Books in the Visual QuickStart Guide series

This best-selling guide from authors Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas has been the go-to tutorial and reference book for photography/design students and has been the textbook of choice in college classrooms for decades. This edition includes their trademark features of clear, concise, step-by-step instructions; hundreds of full-color images; screen captures of program features; and supplemental tips and sidebars in every chapter. This new edition includes an all-new material, a bonus chapter, and downloadable assets.

Uses instructions and friendly prose to introduce to PHP. Filled with step-by-step, task-based instructions and visual aids, this book explains how to learn about this scripting language. It also covers the language's features such as: including a complete rewrite of date handling code, with improved time-zone support, security fixes, and more.

Learn Adobe Photoshop with the Visual QuickStart Guidethe quick and easy way!Visual QuickStart Guide is an easy, visual approach to learning. Concise steps and explanations, using pictures to guide you through Adobe Photoshop get you up and running in no time. In addition, the free Web Edition of the book includes more than 4 hours of video, enhancing and expanding the information in the book while providing an alternative method for learning. Whether youre an experienced designer or an enthusiastic newcomer, Photoshop gives you all the tools you need to create almost any photographic image you can imagine, using a vast array of powerful tools and options. Learn best practices for flexible, collaborative workflows. Employ efficient production techniques to select, size, crop, mask, composite, color correct, and retouch. Enhance your images with editable type, vector artwork, and creative special effects.This book provides you with:An easy visual approach that uses pictures to guide you through Adobe Photoshop features and show you what to doConcise steps and explanations that help you get up and running in no timeThe best content and value around, page for pageAccess to the Web Edition, a free online version of the book with embedded video

Master Adobe's friendliest tool for editing photos and making digital artwork, Photoshop Elements 2022, quickly and easily with step-by-step tutorials and full color images.Visual QuickStart Guides provide an easy, visual approach to learning, using tightly integrated video, images, and text. Purchase of the book includes access to the free Web Edition, which features more than three hours of video, enhancing and expanding the information in the text.Concise steps and explanations guide you through the foundations of using Adobe Photoshop Elements 2022, getting you up and running in no time. Adobe Photoshop Elements has many of the same features as its older brother but with a simpler, streamlined interface designed for both the casual photographer and the serious hobbyist.Learn how to:Use new slideshow stylesExtend photo backgroundsManipulate overlays to fit any shapeApply moving animationsRender your compositions with an art filter

Learn Adobe Illustrator with the Visual QuickStart Guidethe quick and easy way!Visual QuickStart Guide is an easy, visual approach to learning. Concise steps and explanations guide you through Adobe Illustrator, getting you up and running in no time. In addition, the free Web Edition of the book includes more than 40 videos, enhancing and expanding the information in the book while providing an alternative method for learning. Whether you're an experienced designer or an enthusiastic newcomer, Illustrator gives you all the tools you need to begin creating impressive vector artwork.Learn how to navigate the application and set up your documents to start drawing quickly, using a variety of tools and features. Then you'll move on to applying appearance attributes and effects for adding visual interest to your artwork. Once your artwork is complete you'll learn how to save and export it using best practices. This book provides you with:An easy visual approach that uses pictures to guide you through Adobe Illustrator features and shows you what to do.Concise steps and explanations that let you get up and running in no time.The best content and value around, page for page.