501 Web Site Secrets E-book

501 Web Site Secrets: Unleash the Power of Google, Amazon etc. * Shows Internet users how to get the most out of Internet searches, portals, and commerce sites * Covers using Google to solve mathematical equations, making search engines safe for kids, harnessing the full power of Yahoo!, and getting the best bargains on shopping sites * Explains how to search for street addresses and phone numbers, stock quotes and other financial information, MP3s and other digital music, computer programs and utilities, medical information, legal information, genealogical information, job listings, and more * Reveals the secrets behind directory sites, indexing, and search result rankings CONTENTS Acknowledgments. Introduction. Part I: Secrets of the Internet Portals.

Chapter 1: Yahoo! Secrets.

Chapter 2: MSN Secrets.

Chapter 3: AOL.com Secrets.

Chapter 4: Excite Secrets.

Chapter 5: Lycos Secrets. Part II: Secrets of the Internet Search Engines.

Chapter 6: Google Secrets.

Chapter 7: AllTheWeb Secrets.

Chapter 8: Ask Jeeves Secrets.

Chapter 9: AltaVista Secrets.

Chapter 10: HotBot Secrets. Part III: Secrets of the Online News and Information Sites.

Chapter 11: CNN.com Secrets.

Chapter 12: ESPN.com Secrets.

Chapter 13: CBS MarketWatch Secrets.

Chapter 14: Weather.com Secrets.

Chapter 15: Microsoft.com Secrets. Part IV: Secrets of Online Shopping and Services.

Chapter 16: eBay Secrets.

Chapter 17: Amazon.com Secrets.

Chapter 18: Napster 2.0 Secrets.

Chapter 19: Expedia Secrets.

Chapter 20: MapQuest Secrets.

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Search Engine Optimization An Hour a Day E-book

Search Engine Optimization An Hour a Day is an excellent primer for the beginner do it yourself search engine marketer. It covers the baisc essential of earch engine optimization and offers a comprehensive SEO plan with metrics for tracking your success that can be achieved conveniently in "an hour a day". Influence search engine results and bring targeted traffic to your Web site with an hour a day of search engine optimization (SEO). Drawing on years of experience as successful SEO consultants, Jennifer Grappone and Gradiva Couzin provide detailed, practical, and often surprisingly simple techniques for improving results. Their simple strategies include setting SEO goals, site optimization, developing and implementing a strategy that might include both free and paid efforts, and tools for monitoring trends, measuring the competition, and tracking results.

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Mastering Maya 8.5 E-book

eBOOK Details Publisher Sybex Release Date April 9, 2007 ISBN 0470128453 eBOOK Description Take your Maya skills to new levels with the sophisticated coverage you'll find in this authoritative Autodesk Maya Press reference and tutorial. From key basics through advanced techniques, our Maya experts provide the very latest professional-level instruction on Maya Complete and Maya Unlimited. Early chapters offer a practical overview of Maya's interface. A "Quick Start" exercise lets novices create an animation the first day and covers the basics of node structure, keyframes, and basic lighting. Advanced users will broaden their skills with pertinent coverage for nCloth, mental ray integration, volume Fur rendering, advanced texturing tools, and enhanced MEL scripting. Practical tutorials reinforce learning with hands-on practice. If you've been looking for a professional-quality and complete Maya resource to turn to again and again, this is the book

* Render and store stills through the Render View window

* Learn techniques with nCloth's powerful cloth simulation

* Tweak and add drag-and-drop Fluid Effects for real-world effects

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The Adobe Photoshop Layers Book Jul 2007 E-book

