Popular among home and business users alike, CorelDRAW is a complete set of tools for creating drawings, illustrations, and multipage documents. With version 9's powerful new features and redesigned interface, you can produce anything from birthday cards to design plans to Web sites. Whether you've depended on CorelDRAW for years or have never used an art program before, you'll find exactly what you need to get right to work in CorelDRAW 9 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide. 
The book is divided into concise, clearly tabbed sections, each of which builds on previously discussed topics. Thanks to its step-by-step instructions and bountiful screenshots, newcomers to the program will be up and drawing right away. And CorelDRAW veterans will find CorelDRAW 9: VQS a handy reference guide to learning the latest features and discovering new techniques for creating amazing effects.

CorelDRAW 9 for Windows

Computers & Technology

Davis, Phyllis

Graphics & Design

Peachpit Pr

Takes an easy, visual approach to teaching CorelDRAW, where pictures guide you through the software and show you what to do. Covers the basics, the tools for precision, transformations, special effects and creating graphics for the Web. Paper.

CorelDRAW 7 for Windows 95/NT (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Programming

FrontPage 97 for Windows 95/NT: Visual QuickStart Guide uses step-by-step instructions to show readers how to create sophisticated, professional-quality Web sites. The concise, clear instructions and numerous illustrations make it easy for newcomers to jump right in and build all types of Web sites-personal, corporate, customer support, etc. Even readers with little or no Web experience will be able to create Web pages with the look and feel they want and load them onto a Web server. Tips, techniques, and undocumented secrets enable intermediate FrontPage users to create professional effects with the new version quickly and easily. FrontPage 97 for Windows 95/NT: Visual QuickStart Guide readers will learn the principles of good Web design, just what all those Web terms mean, and all the basic techniques, such as formatting text, assigning hyperlinks, mapping images, adding hotspots, and working with tables and frames. There's plenty included for intermediate users too, including instructions on how to incorporate some of the hottest technologies-WebBots, ActiveX controls, Java applets, and VB Script-into their Web pages.

Frontpage 97 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Networking & Cloud Computing

Explains the basics of navigating through CorelDRAW 8, discussing toolbars, controls, menus, and sizing, plus instruction on creating different types of shapes and images

CorelDRAW 8 for Windows, Fourth Edition (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Operating Systems

Takes a visual approach to teaching the Gnu Image Manipulation Program (GIMP), presenting easy, step-by-step directions with b&amp;w and color illustrations that take the mystery out of complicated features. Coverage includes selecting colors, painting lines and shapes, layering, creating composite images, and working with text. Other subjects are creating images for the Web, and printing and output. Includes a glossary. Davis is a writer, graphics and Web designer, teacher, and software developer. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

GIMP (Visual QuickStart Guide)

CorelDRAW has enjoyed a long run at the front of the pack of illustration programs on the market. No wonder: You get vector illustration, layout, bitmap creation, image editing, painting, and animation, all in one package. With the milestone release of version 10, the leading object-oriented drawing and graphics program proves that it isn't resting on its laurels. Whether you're upgrading from a previous version or have never used an art program before, CorelDRAW 10: Visual QuickStart Guide is the fastest, easiest way to create graphics for print and the Web with this powerful and flexible program. 
In patented Visual QuickStart style, the book takes you step-by-step through one task at time, supplementing each set of directions with clear, informative screenshots designed to keep you on track. Newcomers to CorelDRAW can start at the beginning and work their way sequentially through the program's tools and features. For CorelDRAW veterans, CorelDRAW 10 for Windows: Visaul QuickStart Guide is a must-have quick-reference guide to version 10's essential new features.

CorelDraw 10 for Windows

Schwartz, Steve

The Photoshop Darkroom: Creative Digital Post-Processing

The Photoshop Darkroom offers limitless possibilities for photographers looking for jaw-dropping results, using powerful and innovative creative post-processing techniques. If you want folks to ask "How did you do that?" then this is the book for you! The images in The Photoshop Darkroom will inspire you and help you unleash your creative potential. You'll learn to view your own digital photography with new eyes. Step-by-step directions show you real-world examples of how to achieve the results you want from your photography and post-processing. 
 *Learn how to work with RAW image files *Understand the Photoshop darkroom workflow *Multi-process RAW files *Extend the dynamic range of your photographs *Create High Dynamic Range (HDR) images by hand *Create stunning black and white imagery with Photoshop *Use layers and masking for compositing *Create striking color effects using LAB color

