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

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GETTING STARTED ® Acrobat ®

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BEYOND THE BASICS GETTING STARTED TECHNIQUE & INSPIRATION

ONLINE VIDEO LiveCycle After Eff ects Eff After / After Eff ects Eff / After ®

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GETTING STARTED BEYOND THE BASICS ColdFusion / Creative Suite / Creative Creative Suite Creative ®

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TECHNIQUE & INSPIRATION GETTING STARTED Dreamweaver ®

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GETTING STARTED BEYOND THE BASICS GETTING STARTED ® Dreamweaver ONLINE VIDEO Fireworks

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GETTING STARTED Flash

ONLINE VIDEO ® Adobe

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3ds Max Animation with Biped...... 58 Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 Classroom in a Book...... 26 Behind the Seen: How Walter Murch Edited Cold Mountain Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide...... 26 Using Apple’s Final Cut Pro and What This Means for Cinema...... 57 A Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book: The Complete Guide for Photographers...... 27 Best of Adobe Photoshop TV: Season 1, Online Video...... 25 Access by Design: A Guide to Universal Usability for Web Designers...... 66 Adobe Photoshop Lightroom How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques...... 27 Beyond Digital Photography: Transforming Photos into Fine Art with ActionScript 3.0 for Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Hands-On Training...... 14 Adobe Photoshop Master Class: Maggie Taylor’s Landscape of Dreams...... 22 Photoshop and Painter...... 54 Adobe Acrobat 3D Version 8 Classroom in a Book...... 6 Adobe Photoshop Restoration & Retouching, Third Edition...... 23 Brand Gap, Revised Edition...... 73 Adobe Acrobat 8 Classroom in a Book...... 6 Adobe Photoshop Unmasked: The Art and Science of Selections, Layers, Breaking Out of the Web Browser with Adobe AIR...... 8 Adobe Acrobat 8 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide...... 6 and Paths...... 23 Building a Web Site with Ajax: Visual QuickProject Guide...... 66 Adobe Acrobat 8 How-Tos: 125 Essential Techniques...... 6 Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 Classroom in a Book...... 28 Building Findable Websites: Web Standards, SEO, and Beyond...... 67 Adobe Acrobat 8 in the Office...... 6 Adobe Soundbooth CS3 Classroom in a Book...... 45 Bulletproof Ajax...... 68 Adobe After Effects CS3: Video QuickStart...... 7 Advanced ActionScript 3 with Design Patterns...... 14 Bulletproof Web Design: Improving Flexibility and Protecting Against Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional Classroom in a Book...... 7 After Effects CS3 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickPro Guide...... 7 Worst-Case Scenarios with XHTML and CSS, Second Edition...... 68 Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional Studio Techniques...... 7 Analog In, Digital Out: Brendan Dawes on Interaction Design...... 71 Adobe AIR: Visual QuickPro Guide...... 8 Apple Pro Training Series: Aperture 1.5...... 53 C Adobe Audition 2.0 Classroom in a Book...... 8 Apple Pro Training Series: Color...... 30 C++ Programming: Visual QuickStart Guide...... 72 Adobe ColdFusion 8 Web Application Construction Kit, Volume 1: Apple Pro Training Series: Compressor 3 Quick-Reference Guide...... 30 China’s New Culture of Cool: Understanding the World’s Getting Started...... 9 Apple Pro Training Series: DVD Studio Pro 4, Second Edition...... 29 Fastest-Growing Market...... 75 Adobe ColdFusion 8 Web Application Construction Kit, Volume 2: Apple Pro Training Series: Encyclopedia of Color Correction / Codin’ for the Web: A Designer’s Guide to Developing Dynamic Web Sites...... 64 Application Development...... 9 Field Techniques Using Final Cut Pro...... 32 Color Correction in Final Cut Pro, Online Video...... 31 Adobe ColdFusion 8 Web Application Construction Kit, Volume 3: Apple Pro Training Series: Encyclopedia of Visual Effects...... 43 Communicating Design: Developing Web Site Documentation Advanced Application Development...... 