Desktop Publishing Books

The books is short and comprehensive illustration of how to create user defined CL commands for AS/400. It illustrates the power which a programmer can excercise of creating own commands with IBM command examples. Features as Command Processing Program, Validity checking program, Choice program, adding command help using panels, using list & qualified parameters, Dependency and control have been discussed in details. Simply great desktop reference for AS/400 programmers to design and develop customize user commands

A great teaching or learning manual for PageMaker! I used this text teaching DTP and PM at a community college. It is well illustrated and has step-by-step instructions. Each lesson has labs that, if completed, will make you proficient in PM. The only drawback to the book is the changes to PM6.5. While the supplement covers the changes, some of the excercises cannot be completed as directed because they do not account for the changes. (for instance, the grid manager in PM6.5 is set up differently). PM6.5 Plus (newest release) has some additional features (such as a tool bar) that may require an additional supplement but can be figured out easily enough until it's available. Overall, a good, comprehensive book for beginners or intermediates.

The authors are obviously experts in the subject matter as this book is very well done and will provide the reader with a comprehensive introduction to Internet Information Services. Very good!

Digital Black & White Photography is one of the few photography/imaging books I have read cover to cover. The book is well written and covers a wide range of topics from camera capture and photography to detailed digital B&W techniques using Photoshop. Learnt lots from this excellent book.

It should come as no surprise to anyone these days that computers are capable of producing pretty powerful graphics images. The majority of the art you see in ads is computer generated. Mr. Raimes is a noted designer that has been using a computer as his took for many years. This book is a study in what can be done using computer techniques.

This is a produsely illustrated guide to what some of the best computer artists have done. It is not a text on how to do it. It does give a brief introduction to the equipment you will need (His comment: 'The ultimate machine for the serious graphic artise, the Power Mac G5.') as well as a brief discussion on software.

Mostly he talks about the concepts of what you can do. He talks of pixels and vectors, of letters and photos. In the final chapters he talks of getting your images in front of people using the Internet and getting your images displayed in galleries.

A great idea book for the artist, either fine or commercial.

One of the ideas I gleaned from this text is that good design--I mean truly splendid arrangement of color and line and content and light and dark and positive and negative and the oftentimes unconscious decisions that go into the *creation* of such (where does inpiration come from, anyway? off topic)--simply can't succeed or exist or grow as a statement of mathematics.

Hmm. What I mean to say is that Spocking the web experience for Kirks who don't view, say, the Web, as a psychological and/or mathematical model is to be--at the very least--incomplete. And that's not so bad. And also otherwise disregarding design via passion via inspiration in favor of GUI-by-psychologist and markup-language-by-programmer is, uh, a real bummer. I mean, to measure a designers work by parameters like user comprehension isn't invalid at all, just really, really deflating.

Opinion.

This book looks beyond the conventional ink on paper and explores many other technologies that fit into the category of "New Media." The book flows well and is an excellent guide to what the future may bring.

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Fast Bytes Series
AUTHOR: Nina Martini
PUBLISHER: DataBecker
REVIEWED BY: Barbara Rhoades

BOOK REVIEW: A small book but packed with so much information it is hard to know where to begin. Digital Photography begins by explaining data storage and transferring images. It goes on to explain color optimizing, printing and making a CD. There are notes and tips in yellow boxes through out the book to help the reader along.

To do all this, Digital Photography uses several programs such as:
1. ACDSee - [URL]
2. Paint Shop Pro - [URL]
3. Ulead Cool 360 - [URL]
4. Windows Movie Maker - this program comes in Windows ME and XP
5. Photo Flicks - [URL]
6. HTML Editor or Note Pad - comes with most systems
7. Outlook Express - or any email program

Digital Photography will walk you through the basics of all these programs. There are many other programs like these available but these trial versions will give you the basic principles of digital photography. Digital Photography will tell you how to use your camera and computer together to produce great pictures and even how to save it on CD or email them to share with others. For the small price tag of [price], you won't be disappointed with all the information you will have.

This book, like al DUMMIES titles is a well organized and simple to understand book, wich covers all the professional level guides to master the art of digital picture taking in an easy way. If you are looking for a way to make your pictures look professional, this is the book !!!

An excellent book for beginners and intermediate photographers. Clear, concise and easy to read. 10 of 10