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Digital Video For Dummies, 4th Edition

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Digital Video For Dummies, 4th Edition
Keith Underdahl
ISBN: 978-0-471-78278-0
Paperback
384 pages
February 2006
PDF | 12.8 MB

So you have a camcorder and visions of being the next Spielberg. But how do you progress from shooting so-so footage to showing your own finished movie? Digital Video For Dummies, 4th Edition gives you the know-how and the show-how! Find out how to shoot and edit great movies, using iMovie, Windows Movie Maker, or Adobe Premiere Elements to add the finishing touches like special effects and your own soundtrack. With the latest information and lots of illustrations and screen shots, this friendly guide walks you through:

    * Getting your computer ready to work with digital video (complete with information about FireWire)
    * Choosing a camcorder, including features to look for and features that are useless
    * Digitizing old VHS videotapes to preserve memories
    * Purchasing other movie making gear, including audio and lighting equipment
    * Shooting better video, with tips on lighting, panning, using the zoom, and recording better audio
    * Creating your own sound effects such as footsteps, bones breaking, fire, thunder, insects buzzing, and more
    * Capturing digital video using iMovie, Windows Movie Marker, or Premiere Elements
    * Editing, including understanding timecode, organizing and previewing clips, and assembling clips in Storyboard and Timeline
    * Adding transitions, titles, and special effects
    * Importing and integrating video from phones and digital cameras
    * Using audio rubberbands in iMovie, Premiere Elements, and other editing programs
    * Adding narration, importing and working with CD audio, and adding a music soundtrack

Keith Underdahl has extensive professional video production experience developing kiosk and marketing videos for Ages Software. Realizing that you’ll want to polish and premiere your movie, he includes information on:

    * More advanced video editing, including animating video clips, improving light and color, compositing video (bluescreen or greenscreen), and more
    * 13 categories of video effects, ranging from blur and sharpen to transform
    * Working with still photos and graphics
    * Sharing your video online using QuickTime (/QT), RealMedia (.RM), or Windows Media Video (.WMV)
    * Making tapes or burning DVDs in 9 steps

With a handy cheat sheet of keyboard shortcuts, a chart comparing 10 video editing programs, a glossary, and more, with this guide you’ll soon be saying “Lights, camera, action” and producing your own movie attraction.

ColdFusion MX Bible

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ColdFusion MX Bible
Adam Phillip Churvis, Hal Helms, Charles Arehart, David Churvis
ISBN: 978-0-7645-4622-8
Paperback
1176 pages
March 2003
PDF | 9.6 MB

* ColdFusion MX uses the Java platform to build powerful Web and wireless applications quickly
* Complete resource for the developer who wants to turn a basic Web site into a dynamic Web application using the newest features of ColdFusion MX
* Comprehensive discussions explain how to build and deploy content publishing systems, online stores, and business reporting applications
* Covers everything from installation to database connection configuration and from tag and function usage to code reuse

Photoshop All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies

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Photoshop All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies
Barbara Obermeier | Wiley & Sons | ISBN : 9780470111956 | Paperback | June,2007 | 704 pages | PDF | 26.5 MB

* What the book covers: Photoshop fundamentals, getting to know the tool palette, specifying size and resolution, using and managing color, making selections, modifying and transforming selections and paths, painting and drawing with Photoshop, creating and editing type, working with layers, using channels, quick and dirty masking techniques, making corrections with filters, distorting with the liquify command, enhancing images with adjustments, fixing flaws and removing what’s not wanted, prepping graphics for print, creating contact sheets and picture packages, prepping graphics for the Web, and more. Includes both Windows and Mac coverage.
* Updated coverage of the new version: This new edition will have approximately 20-30% new content, covering the new features and enhancements made in the latest version of Photoshop.
* Series features: Information presented in the straightforward but fun language that has defined the Dummies series for fifteen years.

Data Structures Demystified

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Data Structures Demystified
Mcgraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition | ISBN: 0072253592 | 300 pages | February 27, 2004 | CHM

Whether you are an entry-level or seasoned designer or programmer, learn all about data structures in this easy-to-understand, self-teaching guide that can be directly applied to any programming language. From memory and addresses to hashtables, authors Keogh and Davidson, provide clear explanations that demystify this “algebra of programming.”

Car PC Hacks

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Car PC Hacks
O’Reilly Media; 1 edition | ISBN: 0596008716 | 361 pages | July 1, 2005 | CHM

A car PC or carputer is a car tricked-out with electronics for playing radio, music and DVD movies, connecting to the Internet, navigating and tracking with satellite, taking photos, and any electronic gadget a person wants in a car. All these devices are managed and controlled through a single screen or interface. The only place car PC enthusiasts can go for advice, tips and tools is a handful of hard-to-find Web sites–until now. Car PC Hacks is your guide into the car PC revolution. Packing MP3 players, handheld devices, computers and video-on-demand systems gives you a pile too heavy to carry. But add a car and put them together, you’ve got a powerful and mobile multimedia center requiring no lifting. The next time you give kids a lift, you won’t hear, “Are we there yet?” Instead, expect “We’re there already?” as they won’t want to leave the car while playing video games from multiple consoles. Car PC Hacks is the first book available to introduce and entrench you into this hot new market. You can count on the book because it hails from O’Reilly, a trusted resource for technical books. Expect innovation, useful tools, and fun experiments that you’ve come to expect from O’Reilly’s Hacks Series. Maybe you’ve hacked computers and gadgets, and now you’re ready to take it to your car. If hacking is new and you would like to mix cars and computers, this book gets you started with its introduction to the basics of car electrical systems. Even when you’re unclear on the difference between amps and watts, expect a clear explanation along with real-life examples to get on track. Whether you’re venturing into car PC for the first time or an experienced hobbyist, hop in the book for a joy ride.

Blackberry Hacks

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Blackberry Hacks
O’Reilly Media; 1 edition | ISBN: 0596101155 | 307 pages | October 13, 2005 | CHM

The BlackBerry has become an invaluable tool for those of us who need to stay connected and in the loop. But most people take advantage of only a few features that this marvelous communications device offers. What if you could do much more with your BlackBerry than just web surfing and email?
BlackBerry Hacks will enhance your mobile computing with great tips and tricks. You’ll learn that the BlackBerry is capable of things you never thought possible, and you’ll learn how to make it an even better email and web workhorse:
* Get the most out of the built-in applications
* Take control of email with filters, searches, and more
* Rev up your mobile gaming–whether you’re an arcade addict or poker pro
* Browse the web, chat over IM, and keep up with news and weblogs
* Work with office documents, spell check your messages, and send faxes
* Become more secure, lock down your BlackBerry and stash secure information somewhere safe
* Manage and monitor the BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) and Mobile Data System (MDS)
* Create web sites that look great on a BlackBerry
* Develop and deploy BlackBerry applications

Whether you need to schedule a meeting from a trade show floor, confirm your child’s next play date at the park, or just find the show times and secure movie tickets while at dinner, this book helps you use the remarkable BlackBerry to stay in touch and in-the-know–no matter where you are or where you go.