9 Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Express 4...... 33 for Design and Planning...... 71 Adobe Digital Video How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques with Adobe Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro 6...... 29 Complete Manual of Typography...... 62 Production Studio...... 56 Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro 6: Beyond the Basics...... 31 Creating a Presentation in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 Adobe Dreamweaver CS3: Video Training Book...... 11 Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro for Avid Editors, Third Edition...... 31 for Windows: Visual QuickProject Guide...... 41 Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 Classroom in a Book...... 11 Apple Pro Training Series: Logic Pro 8 and Logic Express 8...... 44 Creating a Web Site in Dreamweaver CS3: Visual QuickProject Guide...... 11 Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 Hands-On Training...... 11 Apple Pro Training Series: Logic Pro 8 Beyond the Basics...... 45 Creating a Web Site with Dreamweaver CS3: Video QuickStart...... 12 Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques...... 12 Apple Pro Training Series: Motion 3...... 29 Creating a Web Site with Flash CS3 Professional: Video QuickStart...... 13 Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 with ASP, ColdFusion, and PHP: Apple Pro Training Series: Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Studio 2...... 31 Creating a Web Site with Flash CS3 Professional: Visual QuickProject Guide...... 13 Training from the Source...... 12 Apple Pro Training Series: Optimizing Your Final Cut Pro System...... 32 Creating a Web Site with HTML: Video QuickStart...... 65 Adobe Fireworks CS3 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques...... 12 Apple Pro Training Series: QuickTime Pro Quick-Reference Guide...... 55 Creating a Widget in Dashcode...... 38 Adobe Flash CS3 Professional: Video Training Book...... 14 Apple Pro Training Series: Shake 4...... 43 Creating Dynamic Forms with Adobe LiveCycle Designer...... 7 Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Classroom in a Book...... 13 Apple Pro Training Series: Soundtrack Pro 2...... 29 Creating Effective Typography with Adobe Creative Suite 3...... 10 Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Hands-On Training...... 13 Apple Pro Training Series: The Craft of Editing with Final Cut Pro...... 32 Creating Newsletters and Forms with Adobe Creative Suite 3...... 10 Adobe Flash CS3 Professional How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques...... 14 AppleScript 1-2-3...... 37 Creating Résumés, Letters, Business Cards, and Flyers in Word: Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Video Studio Techniques...... 15 Apple Training Series: Desktop and Portable Systems, Third Edition...... 39 Visual QuickProject Guide...... 42 Adobe Flex 3: Training from the Source...... 15 Apple Training Series: GarageBand 3...... 46 Creating Spreadsheets and Charts in Microsoft Office Excel Adobe Illustrator CS3 Classroom in a Book...... 16 Apple Training Series: iLife ‘08...... 34 2007 for Windows: Visual QuickProject Guide...... 41 Adobe Illustrator CS3 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques...... 16 Apple Training Series: iWork ‘08...... 34 Creating the Art of the Game...... 59 Adobe Illustrator CS3 Wow! Book...... 16 Apple Training Series: Mac OS X Server Essentials, Second Edition...... 39 CSS, DHTML, and Ajax, Fourth Edition: Visual QuickStart Guide...... 65 Adobe InDesign CS3: Video Training Book...... 17 Apple Training Series: Mac OS X Support Essentials, Second Edition...... 39 CSS Web Site Design Hands-On Training...... 64 Adobe InDesign CS3 Classroom in a Book...... 17 Apple Training Series: Mac OS X System Administration Reference, Volume 1, Adobe InDesign CS3 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques...... 18 Second Edition...... 39 D Adobe Photoshop CS3: Up to Speed...... 19 Apple Training Series: Mac OS X System Administration Reference, Volume 2, Designing a Digital Portfolio...... 63 Adobe Photoshop CS3 Book for Digital Photographers...... 21 Second Edition...... 