Davis, Harold

Routledge

The Photoshop Darkroom 2: Creative Digital Transformations

Award-winning photography/design team Harold and Phyllis Davis are back with a brand-new volume in their new Photoshop Darkroom series. Picking up where their best-selling first book left off, The Photoshop Darkroom 2: Advanced Digital Post-Processing will show you everything you need to know to take your digital imaging skills to the next level. Great photographers know that the best images begin well before the shutter clicks, and certainly well before Photoshop boots up. Harold takes a step back, and shares his helpful tips for capturing the most compelling images possible by keeping in mind what type of post-processing you'll do before you start shooting. You'll also find complete coverage of important topics such as compositing, working with layers, and HDR. Packed with tons of eye-popping images which have won Harold national acclaim, this is a fantastic resource for photographers who want to think outside the box and create truly stunning artwork. <ul>
<li>Compatible with any version of Photoshop</li> <li>Useful case studies break information down into condensed, real-world examples which are easy to follow and put into practice immediately</li> <li>Images and supplemental material are available for free on Focal Press's website </li> </ul>
 Amazon Exclusive: Selected Techniques from The Photoshop Darkroom 2: Creative Digital Transformations These images show some of the techniques explained in The Photoshop Darkroom 2: I used multi-RAW processing to build up this striking portrait with a dark background. Photoshop’s retouching features smoothed the skin and helped enhance the eyes. This macro photo of water drop reflections and refractions was enhanced using partial desaturation and the soft light blending mode. This image of sea palms (kelp) in the surf is a stacked composite view with photos taken over a period of time combined in Photoshop. This photo composite started with a shot of an empty eggshell, and an entirely separate shot of a wasp. In Photoshop, I used an LAB color adjustment to turn the wasp wings green, then composited the wasp into the eggshell. Amazon Exclusive: A Letter from Harold and Phyllis Davis on The Photoshop Darkroom 2: Creative Digital Transformations Dear Amazon Readers, How would you like a Photoshop book that is one part inspiration, one part nuts-and-bolts techniques, and 100% as visually gorgeous as a 21st-century Photoshop book should be? That’s our idea behind The Photoshop Darkroom 2: to inspire you so you can create your best imagery with the tools you need. There’s really no secret sauce here. Our earlier book, The Photoshop Darkroom: Creative Digital Post-Processing has been hailed as “the best Photoshop book ever,” “easy to use,” and “fun!” We’ve used the same approach in The Photoshop Darkroom 2: Creative Digital Transformations. We don’t try to cover everything: we explain Photoshop from the perspective of what we really do every day in the course of our professional lives. We are not interested in bells and whistles for the sake of bells and whistles; we are interested in getting things done. We believe that having fun and being inspired is part of the point of Photoshop, and we’ve tried to make every page in our book both fun and inspiring. We often get asked two questions about The Photoshop Darkroom 2: First, how does this book relate to the first Photoshop Darkroom? And then, do I need the latest and greatest version of Photoshop to get the most out of your book? These are good questions. The Photoshop Darkroom 2 and the original Photoshop Darkroom are companion volumes. Each one is meant to be read on its own. Since we didn’t want to repeat ourselves too much, in some places in The Photoshop Darkroom 2 we refer you to the first book for more in-depth information about certain topics. But you certainly don’t need to read them in order. As the subtitle, Creative Digital Transformations, suggests, The Photoshop Darkroom 2 emphasizes the portions of Photoshop that involve changing the nature of what is shown: retouching to remove flaws and enhance beauty, making the unseen visible, and photo compositing to create new worlds. The Photoshop Darkroom 2 was written using the most up-to-date software available at the time of writing, Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Adobe Lightroom 3. A few of the features specific to these versions are discussed in the book. However, for the most part, the techniques shown in The Photoshop Darkroom 2 (as with the first Photoshop Darkroom) involve core features of Photoshop such as layers and masking that have been available for a long time. If you are new to Photoshop, The Photoshop Darkroom 2 is designed to get you up to speed quickly. If you are an old hand in the digital darkroom, we think you’ll find some new techniques in The Photoshop Darkroom 2--and, more importantly, some new ideas about how to approach Photoshop and the digital future. We hope our book helps you along your path as a photographer and digital image creator. Enjoy! --Harold and Phyllis Davis

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

CorelDRAW 11 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide offers step-by-step instructions covering all the basics of CorelDRAW 11, including all the newest features, page and document set-up, text special effects, object arrangement, symbols, clip art &amp; bitmaps, and CorelDRAW components. Additional special topics include CorelDRAW and the Web, converting paragraph text to curves, and printing, preflighting, and creating PDF files. A must-have for all CorelDRAW 11 users.

CorelDRAW 11 for Windows

Schwartz, Steven A.

This no-nonsense approach to Visual Basic programming gives the reader what they need to begin programming immediately. The book covers both the Standard and Professional editions of Visual Basic, along with 32-bit programming which is now supported by version 4.0. Disk contains all the example programs listed in the book, plus a valuable set of professional custom controls.

Peter Norton's Guide to Visual Basic 4 for Windows 95

Norton,Peter

Sams.

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