Sams Teach Yourself Ajax JavaScript and PHP All in One or Adobe Photoshop Elements 6

Sams Teach Yourself Ajax, JavaScript, and PHP All in One (Sams Teach Yourself Series)

Author: Phil Ballard

Sams Teach Yourself Ajax, JavaScript and PHP

All in One

In just a short time, you can learn how to use Ajax, JavaScript, and PHP to create interactive interfaces to your web applications by combining these powerful technologies.

No previous Ajax programming experience is required. Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson in this book builds on the previous ones, enabling you to learn the essentials of Ajax programming with JavaScript, PHP, and related technologies from the ground up.

Regardless of whether you run Linux, Windows, or Mac OS X, the enclosed CD includes a complete Ajax programming starter kit that gives you all the programming tools, reference information, JavaScript libraries, and server software you need to set up a stable environment for learning, testing, and production.

Learn how to....

• Build better, more interactive interfaces for your web applications

• Make JavaScript, HTML, XML, and PHP work together to create Ajax effects

• Compile an Ajax application

• Create and consume web services with SOAP and REST

• Avoid common errors and troubleshoot programs

• Use popular Ajax libraries to speed up and improve common programming tasks

On the CD

• XAMPP for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux—an easy-to-install package to set up a PHP- and MySQL-enabled Apache server on your computer

• The jEdit programming editor for Windows, Mac, and Linux

• Prototype, Scriptaculous, Rico and XOAD—popular JavaScript libraries for creating Ajax applications and effects

• A complete Ajax, HTML, XML, and PHP tutorial reference library in searchable PDF format

• Source code for the examples in the book

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Adobe Photoshop Elements 6: A Visual Introduction to Digital Photography

Author: Philip Andrews

If you are an amateur or professional photographer who works with digital images and wants great results fast, this essential, easy-to-follow guide from world-renowned Adobe Photoshop Elements expert Philip Andrews is for you!

There are countless ways to use Adobe's powerful Elements 6 software, and Andrews helps you with the skills to conquer them all; from turning ordinary photos into extraordinary scrapbooks, calendars, and albums to making business cards, flyers, and other promotional materials for your organization quickly and economically. Real-life examples and precise, easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions will help you get up to speed with Elements 6 fast for the results you want in no time, whether your photographs are from your digital camera or scanned images from film and slides.

If it's in Elements, it's in this book. Andrews covers tried and true tools which have been revamped to better suit photographers' needs, such as the Adjust Color Curves and Convert to Black and White features, the Brightness/Contrast feature, and a smoother workflow for the creation of photo projects such as Photo Books, Photo Collage, Online Galleries, CD/DVD Jackets, and CD/DVD Labels. He also dives into the exciting, all-new features of Elements 6 such as:

*The Quick Selection Tool
*Fantastic Photomerge technology for group shots and faces, which lets you combine the best pieces from multiple images
*Direct copy to CD/DVD to speed up your workflow when you need to copy several images to disc quickly
*The Guided Edit Workshop with interactive technique tutorials
*Smart Albums, to automatically add photos that match certain criteria to your Album
*The Refine Edge feature, which allows you to control how smooth or feathered the edges of your images appear
*A Task Pane with five different Task Modes (Organize, Fix, Create, Share and Edit) to help you manage the processing of your images

...and much, much more.

Whatever your organizing, editing, creating, and sharing needs are, you'll find clear-cut, no-nonsense answers in this introductory book/CD/website learning package. If you find yourself getting stuck, Philip is just a click away with over two hours of superb video tutorials on the included CD. Or, visit the book's website, guide2elements.com, for updates and more images that you can use to practice your new skills.

Written by a photographer for photographers, this book is for those who want to know the techniques that get results and can be put into practice immediately.

*Best-selling author and world-renowned Elements expert Philip Andrews guides you through the latest and greatest features in this incredible software with easy-to-follow, precise step-by-step instructions
*Think again before you hit that delete button - beautiful, full color images show you how to rework ordinary shots into extraordinary pieces of art
*Begin practicing your new skills immediately with over TWO HOURS of superb video tutorials included on the CD

Table of Contents:

Note that this is the table of contents from the current edition for Elements version 5.0. The author will adjust based on software updates (not yet released) as necessary, but basic structure will remain the same.

The Buzz of Digital Photography; Introducing Photoshop Elements X; First Steps; Simple Image Changes; Hands on Techniques; Using Selections and Layers; Combining Text with Your Images; Using Elements? Painting and Drawing Tools; Photo Layouts; Creating Great Panoramas; Preparing Images for the Web or E-mail; Preparing Images for Printing; Photo Creations; Managing Your Files; Theory into Practice: Real Life Elements Projects; Where to From Here?