Peachpit Press 2008 Catalog
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Peachpit 2008 Catalog Dear Readers, We’ve had a lot of fun this past year meeting you at trade shows, conferences (including our first New Riders Voices That Matter Web Design conference) and even through some About Peachpit contests we sponsored. One contest resulted in naming the bunny that has graced the cover of every Visual QuickStart Guide for more than 15 years. Our readers submitted some great We’ve been publishing our friendly, straightforward computer how-to guides since 1986 when the whole operation was names, and after several tough days of deliberation, the Peachpit judges settled on Moxie™, based out of our founder’s house, who also happened to be a name that denotes skill and determination—the very attributes that the Visual QuickStart a computer book author himself. Since then we’ve grown Guide series aims to instill in all of its readers! In another contest, The $1,000 Question, one up and moved into a real office in Berkeley, become part of fortunate soul will walk away with $1,000 worth of the best digital photography equipment a global publishing company (Pearson Education), created recommended on Peachpit TV by Peachpit’s own professional photographer-authors. a ton of popular, best-selling books and series, and formed close relationships with leading software companies that have Our Web Design conference (www.voicesthatmatter.com) was a huge success, so stay tuned resulted in very rewarding partnerships. Over the past few for information about our 2008 events. But conferences aren’t our only new endeavors here years Peachpit has also developed digital product offerings, at Peachpit. In addition to the content we bring you in print books, we’re now offering videos. such as eBooks, online video products, and Safari Books Online, as well as created our first conference series. So whether you’re learning Final Cut, Photoshop, or some other creative application, our new lineup of video products (www.peachpit.com/video) includes instruction from our top And yet, after all these years and all these new products, authors and our top series. These videos can be accessed on our Web site as well as in our our mission hasn’t changed: We’re still creating technology books that go beyond the basic manual to make information online reference library (http://safari.peachpit.com). Once you make your purchase, all you accessible through instructional design and the best writing have to do is log in, and within minutes you can start learning whatever you need right when and editing in the industry. All of our books offer easy-to- you need it. We’ve also updated and refreshed our Web site with integrated blogs, articles, follow, straight-talking instructions, combined with lots of and podcasts. You can browse our latest releases at Peachpit.com anytime, watch an episode visual aids, tips, and techniques designed to take your skills up of Peachpit TV, or comment on our blog posts—we’re always learning from you, so keep in a notch or two or three. regular touch! But that’s not to say that all of our books are the same. Each series and title has its unique strengths and brand of All the very best, instruction. We invite you to browse our imprints and their series until you find the books that teach the way you want to learn. Nancy Aldrich-Ruenzel Publisher, Vice President and Lifelong Learner Peachpit Creative Pro Group, a division of Pearson Education 2 Peachpit Offers More By SoftwareBy Software By Subject Than Just Print Books! AdobeAdobe Acrobat Acrobat ......................................... .........................................6 6 MotionDigital .................................................... Audio ..........................................4945 AdobeAdobe After LiveCycle Effects ................................. .......................................7 7 MySQL/SQLDigital Lifestyle .............................................. .......................................5046 Safari Books Online AdobeAdobe Audition/Encore After Effects ........................... .................................8 7 ProDigital Tools Photography ................................................. ...............................5051 Safari Books Online is the complete electronic reference AdobeAdobe Creative AIR ................................................. Suite ...............................9 8 QuarkXPress ............................................51 library featuring our graphic and Web design titles. See Digital Video ...........................................55 Contents AdobeAdobe Flex ..............................................Audition ........................................10 8 Shake .......................................................51 page 15 for more information. 3D and Animation ..................................58 AdobeAdobe GoLive ColdFusion ......................................... ....................................10 9 3ds Max ...................................................52 Gaming ...................................................59 Rough Cuts AdobeAdobe Illustrator Creative .................................... Suite ...............................11 9 Windows .................................................53 The Rough Cuts service from Safari Books Online lets AdobeAdobe InDesign Dreamweaver ...................................... .............................13 11 Graphic Design .......................................60 you read a book as it’s being written! Turn to page 38 AdobeAdobe InCopy Fireworks ......................................... ....................................15 12 ByWeb Subject Design & Development .................64 for more information. AdobeAdobe Photoshop Flash ............................................ ..................................16 13 DigitalProgramming Lifestyle .......................................& Scripting ......................5472 Online Video AdobeAdobe Photoshop Flex .............................................. Elements ..................25 15 iPodBusiness & iTunes Productivity .......................................... Tools ....................5773 Peachpit now offers Video QuickStarts and many other AdobeAdobe Premiere Illustrator Elements .................................... .....................27 16 Digital Photography ...............................58 onlineWant training More? videos from our best-selling authors. AdobeAdobe Premiere InDesign Pro .....................................................................27 17 DigitalTitle Index Audio ............................................... ..........................................6076 LearnThis catalog more on highlights page 28 many and ofat new and popular ApertureAdobe ................................................. Photoshop ..................................28 19 DigitalAuthor Video Index ........................................... ..........................................6178 www.peachpit.com/videobooks, but there is much, much. more! Check out AvidAdobe ......................................................... Photoshop Elements ..................29 26 General Film ...........................................61 Shortall of our Cuts fabulous books, DVDs, and products, DVDAdobe Studio Photoshop Pro ....................................... Lightroom ................29 27 3D/2D Image Editing ..............................63 Technologyplus get free is tipsheets,evolving fastersample than chapters, ever before. cool You need FinalAdobe Cut ................................................. Premiere Pro ...............................30 28 tonewsletters, know more and than more you at ever www.peachpit.com have, and these highly! Gaming ...................................................64 focused PDFs will help you do your job. See page 8 GarageBandFinal Cut ............................................ Studio ......................................32 29 Design How-Tos ......................................65 for more information. iLifeFinal ......................................................... Cut Express .....................................32 33 Web Design & Development .................68 iWorkiLife ...................................................... / iWork ............................................34 33 eBooks Programming & Scripting Tools .............71 LogicMac ........................................................ OS X .................................................35 35 Would you like to read one of our books as an eBook? Business Productivity Tools ....................73 Visit www.peachpit.com to purchase a digital copy of Mac MicrosoftOS X ................................................. Office .....................................35 41 any print book in our catalog. MacromediaMySQL / SQLActionScript ........................................... ......................40 42 Title Index ...............................................75 MacromediaQuarkXPress ColdFusion ............................................ ........................41 43 Articles, Podcasts, Interviews, Author Index ..........................................78 Blogs, and More! MacromediaShake ....................................................... Dreamweaver ...................42 43 At Peachpit.com you can read articles and tips MacromediaWindows Flash ................................................. ..................................44 44 from the experts behind the books, watch an episode Macromedia Studio 8 .............................47 of Peachpit TV, comment on our blog, sign up for