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Need to buy them all? - of course not - but among the hundreds of books out there, these are the ones to own. Remember it's really best to buy a few great books and actually read them!. You're just getting started?? Go for our own Getting Color Right
Our recommended Photoshop, InDesign and general books, further down the page
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Getting Colour Right
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661777
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Publisher :
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ILEX
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Author :
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Walker, M with Neil Barstow
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£14.56 RRP: £19.95 Discount: 27%
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Beginner/Intermediate
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Date pub:
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Mar 2004
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I acted as technical editor this book, also working very closely with the author Michael Walker on the Colour Management and Colour Correction sections. Getting Color Right sets out the ground rules for image manipulation in clear English and includes many work-throughs. At under 16 pounds, I hope it's considered a bargain and worth reading by anyone interested in getting a thorough grounding, or, for the more experienced, providing a few reminders of theory and re-establishing the rules of the road.
Getting Colour Right is a comprehensive guide to the use and control of colour in print, web and multimedia design and digital photography.
Beginning with a section on colour theory as it applies to digital production processes, the book explains the effects of different light sources, colour temperature, colour wheels and colour gamut ... [more]
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Color Management for Photographers: Hands on Techniques for Photoshop Users Book/CD Package
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718208
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Publisher :
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FOCAL PRESS
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Author :
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Rodney, A
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£23.99 RRP: £29.99 Discount: 20%
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Intermediate/Advance
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Date pub:
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Aug 2005
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Color Management for Photographers: Hands on Techniques for Photoshop Users, by Andrew Rodney, addresses the difficult subject of color management in a way that can help you get real work accomplished. This is the first book that moves beyond esoteric color management theory and detailed explanations of how things work to explain how to achieve a ... [more]
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Real World Color Management 2nd Edition
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692065
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Publisher :
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PEACHPIT PRESS
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Author :
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Fraser, B
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£28.49 RRP: £37.99 Discount: 25%
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Beginner/Intermediate
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Date pub:
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Sep 2004
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Every graphics professional worth his or her salt knows the importance of color management. No matter how much thought artist and client put into the color scheme for a given project, all of that work is for naught if you can't get your results to match your expectations. Enter Real World Color Management, Second Edition. In this thoroughly ... [more]
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Title :
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Understanding Color Management
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629822
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Publisher :
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DELMAR PUBLISHING
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Author :
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Sharma, A
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£33.59 RRP: £41.99 Discount: 20%
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Beginner/Intermediate
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Date pub:
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Sep 2003
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Digital imagery and digital color are everywhere, yet operating a color-managed system has remained a mysteryuntil now! Fresh from pioneering work in color algorithms for FujiFilm, Dr. Abhay Sharma explains the basics of color science and color measurement, and provides an in-depth look at the range of measuring instruments available to the ... [more]
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Colour Engineering
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594840
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Publisher :
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WILEY
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£85.00
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Unknown
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n/a
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Device-independent reproduction of colour is the qualities of image reproduction achieved through the use of different input and output devices, for instance colour monitors and graphic user interfaces. Edited by highly regarded authors and leaders in the field, this authoritative text on colour management systems provides leading edge coverage of ... [more]
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Adobe Photoshop CS3 For Photographers Book/DVD Package
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834803
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Publisher :
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FOCAL PRESS
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Author :
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Evening, M
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£20.99 RRP: £29.99 Discount: 30%
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All
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May 2007
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Description :
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Master the power of Photoshop CS3 with
an internationally renowned photographer by your side.