39 Designing for Interaction: Creating Smart Applications and Clever Devices...... 68 Adobe Photoshop CS3 Classroom in a Book...... 19 Art of Encoding Using Compressor, Online Video...... 30 Designing Magazines and Newspapers with Adobe Creative Suite 3...... 10 Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended for Video and 3D...... 20 Automator and Adobe Creative Suite...... 10 Designing Personalized MySpace Layouts...... 50 Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Photographers: Video Training Book...... 21 Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide...... 36 Designing Social Web Applications...... 69 Adobe Photoshop CS3 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques...... 19 Avid Liquid 7 for Windows: Visual QuickPro Guide...... 56 Designing the Moment: Web Interface Design Concepts in Action...... 71 Adobe Photoshop CS3 Studio Techniques...... 22 Designing the Obvious: A Common Sense Approach to Web Application Design... 71 Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 and Adobe Premiere Elements 4 B Designing Web Usability...... 67 Classroom in a Book Collection...... 26 Before and After Graphics for Business...... 63 Designing with Web Standards, Second Edition...... 66 Before and After Page Design...... 63 Designing Your Second Life...... 46 76 Designing Your Second Life Avatar...... 50 InDesign CS3 Basic Layout: Video QuickStart...... 18 Digital Character Animation 3...... 58 InDesign CS3 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide...... 17 P Digital Lighting and Rendering, Second Edition...... 59 Information Trapping: Real-Time Research on the Web...... 67 Painter X Wow! Book...... 63 Digital SLR Guide: Beyond Point-and-Shoot Digital Photography...... 53 Inside / Outside: From the Basics to the Practice of Design, Second Edition...... 61 Photoshop and Painter Artist Tablet Book: Creative Techniques Don’t Make Me Think, Second Edition: A Common Sense Approach to Inside LightWave v9...... 58 in Digital Painting...... 24 Web Usability...... 70 Instant InDesign: Designing Templates for Fast and Efficient Photoshop Classic Effects: The Essential Effects Every User Needs to Know...... 24 Dreamweaver CS3 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide...... 11 Page Layout in Adobe Creative Suite 3...... 18 Photoshop CS3 Down & Dirty Tricks...... 20 DVD Studio Pro 101: Mastering DVD Studio Pro, Online Video...... 30 iPhoto ‘08 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide...... 33 Photoshop CS3 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide...... 19 Dynamic Media: Music, Video, Animation, and the Web in Adobe PDF...... 66 Photoshop Elements 5 Restoration and Retouching Book...... 26 J Photoshop Finishing Touches...... 24 E JavaScript and Ajax for the Web, Sixth Edition: Visual QuickStart Guide...... 65 Photoshop LAB Color: The Canyon Conundrum and Other Index Title Edit Well: The Interactive Newsletter for Final Cut Studio...... 32 Adventures in the Most Powerful Colorspace...... 23 Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing...... 50 Photoshop Masking & Compositing...... 25 L Photoshop Studio with Bert Monroy: Digital Painting...... 24 Eyetracking Web Usability...... 67 Layers: The Complete Guide to Adobe Photoshop’s Most Powerful Feature...... 20 PHP 5 Advanced: Visual QuickPro Guide...... 72 Level Design for Games: Creating Compelling Game Experiences...... 59 PHP 6 and MySQL 5 for Dynamic Web Sites: Visual QuickPro Guide...... 72 F Pinnacle Studio 11 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide...... 56 Final Cut 102: The Science of Final Cut Pro, Online Video...... 31 M ppk on JavaScript...... 64 Final Cut Express 4: Visual QuickStart Guide...... 33 Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Peachpit Learning Series...... 36 Premiere Pro CS3 Basic Editing: Video QuickStart...... 28 Final Cut Pro 6: Visual QuickPro Guide...... 30 Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide...... 36 Premiere Pro CS3 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickPro Guide...... 28 Final Cut Pro Basic Editing: Video QuickStar...... 29 Mac OS X Automation with Xcode, Automator, and Scripting: Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery...... 75 Flash CS3 Professional Advanced for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickPro Guide...... 