Missing Manual
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The new iPhone 3.0 is just around the corner, and "New York Times" tech columnist David Pogue is on top of it, with a thoroughly updated edition of "iPhone UK: The Missing Manual". With its faster downloads, touch-screen iPod, and best-ever mobile web browser, this affordable iPhone is packed with possibilities. But without an objective guide like this, you'll never unlock all it can do for you. With iPhone 3.0, you can search your phone; cut, copy, and paste; send photos, contacts, audio files, and location via MMS; read and compose email and text messages in landscape, and more. Each custom designed page in this book helps you accomplish tasks with complete, step-by-step instructions. You'll learn how to use the iPhone as a phone. This title offers a guided tour of each phone feature and learn how much time you can save with things like Visual Voicemail, contact searching, and more; treat the iPhone as an iPod. You can learn how to listen to music, upload and view photos, and fill the iPhone with TV shows and movies, as well as take the iPhone online. It helps you to learn how to get online, use email, browse the Web, and use the GPS; and, go beyond the iPhone.
You can discover how to use iPhone with iTunes, sync it with your calendar, and learn about The App Store, where you can pick from hundreds of iPhone-friendly programs. Teeming with high-quality color graphics and filled with humor, tips, tricks, and surprises, "iPhone UK: The Missing Manual" quickly teaches you how to set up, accessorize, and troubleshoot your iPhone. Instead of fumbling around on your own, take advantage of this device with the manual that should have been in the box.
You can discover how to use iPhone with iTunes, sync it with your calendar, and learn about The App Store, where you can pick from hundreds of iPhone-friendly programs. Teeming with high-quality color graphics and filled with humor, tips, tricks, and surprises, "iPhone UK: The Missing Manual" quickly teaches you how to set up, accessorize, and troubleshoot your iPhone. Instead of fumbling around on your own, take advantage of this device with the manual that should have been in the box.
With better ways to get your photos online and new options for creating printed projects, iPhoto '11 makes it easier than ever to transfer photos from a digital camera, organize them, and publish, print, or share them in maps -- but there's still no printed manual for the program. Fortunately, David Pogue and Lesa Snider team up in this witty, authoritative book that should have been in the box. iPhoto '11: The Missing Manual lets you marry the stunning quality of digital photography with the power of your imagination, whether you're the next Ansel Adams or just a photo nut. * Organizing Your Collection. This book's opening chapters are a guided tour through all the ways iPhoto lets you group your pictures-by events, in albums, or even based on who's in the picture and where it was taken. * Editing Basics. Even the greatest photos sometimes need a little touching up. This book covers iPhoto's beefed-up editing suite, including its increasingly Photoshop-like adjustments palette. * Finding an audience. iPhoto excels at getting your photos out to the people who really want to see them.
Your choices include screen savers, Kodak prints, DVD slideshows (with music), iPhone videos, gift books, calendars, cards, and easy publishing to Flickr, Facebook, and MobileMe Web galleries.
Your choices include screen savers, Kodak prints, DVD slideshows (with music), iPhone videos, gift books, calendars, cards, and easy publishing to Flickr, Facebook, and MobileMe Web galleries.
This new edition covers iPhoto 9.5 for Mac and iPhoto 2.0 for iOS. Whether you're on a Mac or iOS device, iPhoto now makes it easier than ever to organize, edit, publish, print, and share your photos but neither version of the program offers a manual to help you get going. Fortunately, David Pogue and Lesa Snider offer a clear and objective guide to iPhoto in this witty, authoritative book. The important stuff you need to know Organize your collection. Group your pictures by events, albums, people, or places. Sharpen your editing skills. Use all of iPhoto's editing options, whether you're on a Mac, iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch. Dive into new features. Learn about the enhanced mapping system, new slideshow themes, and streamlined printing. Compare your photos. View multiple shots side by side to determine which is best. Share your shots online. Post photos on iCloud or Facebook, Flickr, Instagram, and other social sites. Keep web journals. Create snazzy, customizable online scrapbook pages. Create projects. Have fun building slideshows, gift books, calendars, and cards.
