<p>The biggest financial commitment you'll make in your lifetime is likely to be the mortgage that finances your home over 10...15...30 years. The actual amount you'll pay on your mortgage can be hundreds of thousands of dollars - double or triple the cost of the house. That's why it's so important to start out with the best mortgage deal for you, and to look for ways to bring down the cost. The Mortgage Kit is packed with interactive forms, guidelines, tips, checklists and mortgage tables, even a video tutorial with the author - all designed to help you save thousands of dollars over the life of your loan.</p>

The Mortgage Kit: Select the Right Loan, Negotiate the Best Terms, Lock in the Lowest Rate, Understand All Your Options

Business & Money

Whitt, Phillip

Steinmetz, Thomas C.

Real Estate

Dearborn Trade Pub

Beginning Photo Retouching & Restoration Using GIMP teaches the reader how to achieve professional results using this high end image editor. You'll learn how to do everything from making dull images "pop" to resurrecting badly damaged photographs deemed beyond any hope of rescue. There's no need to shell out good money month after month for the "big name" software package. GIMP 2.8 is a world-class image editor that wields almost as much power, and is completely free!Learning the art of photo retouching and restoration is fun and rewarding. Reclaim those treasured images from the ravages of time and neglect, and pass them on to future generations. Beginning Photo Retouching & Restoration Using GIMP will provide you with a wide array of editing exercises to help you develop a high degree of proficiency. Whether you are the designated "family archivist" wanting to preserve your family history, or a professional photographer with a desire to add an extra revenue generating service, this book will be an invaluable aid. • Shows how to acquire the best scans and digitize large photographs.• Teaches you how to digitally repair damaged prints, correct color shifts, reclaim lost detail-even colorize black and white images.• Offers great tips on how to maintain and preserve your newly printed restored photographs, and how to properly store originals.

Beginning Photo Retouching and Restoration Using GIMP

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Springer

Pro Freeware and Open Source Solutions for Business is a practical guide for the small business owner seeking viable alternative to expensive commercial software packages and subscriptions. This comprehensive look at the powerful alternatives to expensive proprietary software provides an illustrated overview of no-cost software solutions.In this book you will find free and open source solutions for office productivity, PDF creation, accounting, image editing and graphic design, desktop publishing, 3D design, CAD, audio and video editing, website and blog creation, customer relationship management, point of sale, networking and security, and alternatives to the Windows and Macintosh operating systems. This guide helps free the cost-conscious business owner from the bonds of expensive proprietary software by exploring the free and powerful alternatives that exist. You can save a substantial sums of money by replacing just a few commercial software titles with free and open source solutions. Learn how with Pro Freeware and Open Source Solutions for Business today.

Pro Freeware and Open Source Solutions for Business

Computers & Technology

Computer Science

Apress

Obtain techniques for adding color to black and white or monochrome photographic images using GIMP. In this book you'll also learn to create a hand-tinted effect to add an element of antiquity. Pro Photo Colorizing with GIMP also teaches techniques that enable you to selectively colorize images, mixing black and white with color. There are also tips to go the opposite way: converting color images into black and white (there's more to it than just removing color).Written with both beginning and experienced GIMP users in mind, Pro Photo Colorizing with GIMP shows you how to colorize black and white images to achieve a high degree of realism.What You'll Learn Gain a basic overview of the GIMP workspace, tools, color palettes, layers, and layer masks Learn how to make the proper tonal adjustments to black and white images before starting the colorizing processComplete simple colorizing exercises for beginners and progress to more advanced colorizing techniquesColorize skin, teeth, hair, and eyesCreate a nostalgic hand-tinted look and selectively colorize (mixing color with black and white) to create interesting imagesUse textures and patterns to create artistic colorized imagesProperly convert color images into black and whiteColorize black and white portraits, and re-colorize old faded color portraitsWho This Book Is ForGIMP users (but users of other photo editing software packages can benefit as well). It is especially useful for those who edit photographs, restore old photographs, or those who want to apply colorizing techniques for artistic effect.

Pro Photo Colorizing with GIMP

<p>Learn digital image editing without the expense of using subscription-based editors. This book will pave the way for you to leverage Pixlr Editor, a free, web-based image editing solution that works on virtually any computer platform.</p> <p>You'll learn image editing first hand by using the practice images with the corresponding tutorials―everything from creating simple graphics to enhancing and retouching photos. Explore all of the features you'd expect in a high end photo editing application; layers, history (multiple undos), and an array of powerful tools for handling almost any editing task.</p>
<p>Powerful image editing used to require purchasing and installing expensive, complicated image editing software on your computer. Beginning Pixlr Editor takes an easy-to-access and convenient look at the alternative from the Pixlr family of tools and utilities and offers you advanced editing techniques so you can enhance, retouch, and edit your digital images like a pro.<br></p>
<br>What You'll Learn:<ul>
<li>Easily access Pixlr Editor from any computer with a high speed Internet connection<br>
</li>
<li>Create an new image, or open an image from your computer, a URL, or the Pixlr library<br>
</li>
<li>Save your images on to your computer or the Pixlr library<br>
</li>
<li>Navigate the the Pixlr interface<br>
</li>
<li>Use the Tools, Layers, image Adjustments, History, and much more</li>
</ul>Who This Book Is For:<br>Beginner and those with some image editing experience (anyone accustomed to Adobe Photoshop will instantly feel at home with Pixlr Editor).<br>

