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This new title teaches advanced design techniques using one of the most popular photo editing programs on the market, Adobe Photoshop CS3. Using step-by-step tutorials, students work with curves, levels, blending modes, special effects, and painting and drawing tools to create professional-level designs and images. They are challenged not only as Photoshop users, but as designers, and learn about the design profession by following the steps a designer would take to complete real-world projects. They also learn what works in a design, and what doesn't. Students then take their craft a step further through advanced end-of-chapter learning projects. The book's full color interior and highly-visual design combine to make this the ideal book for learning advanced design techniques using the latest version of Adobe Photoshop. CONTENTS: Chapter 1: Working with Layers Chapter 2: Working with Layer Styles Chapter 3: Adjusting Levels and Hue/Saturation Chapter 4: Working with Curves and Adjust

"This book's broad overview can help an organization choose a set of processes, policies, and techniques that are appropriate for its security maturity, risk tolerance, and development style. This book will help you understand how to incorporate practical security techniques into all phases of the development lifecycle." --Steve Riley, senior security strategist, Microsoft Corporation "There are books written on some of the topics addressed in this book, and there are other books on secure systems engineering. Few address the entire life cycle with a comprehensive overview and discussion of emerging trends and topics as well as this one." --Ronda Henning, senior scientist-software/security queen, Harris Corporation Software that is developed from the beginning with security in mind will resist, tolerate, and recover from attacks more effectively than would otherwise be possible. While there may be no silver bullet for security, there are practices that project managers will find beneficial.With this manageme

Here to ensure that users start taking advantage of Final Cut Express 4's powerful editing capabilities immediately is a thoroughly updated task-based guide to the program from best-selling author and digital video expert Lisa Brenneis. Users who are eager to make effective, compelling videos but don't want to invest heavily in training or equipment will welcome Lisa's simple step-by-step instructions, strong visual approach, and sound professional advice. In short order, they'll find themselves editing video; applying special effects and transitions; mastering the program's compositing, titling, and audio tools; and outputting their finished work. Readers will also learn about all that's new in this major upgrade: importing iMovie 08 projects, open format Timeline, built-in AVCHD and more. CONTENTS: Introduction Chapter 1: Welcome to Final Cut Express Chapter 2: Installing and Setting Up Chapter 3: Presets and Preferences Chapter 4: Projects, Sequences, and Clips

In the updated edition of this critically acclaimed and bestselling book, Microsoft project veteran Scott Berkun offers a collection of essays on field-tested philosophies and strategies for defining, leading, and managing projects. Each essay distills complex concepts and challenges into practical nuggets of useful advice, and the new edition now adds more value for leaders and managers of projects everywhere. Based on his nine years of experience as a program manager for Internet Explorer, and lead program manager for Windows and MSN, Berkun explains to technical and non-technical readers alike what it takes to get through a large software or web development project. Making Things Happen doesn't cite specific methods, but focuses on philosophy and strategy. Unlike other project management books, Berkun offers personal essays in a comfortable style and easy tone that emulate the relationship of a wise project manager who gives good, entertaining and passionate advice to those who ask. Topics in this ne

This guide is an ideal introduction to Hibernate, the framework that lets Java developers work with information from a relational database easily and efficiently. Databases are a very different world than Java objects, and they often involve people with different skills and specializations. With Hibernate, bridging these two worlds is significantly easier, and with this book, you can get up to speed with Hibernate quickly. Rather than present you with tedious reference, Harnessing Hibernate lets you explore the system, from download and configuration through a series of projects that demonstrate how to accomplish a variety of practical goals. The new edition of this concise guide walks you through Hibernate's primary feature, which is mapping from Java classes to database tables, and from Java data types to SQL data types. You will also learn about Hibernate's data query and retrieval facilities, and much more. By reading and following along with the examples, you can

Written by members of Adobe's AIR product team, this is the official guide to version 1.0 of the new Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR), which enables you to build and deploy HTML and JavaScript-based web applications to the desktop. You get plenty of examples that explain how AIR works, along with recipes for performing common tasks with this runtime. Similar in concept to the Java Runtime Environment, AIR includes a plug-in from Adobe that enables any Windows, Mac OS X or Linux computer to run applications developed with AIR. Now that today's interactive web applications offer the responsiveness and functionality of desktop programs, AIR turns the tables and enables you to develop these rich downloadable applications specifically for the desktop. This concise pocket guide explains: What AIR is, and the problems this runtime aims to solve How to set up your development environment How to create your first AIR application using HTML and JavaScript The HTML and JavaScr

Power Excel 2007 with MrExcel Mastering the Smartest, Fastest Ways to Use Excel 2007 Bill Jelen For anyone who wants to get more done in less time with Excel 2007 - from entrepreneurs to financial analysts, marketers to office managers! DVD includes * 8 hours of video instruction * More than 90 tips and techniques * Features that can be learned in less than Five minutes Bill Jelen (MrExcel) presents focused, practical videos that teach you Excel 2007's best new techniques: supercharged solutions for charting, calculating, formatting, data analysis, automation, and a whole lot more! Click play to follow along as Jelen walks you through using Excel 2007's most sophisticated features all you need to do is watch! You've got Microsoft Excelnow get the most out of it, faster and more easily than ever before! In more than 90 quick video lessons, Bill Jelen (MrExcel) shows you all you need to maximize your productivity with Excel 2007. Building on the live co

The completely revised and only authorized Labs and Study Guide for the Cisco Networking Academy CCNA Accessing the WAN course *A portable classroom resource that supports the topics in the CCNA Accessing the WAN curriculum aligning 1:1 with course modules *Includes all the labs in the online curriculum as well as additional instructor-created challenge labs and exercises for extended learning and classroom exercises Accessing the WAN, CCNA Exploration Labs and Study Guide is a complete collection of the lab exercises specifically written for the CCNA Accessing the WAN course from the Cisco Networking Academy, designed to give students hands-on experience in a particular concept or technology. Each lab contains an introductory overview, a preparation/tools required section, explanations of commands, and step-by-step instructions to reinforce the concepts introduced in the online course and covered in the Companion Guide. Also included are challenge labs written by Academy instructors, tested in their classr

LAN Switching and Wireless CCNA Exploration Labs and Study Guide Allan Johnson LAN Switching and Wireless, CCNA Exploration Labs and Study Guide is designed to help you learn about and apply your knowledge of the LAN switching and wireless topics from Version 4 of the Cisco Networking Academy CCNA Exploration curriculum. Each chapter contains a Study Guide section and a Labs and Activities section. Study Guide The dozens of exercises in this book help you learn the concepts and configurations crucial to your success as a CCNA exam candidate. Each chapter is slightly different and includes matching, multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and open-ended questions designed to help you * Review vocabulary CONTENTS: Introduction Chapter 1 LAN Design Switched LAN Architecture Vocabulary Exercise: Matching 2 Vocabulary Exercise: Completion 3 Three-Layer Hierarchical Model Exercise 4 Matching Switches to Specific

PC Publishing Logic Pro 8 Tips and Tricks: by Stephen Bennett; With the help of Logic Pro 8 Tips And Tricks, you'll soon be whizzing around the program and utilising to the full the amazing potential of Logic Pro 8. These tips and tricks are culled from the author's long familiarity with Logic in music production, multimedia work and audio restoration, from his columns for several music technology magazines and from the results of research arising from the many questions he receives from Logic users. Logic Pro 8 Tips And Tricks will help you utilise the software to the max; in english language Sheet Music / Literature