Photoshop CC is truly amazing, but it can also be overwhelming if you're just getting started. This book makes learning Photoshop as easy as possible by explaining things in a friendly, conversational style - without technical jargon. After a thorough introduction to the program, you'll delve deep into Photoshop's secrets with expert tips and practical editing advice you can use every day. The important stuff you need to know: Learn your way around. Get a guided tour of Photoshop's workspace and find out how to customize it. Unlock the magic. Discover the most practical ways to use layers, masks, and Smart Objects to safely edit your images. Perfect your photos. Learn techniques for cropping, color-correcting, retouching, and combining photos. Master color. Drain, change, and add color, and learn how to create gorgeous black-and-whites, partial-color effects, and duotones with ease. Be artistic. Create illustrations, paintings, and pro-level text; use filters effectively, edit video, and even create 3D art. Share your work. Produce great-looking images for print, presentations, and the Web. Work smarter and faster.
Automate common chores and install plug-ins for complex tasks.
Automate common chores and install plug-ins for complex tasks.
Photoshop is the world's most widely used photo-editing and graphics program. But with all its fantastic new features and options, the CS4 version can bewilder even the most seasoned professional. That's where "Photoshop CS4: The Missing Manual" comes in: packed with tips, tricks, and lots of practical advice, this visually rich four-color guidebook teaches you everything you need to know to edit photos and create beautiful documents in Photoshop. Whether you're an absolute beginner or a power user ready to try some advanced techniques, author and graphics pro Lesa Snider King offers crystal-clear, jargon-free instructions to help you take advantage of these powerful tools - not only how they work, but when you should use them.You'll quickly get up to speed on new CS4 features such as: Photoshop's completely revamped workspace, Smoother image display and quick zoom, including the new pixel grid view; new Masks and Adjustments panels; the Vibrance adjustment layer; hand-painting adjustments and using graduated filters in Camera Raw; enhanced Adobe Bridge; and much more. You'll also find out which features work well, and which aren't worth your time.
Written with the clarity, humor, and objective scrutiny that are hallmarks of the "Missing Manual" series, "Photoshop CS4: The Missing Manual" is the friendly, thorough resource you need. Why settle for anything less?
Written with the clarity, humor, and objective scrutiny that are hallmarks of the "Missing Manual" series, "Photoshop CS4: The Missing Manual" is the friendly, thorough resource you need. Why settle for anything less?
Apple's video-editing program is better than ever, but it still doesn't have a printed guide to help you get started. That's where this gorgeous, full-color book comes in. You get clear explanations of iMovie's impressive new features, like instant rendering, storyboarding, and one-step special effects. Experts David Pogue and Aaron Miller also give you a complete course in film editing and DVD design. * Edit video like the pros. Import raw footage, add transitions, and use iMovie's newly restored, intuitive timeline editor. * Create stunning trailers. Design Hollywood-style "Coming Attractions!" previews for your movies. * Share your film. Distribute your movie in a variety of places-on smartphones, Apple TV, your own site, and with one-click exports to YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, CNN iReport, and MobileMe. * Make DVDs. Design the menus, titles, and layout for your DVDs, and burn them to disc.
Windows 8.1 continues the evolution of the most radical redesign in Microsoft's history. It combines the familiar Windows desktop with a new, touchscreen-friendly world of tiles and full-screen apps. Luckily, David Pogue is back to help you make sense of it - with humor, authority, and 500 illustrations. The important stuff you need to know: What's new in 8.1. The update to 8.1 offers new apps, a universal Search, the return of the Start menu, and several zillion other nips and tucks. New features. Storage Spaces, Windows To Go, File Histories - if Microsoft wrote it, this book covers it. Security. Protect your PC from viruses, spyware, spam, sick hard drives, and out-of-control kids. The network. HomeGroups, connecting from the road, mail, Web, music streaming among PCs - this book has your network covered. The software. Media Center, Photo Gallery, Internet Explorer, speech recognition - this one authoritative, witty guide makes it all crystal clear. It's the book that should have been in the box.
Photoshop CS6 is truly amazing, but it can also be overwhelming if you're just getting started. This book makes learning Photoshop a breeze by explaining things in a friendly, conversational style - without technical jargon. After a thorough introduction to the program, you'll delve deep into Photoshop's secrets with expert tips and practical advice you can use every day. The important stuff you need to know: Learn your way around. Get a guided tour of Photoshop's beautiful new workspace. Unlock the magic. Discover the most practical ways to use layers, channels, masks, paths, and other tools. Fine-tune your images. Learn techniques for cropping, retouching, and combining photos. Play with color. Drain, change, and add color; and create gorgeous black-and-whites and duotones. Be artistic. Create original illustrations and paintings, use text and filters effectively, and edit video clips. Share your work. Produce great-looking images for print and the Web. Work smarter and faster. Automate common chores and install plug-ins for complex tasks.