine, and camera transforms by using matrices Calculate vector angles, angles of rotation, and axes of rotation Generate triangle meshes efficiently by using C# code Express rotation by using quaternion computation Provide a user interface for manipulating and drawing 3D figures PLUS Get Visual C# and XAML code samples on the Web

Photoshop Elements 6 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide

Jeff Carlson

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Photoshop Elements is geared for business users, students, educators, and home users who want professional-looking images for their print and Web projects, but don't want or need the advanced power of Adobe Photoshop. With Photoshop Elements 6 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide, readers can start reading from the beginning of the book to get a tour of the interface and start with image-editing basics, or they can look up specific tasks to learn just what they need to know. This task-based, visual reference guide uses step-by-step instructions and plenty of screenshots to show readers how to capture photos, reduce red eye, correct color, work with layers, and much more. Updated to cover Photoshop Elements 6 and it's new features including the refined compositing capabilities that allow for seamless panoramas and stitching together the perfect group photo. Both beginning and intermediate users will find what they need here--in straightforward language and with readily accessible examples.

Photos, Video and Music for Seniors with Windows Vista: Learn How to Use the Windows Vista Tools for Digital Photos, Home Videos, Music and Entertainment (Computer Books for Seniors series)

Addo Stuur

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Seniors can use this learn-as-you-go book right alongside their computers as they perform the tasks laid out in each chapter and explore the brand new multimedia aspects of Windows Vista. With clear, step-by-step instructions accompanied by vivid illustrations, seniors will see how simple it is to enjoy their home photos and video in Windows Photo Gallery, rip and listen to their music in Windows Media Player 11, and enjoy all their favorite home entertainment in the brand new Windows Media Center. 

InDesign CS2 for Macintosh and Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Sandee Cohen

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You already know why it makes sense for you to learn Adobe InDesign: because major magazines, newspapers, book publishers, ad agencies, graphic-design firms, and corporate creative groups worldwide use it to increase productivity and refine creative results. And you need to get up to speed on the very newest version--Adobe InDesign CS2--today! Enter Adobe InDesign CS2 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide. Using the task-based, visual approach that has become the hallmark of Peachpit's popular Visual QuickStart Guides, this volume provides a fast, easy, comprehensive introduction to everything InDesign. You'll learn about all aspects of the InDesign interface, including its tools and palettes, as well as how to create documents and master pages, import and style text and objects, automate your work, manage long documents, use the Bezier pen tools,create interactive PDF elements, and work with color.  You'll also learn how to use the new Adobe Bridge file browser to locate, manage, and drag and drop assets easily into your InDesign layouts. You’ll find a new chapter on working with InCopy, complete coverage of more advanced topics (like preflighting and advanced text control) and a thorough introduction to all of InDesign's productivity-enhancing features and tools.

Photoshop CS2 for Windows & Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Elaine Weinmann, Peter Lourekas

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If you're interested in weaving multiple images into a seamless panorama, placing text on paths and shapes, or any of the countless other things you can do with Photoshop CS2's myriad new features, this is the place to get up to speed on them fast! In these pages best-selling authors and Photoshop masters Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas use task-based instruction and strong visual aids to teach you all of the Photoshop essentials: from basic color manipulation and image correction to painting, masking, using filters, importing and editing digital photos, and more. Incisive text, crystal-clear screen shots, and step-by-step instructions bring the art of digital image manipulation to your desktop. Now you can take the ball and run with it, creating your own composite masterpieces that take full advantage of Photoshop's tight integration with the other products in Adobe's Creative Suite. Armed with the tips and techniques Elaine and Peter share here, you'll be ready for any Photoshop CS2 project.

How to Do Everything with Windows Vista Media Center (How to Do Everything)

Joli Ballew

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Now you can enjoy all of your digital media on your PC or TV easily with Windows Vista Media Center! Filled with expert tips, this hands-on guide explains how you can watch and record TV shows, download movies and music, view your photos and videos, and so much more--all through one, integrated system. How to Do Everything with Windows Vista Media Center shows you how to configure this versatile tool for optimum quality and performance and how to make the most of all of its powerful--and fun--features.

