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You might not know this, but with a little ingenuity you can use Macromedia Flash to create high-quality, low-cost animated films or to easily add animated titles and motion graphics to your film and video projects. While most books covering Macromedia Flash MX focus on how to use the program for the Web, Flash for Film and Video sets itself apart by targeting animators and film and video editors looking for an alternative to expensive, complicated professional animation software. You won't lear...

After more than two years, Adobe has finally released a new version of Photoshop Elements for the Mac. Version 6 packs a lot more editing firepower than iPhoto, and this Missing Manual puts every feature into a clear, easy-to-understand context - something that no other book on Elements does! "Photoshop Elements 6" is perfect for scrapbooking, making email-ready slideshows, and creating Web galleries. It has lots of new features such as Guided Edit for performing basic editing tasks, an improved...

The Cinema 4D 9 Handbook provides a complete introduction to the powerful and affordable C4D program, and teaches the fundamental principles of 3D. In this completely updated edition, users will find insightful tips and techniques for maximizing C4D and learning the vast array of new features in version 9, including interface enhancements like the new HUD and modeling shortcuts. Also covered are the new modeling procedures including N-Gons and auto-selection, tweak-selection, along with subpoly...

Long term stock options introduced in October 1990, LEAPS offer special opportunities for profit with less risk than short-term options because of the smaller time-decay factor. This book is a definitive guide on what they are and how to use them.

Dreamweaver MX Magic will give you time-saving solutions presented in a user-friendly manner. Your project based-guide to learning Dreamweaver MX tips, tricks, and best practices with 13 unique tutorials is easy to follow step-by-step tutorials guide you through the projects.The authors use their knowledge of Dreamweaver MX to select approximately 13 areas that are troublesome for professional users of Dreamweaver. They examine each of these areas through carefully designed projects. Each projec...

Flash CS4 Professional Digital Classroom is like having a personal instructor guiding readers through each lesson, while they work at their own pace. This book includes 13 self-paced lessons that let readers discover essential skills and explore new features and capabilities of Adobe Flash Professional. Every lesson is presented in full color with step-by-step instructions. Learning is reinforced with video tutorials and lesson files on a companion DVD that were developed by the same team of Ad...

Final Cut Pro is the only nonlinear editing tool available that supports the entire range of editing formats. Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro is broken up into a collection of hands-on seminars that focus on teaching a specific aspect of Final Cut Pro. Dealing with version 4, each seminar begins with a lesson that covers the concepts and techniques contained in that seminar. Hofmann then guides the reader step-by-step by applying those concepts and techniques to edit an award winning short film,...

This introduction to Apple Macintosh's newest multimedia extension allows Mac users to synchronize audio, video and text to produce multimedia presentations on screen. This guide draws on the expertise of the editors of "MacWorld" magazine to show Mac users how to get the most out of Quick Time, and includes step-by-step advice on importing video footage into the computer, editing, sound and synchronization, plus advanced Quick Time tips.