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NEW BOOKS FOR YOUR MONTHLY TITLE SELECTIONAdobe Creative Suite (CS)1. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS STUDIO TECHNIQUESBy Ben WillmoreISBN: 0-321-21352-1 $50.00 Available: February 13 http://www.peachpit.com/books/product.asp?isbn=0321213521 Ready to start using Photoshop CS to blend pictures, produce advanced type effects, and create beautiful panoramic images? Get this volume, and youšll find out just how far you can take the leading image-editing program. Noted instructor Ben Willmore explains the concepts, features, and techniques that promise to make a difference in the way you use Photoshop. 2. REAL WORLD ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CSBy David Blatner and Bruce FraserISBN: 0-321-24578-4 $49.99 Available: February 23 http://www.peachpit.com/books/product.asp?isbn=0321245784 Getting Photoshop CS was easy. Getting up to speed on it, without missing a beat in a pressure-packed, deadline-oriented production environment--now thatšs a challenge. Lavishly illustrated and filled with hands-on techniques, this industrial-strength guide provides everything you need to use Photoshop CS alone and with the rest of Adobešs Creative Suite to meet all of your production and creative challenges. Macromedia MX 20043. MACROMEDIA DREAMWEAVER MX 2004 CERTIFIED DEVELOPER STUDY GUIDEBy Robert Crooks, Susanne Hove and Khristine Annwn Page; ISBN: 0-321-25603-4 $29.99Available: February 25 http://www.peachpit.com/books/product.asp?isbn=0321256034 Written by recognized, certified Macromedia instructors<most of whom contributed to the exam itself<this must-have study guide will help you review everything you need to know to pass the Certified Dreamweaver MX 2004 Developer exam. It includes concise and focused chapters; extensive tips, notes, and cautions; and sample questions and answers. 4. MACROMEDIA STUDIO MX 2004: TRAINING FROM THE SOURCEBy Shaowen Bardzell and Jeffrey BardzellISBN: 0-321-24158-4 $44.99 Available: February 15 http://www.peachpit.com/books/product.asp?isbn=0321241584 Macromedia Studio MX 2004 contains all you need to create outstanding Web sites: Now you just need to learn how to use it. Whether youšre building sites with Dreamweaver; designing banners, pages, and sites with Fireworks; storyboarding with FreeHand; or using Macromedia Flash and ColdFusion to create active, dynamic, intriguing sites that allow for user interaction and feedback, this book gives you enough hands-on, active training to get you started and productive quickly, without bogging you down in lots of details. Digital Video and Photography5. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ALBUM 2 FOR WINDOWS: VISUAL QUICKSTART GUIDEBy Nolan HesterISBN: 0-321-24666-7 $19.99 Available: February 5 http://www.peachpit.com/books/product.asp?isbn=0321246667 Popular author and Web guru Nolan Hester returns to show you all of the cool, out-of-the-box things you can do with Photoshop Album 2. Fully illustrated, step-by-step instructions get you up and running on all of Photoshop Album 2šs most important features and enable you to explore cool projects like sharing photos with cell-phone buddies and Palm OS handhelds; organizing photos into cross-referenced Collections; creating photo greeting cards with the professionally designed templates; and more. 6. MOTION GRAPHICS AND EFFECTS IN FINAL CUT PROBy Kevin MonahanISBN: 0-321-17915-3 $44.99 Available: February 18 http://www.peachpit.com/books/product.asp?isbn=0321179153 Video effects pro and veteran instructor Kevin Monahan tackles Final Cut Pro purely from the perspective of its motion graphics and effects capabilities in this in-depth, tutorial-based guide. Youšll learn not just the how but also the why as Monahan reveals the critical concepts underlying the techniques. DVD with project materials and QuickTime tutorials included. Music7. THE ITUNES 4 FOR WINDOWS BOOKBy Scott Kelby and Kleber StephensonISBN: 0-321-26744-3 $19.99 Available: February 15 http://www.peachpit.com/books/product.asp?isbn=0321267443 Scott Kelby and Kleber Stephenson deliver theneed-to-know essentials to get you up to speed fast on the software Time magazine hailed as the "Invention