Adobe's Photoshop CS3 comes with powerful new features with huge payoffs. But it can be overwhelming to learn, even for professional photographers, graphic designers, keen amateurs, and others who already have an initial grasp of ... [more]
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Photoshop CS2 Artistry for Photographers Using Photoshop CS2 & Beyond Book/DVD Package
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733763
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NEW RIDERS PUBLISHING
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Author :
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Haynes, B et al
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£29.99 RRP: £39.99 Discount: 25%
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Intermediate/Advance
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Aug 2006
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Artistry is the key word here: competent doesn't cut it. When you want to create museum-quality art prints, professional advertising effects, and dazzling digitally manipulated images, Photoshop CS2 Artistry is the place to start. Providing a focused approach to the advanced features of Photoshop CS2, this beautiful full-color guide tackles ... [more]
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Title :
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Real World Adobe Photoshop CS3
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836921
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Publisher :
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PEACHPIT PRESS
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Author :
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Blatner, David
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£29.23 RRP: £42.99 Discount: 32%
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Unknown
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Date pub:
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Aug 2007
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Anyone who relies on Photoshop to meet tough production challenges knows that when a new version arrives, especially one as chockfull of enhancements as Photoshop CS3, there's no time to fool around. You need to get up to speed on it, and you need to do so now. This book will get you there. In this copiously illustrated book, best-selling author, ... [more]
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The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book: The Complete Guide for Photographers
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812950
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Publisher :
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ADOBE PRESS
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Author :
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Evening, M
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£20.29 RRP: £28.99 Discount: 30%
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User level:
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Intermediate/Advance
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Date pub:
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Mar 2007
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Digital photographers who have relied on Adobe Photoshop to work with their images have a new tool at their disposal: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Designed from the ground up with digital photographers in mind, Lightroom offers powerful features in a streamlined interface that let photographers import, sort, and organize images. The Adobe ... [more]
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Title :
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Adobe InDesign CS3 Classroom in a Book Book/CD Package
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Ref. No :
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837021
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Publisher :
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ADOBE PRESS
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Author :
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Adobe
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£27.19 RRP: £39.99 Discount: 32%
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Intermediate/Advance
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Date pub:
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May 2007
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Description :
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This thorough, self-paced guide to Adobe InDesign CS3 is ideal for beginning users who want to master the key features of this program, while readers who already have some experience with InDesign can use this book to familiarize themselves with InDesign CS3's newest features. Using step-by-step, project-based lessons, each chapter contains a ... [more]
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Mac OS X Help Line, Tiger Edition
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Ref. No :
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736013
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Publisher :
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PEACHPIT PRESS
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Author :
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Tandau, T
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£28.79 RRP: £35.99 Discount: 20%
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User level:
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Beginner/Intermediate
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Date pub:
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Jan 2006
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Description :
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With every update, Mac OS X grows more powerful, more dependable, and easier to use--and Mac OS X Tiger is no exception. But along with the new features come fresh issues--new areas to troubleshoot, new functionality to unravel, and new glitches waiting to confound even the savviest Mac users. Not to worry.
Best-selling author and ... [more]
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Computer Manuals, Search by name:
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Title :
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Adobe Photoshop CS2 for Photographers Book/CD Package
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Ref. No :
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738409
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Publisher :
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FOCAL PRESS
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Author :
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Evening, M
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Price*:
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£22.39 RRP: £27.99 Discount: 20%
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User level:
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Beginner/Intermediate
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Date pub:
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May 2005
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Description :
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Why Choose this book:
Inside Advantage: Written for photographers by a photographer! Martin shares his expert knowledge to help you combine photography and Photoshop to develop memorable images
Complete updates: 704 pages of fully updated content plus 30 pages of Photoshop Shortcuts on the free CD-ROM
Master ... [more]
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Title :
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Real World Photoshop CS2
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Ref. No :
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733744
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Publisher :
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PEACHPIT PRESS
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Author :
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Fraser, B
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£29.99 RRP: £39.99 Discount: 25%
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User level:
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Beginner/Intermediate
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Date pub:
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Nov 2005
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Description :
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Fooling around with Photoshop to create interesting composite artwork is all well and good. But if you rely on Photoshop to meet tough production challenges in a fast-paced professional environment, fooling around won't cut it! You need results, and you need them now: This book delivers! In this copiously illustrated volume, best-selling authors ... [more]
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Title :
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Real World Camera Raw with Photoshop CS2
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Ref. No :
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736051
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Publisher :
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PEACHPIT PRESS
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Author :
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Fraser, B
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£23.19 RRP: £28.99 Discount: 20%
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User level:
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Intermediate/Advance
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Date pub:
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Jun 2005
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Description :