37 Preventive Photoshop: Take the Best Digital Photographs Now for Visual QuickPro Guide...... 14 Mac OS X Unix 101 Byte-Sized Projects...... 37 Better Images Later...... 55 Flash CS3 Professional for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide...... 13 Making Meaning: How Successful Businesses Deliver Print Like a Pro: A Digital Photographer’s Guide...... 52 From Design into Print: Preparing Graphics and Text for Professional Printing...... 61 Meaningful Customer Experiences...... 74 Prioritizing Web Usability...... 67 Mastering CSS with Dreamweaver CS3...... 68 Professional Design Techniques with Adobe Creative Suite 3...... 10 Maya 8 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide...... 58 G Professional Photoshop: The Classic Guide to Color Correction, Fifth Edition...... 20 Game Architecture and Design: A New Edition...... 59 Maya Character Creation, Second Edition...... 58 Pro Tools 7 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide...... 45 Getting Started with Camera Raw: How to Make Better Pictures Microsoft Expression Design for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide...... 60 Pro Tools for Musicians and Songwriters...... 45 Using Photoshop and Photoshop Elements...... 52 Microsoft Expression Media for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide...... 61 Pro Tools Sound Editing Basics: Video QuickStart...... 45 Getting Your Feet Wet with Adobe InDesign CS3 Templates...... 18 Microsoft Expression Web: Visual QuickStart Guide...... 65 Publish and Prosper: Blogging for Your Business...... 74 Google Gmail: Visual QuickStart Guide...... 46 Microsoft Office 2007 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide...... 41 Publishing a Blog with Blogger: Visual QuickProject Guide...... 46 Microsoft Office 2008 for Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide...... 42 H Microsoft Office Excel 2007 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide...... 41 Hillman Curtis on Creating Short Films for the Web...... 57 Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide...... 41 Q QuarkXPress 7 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide...... 43 Hot-Wiring Your Creative Process: Strategies for Print and Microsoft Windows Vista: Peachpit Learning Series...... 44 New Media Designers...... 62 Microsoft Windows Vista: Visual QuickStart Guide...... 44 How to Show Your Photos Like a Pro, Online Video...... 53 More Eric Meyer on CSS...... 69 R Real World Adobe Illustrator CS3...... 16 How to Win Sales & Influence Spiders: Boosting Your Business & Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro...... 32 Real World Adobe InDesign CS3...... 18 Buzz on the Web...... 75 Moving to Microsoft Windows Vista: Visual QuickProject Guide...... 44 Real World Adobe Photoshop CS3...... 22 How to Wow: Photoshop CS3 for Photography...... 21 MySpace Unraveled: What It Is and How to Use It Safely...... 48 Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS3...... 22 How to Wow with Flash...... 15 MySQL, Second Edition: Visual QuickStart Guide...... 42 Real World Color Management, Second Edition...... 22 How to Wow with Illustrator...... 17 Real World Mac Maintenance and Backups...... 40 How to Wow with PowerPoint...... 42 N Real World Mac OS X Fonts...... 40 HTML, XHTML, and CSS, Sixth Edition: Visual QuickStart Guide...... 65 Nash Editions: Photography and the Art of Digital Printing...... 54 Real World Nikon Capture NX...... 53 HTML Dog: The Best-Practice Guide to XHTML and CSS...... 70 Nighttime Digital Photography with Adobe Photoshop CS3...... 20 Real World Print Production...... 62 No One Cares What You Had For Lunch: 100 Ideas for Your Blog...... 50 Real World QuarkXPress 7...... 43 Now You Know Treo 680 Smartphone...... 47 I Real World Video Compression...... 56 I, Avatar: The Culture and Consequences of Having a Second Life...... 50 Now You Know Treo 700w Smartphone...... 47 Robin Williams Cool Mac Apps, Third Edition: A Guide to iLife ‘08, .Mac, Illustrator CS3 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide...... 16 and More...... 34 iMovie ‘08 and iDVD ‘08 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide...... 33

