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How to Work With a Project in Final Cut Express HD: Jan 5, 2007; In this 60-minute Apple-certified lesson, you'll learn how to open the Final Cut Express HD program, identify and work with the elements of your editing project, organize those elements, and begin working within the Final Cut Express editing interface.

The Pro Tools Edit Window: Jan 5, 2007; This sample chapter gives you a brief overview of the Pro Tools Edit window and gets you familiar with the Edit modes and Edit tools.

Misunderstood Photoshop: The History Brush: Jan 5, 2007; Photoshop's History Brush is great for fixing those little "oops" moments when you've messed up an image, but it also lets you use previous states of the image to create new effects. Helen Bradley shows why the History Brush should be a valued member of your Photoshop toolkit in this article and video tutorial.

Publish a Video Podcast with WordPress: Jan 5, 2007; Maria Langer's helicopter jaunts are too spectacular to be described with mere words; adding video podcasts to her web site would give visitors a taste of the thrill they'd be buying when they signed up for a trip. In this article, Maria takes us on a tour of the software that made it all possible.

Caring for Your PSP: Dec 29, 2006; Let Joel Durham explain the proper care and feeding of your PSP so it gives you many years of loyal service and satisfaction.

Create Art: Make Your Own Photo Background: Dec 29, 2006; If the background of your picture is getting more attention than the subjects in the foreground, try Helen Bradley's Photoshop trick for making the background more attractive and a lot less distracting.

Organize Your Images With iPhoto: Dec 29, 2006; There are two types of people when it comes to photos. First are the Martha Stewart types who manage to organize every picture into precious handmade albums constructed of used tissues and old grocery bags. Then there are the rest of us, who dump our pictures in a box, and that's if we remember to develop the film in the first place. In this chapter, Adam Engst focuses on iPhoto's organizational features. Some require a little effort, but even with no work, your digital photo collection will be far better organized than the box in the closet.

Secrets of Videoblogging: Checking Your Toolbox: Dec 22, 2006; Before you start making your own videoblog, make sure you have all the essential tools for creating your own videos and uploading them to the Web. This sample chapter details a toolbox recommended by a team of experienced videobloggers.

Fix Common Color Problems in Photoshop Elements 5: Video Tutorial: Dec 15, 2006; In this video tutorial, Matt Kloskowski shows you how to use the new Adjust Color Curves feature in Elements 5 to easily—and visually—fix common color problems.

Pod’s Theme: iPod Essentials: Dec 8, 2006; Scott Kelby covers everything that makes your iPod work on the inside: from rating your favorites to changing the volume to setting the EQ, this chapter covers most iPod functions controllable from the main menu.

Building a Mac Home Media Center, Part 3: Creating the Ultimate Home Media Network: Dec 1, 2006; What if you could build a home network that allowed you access to all of your movies, music, and photos in every room of your house--on TVs and computers--for everyone to share whenever they wanted? If that sounds too cool to be easy or inexpensive, think again. In this final article in his series on building the ultimate Mac media center, Ryan Faas shows you how to create the ultimate home media experience--much more simply and for less money than you think.

Beginning Designer's Guide to Working with Photographs: Nov 22, 2006; Photographs almost always add interest to a design and emphasis to a message. Extra-large or extra-small photos, dramatic cropping, interesting filters, or special digital effects can transform a ho-hum layout into a creative visual solution. In this sample chapter, best-selling authors Robin Williams and John Tollett present some basic guidelines for planning your photographs and incorporating them into your design.

Getting Started With Logic Pro 7: Nov 22, 2006; This one-hour lesson explores some basic functions you'll use when working in Logic, such as zooming in and out on an editing window's display, making selections with Logic's unique selection techniques, hiding tracks, and creating custom key commands to control Logic's editing functions. The techniques in this lesson provide a good foundation of skills you'll constantly use while making music in Logic.