PCs For Dummies or PhotoShop CS3 Essential Skills

PCs For Dummies

Author: Dan Gookin

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Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	Computer? : PC? : what's that?	9
Ch. 2	The nerd's-eye view	17
Ch. 3	Insert tab A into slot B	29
Ch. 4	Computer on, computer off	43
Ch. 5	Places to go, things to see in Windows	57
Ch. 6	Inside the box	69
Ch. 7	The basic ports	83
Ch. 8	Disk drives me crazy	93
Ch. 9	Memories ... like a PC full of RAM	107
Ch. 10	Minding your monitors	119
Ch. 11	The keyboard and mouse chapter	133
Ch. 12	More than a mortal printer	149
Ch. 13	The mighty morphin' power modem	163
Ch. 14	Sounds like	173
Ch. 15	Even more hardware!	183
Ch. 16	Basic painless networking	193
Ch. 17	Abusing the network	207
Ch. 18	Your network and the Internet	219
Ch. 19	Look, ma : no wires!	229
Ch. 20	Files : the key to understanding software	241
Ch. 21	Organizing your compu-junk	253
Ch. 22	File control	265
Ch. 23	Software, programs, applications	279
Ch. 24	Making your own CDs	289
Ch. 25	Your basic Internet introduction	303
Ch. 26	It's a World Wide Web we weave	313
Ch. 27	Basic e-mail	327
Ch. 28	Files to here, files from there!	339
Ch. 29	Ten common beginner mistakes	351
Ch. 30	Ten things worth buying for your PC	357
Ch. 31	Ten tips from a PC guru	361

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PhotoShop CS3 Essential Skills

Author: Mark Galer

Brimming with beautiful pictures, this successful book guides you through a project-based, progressive curriculum so that you can build all the essential skills to enhance photographs creatively and professionally with Photoshop CS3. If you are an aspiring professional, enthusiastic amateur photographer, or a student learning photography, digital imaging, art and design, or design graphics, you'll be amazed at the stunning results you can achieve!

New! DVD is included FREE. Additional learning materials include * full-resolution, royalty-free images to download for trying-out your new techniques * over 8 hours of QuickTime movie tutorials to support the practical projects * Presets from layer styles to curves, shapes, and gradients * indispensable RAW files for editing practice

And don't miss the companion website with updates, practice material, and more at photoshopessentialskills.com!

"The perfect companion guide for Photoshop users of multiple levels."
Photoshop Creative Magazine

"This book provides excellent coverage of Photoshop as a digital darkroom tool, as well as covering a truly amazing amount of background information. It is very readable and is truly a gem."
Mark Lewis, Director, Mount Saint Mary College, USA

The Essential Skills Photography Series from Focal Press uniquely offers a structured learning experience for photographers of all ages, with both the underlying theory and loads of invaluable 'how to' and real-life practice projects - all from the most talented photography practitioners/educators in the world.

Each subject includes:

* learning objectives for each section — for class use or self-study
* color images of student and teacher/author work
* activities to check learning outcomes
* assignments to put theories into creative practice
* full glossary of terms

Other titles in the series:
Studio Photography: Essential Skills by John Child, Photographic Lighting: Essential Skills by John Child and Mark Galer and Digital Photography in Available Light by Mark Galer.

*An affordable resource that distills the complexity of Photoshop CS3 to the essentials
* Retouch photographs, create makeovers, produce sophisticated montages, and create special effects with clear, step-by-step projects
* Practice with activities that show the 'why', along with the 'how-to'
* Follow a structured learning approach to gain fundamental skills...and more