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Robin Williams Design Workshop, Second Edition...... 60 The iPhone Pocket Guide...... 49 Running Windows on Your Mac...... 37 The iPod & iTunes Pocket Guide, Third Edition...... 49 A The iPod Book: Doing Cool Stuff with the iPod and the iTunes Store, Ablan, Dan...... 58 Fourth Edition...... 49 Adobe Creative Team...... 6, 7, 8, 11, S ...... 13, 16, 17, 19, 26, 28, 45 Scientific Imaging with Photoshop CS3: Methods, Measurement, and Output...... 21 The Little Mac Book, Leopard Edition...... 36 Affleck, Andy Williams...... 35 Scott Kelby’s 7-Point System for Adobe Photoshop CS3...... 23 The Macintosh iLife ‘08...... 33 Aker, Sharon Zardetto...... 35, 40 The Macintosh iLife ‘08 in the Classroom...... 34 Search Engine Advertising: Buying Your Way to the Top to Allen, Damian...... 29, 43 The Mac OS X Leopard Book...... 36 Increase Sales, Second Edition...... 73 Ames, Kevin...... 54 Search Engine Visibility, Second Edition...... 68 The Moment It Clicks: Photography Secrets from One of the Ames, Patrick...... 47 Secrets of Podcasting, Second Edition: Audio Blogging for the Masses...... 47 World’s Top Shooters...... 54 Anton, Kelly Kordes...... 18 Secrets of RSS...... 47 The Nintendo Wii Pocket Guide...... 48 Arehart, Charlie...... 9 Secrets of Videoblogging...... 47 The Non-Designer’s Design and Type Book, Deluxe Edition...... 60 Asturias, Marc...... 39 The Non-Designer’s Design Book, Third Edition...... 60

