If you're a die-hard Mac user who needs to work with Windows, you know that Microsoft's operating system is just different enough from your familiar Mac OS to make the transition less than seamless. Don't waste time fumbling around on your own. Windows for Mac Users will make mastering Windows much easier and less painful. 
In this one-of-a-kind book, Cynthia Baron teams up with best-selling Mac author Robin Williams to give you a clear, witty introduction to the PC interface and hardware. You'll learn how to make your cross-platform commute smoother and more productive with Mac-to-Windows keyboard shortcuts and easy-to follow instructions on how to rename and transfer your Mac files to a PC. Save yourself time and frustration by letting the experts be your guide to the world of Windows.

Windows for Mac Users

Computers & Technology

Williams, Robin

Baron, Cynthia L.

Operating Systems

Addison-Wesley Longman

Looking for a friendly, comprehensive primer on digital cameras that assumes you know next to nil about digital photography, yet manages not to treat you like a dummy? Look no further. In The Little Digital Camera Book, authors Cynthia Baron and Dan Peck help you go digital by providing a no-nonsense, jargon-free introduction to shooting, enhancing and sharing images from a digital camera. 
The Little Digital Camera Book covers everything nonprofessional photographers need to know about purchasing the right digital camera, how to get the best image that the camera and image-editing software can provide, and how to share those images in print, email, and on the Web, as well as how to turn your photos into cards, calendars, and other projects. Baron and Peck begin with an easy, conversational explanation of what digital photography is and how it works. Then they discuss how to choose the right hardware, including cameras, accessories, and printers, and how to use some of the most common features found on digital cameras. Finally, they discuss how to use image-editing software to fix typical problems such as red eye, cropping, and color correction, and the different options out there for sharing digital images. Reading The Little Digital Camera Book is like having a friend at your side to answer all your questions--you'll be teaching everyone else you know the ins and outs of digital photography in no time!

The Little Digital Camera Book

Arts & Photography

Peck, Daniel

Photography & Video

Peachpit Pr

Feel as if you've done all that you can do with FileMaker? FileMaker Pro 6 Advanced for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickPro Guide will help you do more. It's the most efficient way for smart, creative, busy professionals like yourself to learn how to build custom databases using scripts and templates, and to share and manage information with your colleagues in the next cubicle, over an intranet, or on the Web. Updated to include all of the new features in FileMaker 6, FileMaker Pro 6 Advanced for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickPro Guide covers advanced techniques for working with digital photos, taking advantage of the program's new XML support, using advanced querying features, and working with the program's improved style sheet management tools to design Web pages even faster and easier than before. This handy guide combines a visual approach with straightforward, step-by-step instructions, concise explanations of database techniques, and task-based learning. Taking the highly accessible instructional format of the popular QuickStart Guides to a more advanced level, the book guides readers through all the intricacies and new features of this top-selling database application.

Filemaker Pro 6 Advanced for Windows and Macintosh

Databases & Big Data

For database software, FileMaker Pro has always been almost shockingly easy to use. However, somewhere along the way it also became incredibly powerful-so much so, in fact, that's it's no longer about just creating small-scale relational databases. If you're ready to move beyond the basics and take advantage of FileMaker Pro 7's advanced features, this task-based guide provides the key. By applying the same visual approach, step-by-step instructions, and concise explanations employed by the popular Visual QuickStart Guides to complex topics like creating and managing links between fields in multiple tables and employing the advanced security features to define which fields are editable by different user categories, this handy guide represents the most efficient way for experienced FileMaker users to take their skills to the next level. By the end of the volume, you'll be creating custom databases, using advanced querying features, and managing huge volumes of complex data (text, video, images, audio, PDFs, and more) with FileMaker Pro 7!

Filemaker Pro 7 Advanced For Windows And Macintosh: Visual Quickpro Guide

Portfolios have always been artists' most valuable tools for communicating their talents to the outside world, whether to potential employers or galleries or clients. But the days of sketches and slides have given way to arrangements of digital assets that are both simpler and more complex than their traditional analog counterparts. Instructor and design professional Cynthia Baron covers all the facets that artists need to know, from choosing the best work for a particular audience to using various file formats to organizing, designing, and presenting the portfolio. Beautiful full-color illustrations demonstrate her instructions, and case studies throughout portray examples of attractive and effective portfolio design. This book gives artists at any level a creative edge, ensuring that their portfolios get noticed and help them stand out from the crowd.

Designing a Digital Portfolio (Voices That Matter)

Graphic Design

New Riders Pub

The world has gone digital--which means that a paper portfolio is no longer good enough. These days, as a creative professional, you're expected to be able to show your work on demand--whether that means emailing it to a client, displaying it on a Web site, or delivering it on CD or DVD. This book shows you how. Using a combination of step-by-step instructions and inspiring examples, veteran author Cynthia Baron takes you through the entire process of designing a digital portfolio--from developing a concept and choosing a medium, to scanning work created with traditional materials; optimizing digitized art; repurposing digital material; creating a portfolio Web site, CD, or DVD; producing a portable portfolio; and avoiding technical pitfalls when digitizing, organizing, and delivering the final product. You'll also find loads of insights from the professionals who evaluate artist portfolios everyday--agency heads, art directors, and designers--plus handy checklists, a run-down of dos and don'ts, case studies, and tips.

Designing a Digital Portfolio

Provides tips for creating Web animation, including choosing color, using type and photos, and preparing a sequence of images for animation

Web Animation for Dummies

LeWinter, Renee

Programming

John Wiley&Sons, Inc.

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