| 41.
| - Top 10 jQuery Tips for Novices
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By
Jay Blanchard
- Feb 20, 2013
- Where should a novice jQuery developer start? Jay Blanchard, author of jQuery and jQuery UI: Visual QuickStart Guide, suggests that you start with his ten jQuery tips for novices.
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| 42.
| - The Smarter Startup: An Interview with Entrepreneur Neal Cabage
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By
Peachpit Press, Neal Cabage
- Feb 18, 2013
- Neal Cabage, co-author of The Smarter Startup: A Better Approach to Online Business for Entrepreneurs, talks to Peachpit about the key ingredients to starting an online business, the biggest mistake most startups make, and why he thought Twitter would never be a success.
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| 43.
| - Making an Online Video for Your Small Business
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By
Jefferson Graham
- Feb 14, 2013
- From vlogging to elaborate online commercials, there are many opportunities to showcase your small business through online video. Jefferson Graham explains how to take advantage of this major opportunity for exposure,
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| 44.
| - How to Overcome Browser Challenges in Web Design
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By
Christopher Schmitt
- Feb 13, 2013
- Browsers have different levels of support for CSS features, as well as different interpretations of how to render HTML. By using tools like normalize.css and validating on multiple devices, we can address many of the challenges of web design. However, there’s no substitute for knowing and learning about your audience and working to build them the best site possible, as Christopher Schmitt advises in this chapter from Designing Web and Mobile Graphics: Fundamental concepts for web and interactive projects.
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| 45.
| - Adobe Photoshop Master Class: Jaclyn Corrado
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By
Ibarionex Perello
- Feb 11, 2013
- Artist Jaclyn Corrado discusses her approach to photography and Photoshop in her work.
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| 46.
| - Plug In with Nik: Silver Efex Pro 2
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By
John Batdorff
- Feb 6, 2013
- Silver Efex Pro is simply the best and most essential black-and-white plugin on the market. John Batdorff explains his approach to using Silver Efex Pro while orienting you to SEP’s interface and rich set of creative tools. Of course, you’ll do this by creating images and exploring all the creative possibilities SEP has to offer.
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| 47.
| - How to Shop on Your Kindle Fire
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By
Scott McNulty
- Feb 4, 2013
- This chapter shows you how to use the Shop app to buy a variety of things right from your Kindle Fire with a few taps.
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| 48.
| - Using Advanced Editing Techniques for Video in Photoshop
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By
Colin Smith
- Jan 31, 2013
- This chapter shows you how to add the cool Photoshop effects that make your videos look more polished. You will learn about multi-track editing, how layers and Blend modes work with video, and how to mix different types of media on a Timeline. But don’t worry; the learning curve is not difficult.
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| 49.
| - Manipulating DOM Elements in jQuery
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By
Jay Blanchard
- Jan 30, 2013
- In this chapter, learn to use CSS height, width, and position properties, work with custom HTML attributes, and copy, add, change, and remove DOM elements to enhance your website visitors’ experience.
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| 50.
| - Adobe Illustrator Master Class: Rian Saputra
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By
Sharon Milne
- Jan 29, 2013
- This excerpt from Adobe Master Class: Illustrator Inspiring artwork and tutorials by established and emerging artists profiles artist Rian Saputra.
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| 51.
| - Building a Simple Image Processor with AppleScriptObjC (Cocoa-AppleScript)
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By
Ben Waldie
- Jan 28, 2013
- Ben Waldie, author of Mac Automation Made Simple, demonstrates how to use basic application-building techniques with AppleScriptObjC and Xcode to create powerful applications for manipulating images - rotating, flipping, scaling, and more.
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| 52.
| - Precision Photo Styling with the Perfect Effects 4 Masking Brush
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By
Dan Moughamian
- Jan 25, 2013
- Perfect Effects 4 is a new Photoshop and Lightroom plugin introduced with onOne Software’s Perfect Photo Suite 7 bundle. Photoshop expert and professional photographer Dan Moughamian introduces you to an array of new photo styling presets, an enhanced user interface and workflow, as well as new brush options for precision edits.
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| 53.
| - Nikon D600: The Professional Modes
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By
Rob Sylvan
- Jan 24, 2013
- If you really want to take that next step in controlling your photography, it is essential that you understand not only how to control the Nikon D600's professional modes, but why you are controlling them. Rob Sylvan explores Program Mode, Shutter Priority Mode, Aperture Priority Mode, and Manual Mode.
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| 54.
| - Get the Most out of Mail and Outlook.com with Your Microsoft Surface Tablet
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By
Joni Blecher
- Jan 23, 2013
- This chapter from Microsoft Surface: Visual QuickStart Guide focuses on the Mail app and how it, along with People and Calendar, uses Outlook.com to do more on the tablet.
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| 55.
| - Top 10 Ways to Increase Boudoir Photography Sales
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By
Christa Meola
- Jan 23, 2013
- Christa Meola, author of The Art of Boudoir Photography: How to Create Stunning Photographs of Women, explains that how you treat your client makes all the difference when it comes to selling boudoir photography.
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| 56.
| - iPhone App Anthem: Using Apps & the App Store
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By
Scott Kelby, Terry White
- Jan 22, 2013
- Scott Kelby and Terry White show you how to download iPhone apps to your computer, get apps from your iPhone's app store, delete, update and rearrange apps, quickly switch to another app, cut the app clutter by creating folders, access more apps at the bottom of your screen, use Apple's own downloadable apps, and access your audio controls while in another app.
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| 57.
| - Adobe Photoshop Master Class: An Interview with Ibarionex Perello
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By
Ibarionex Perello
- Jan 21, 2013
- Peachpit interviews Ibarionex Perello, author of Adobe Master Class: Photoshop Inspiring artwork and tutorials by established and emerging artists, about the inspirational artists featured in the book, what they have in common, and where he draws his own inspiration.
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| 58.
| - Dialogues with Creative Legends and Aha Moments in a Designer's Career: Tipping Point on a Train and Paul Rand
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By
David Calvin Laufer
- Jan 17, 2013
- David Calvin Laufer discusses what finally pushed him to become a freelance designer, and shares the story of IBM graphic designer Paul Rand.
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| 59.
| - Dialogues with Creative Legends and Aha Moments in a Designer's Career: Charles and Ray Eames
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By
David Calvin Laufer
- Jan 16, 2013
- David Calvin Laufer discusses Charles and Ray Eames, two of the most influential designers of the modern era.
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| 60.
| - Using Abstraction in Interactive Storytelling
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By
Chris Crawford
- Jan 15, 2013
- If a story is to be truly interactive, then the player must be able to change the story. But, if the player changes the story, then the artist cannot control its development and the player will likely ruin the story. The solution to the problem is, in a word, abstraction. Chris Crawford looks at some examples of how abstraction has solved some analogous problems.
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