You can master Photoshop® CS3 faster than you ever thought possible even if you have no Photoshop or image editing experience at all! In just 24 hands-on, step-by-step lessons, this book will teach you all the core Photoshop skills you need to get great results in digital photography, graphic design, painting, or anything else!

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Did You Know? tips offer advice or show you easier ways to do something.

Watch Out! cautions alert you to possible problems and give you advice on how to avoid them.


Learn how to
* Repair and retouch any black-and-white or color image, from precious family portraits to new digital photos
* Achieve powerful artistry with Photoshop filters and effects
* Master digital painting with Photoshop paintbrushes and other tools
* Get your colors right, wherever you are printing your images or displaying them online
* Create super-realistic composites
* Transform your images using tools ranging from Flip to Liquefy
* Master professional-level features including layers, channels, and masks
* Add type to your images
* Take advantage of Photoshop ®CS3 powerful new features

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Do you want to Know about scripting on photoshop? read below.
About this manual This manual provides an introduction to scripting Adobe ® Photoshop CS2 ® on Mac OS ® and Windows ® . Chapter one covers the basic conventions used in this manual and provides an overview of requirements for scripting Photoshop CS2. Chapter two covers the Photoshop CS2 object model as well as generic scripting terminology, concepts and techniques. Code examples are provided in three languages:
● AppleScript
● Visual Basic script
● JavaScript
Note: Separate reference manuals are available for each of these languages and accompany this Scripting Guide. The reference manuals are located on the installation CD. Chapter three covers Photoshop CS2-specific objects and components and describes advanced techniques for scripting the Photoshop CS2 application. Note: Please review the README file shipped with Photoshop CS2 for late-breaking news, sample scripts, and information about outstanding issues.

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A Photoshop Tutorial for Photogr aphers Five years ago we sold our darkroom equipment and moved our image editing to the computer. The image editing software we chose was Adobe Photoshop. It took us about a year to be able to make images from the computer that were as good as ones we had made in our wet darkroom. Today we are making images that we could not even have dreamed of making before. Since then our expertise in Photoshop has increased many times over, but our basic workfl ow has remained the same. These tutorials are based on Photoshop version 6 for Windows. The workfl ow we use to prepare our images is as follows. • Levels Adjustment to correct exposure and colorcast. • Hue/Saturation adjustment to correct overall saturation and saturation of specifi c colors. • Removing dust and scratches and image clean up. • Sizing the image for output. • Sharpening the image. This tutorial will cover the fi rst step, Levels Adjustment to correct

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Adobe Photoshop CS2 Basic Tips Adobe Photoshop is a sophisticated, expert­level image producing software. It is designed to work with digital image files for multiple purposes including posters, photographs, for web use and art! Photoshop is available on both Windows XP and Macintosh workstations, equipped with CD/DVD burners. The following notes supplement the 1hour introductory session on Adobe Photoshop. Additional handouts are available in our lab and on the web: http://library.albany.edu/imc/tutimages.htm Additional classes about specific aspects of Photoshop are available. Refer to the schedule of classes on the web: http://library.albany.edu/imc/signup_form.htm Comprehensive classes are available through ITS: http://web.albany.edu/its/training/ The Interactive Media Center has manuals; inquire at the Interactive Media Center desk. Color laser printing is available. Should you request eh use of a digital camera, plase contact a staff member of the IMC: http://library.albany.edu/imc/contact.htm

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Layer masks is one of the powerful tool in photoshop. This e book contains lots of tip and technique demonstrates how to use them to easily combine images together. You will learn to use the gradient tool to create gentle gradations from one image to another but really, it’s just the tip of the ice burg. If you want to effect only certain areas, be sure to try painting in the mask with one of the many painting tool available in Photoshop. Just remem- ber, paint with black to hide the image on the layer, paint with white to reveal the image on the layer. For varying degrees of transparency, try painting with different amounts of opacity.

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Photoshop Tricks for product creation with new tricks, case studies and more

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Composing Music: A New Approach by William Russo
University Of Chicago Press | ISBN 0226732169 |1988-02-15| PDF | 240 pages | 8.61 MB

Aimed at those who have some knowledge of music but not formal training in composition, this concise introduction to composing starts right in with a brief composition exercise, then proceeds step by step through a series of increasingly complex and challenging problems, gradually expanding the student’s musical grammar.

“This is a wonderful book for anyone who is developing improvising skills or who would like a fun way to explore music.”–Jim Stockford, Co-Evolution Quarterly

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Thesaurus Of Scales And Melodic Patterns (Text)
Amsco Publications | ISBN 082561449X | 1975-12-11 | PDF | 356 pages | 16.56 MB

Since its publication in 1947, great musicians and composers of all genres - from Arnold Schoenberg and Virgil Thomson to John Coltrane and Freddie Hubbard - have sworn by this legendary volume and its comprehensive vocabulary of melodic patterns for composition and improvisation.