Sell It on eBay: A Guide to Successful Online Auctions, Second Edition...... 46 Index Author SQL, Second Edition: Visual QuickStart Guide...... 42 The Non-Designer’s Type Book, Second Edition...... 60 B Stylin’ with CSS: A Designer’s Guide, Second Edition...... 64 The Non-Designer’s Web Book, Third Edition...... 64 Babbage, Jim...... 12 The Official Adobe Print Publishing Guide, Second Edition: The Essential Baker, Donna L...... 6 T Resource for Design, Production, and Prepress...... 62 Bardzell, Jeffrey...... 12 Tagging: People-Powered Metadata for the Social Web...... 69 The Open Brand: When Push Comes to Pull in a Web-Made World...... 74 Baron, Cynthia...... 63 Take Control of .Mac...... 35 The Photoshop Channels Book...... 24 Beach, Andy...... 56 Take Control of Buying a Digital Camera...... 35 The Photoshop CS / CS2 Wow! Book...... 23 Birn, Jeremy...... 59 Bland, John C...... 9 Take Control of Buying a Mac...... 35 The Photoshop Elements 6 Book for Digital Photographers...... 26 Blatner, David...... 17, 18, 22, 43, 60 Take Control of Customizing Leopard...... 35 The Tech-Savvy Real Estate Agent...... 74 Bolante, Antony...... 7, 28 Take Control of Digital TV...... 35 The Windows Vista Book: Doing Cool Things with Vista, Your Photos, Videos, Boles, Matthew...... 15 Music, and More...... 44 Take Control of Fonts in Leopard...... 35 Bollow, Jeff...... 34 The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web...... 71 Take Control of Podcasting on the Mac...... 35 Bouley, Jeffrey...... 9 The Zune Pocket Guide...... 48 Take Control of Recording with GarageBand...... 35 Bousquet, Michele...... 58 Take Control of Sharing Files in Leopard...... 35 Title Design Essentials for Film and Video...... 56 Bowman, Shayne...... 61 Take Control of Upgrading to Leopard...... 35 Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design...... 70 Breen, Christopher...... 49 Take Control of Users & Accounts in Leopard...... 35 Brenneis, Lisa...... 30, 33 Take Control of Your iPod: Beyond the Music...... 35 U Broback, Steve...... 74 Talent Is Not Enough: Business Secrets For Designers...... 62 Understanding Adobe Photoshop: Digital Imaging Concepts and Techniques...... 19 Brown, Dan...... 71 The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book for Digital Photographers...... 27 Unix, Third Edition: Visual QuickStart Guide...... 72 Bunting, Fred...... 22 The Apple TV Pocket Guide...... 48 Unix Advanced: Visual QuickPro Guide...... 72 Button, Bryce...... 29 The Art of the Documentary: Ten Conversations with Leading User Is Always Right: A Practical Guide to Creating and Using Personas Byron, DL...... 74 Directors, Cinematographers, Editors, and Producers...... 57 for the Web...... 69 The BlackBerry Pearl Pocket Guide...... 48 C The Designer’s Apprentice: Automating Photoshop, Illustrator, V Calishain, Tara...... 67 and InDesign in Adobe Creative Suite 3...... 9 Visual Design for the Modern Web...... 69 Camden, Raymond...... 9 The Designer’s Guide to Adobe InDesign and XML: Harness the Canfield, Jon...... 52, 53 Carlson, Jeff...... 26, 33, 48, 60 Power of XML to Automate Your Print and Web Workflows...... 61 W Carucci, John...... 20 The Digital Photographer’s Notebook: A Pro’s Guide to Adobe Web Design for ROI: Turning Browsers into Buyers & Prospects into Leads...... 70 Castro, Elizabeth...... 46, 65 Photoshop CS3, Lightroom, and Bridge...... 54 Web ReDesign 2.0: Workflow that Works...... 70 Cederholm, Dan...... 68 The Digital Photography Book...... 51 Welcome to Oz: A Cinematic Approach to Digital Still Photography Chalnick, Leon...... 9 The Digital Photography Book, Volume 2...... 51 with Photoshop...... 54 Chan, Cynthia...... 75 The Digital SLR Guide to the Nikon D80...... 52 WordPress 2: Visual QuickStart Guide...... 73 Chan, Ron...... 17 The DV Rebel’s Guide: An All-Digital Approach to Making Killer Writing for Visual Thinkers...... 61 Chavez, Conrad...... 22 Action Movies on the Cheap...... 55 Cheeseman, Bill...... 37 The Imagination Challenge: Strategic Foresight and Innovation Z Chen, Laurence...... 35, 52 in the Global Economy...... 7 ZAG: The #1 Strategy of High-Performance Brands...... 73 Chow, Garrick...... 11 The iPhone Book: How to Do the Things You Want to Do with Your iPhone...... 49 Christiansen, Mark...... 7 Chun, Russell...... 14 Citron, Scott...... 10 78 Clarke, Emily...... 70 Griffiths, Patrick...... 70 Patterson, Danny...... 14 Spencer, Mark...... 29, 31 Cloninger, Curt...... 62 Gross, David...... 30 M Peachpit Press...... 7, 12, 13, 18, Standen, Amy...... 22 Co, Phil...... 59 Gruman, Galen...... 74 macProVideo.com...... 30, 31 ...... 28, 29, 39, 45, 65 Stein, Nathaniel...... 58 Cohen, Michael E...... 34 Maestri, George...... 58 Perkins, Chad...... 20 Steuer, Sharon...... 16 Cohen, Sandee...... 17, 61 H Magid, Larry...... 44, 48 Perkins, Shel...... 62 Sullivan, Stephanie...... 68 Collier, Anne...... 48 Harrington, Richard...... 19, 34, 42 Maivald, James J...... 61 Perkins, Todd...... 13, 14 Connolly, Bob...... 66 Hastings, Paul...... 9 Malina, Toby...... 46 Pernice, Kara...... 67 T Connor, Brian...... 43 Heid, Jim...... 33, 34, 46 Manu, Alexander...... 74 Plummer, Mary...... 46, 56 Talbot, James...... 15 Cotler, Emily...... 70 Herborth, Chris...... 72 Maraffi, Chris...... 58 Porter, Joshua...... 69 Tapley, Rebecca...... 46, 50 Craig, Shirley...... 47 Hester, Nolan...... 11, 65 Margulis, Dan...... 20, 23 Powell, Gabriel...... 18 Tapper, Jeff...... 8, 15 Cross, Dave...... 24, 25 Hicks, Cole...... 50 Marks, Andrea...... 61 Pugh, David...... 39 Tatum, Matt...... 9 Cruise, John...... 18 Hodson, Ryanne...... 47 Martin, Steve...... 55 Teague, Jason Cranford...... 65 Cullen, Sean...... 32 Hoekman, Jr., Robert...... 71 Maschwitz, Stu...... 55 R Terry, J. P...... 7 Cunningham, Megan...... 57 Holzner, Steven...... 47 Mason, Margaret...... 50 Ralston, Rick...... 9, 10 Threinen-Pendarvis, Cher...... 24, 54, 63