Create, correct, and control with layers, the most powerful tool in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements Imagine yourself in total control of every adjustment to your photos. You've seen the illustrations in glossy magazines, the fine art reproductions in museum catalogs, the award-winning pictures of professional photographers. To produce this kind of magic, understanding how to use layers for your entire breadth of image correction is key. Discover the best ways to showcase your talent with the full power of layers from best-selling author/digital image specialist Richard Lynch. Learn what layers can do for you as an integral part of organizing image development, creating and storing image versions with nondestructive editing, and promoting a positive workflow. Timeless, not version specific, this book will help you take layers to a new level to increase your efficiency and produce better end results, whatever release of the software you use. Step-by-step instructions and practical examples illustrate how to? Don?t make your work harder than it needs to be when you can use layers to control any adjustment using multiple forms of blending concurrently - transparency, clipping, opacity/fill, masking, modes, channel targeting, Blend If, and styles. Author Richard Lynch is a photographer, designer, editor, web developer, and author of the popular ?Hidden Powers? series on Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. He also writes for PCPhoto, Popular Photography, Digital Photographer, and Digital Photography Techniques. The World of Image Layers

- The Basics of Layers: Layer Functions and Creation;

- Layer Management: Concepts of a Layer-Based Workflow

- Object and Image Area Isolation; Masking: Enhanced Area Isolation; Applying Layer Effects

- Exploring Layer Modes; Advanced Blending with Blend if

- Breaking Out Components; Taking an Image Through the Process

- Making Layered Collage and Composite Images;

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Photoshop CS3 Essential Skills E-book

Review " A must for any photographer, whether an absolute beginner or one in advanced mode memorise every other word and you will be the king of your camera club." - Amateur Photographer, praise for CS2 edition Review " A must for any photographer, whether an absolute beginner or one in advanced mode memorise every other word and you will be the king of your camera club." - Amateur Photographer, praise for CS2 edition.
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50 Fast Photoshop 7 Techniques E-book

50 Fast Photoshop "X" Techniques for is an immensely useful book for anyone wanting to take advantage of the very latest release of the world's top digital imaging tool, Adobe Photoshop. The techniques are valuable to both pros and hobbyists alike - they enable everyone to enjoy successful creation of fine art images and prints! The step-by-step and richly illustrated collection of awesome techniques are easily accessible and understandable to users on every level. This is a new kind of Photoshop book-one that can help both casual users through professional users save time while creating professional quality images and effects!

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Adobe Photoshop CS3 A-Z

The book provides a visual representation of various features within Photoshop accompanied by succinct, punchy text, which enables you to learn fast and efficiently. Whilst many Photoshop books are tomes difficult to read and understand, this book, with its easy and intuitive layout makes learning a breeze... Overall, this book is an invaluable reference tool that should adorn every desktop when working in Photoshop. Highly recommended.

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Mastering Photoshop CS3 for Print Design and Production E-book

Unlock Your Creativity with Photoshop and Design More Powerful Images Photoshop has always been an essential tool for design professionals. Now the newest release adds even more power with new productivity and workflow enhancements, editing tools, and compositing capabilities. This comprehensive guide shows you how to work with all of the new features of Photoshop CS3 and effectively integrate them into your everyday print design and production workflow. Photoshop expert Ted LoCascio clearly demonstrates how to maximize the software for optimum printing quality. He walks you step-by-step through everything from simple tasks such as basic color correction and masking to more advanced steps including managing color and building layer comps. With pages of full-color examples that show you how to apply your new Photoshop skills to real-world situations, this in-depth reference will improve your overall workflow and help you enhance and prepare images more effectively than ever before. Coverage includes: Selecting the right brushes and manipulating specific areas of an image Adding color to bring your graphics to life Retouching like a pro and preparing for print Combining image layers to create dynamic print graphics Enhancing the details of your image using sharpening tools Choosing the right layer styles and filter effects Editing Raw files, TIFFs, and JPEGs with Camera Raw Discover How to Take Your Photoshop CS3 Skills to the Next Level Modify Images with Fully Customizable Brushes and Drawing Tools Take Advantage of the New Nondestructive Smart Filters Gain Control over Print Quality to Produce the Richest Images Put Your Skills into Practice Using Sample Images from the Enclosed CD

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