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The Jazz Theory Book by Mark Levine
Sher Music | 1995 | ISBN 1883217040 | 522 pages | PDF | 112 Mb

According to Mark Levine, a great jazz solo consists of

• 1% magic
• 99% stuff that is explainable, analysable, categorisable, and doable

This book is mostly about the 99% stuff.

Contents:
Part One - Theory of Chords and Scales Basic Theory, Major Scale and the II-V-I Progression; Chord/Scale Theory (Major, Melodic Minor, Diminished and Whole-Tone Scale Harmony); How to Practice Scales; Slash Chords
Part Two - Improvisation - Playing the Changes From Scales to Music; The Bebop Scales; Playing ‘Outside’; Pentatonic Scales; The Blues; Rhythm Changes; Practice, Practice, Practice
Part Three - Reharmonization Basic Reharmonization; Advanced Reharmonization; Coltrane Changes; Three Reharmonizations (Spring is Here, Body and Soul)
Part Four - The Tunes Song Form and Composition; Reading a Lead Sheet; Memorizing a Tune; Heads; Repetoire
Part Five - The Rest of It Salsa and Latin Jazz

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Sound Advice on Mixing (Instantpro Series) + Samples
ArtistPro; 1 edition 2002 | ISBN: 1931140294 | English | PDF + MP3 | 77 pages

If you want your mixes to sound great, even next to your favorite commercial release of your favorite artist, you need this book and CD! You’ll learn mixing techniques and hear audio examples designed to help you create a professional-sounding mix. Avoid the pitfalls of mixing. Build a mix from the ground up, shaping each ingredient with the big picture in mind. learn how to setup a mix that has power and impact. Once you start following these guidelines and principles, you’ll never turn back, and your music will sound better than ever! Bill Gibson has spent the last 20 years teaching, writing and recording music. He holds various degrees in education, composition and recording, and has also taught music theory and performance. Gibson has designed and implemented studio systems for many different recording facilities, and is presently the owner and president of Northwest Music and Recording in Seattle.

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The Complete Jazz Guitar Method by Jody Fisher: Intermediate
Alfred Publishing | 2006 | ISBN 0739021540 | 96 pages | PDF & MP3 | 21Mb & 28Mb

This book is great for guitarists who have learned the basics of jazz harmony and improvisation. Topics include the ii-V-I progression, creating solo lines, altered chord formulas, and comping in different jazz feels such as Latin, swing, ballad, and even funk. Every new concept is accompanied by etudes and songs for practice, and every chapter is clearly divided into lessons on harmony and improvisation.

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Play Guitar with 20 Metal Bands (book)
MusicRoom| 2003 |English | ISBN:0711998604 | 168 pages | PDF | 6.5 MB

Compilation of Play Guitar With tabs and backing tracks featuring the cream of metal, punk and hard rock, including Black Sabbath, System Of A Down, Queens Of The Stone Age and Metallica. Consists of songbook with guitar tablature and standard notation of each song with chord symbols and complete lyrics for vocalists.

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Dennis Waring, David Raymond “Make Your Own Electric Guitar & Bass”
Sterling Publishing | 2001-12 | ISBN: 1895569702 | 96 pages | PDF | 10,6 Mb

“Besides quality of production (it’s printed entirely on heavy paper stock and features full-color photos throughout), [the book] excels in the simplicity of its presentation: the instructions are logical and well detailed, and they promote use of common tools and easily acquired materials. Highly recommended.”—Library Journal.

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Pat Metheny Songbook PDF | 448 pages | 16.6Mb

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14 Tips to Creating a Better Music Website by Bards Marc Gunn of The Bards Crier

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Digital Music – DIY Now!
A guide to making a living making music out of your backpack, from anywhere, and everywhere.
......................by Michael W. Dean and Chris Caulder

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
MICHAEL W. DEAN is the author of the books "$30 Film School", "$30 Music School" and "$30 Writing School." He directed the films "D.I.Y. OR DIE: How To Survive as an Independent Artist" and "HUBERT SELBY JR: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow." Michael was the singer in the band Bomb (Warner Brothers.) He has toured America and Europe lecturing at youth centers, colleges and museums.