Curtis, Hillman...... 57 Holzschlag, Molly E...... 70, 71 Mayo, Adrian...... 37 Ramseier, Adrian...... 29 Thurow, Shari...... 68 Index Author Hopkins, Bruce K...... 16 McCarthy, Michael...... 58 Ray, Deborah...... 72 Tolbert, Jeff...... 35 D Horton, Sarah...... 66 McCue, Claudia...... 62 Ray, Eric...... 72 Tollett, John...... 34, 60, 64 Davis, Jack...... 21 Huet, Tony...... 29 McElhearn, Kirk...... 35 Rea, Douglas Ford...... 55 Dawes, Brendan...... 71 Humphrey, Clark...... 35 McIntire, Penny...... 69 Regan, Schoun...... 39 McNally, Joe...... 54 U Dayton, Linnea...... 23 Reinhardt, Robert...... 15 Ullman, Larry...... 8, 42, 66, 72 Deubert, John...... 6 McWade, John...... 63 Rekdal, Scott...... 42 I Meadows, Mark Stephen...... 50 Ulrich, Katherine...... 13 Diller, Steve...... 74 Ireland, Christopher...... 75 Rewis, Greg...... 68 Dvorin, David...... 45 Meyer, Eric...... 64, 69 Reynolds, Garr...... 75 Moloney, David...... 47 Rhea, Darrel...... 74 V Van Hurkman, Alexis...... 32 J Monahan, Kevin...... 32 RHED Pixel...... 35 E Jolley, Donal...... 54 Verdi, Michael...... 47 Monroy, Bert...... 24 Ripple Training...... 30, 31 Eismann, Katrin...... 23, 25 Jordan, Larry...... 32 Versace, Vincent...... 54 Mooney, Kelly...... 74 Rizzo, John...... 44 Ekert, Paul...... 56 Jordan, Miraz...... 73 Morris, Dave...... 59 Roback, Steven...... 45 Engst, Adam...... 33, 35 Morris, David...... 13 Evening, Martin...... 27 Roberts, Matthew...... 32 W K Mulder, Steve...... 69 Robinson, Morgan...... 58 Waldie, Ben...... 36 Karlins, David...... 12, 16 Murphy, Chris...... 22 Rollings, Andrew...... 59 Walter, Aarron...... 67 F Keith, Jeremy...... 68 Rollins, Nita...... 74 Weinmann, Elaine...... 16, 19, 43 Faas, Ryan...... 38 Kelby, Scott...... 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, N Weynand, Diana...... 29, 33, 47 Fant-Saez, Gina...... 45 ...... 26, 27, 36, 49, 51, 53 Nahmani, David...... 44 White, Kevin M...... 39 Farkas, Bart G...... 47, 48 Kissell, Joe...... 35, 40 S White, Terry...... 49 Nash Editions...... 54 Saffer, Dan...... 68 Fehily, Chris...... 42, 44 Kloskowski, Matt...... 20, 25, 26, 44 Williams, Robin...... 34, 36, 60, 64 Neal, Scott...... 37 Sande, Steve...... 35 Felici, Jim...... 62 Koch, Peter-Paul...... 64 Willmore, Ben...... 19, 22 Negrino, Tom...... 11, 41, 65 Sargent, Sarge...... 9 Fleishman, Glenn...... 35 Koppelman, Charles...... 57 Wilt, Adam...... 32 Neuburg, Matt...... 35 Schaeffer, Mark...... 14 Flynn, Bob...... 12 Krug, Steve...... 70 Wohl, Michael...... 30, 31, 32 Neumeier, Marty...... 73 Schewe, Jeff...... 22 Forta, Ben...... 9 Kvern, Olav Martin...... 18 Niehaus, Sandra...... 70 Wyke-Smith, Charles...... 64 Fraser, Bruce...... 22 Schofield, Jem...... 29, 31, 55 Nielsen, Jakob...... 67 Schwartz, Steve...... 41, 42, 46 French, Nigel...... 23 Nimer, Mike...... 9 Fricklas, Ken...... 9 L Seda, Catherine...... 73, 75 Y Labriola, Michael...... 8, 15 Sedgewick, Jerry...... 21 Yaar, Ziv...... 69 Lai, Ted...... 34 O Sen, Robi...... 9 Yu, LiAnne...... 75 G Langer, Maria...... 36, 41, 42, 73 O’Brien, Mary...... 73 Shea, Dave...... 71 Gagen, Moira...... 39 Lawler, Brian P...... 62 Obermeier, Barbara...... 17 Shedroff, Nathan...... 74 Gary, Brian...... 30, 55 Z Long, Ben...... 52, 53 Omernick, Matthew...... 59 Shupe, Rich...... 14 Zardetto, Sharon...... 35, 40 Geller, Matthew...... 32 Loranger, Hoa...... 67 Orwig, Chris...... 19, 21, 27 Signer, Andreas...... 72 Zeldman, Jeffrey...... 66 Gillespie, Cristen...... 23 Lott, Joey...... 14 Ozer, Jan...... 56 Silverman, Dwight...... 37, 44 Golding, Mordy...... 16 Lourekas, Elaine...... 19 Sitter, Martin...... 29 Goto, Kelly...... 70 Lourekas, Peter...... 16, 43 Smith, Colin...... 15 Grear, Malcolm...... 61 P Loveday, Lance...... 70 Smith, Dori...... 11, 65 Greenfield, Adam...... 50 Palmer, Cathy...... 61 Luna, Orlando...... 53 Palmer, Wayne...... 23 Smith, Gene...... 69 Paolini, Marco...... 43 Soghoian, Sal...... 37

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