The “Complete Collection” combines the video tutorials for six powerful Nik software plug-ins: Dfine 2.0, Viveza 2, Color Efex Pro 3.0 Complete, Silver Efex Pro 2, Sharpener Pro 3.0, and HDR Efex Pro. These enhancements for Photoshop, Aperture, and other programs are easy to install and use, enabling you quickly optimize your images without complicated selections and layer masks. In the tutorials trainer and product specialist Richard West shows you how to use the plug-ins to create HDR and black-and-white images, reduce noise, apply sharpening and filters, and much more.

The “Complete Collection” combines the video tutorials for six powerful Nik software plug-ins: Dfine 2.0, Viveza 2, Color Efex Pro 3.0 Complete, Silver Efex Pro 2, Sharpener Pro 3.0, and HDR Efex Pro. These enhancements for Photoshop, Aperture, and other programs are easy to install and use, enabling you quickly optimize your images without complicated selections and layer masks. In the tutorials trainer and product specialist Richard West shows you how to use the plug-ins to create HDR and black-and-white images, reduce noise, apply sharpening and filters, and much more.

WordPress is among the most popular blog software on the Internet, and with good reason: It is powerful, approachable, and free. In this Learn by Video course (created in partnership with our friends at Peachpit Press), web designer and trainer Joe Chellman teaches you what you need to know to use WordPress to create your own blog, from installing and configuring the software to adding and managing content. You’ll also learn how to customize your blog by choosing a “theme” (a visual design) and adding plugins, as well as how to maintain your site by backing it up and updating the software when necessary. After completing this course, you’ll be empowered to create an awesome website for yourself and nearly anyone else!

Light and exposure are at the very heart of photography. And yet, exposure is one of the topics many photographers struggle with most. In this Learn by Video workshop published in partnership with Peachpit Press, Tim Grey takes you out into the field to help you master essential photographic exposure concepts and techniques. The set includes Austrian mountains, woods, and rivers, along with downtown scenes and interiors. Along the way, you?ll learn how to avoid common challenges and use the available light for best effect. You?ll also learn more advanced techniques including capturing long exposures, utilizing exposure bracketing, and more. Back in the studio, Tim teaches you how to apply these concepts during post-processing to ensure the very best results in your final image, as well as how to apply creative exposure effects in-software, such as creating a high-key effect. If you’ve ever wanted to truly master light and exposure, grab your camera get ready for an exceptional photography workshop.

What are HTML5 and CSS3, and why are people so excited about them? In this workshop, the first of a three-part series, author and expert Andy Olsen introduces you to these emerging technologies and why they are going to change the world of web development. You’ll learn how to work with new HTML5 features like semantic tags, the selector API, new form input controls, improved accessibility, and more. You’ll also get up to speed on the basics of CSS3, from creating drop shadows and rounded corners to working with transforms, selectors, and web fonts.

Want to build your own robots, turn your ideas into prototypes, control devices with a computer, or make your own cell phone applications? It's a snap with this book and the Arduino open source electronic prototyping platform. Get started with six fun projects and achieve impressive results quickly.

Software Development and Professional Practice reveals how to design and code great software. What factors do you take into account? What makes a good design? What methods and processes are out there for designing software? Is designing small programs different than designing large ones? How can you tell a good design from a bad one? You'll learn the principles of good software design, and how to turn those principles back into great code.

dupeGuru is a tool which allows you find duplicate files on your PC. It can scan either filenames or contents. The filename scan features a fuzzy matching algorithm that can find duplicate filenames even when they are not exactly the same. dupeGuru runs on Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP and Mac OS X 10.4 (Universal binary). dupeGuru is efficient that it can find your duplicate files in minutes, thanks to its quick fuzzy matching algorithm. dupeGuru is customizable. You can tweak its matching engine to find exactly the kind of duplicates you want to find. dupeGuru is safe. Its engine has been especially designed with safety in mind. Its reference directory system as well as its grouping system prevent you from deleting files you didn't mean to delete.

dupeGuru Music Edition (ME for short) is a tool to find duplicate songs in your music collection. It can scan filenames, tags or contents. dupeGuru ME is a big brother of dupeGuru. It does everything dupeGuru does, but it has more information columns (such as bitrate, duration, tags, etc..) and more scan types (filename with fields, tags and audio content). dupeGuru ME runs on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.