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Advanced ActionScript 3 with Design Patterns
Chapter 2 - Programming to Interfaces
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| Creator(s): |
Joey Lott, Danny Patterson |
| Publisher: |
Adobe Press |
| Subject(s): |
Computer Technology |
| Language(s): |
English |
Description:
Today's ActionScript-based applications require increasingly sophisticated architectures and code. This book aids intermediate and advanced ActionScript developers in learning how to plan and build applications more effectively. You'll learn how to apply design patterns as solutions to common programming scenarios. Beyond a reference, Advanced ActionScript with Design Patterns is a practical guide complete with sample mini-applications illustrating each design pattern. The accompanying CD includes a trial version of Flash 8 along with all the lesson files needed to work with the text. |
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Inside the Publishing Revolution
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| Creator(s): |
Pamela Pfiffner |
| Publisher: |
Adobe Press |
| Subject(s): |
Business |
| Language(s): |
English |
Description:
Tech journalist Pamela Pfiffner explores the rich history behind the modern publishing revolution, as seen through the lens of one of its most important players. In the past 20 years, Adobe Systems has become synonymous with great design tools, and the company's impact on how we work in publishing, graphic arts, and on the Web is unmatched. Join Pfiffner on a colorful journey from the roots of the desktop publishing revolution through the rise of the Web and interactive design. Along the way, you'll witness the birth and evolution of PostScript, the explosion of the Photoshop market, the realization of the paperless office, and other events that have shaped the way we communicate.
Inside the Publishing Revolution is not one of those dull historical tomes you know and loathe from high school. Pfiffner packs its pages with lively, insightful interviews with world-class designers and illustrators, as well as personal insights and recollections from John Warnock, Chuck Geschke, Jonathan Seybold, and other publishing luminaries. Richly illustrated and beautifully designed, the book features galleries of historically significant work by leading artists and rare photographs from the Adobe archives. For added perspective, Pfiffner walks you through an illustrated timeline of the publishing revolution. As with history, the final chapter of the Adobe story remains to be written, so the book ends with an eye toward the future: an exclusive overview of the company's vision of publishing in the next decade. |
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Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS2
Chapter 2 - How Camera Raw Works
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| Creator(s): |
Bruce Fraser |
| Publisher: |
Peachpit Press |
| Subject(s): |
Computer Technology |
| Language(s): |
English |
Description:
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. Photoshop's Adobe Camera Raw plug-in makes that process even easier by providing a standardized way of accessing and working with these uncompressed digital negatives in your favorite image-manipulation software. In the first volume devoted exclusively to the topic, best-selling author Bruce Fraser shows you how to take advantage of Adobe Camera Raw to set white balance, optimize contrast and saturation, handle noise, correct tint, and recover lost detail in images before converting them to another format. After learning about the raw formats themselves, you'll discover hands-on techniques for exposing and shooting for digital raw, using Bridge, Adobe's new standalone file browser, to preview images and automate tasks, and building a workflow around the digital raw process. |
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Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS2
Chapter 7 - It's All About the Workflow
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| Creator(s): |
Bruce Fraser |
| Publisher: |
Peachpit Press |
| Subject(s): |
Computer Technology |
| Language(s): |
English |
Description:
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. Photoshop's Adobe Camera Raw plug-in makes that process even easier by providing a standardized way of accessing and working with these uncompressed digital negatives in your favorite image-manipulation software. In the first volume devoted exclusively to the topic, best-selling author Bruce Fraser shows you how to take advantage of Adobe Camera Raw to set white balance, optimize contrast and saturation, handle noise, correct tint, and recover lost detail in images before converting them to another format. After learning about the raw formats themselves, you'll discover hands-on techniques for exposing and shooting for digital raw, using Bridge, Adobe's new standalone file browser, to preview images and automate tasks, and building a workflow around the digital raw process. |
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Real World Adobe Illustrator CS2
Chapter 10 - Illustrator and the Web
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| Creator(s): |
