Photoshop is one of the world’s most powerful image editors, and it can be daunting to try to use skillfully. Photoshop CS5 One-on-One: Advanced, the second part of the popular and comprehensive series, updated for CS5, follows internationally renowned Photoshop guru Deke McClelland as he dives into the workings of Photoshop. He explores such digital-age wonders as the Levels and Curves commands, edge-detection filters, advanced compositing techniques, vector-based text, the Liquify filter, and Camera Raw. Deke also teaches tried-and-true methods for sharpening details, smoothing over wrinkles and imperfections, and enhancing colors without harming the original image.

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Join best-selling author and Photoshop pro Matt Kloskowski in a video that finally cuts through all of the complexity in Photoshop’s color enhancements, and shows you which adjustments to use and when to use them. On Disc One of this series, Creative Color, Matt shows the creative aspects of correcting, enhancing, changing and even removing color in your images. On Disc Two, Nuts and Bolts, you’ll learn all about color spaces (and which ones really matter), color managed workflows and how to get predictable results when it comes to printing and viewing on the Web.

PHP and MySQL Web Development shows how to use these tools together to produce effective, interactive Web applications. It clearly describes the basics of the PHP language, explains how to set up and work with a MySQL database, and then shows how to use PHP to interact with the database and the server.

PHP is a powerful and full-featured programming language used by millions of Web developers around the world. PHP Essential Training is a comprehensive guide to learning and understanding an open-source solution to your Web programming needs. Whether you want to use a little PHP functionality or you want to create a full-blown Web site, this tutorial will start you on the road to mastering PHP. It covers the essential features, syntax, and flow of the language, and provides instruction in creating interactive and dynamic Web pages. Whether you are a designer new to programming or a developer coming from a different language, you will be learning PHP as it was intended to be used. You can easily follow along with real world examples and expert tips and tricks