CHRIS CAULDER is a passionate, multifaceted artist based on the East Coast. He has been in numerous bands since the mid 90s, including trip-hop duo Beauty's Confusion. Chris is a self-published writer with eight poetry books under his belt. He is also a digital filmmaker and amateur actor. His two main websites are THEMIXTAPE.NET and OUSTEDPRODUCTIONS.NET

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Another 13 set of books on Hypnosis, which are in the following topics,
Advanced Hypnotics Techniques
Essential Skills
Gain Experience
How and why Hypnosis works
Hypnosis for Beginners
Hypnotics Induction
Hypnotism and Spells
Magic of Hypnosis
Meditation self-Practice
Stop Smoking Therapy Session
Success Secrets of Hypnotism Practice
The Art of Hypnotism
The secret to creating chemistry

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What is hypnotism?
Hypnosis (from the Greek hypnos, “sleep”) is often thought to be “a trance-like state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject.”
The technique is sometimes used for medical purposes to relieve anxiety, or otherwise improve or alter behavior. Its effectiveness has been clinically demonstrated in many areas, most notably in the area of acute pain relief. It is also used in popular stage acts in which subjects are persuaded to perform bizarre feats.
Other variations include so-called “mass-hypnosis,” in which crowds are simultaneously influenced, and autosuggestion in which subjects persuade themselves. However, these phenomena are unlike those typically associated with the classical phenomena of hypnosis.
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Below you will find a link, which contains 6 ebooks on hypnotism:

1. How To Hypnotize People And Other Living Things by Wayne F Perkins
2. How To Get The Truth Out of Anyone
3. Advanced Hypnotic Techniques
4. 7 Success Secrets of Hypnotism
5. Hypnosis For Beginners
6. Mind Power Seduction Manual

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Illustrator CS3 for web, a Video training program of Illustrator which covers the following Titles.

• Pixeal based Web design
• Illustrator CS3 essential
• Illustrator CS3 and Flash CS3 professional integration
  

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A beautiful magazine for photographer, it deals with lenses, Cameras, tips and tricks in photography and many more. Read and enjoy.
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A wonderful book for Photographer, you will find lots of useful things which are assessable with Photoshop CS3 easily. Not only for photographer it is also useful to Graphic Designer.

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Cheer photoshop designers here is a book for you,WORTH1000 Photoshop Tutorial.
Description: This book contains 1000 cool Photoshop effects and tutorials. Pictures are included along the way, along with descriptive explanations of each step.

- Motion Pictures
- Turning a Character Into a Puppet
- Out of Bounds
- Creating Rain
- Creating a Wormhole
- Creating Fur
- Motion Tweens and Guides [flash]
- Making Graffiti
- Turning a Character Into a Zombie
- Perspective
- Gender Blending
- Face Swapping
- Tattoos
- Displacement Maps and Textures
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If you are searching for Tamil e-books you are reached in right place here I had given some Tamil e-books links

Tamil poems: Maranattul Vazvom (A collection of 82 poems by 31 contemporary Sri Lankan authors)

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A beautiful novel of Kaviangar Vairamuthu: Tannir Desam (originally published in 1996 as a 24-part series in the tamil weekly magazine Anantha Vikatan)

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A Novel from great writer Kalki: Solaimalai Elavarasi in Tamil script. Read and enjoy.

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A collection of ten wonderful stories of Jayakanthan

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Hydraulic Design Series No. 4 provides an introduction to highway hydraulics. Hydrologic techniques presented concentrate on methods suitable to small areas, since many components of highway drainage (culverts, storm drains, ditches, etc) service primarily small areas. A brief review of fundamental hydraulic concepts is provided, including continuity, energy, momentum, hydrostatics, weir flow and orifice flow. The
document then presents open channel flow principles and design applications, followed by a parallel discussion of closed conduit principles and design applications. Open channel applications include discussion of stable channel design and pavement drainage. Closed conduit applications include culvert and storm drain design. Examples are provided to help illustrate important concepts. An overview of energy dissipaters is provided and the document concludes with a brief discussion of construction, maintenance and economic issues.
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. General
1.2. Types of Drainage Facilities
1.3. Design Philosophy
1.4. Metric System
2. ESTIMATING STORM RUNOFF FROM SMALL AREAS
2.1. General
2.2. Storm Runoff
2.3. Analysis of Gaged Data
2.4. Rainfall Intensity-Duration-Frequency Analysis
2.5. The Rational Method
2.5.1. Equation and Assumptions
2.5.2. Runoff Coefficient
2.5.3. Time of Concentration
2.5.4. Rainfall Intensity
2.5.5. Drainage Area
2.5.6. Computing the Design Discharge for Complex Drainage Areas
2.6. Regression Methods
2.6.1. Overview of Regression Methods
2.6.2. Rural Regression Equations
2.6.3. Urban Regression Equations
2.6.4. The National Flood Frequency Program
2.7. HYDRAIN Computer System
3. FUNDAMENTAL HYDRAULIC CONCEPTS
3.1. General
3.2. Definitions
3.3. Basic Principles
3.3.1. Introduction
3.3.2. Continuity Equation
3.3.3. Energy Equation
3.3.4. Momentum Equation
3.3.5. Hydrostatics
3.4. Weirs and Orifices
3.4.1. Weirs
3.4.2. Orifices
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