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Call it a control thing, but until recently–or, more specifically, until the availability of digital raw camera formats–you simply weren’t ready to make the move to digital photography. Raw formats, however, changed all of that by allowing you to retrieve images before any in-camera processing has been performed. ... [more]
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Title :
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Indesign CS2 Classroom in a Book, Book/CD Package
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Ref. No :
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733867
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Publisher :
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ADOBE PRESS
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Author :
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Adobe Press
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£24.47 RRP: £35.99 Discount: 32%
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Beginner/Intermediate
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Date pub:
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Aug 2005
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Description :
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With its ever-tightening integration with Adobe's full suite of creative products and its own increasingly sophisticated feature set, InDesign is winning legions of Quark and FrameMaker converts. If you’re among them–or if you've decided to sidestep those programs altogether–you need this book. In these pages, the Adobe Creative ... [more]
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Adobe Photoshop CS2 Classroom in a Book, Book/CD Package
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733636
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Publisher :
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ADOBE PRESS
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Author :
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Adobe Press
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£24.47 RRP: £35.99 Discount: 32%
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Beginner/Intermediate
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Date pub:
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Jun 2005
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Description :
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Photoshop is one of those programs that's so cool you just want to dive right in and start creating–but by plunging in head-first, without any guidance, you're likely to miss a lot. There's a solution: With this book, you learn by doing, getting your feet wet immediately as you progress through a series of hands-on projects that build on ... [more]
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InDesign for QuarkXpress Users
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571340
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Publisher :
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PEACHPIT PRESS
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Author :
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Blatner, D
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£21.59 RRP: £26.99 Discount: 20%
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Beginner/Intermediate
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Apr 2003
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While QuarkXPress is the most-widely used page-layout program in the world, Adobe InDesign is rapidly gaining ground with better typography and transparency features, speedier performance, and more overall control. Plus, InDesign 2 is Mac OS X native, QuarkXPress 5 isn't. But if you're a QuarkXPress user thinking of making the switch to InDesign, ... [more]
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Title :
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Real World Adobe Photoshop CS
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649050
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PEACHPIT PRESS
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Author :
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Blatner, D
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£30.39 RRP: £37.99 Discount: 20%
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Intermediate/Advance
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Date pub:
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Mar 2004
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Noodling around with Photoshop to create interesting composite artwork is all well and good. But if you rely on Photoshop to meet tough production challenges in a fast-paced professional environment, noodling won't cut it! You need results, and you need them now: This book delivers! In this copiously illustrated volume, best-selling authors David ... [more]
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Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop
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680903
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PEACHPIT PRESS
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Author :
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Fraser, B
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£21.59 RRP: £26.99 Discount: 20%
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Intermediate/Advance
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Jul 2004
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First volume to show users how to employ the Raw format and Photoshop's Camera Raw feature to manipulate their digital images!
Sales of digital cameras are expected to hit 53 million this year(2004)--outpacing sales of traditional film cameras in both the professional and amateur sectors.
Indispensable, industrail-strength ... [more]
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Photoshop CS Artistry Book/CD Package
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649012
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Publisher :
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NEW RIDERS PUBLISHING
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Author :
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Haynes, B
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£34.39 RRP: £42.99 Discount: 20%
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Intermediate/Advance
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Date pub:
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Feb 2004
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Description :
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Artistry is the key word here: When competent doesn't cut it. When what you're going for is museum-quality art prints, high-end advertising effects, and dizzyingly beautiful digitally manipulated images, this is the place to start. Providing a focused approach to the advanced features of Photoshop CS, this beautiful full-color guide tackles ... [more]
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Title :
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Real World Adobe InDesign CS
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Ref. No :
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665015
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Publisher :
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PEACHPIT PRESS
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Author :
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Kvern, O
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£27.19 RRP: £33.99 Discount: 20%
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Beginner/Intermediate
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Jun 2004
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The decision was an easy one: With a feature set that equals or exceeds its competitors and an increasingly tight integration with the other Adobe tools that are key to your workflow, InDesign cs was a no-brainer when it came time to update your page layout capabilities. Problem is, you've still got to learn the thing, and learn it well: Your job, ... [more]
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Real World Scanning & Halftones 3rd Edition
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655507
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Publisher :
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PEACHPIT PRESS
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Author :
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Blatner, D
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£20.99 RRP: £29.99 Discount: 30%
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Beginner/Intermediate
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Date pub:
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Apr 2004
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With the advent of desktop publishing came the democratization of graphic design. Which means that these days, with the right equipment, just about anyone can produce graphically sophisticated documents--or clumsy ill-conceived messes. To make sure you end up with the former, you need this comprehensive guide! Realizing that many of today's ... [more]
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Computer Manuals, Search by name:
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A great book sometimes available from Amazon
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The much sought after Photoshop Channel Chops by David Blatner, Bert Monroy and Nathan Moody is often available here - Channel Chops is one of those books that every Photoshop user should read, it was written a while back (by some of the guys who actually invented Photoshop when working at Industrial Light and Magic - interesting trivia - Photoshop was first conceived to help making masks for Star Wars!). Channel Chops explains in user friendly detail all how to use the hidden power of Photoshop - the channels and layers. That's where the real beauty is, in the channels, as it was from the beginning. There is no going back after reading this one - it's a must have.
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