Beginning Pixlr Editor: Learn to Edit Digital Photos Using this Free Web-Based App

Programming

<p><p>Learn how to edit images and create compelling digital art with Glimpse, the newest open source alternative to Adobe Photoshop and GIMP. This book explores Glimpse's broad selection of tools and features that can create beautiful (raster) digital art; painting, drawings, and art created from photos by applying one of the many filters to create artistic effects.&nbsp;</p> <p>You will quickly become acquainted with this powerful program and understand how to use workspace tools and layers. You will learn step-by-step how to correct exposure, digitally retouch and repair damaged photos, and handle just about any photo editing task--even colorizing grayscale images. Practice files are provided with step-by-step instructions to jump into photo editing and art creation.<br /></p> <p>Glimpse is a powerful program that is a viable alternative to Adobe Photoshop and other proprietary software. The possibilities of the art one can create are almost limitless--get started with it using this book today.</p> <p><b>What You'll Learn</b></p> <ul> <li>Navigate the Glimpse workspace</li> <li>Use layers, which are essential in any professional quality image editing program</li> <li>Work with the varied tools that Glimpse offers</li> <li>Enhance, retouch, and modify digital images</li> <li>Restore and repair damaged family photos, and create composites such as replacing backgrounds</li> <li>Create compelling digital artwork using the drawing tools and by applying artistic filters</li> </ul> <p><b>Who This Book Is For</b></p> Anyone desiring to learn serious image editing with Glimpse. It can be used by both fledgling and professional photographers, freelance graphic designers, students, genealogists, and more. Because it's free, it can be especially advantageous to teachers, students, and small business owners on a budget.&nbsp;</p>

Practical Glimpse: Learn to Edit and Create Digital Photos and Art with This Powerful Open Source Image Editor

<p><div>Learn to use the most up-to-date version of Paint.NET, the free, Windows-based program for image editing. This book is ideal for PC users who find Microsoft Paint too lacking, and Photoshop or GIMP too overwhelming. &#8203;Paint.NET is a lightweight yet capable program that's easy to navigate and&nbsp;is regularly updated.&nbsp;</div> <div><br /></div> <div>You'll quickly become acquainted with this powerful, yet easy-to-learn program's features; tools, layers, adjustments, and effects. See how to correct exposure, digitally retouch and repair damaged photos, and handle a broad spectrum of photo editing tasks--even how to colorize a black-and-white image. You'll also learn how to create digital art using the Paint.NET drawing tools and effects. Practice files are provided with step-by-step instructions to jump into photo editing and art creation.<br /></div> <div><br /></div> <div><i>Practical Paint.NET</i> highlights this powerful program's rich set of features and capabilities providing you the pathway for just about any kind of image editing. Join the large community behind it today!</div> <div><br /></div> <div><b>What You'll Learn</b></div> <div> <div> <ul> <li>Use layers, which are essential in any professional quality image editing program</li> <li>Acquire and install plugins to maximize Paint.NET's capabilities</li> <li>Enhance, retouch, and modify digital images</li> <li>Create compelling digital artwork using the drawing tools and applying artistic filters</li> </ul> </div> <div><br /></div> </div> <div><b>Who This Book Is For</b></div> <div><b><br /></b></div> <div>Windows-based PC users who require the ability to edit digital images without the ongoing cost of subscription-based software, or complex open-source software.&nbsp; This group includes art or photography instructors (especially those in schools systems with limited budgets), small business owners, casual photographers, aspiring graphic designers, or anyone requiring a solid, basic editing program.<br /></div></p>

Practical Paint.NET: The Powerful No-Cost Image Editor for Microsoft Windows

Pro Freeware and Open Source Solutions for Business: Money-Saving Options for Small Enterprises

<p>Digitally repair damaged prints, correct color shifts, and even colorize black and white images. This thoroughly revised book will show you how to retouch and restore photos using the most up-to-date version of GIMP and it's latest tools and features. <p>Basic knowledge of GIMP is helpful, but the first chapter provides an overview of the free, open source image editing program. You'll then see how GIMP is a worthy alternative to Adobe Photoshop. You'll also work with step-by-step tutorials to duplicate the results using the same practice images used in the lessons. Because it is cross-platform friendly you can turn "unfixable" photos into digital art on Windows, macOS, and Linux enhancing your learning experience.&nbsp;</p> <p><i>Beginning Photo Retouching and Restoration Using GIMP</i>&nbsp;provides insight into the powerful program's wide set of features for just about any type of retouching or restoration work.<br /></p> <p><b>What You'll Learn</b></p> <ul> <li>Acquire the best scans and digitize large photographs</li> <li>Adjust contrast and exposure to make dull images "pop"<br /></li> <li>Remove cracks, creases, tears, and blemishes</li> <li>Retouch portraits and replace backgrounds</li> <li>Preserve your newly restored and printed photographs, and properly store originals<br /></li> </ul> <b>Who This Book Is For</b> <p>Anyone interested in retouching or restoring photos, whether they are family archivists genealogists,&nbsp;&nbsp;photographers, designers, or students&#8213;particularly those requiring a powerful program, but don't want or need to use Adobe's subscription-based service to access Photoshop.&nbsp;</p></p>

Beginning Photo Retouching and Restoration Using GIMP: Learn to Retouch and Restore Your Photos like a Pro

Web Development & Design

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