• Connect to a wired or wireless network, the Internet, and a TV signal
• Configure your settings, including privacy, parental controls, and closed captioning
• Watch, pause, rewind, and record live TV
• Download and watch movies and other media
• Set up a personal music library and buy or rent music online
• Create playlists, burn CDs, synch mobile devices, and stream music
• Customize, create, and manage pictures and videos
• Access your media from an Xbox 360 or other Windows Vista PCs
• Install a DVD, HD DVD, or Blu-ray disc drive for your PC or Xbox 360
• Install and configure a TV tuner, a cable card, and an external hard drive

Build a PC with Scott Mueller (Video Training Upgrading and Repairing PCs) (Upgrading and Repairing)

Scott Mueller

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DVD features two hours of personal instruction on buildiing your own PC from scratch! Watch, listen, and learn as world-renowned PC hardware expert Scott Mueller walks you through the guts of your PC. Scott shows you how to choose the right hardware and put it all together! Perfect for beginners, “Build a PC with Scott Mueller” is the video you will want to have by your side when building your first rig. Scott takes you under the hood to show you exactly how your PC works and how to build a PC right, the first time! PC building has never been this visual-or this easy! Includes a 60-page companion booklet.

 

In this DVD you will learn:

 

* Hardware 101! Scott shows you how to choose the right hardware for your new rig!

* Learn to decipher the technobabble used to describe PC hardware

* Watch as Scott shows you how to build a new PC. See how every part is installed!

* See how to properly power and cool your new PC

* Once your new PC is built, learn how to choose the right BIOS settings

* Tame those vexing front panel connectors!

 

 System Requirements:

• Operating System: Windows XP or Vista
• Multimedia: Windows Media Player
• Computer: DVD drive or set-top DVD player

InDesign CS for Macintosh and Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Sandee Cohen

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Now that you've finally figured out that InDesign's increasingly tight integration with the rest of Adobe's creative products will enable you to work more creatively and efficiently, all you want to do is get up to speed on it--yesterday, if possible! Enter InDesign CS for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide. Using the task-based, visual approach that has become the hallmark Peachpit's popular Visual QuickStart Guides, this volume provides a fast, easy, comprehensive introduction to everything InDesign. You'll learn about all aspects of the InDesign interface, including its tools and palettes, as well as how to create and navigate documents, import and style text and objects, automate your work, manage long documents, use the Bezier pen tools, and work with color. You'll also find complete coverage of more advanced topics (like preflighting and advanced text control) and a thorough introduction to all of InDesign CS' new features: an updated Story Editor, nested styles, separation previews, and the Package for GoLive command.

After Effects CS3 Professional for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickPro Guide (Visual Quickpro Guide)

Antony Bolante

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Here to get filmmakers, Web designers, and broadcast pros up to speed on After Effects CS3 Professional - in time to meet their next deadline, is everyone's favorite task-based guide, but geared toward more advanced users. Through step-by-step instructions, enhanced by tips, sidebars, and plenty of visual aids, veteran video editor Antony Bolante will show you  how to effectively and efficiently import and manage footage, view and edit layers, apply effects, animate type, and more. You'll learn about key features with real-world examples of how and when features should be used, including what's new in After Effects CS3: Shape layers, which enables you  to easily create and animate shapes; Puppet tool, which you can use to animate a 2D image like a marionette; powerful integration with Photoshop CS3; new support for Flash designers; the new Brainstorm panel, which lets you preview an array of different visual possibilities in one gorgeous panel; complete color management workflow; Adobe Clip Notes, which lets you attach comments directly to a composition; Adobe Device Central CS3, which lets you preview and test animations for mobile devices, and more.

Pinnacle Studio 11 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide

Jan Ozer

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Well Done, Except for One Minor Thing 5 out of 5 stars.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful.

While Studio comes with a printed manual (and how unusual is that these days?), this book is a necessary supplement. Its emphasis on the practical, along with inclusion of useful methods and workarounds, makes it the "go to" book when the manual doesn't answer your questions. Previous editions have saved me several times. There's only one thing I wish it had: a short section on what's new in Studio 11. The manual doesn't have such a section either, and what's on the software box is, not surprisingly, promo copy. The lack of a "what's new" chapter doesn't change the fact that this is absolutely required reading if you're going to get the most out of Studio. It would just make the book better yet.

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Pinnacle Studio 11 is the latest version of the industry leading home video editing tool aimed at the Windows consumer market. In Pinnacle Studio 11 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide, veteran journalist and teacher Jan Ozer tackles Pinnacle Studio version 11 in classic and popular QuickStart style--with step-by-step instructions, plenty of illustrations, and straightforward language. Jan provides the skinny on all popular Studio 11 features like HD capture, editing and disc burning: Pinnacle Studio Plus edits native HDV or AVCHD footage and then authors HD DVD format discs that will play on the latest HD players; the new Scorefitter music generator which automatically generates soundtracks with 40 source tracks; new simplified web publishing features where users can now automatically post movies publicly on Yahoo! Videos and more.