of the Year." Learn how to share music between Macs and PCs; synch iTunes-created playlists as well as iPod-created voice notes; burn large playlists to CDs; set up allowance accounts so that children can legally buy music and much more. Macintosh8. MAC OS X PANTHER HANDS-ON TRAININGBy Garrick ChowISBN: 0-321-24171-1 $35.00 Available: February 5 http://www.peachpit.com/books/product.asp?isbn=0321241711 Upgrading doesn't have to be a headache. Garrick Chow's newly updated hands-on guide takes you step by step through Mac OS X Panther, providing detailed coverage of all its bundled apps. Easy-to-follow instructions, plenty of screen shots, and a companion CD offer everything you need to get creative with your Mac<no aspirin required. CD with lesson files and QuickTime tutorials included. Business9. SEARCH ENGINE ADVERTISING: BUYING YOUR WAY TO THE TOP TO INCREASE SALESBy Catherine SedaISBN: 0-7357-1399-5 $29.99 Available: February 27 http://www.peachpit.com/books/product.asp?isbn=0735713995 If you want to draw customers to your Web site, therešs one sure way to get OEem: prominent search engine placement. In this streamlined volume, a top Internet marketer outlines the strategy involved in buying the specific keyword positions that will draw users to your target pages<and then how you can keep them there and convert them to buyers. Page Layout10. REAL WORLD ADOBE ACROBAT 6: PRO AND STANDARDBy Christopher Smith and Mohamad TawilISBN: 0-321-19440-3 $44.99 Available: February 19 http://www.peachpit.com/books/product.asp?isbn=0321194403 Go beyond simple how-tos and delve deep into Acrobat 6.0 for a sound understanding of when, how, and why to use PDF files. Industrial-strength techniques help you explore all of Acrobats 6.0šs new features: a redesigned interface, one-click PDF creation from within Internet Explorer, powerful comment and review capabilities, layer use with AutoCAD-created PDFs, and more. Print and Web Design11. DEFENSIVE DESIGN FOR THE WEB: IMPROVING WEB ERROR MESSAGES, HELP, FORMS, ANDOTHER CRISIS POINTS By 37 SignalsISBN: 0-7357-1410-X $29.99 Available: February 27 http://www.peachpit.com/books/product.asp?isbn=073571410X Web surfers are a fickle lot: If they encounter many navigational problems or unexpected errors, theyšre gone<period! To prevent such errors from occurring (or remedy them mighty quickly), you need this book! In these pages, a group of Web usability experts demonstrates how to construct sites to minimize errors and get customers back on track fast if a problem does occur. 12. DHTML AND CSS FOR THE WORLD WIDE WEB, THIRD EDITION: VISUAL QUICKSTART GUIDEBy Jason Cranford TeagueISBN: 0-321-19958-8 $21.99 Available: February 18 http://www.peachpit.com/books/product.asp?isbn=0321199588 Whatever your scripting experience, youšll find everything you need here to start using DHTML and CSS to add visually sophisticated, interactive elements to your Web sites. Veteran author Jason Cranford Teague has updated every aspect of this best-selling task-based guide to cover the new browsers, standards, and DHTML and CSS features that define the Web today. Games and 3D13. 3DS MAX 6 KILLER TIPSBy Jon A. BellISBN: 0-7357-1386-3 $39.99 Available: February 20 http://www.peachpit.com/books/product.asp?isbn=0735713863 As a 3ds max veteran, you want just the tips, techniques, and tricks that will give you the edge on your competition?and thatšs just what you get in this ŗkiller˛ guide. Devoted exclusively to the shortcuts and productivity tips that fill most booksš sidebars, this full-color volume will help you get twice the work done in half the time. 14. CREATING THE ART OF THE GAMEBy Matthew OmernickISBN: 0-7357-1409-6 $49.99 Available: February 19 http://www.peachpit.com/books/product.asp?isbn=0735714096 Hešs created spectacular 3D artwork for games from DreamWorks, Electronic Arts, LucasArts, and more. Now hešs decided to share his tricks with you. In this lavish, four-color volume artist and teacher Matthew Omernick uses carefully chosen, software-agnostic tutorials and real-life examples to teach you the workflow, tools, and techniques required to create the complete 3D art package for the games of your dreams. 