This bestselling guide from authors Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas has been the go-to tutorial and reference book for photography/design professionals and the textbook of choice in college classrooms for decades. This edition includes their trademark features of clear, concise, step-by-step instructions; hundreds of full-color images; screen captures of program features; and supplemental tips and sidebars in every chapter. New and updated Photoshop CC features are clearly marked with bright red stars in both the table of contents and main text.

Photoshop CC 2014 Release: For Windows and Macintosh (Visual Quickstart Guides)

Arts & Photography

Lourekas, Peter

Weinmann, Elaine

Photography & Video

Peachpit Pr

For almost two decades, the best-selling Visual QuickStart Guides by Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas have been the textbooks of choice in classrooms and the go-to tutorial and reference for art and design professionals. This edition includes their trademark features: clear, concise, step-by-step instructions; hundreds of full-color illustrations; screen captures of program features; and supplemental tips and sidebars in every chapter. This fully updated edition for Illustrator CC (2014 release) covers the new enhancements and features, including significant upgrades to the Pencil tool, Swatches panel, Artboard panel, as well as new Live Corners, reshaping methods, and much more. The new and updated Illustrator CC features are clearly marked with bright red stars in both the table of contents and main text. Readers can follow the steps in a tutorial fashion, or use the book as a reference guide to individual program features. Many of the key illustrations used in the book are available via Web download for practice by readers.

Illustrator CC: Visual QuickStart Guide (2014 release)

Computers & Technology

Programming

Peachpit Press

This best-selling guide from authors Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas has been the go-to tutorial and reference book for photography/design professionals and the textbook of choice in college classrooms for decades. This edition includes their trademark features of clear, concise, step-by-step instructions; hundreds of full-color images; screen captures of program features; and supplemental tips and sidebars in every chapter. This new edition includes an all-new material, a bonus chapter, and downloadable assets. New and updated Photoshop CC (2015 release) features—including linked assets, multiple artboards, and new asset export—are clearly marked with bright red stars in both the table of contents and main text.

Photoshop CC: Visual QuickStart Guide (2015 release)

Adobe Photoshop is the application of choice for digital image manipulation. Its complexity can be daunting for beginners, however. Photoshop 5 for Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide gives users an accessible, how-to reference guide to basic photo manipulation and correction techniques using the latest version of Photoshop. 
 Using this guide, beginners don't need to wander through menus or read a great deal of text. Extensive pictures and captions reassure readers that they are in the correct dialog box, pop-up menu, or entry field to do what they need. Used as a standard textbook in countless classrooms, and as a table-top reference by freelance computer artists everywhere, it's the book that explains Photoshop techniques clearly and quickly. 
 Includes new and revised material on using Photoshop effectively for Web images as well as in multimedia productions. Also covers most of the higher-end changes in this version, including: improved color management, the new History palette, 16-bit channel support, layer effects, History brush, Magnetic Lasso and Magnetic Pen tools, Postscript type layers, and the expanded Actions palette.

Photoshop 5 for Windows and Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Takes a visual approach to a popular graphic design program, offering step-by-step instructions, concise commentary, and b&amp;w and color illustrations. Covers new and improved features of Illustrator 8, and discusses Web issues, with chapters on the Illustrator interface, startup, views, object basics, and tools for selecting, reshaping, transforming, filling, drawing, and painting. Also covers type, gradients, filters, masks, and separations. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Illustrator 8 for Windows & Macintosh, Fifth Edition (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Operating Systems

When it comes to page-layout design, QuarkXPresss is the undisputedworldwide leader. But even leaders must adapt to change or riskobsolescence. QuarkXPress 5 proves up to the challenge, facing the newmillennium with new tools and a redefined mission: Create a document onceand publish it anywhere. Whether you're a page-layout novice or an old handlooking to learn new tricks, there's no better or faster introduction tothis revamped classic than QuarkXPress 5 for Windows and Macintosh:Visual QuickStart Guide.
The patented Visual QuickStart format makes it easy to learn version5's essential tools and features. Step-by-step directions and helpfulscreenshots walk you through each task; page tabs turn the book into aindispensable quick-reference guide for beginners and pros alike.QuarkXPress 5: VQS starts with a guided tour of the interface,contextual menus, and other tools, then covers everything you need to knowabout page layout and design, including new table and Layers features. Onceyou have a solid grounding in the basics, you can move on to more advancedtopics, such as exporting your document as a Web page or XML, addinghyperlinks, and using version 5's expanded scripting features (includingAppleScript and Color Management System XTensions).

QuarkXPress 5 for Windows & Macintosh

Graphics & Design

Cover the latest version of Adobe Photoshop with highly visual, step-by-step instructions that explain how to create Web graphics, understand color dynamics, and more. Original. (Beginner)

Photoshop 4 for Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Explains the basics of Photoshop, including how to use the palettes and image modes, how to scan pictures and line them up, and how to adjust color and shading

Photoshop 4 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)

The best-selling QuarkXPress: Visual QuickStart Guide has been updated to take advantage of the new features in version 4.0. This is the perfect way for beginners to learn QuarkXPress because the step-by-step, illustrated guide teaches users how to master specific skills using clear, easy-to-understand instructions. It also offers special tips to help new users avoid potential problems. Hundreds of illustrations with detailed captions offer additional reinforcement for new users. Users learn how to create a new Quark file, navigate through a document, work with text boxes, picture boxes, typography, and much more.
 The new edition is an invaluable tool for experienced Quark users because it offers them a chance to learn the new features of version 4.0 quickly and easily. Some of the new features in QuarkXPress 4.0 include the addition of Bezier tools, a Tools palette, character-based style sheets, new management capabilities for QuarkXTensions, indexes, and paragraph formats, new graphics features, and new typographical and document controls.

QuarkXPress 4 for Macintosh

Several illustrations on almost every page make this a clear and easy teaching tool for the popular graphics program. The illustrations accompany step-by-step instructions which explain the workings of the program; basic commands and setup; creating, selecting and moving objects; reshaping paths; use of the pen tool; color, patterns, and layers; creation, style and design of type; use of masks, filters, and graphs; and creation and use of separations and traps. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Illustrator 7 for Macintosh & Windows Visual Quick Start Guide

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