Mordy Golding |
| Publisher: |
Peachpit Press |
| Subject(s): |
Computer Technology |
| Language(s): |
English |
Description:
How do you define a serious Illustrator user? How about one who uses Illustrator to produce robust and professional-looking vector graphics but also needs the program to be flexible and efficient in workflow and production cycles. If this describes you or the user you strive to be, then you need this book Filled with the industrial-strength techniques and best practices required to get you up to speed fast on Illustrator CS2 without missing a beat in your production workflow, Real World Adobe Illustrator CS2 is the definitive reference for the serious Illustrator user. Thoroughly updated for this version of the software, Illustrator pro Mordy Golding offers a complete guide to the new features such as Live Trace, Live Paint, the Control Palette, Custom Workspaces, and expanded support for Mobile devices, to name a few. You'll also find practical insights on creating type, symbols, graphs, color, effects, Web graphics, and more. Along with tips, sidebars, and expert commentary, there are also numerous illustrations and screen shots included to offer readers the most complete coverage on this extraordinary application. Designers from all fields--illustrators, animators, package designers, graphic designers, web designers, and more--will find Real World Adobe Illustrator CS2 their one-stop guide to creating powerful designs in Illustrator CS2. |
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Macromedia Flash 8 Advanced for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickPro Guide
Chapter 2 - Working With Video
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| Creator(s): |
Russell Chun, H. Paul Robertson |
| Publisher: |
Peachpit Press |
| Subject(s): |
Computer Technology |
| Language(s): |
English |
Description:
As a professional Flash developer, nobody knows more about Flash 8 than you or at least they better not! To make sure they don't, you need this task-based guide. By applying the popular Visual QuickStart format--easy, step-by-step instructions and loads of visual aids--to more complex topics, this guide offers the quickest, easiest way to get up to speed on the advanced Flash features that can make or break a project. You'll find straight-ahead, concise explanations of all the animation, navigation, and interactivity techniques you'll need to master to create dynamic Web sites with Flash. You'll also find complete coverage of all that's new in Flash 8. By emphasizing methodology and problem solving over features inventories and long, techie discussions, this guide teaches Flash the way you use it--dynamically, interactively, and to get a job done! |
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Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS2
Chapter 4 - Improving Dark Images
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| Creator(s): |
Bruce Fraser |
| Publisher: |
Peachpit Press |
| Subject(s): |
Computer Technology |
| Language(s): |
English |
Description:
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. Photoshop's Adobe Camera Raw plug-in makes that process even easier by providing a standardized way of accessing and working with these uncompressed digital negatives in your favorite image-manipulation software. In the first volume devoted exclusively to the topic, best-selling author Bruce Fraser shows you how to take advantage of Adobe Camera Raw to set white balance, optimize contrast and saturation, handle noise, correct tint, and recover lost detail in images before converting them to another format. After learning about the raw formats themselves, you'll discover hands-on techniques for exposing and shooting for digital raw, using Bridge, Adobe's new standalone file browser, to preview images and automate tasks, and building a workflow around the digital raw process. |
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Working Smart in Adobe Photoshop CS2
Chapter 17 - Saving Time with Actions
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| Creator(s): |
Conrad Chavez |
| Publisher: |
Adobe Press |
| Subject(s): |
Computer Technology |
| Language(s): |
English |
Description:
Everyone uses Photoshop; however, not everyone uses it efficiently! With this guide, the folks at Adobe Press are hoping to remedy that situation. Realizing that if you're a veteran Photoshop user, you may still be using methods more suitable to long-ago versions and that if you're new to Photoshop, you may be missing out on some of the long-honed shortcuts and automated tools, Adobe Press has come up with a guide that shows you how to tap into Photoshop's productivity features to streamline your work whatever your level. You'll be amazed at how much time you can save by taking advantage of Preferences, presets, Actions, scripting, batch processing, keyboard shortcuts, Workspaces, file browsing, the Bridge and more. You'll also learn about new CS2 features that push the creative envelope even further: Image Warping, Vanishing Point, Smart Objects, and more. Simple instructions and images galore make learning easy with this smart, focused guide. |
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