15. MAYA 5 FUNDAMENTALSBy Jim LammersISBN: 0-7357-1372-3 $45.00 Available: February 4 http://www.peachpit.com/books/product.asp?isbn=0735713723 Chances are, if youšre creating 3D models and animations, youšre probably a visual person<which may well mean that you learn best by example. If so, therešs no better way to learn how to use Maya 5 than with this handy book/CD combo<which includes video tutorials that walk you through all of the bookšs tutorials. CD with lesson files and video tutorials included. Programming and Scripting16. OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING WITH ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0By Jeff Tapper, James Talbot, and Robin HaffnerISBN: 0-7357-1380-4 $45.00 Available: February 13 http://www.peachpit.com/books/product.asp?isbn=0735713804 The Flash development world's brightest and best authors take you beyond the level of ŗnea˛ code tricks and teach you how to architect and implement true Macromedia Flash MX applications. Learn the programming theory needed to take full advantage of the object-oriented nature of ActionScript. FULL ALPHABETICAL LIST OF FEBRUARY BOOKS13. 3DS MAX 6 KILLER TIPSBy Jon A. BellISBN: 0-7357-1386-3 $39.99 Available: February 20 http://www.peachpit.com/books/product.asp?isbn=0735713863 5. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ALBUM 2 FOR WINDOWS: VISUAL QUICKSTART GUIDEBy Nolan HesterISBN: 0-321-24666-7 $19.99 Available: February 5 http://www.peachpit.com/books/product.asp?isbn=0321246667 1. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS STUDIO TECHNIQUESBy Ben WillmoreISBN: 0-321-21352-1 $50.00 Available: February 13 http://www.peachpit.com/books/product.asp?isbn=0321213521 14. CREATING THE ART OF THE GAMEBy Matthew OmernickISBN: 0-7357-1409-6 $49.99 Available: February 19 http://www.peachpit.com/books/product.asp?isbn=0735714096 11. DEFENSIVE DESIGN FOR THE WEB: IMPROVING WEB ERROR MESSAGES, HELP, FORMS, AND OTHER CRISIS POINTSBy 37 SignalsISBN: 0-7357-1410-X $29.99 Available: February 27 http://www.peachpit.com/books/product.asp?isbn=073571410X 12. DHTML AND CSS FOR THE WORLD WIDE WEB, THIRD EDITION: VISUAL QUICKSTART GUIDEBy Jason Cranford TeagueISBN: 0-321-19958-8 $21.99 Available: February 18 http://www.peachpit.com/books/product.asp?isbn=0321199588 7. THE ITUNES 4 FOR WINDOWS BOOKBy Scott KelbyISBN: 0-321-26744-3 $19.99 Available: February 15 http://www.peachpit.com/books/product.asp?isbn=0321267443 8. MAC OS X PANTHER HANDS-ON TRAININGBy Garrick ChowISBN: 0-321-24171-1 $35.00 Available: February 5 http://www.peachpit.com/books/product.asp?isbn=0321241711 3. MACROMEDIA DREAMWEAVER MX 2004 CERTIFIED DEVELOPER STUDY GUIDEBy Robert Crooks, Susanne Hove and Khristine Annwn Page; ISBN: 0-321-25603-4 $29.99Available: February 25 http://www.peachpit.com/books/product.asp?isbn=0321256034 4. MACROMEDIA STUDIO MX 2004: TRAINING FROM THE SOURCEBy Shaowen Bardzell and Jeffrey BardzellISBN: 0-321-24158-4 $44.99 Available: February 15 http://www.peachpit.com/books/product.asp?isbn=0321241584 15. MAYA 5 FUNDAMENTALSBy Jim LammersISBN: 0-7357-1372-3 $45.00 Available: February 4 http://www.peachpit.com/books/product.asp?isbn=0735713723 6. MOTION GRAPHICS AND EFFECTS IN FINAL CUT PROBy Kevin MonahanISBN: 0-321-17915-3 $44.99 Available: February 18 http://www.peachpit.com/books/product.asp?isbn=0321179153 16. OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING WITH ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0By New Riders TeamISBN: 0-7357-1380-4 $45.00 Available: February 13 http://www.peachpit.com/books/product.asp?isbn=0735713804 10. REAL WORLD ADOBE ACROBAT 6: PRO AND STANDARDBy Christopher Smith and Mohamad TawilISBN: 0-321-19440-3 $44.99 Available: February 19 http://www.peachpit.com/books/product.asp?isbn=0321194403 2. REAL WORLD ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CSBy David Blatner and Bruce FraserISBN: 0-321-24578-4 $49.99 Available: February 23 http://www.peachpit.com/books/product.asp?isbn=0321245784 9. SEARCH ENGINE ADVERTISING: BUYING YOUR WAY TO THE TOP TO INCREASE SALESBy Catherine SedaISBN: 0-7357-1399-5 $29.99 Available: February 27 http://www.peachpit.com/books/product.asp?isbn=0735713995 -- RickArchibald - 12 Feb 2004 |
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