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Reviews: Book, Software & Hardware

2008
    Topic
April

-- presenter: Lee Maxwell

March
  • Troubleshooting and Tuning-up your Macpresentation notes in PDF format [command or control click the link to download the file]
  • -- presenter: Bob Shindel
February
  • Beginner: New to Leopard: Stacks on the new look Dock: how they work – presentation notes in PDF format [command or control click the link to download the file]
  • Intermediate: New to Leopard: Setting up Time Machine backup system – presentation notes in PDF format [command or control click the link to download the file]
  • I will also feature a couple more of new Mac user's favorite mistakes, plus a look at other changes to the Dock in Leopard, and of course attempt to answer any and all questions.
  • -- presenter: Lee Maxwell
January
  • Beginner: New to Leopard: Cover flow, and how it works – presentation notes in PDF format [command or control click the link to download the file]
  • Intermediate: New to Leopard: How to use QuickLook features – presentation notes in PDF format [command or control click the link to download the file]
  • -- presenter: Lee Maxwell

2007
    Topic
December
  • Beginner: How to move and copy files in the Finder – presentation notes in PDF format [command or control click the link to download the file]
  • Intermediate: How (and why) to open a file in another application – presentation notes in PDF format [command or control click the link to download the file]
  • -- presenter: Lee Maxwell
November
  • Beginner: Why is this file icon look like a white paper, and what do I do about it? – presentation notes in PDF format [command or control click the link to download the file]
  • Intermediate: How to burn a CD in the Finder and iTunes – presentation notes in PDF format [command or control click the link to download the file]
  • -- presenter: Lee Maxwell
October
  • Beginner: How to navigate your hard drive and find things – presentation notes in PDF format [command or control click the link to download the file]
  • Intermediate: How (and when) to download and install software updates — presentation notes in PDF format [command or control click the link to download the file]
  • -- presenter: Lee Maxwell
September

2004
    Topic
December
  • no reviews this month
November
  • no reviews this month
October
  • no reviews this month
September
  • Learning Adobe InDesign CS
June
  • Adobe Illustrator CS Creative Studio: Techniques for Digital Artists
  • How to Use Photoshop CS Visually in Full Color
  • Real World InDesign CS
May
  • Illustrator CS Visual QuickStart Guide
  • Illustrator CS Hands-On-Training
  • InDesign CS Killer Tips: The Hottest Collection of Cool Tips and Hidden Secrets for Adobe InDesign
April
  • Markztools 5.5
  • The Adobe Illustrator CS WOW! Book
  • Before&After Page Design
March
  • Mac OS X Killer Tips
  • iPhoto 2: The Missing Manual
  • Adobe Creative Suite Idea Kit
February
  • Extensis pxl SmartScale 1.0
  • Adobe Illustrator CS Idea Kit
January
  • SAMS Teach Yourself Mac OS X Panther
  • SAMS Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop CS in 24 Hours

2003
    Topic
December
  • Photoshop CS Down and Dirty Tricks
  • QuarkXPress 6 Killer Tips
  • Photoshop CS Down and Dirty Tricks
November
  • Adobe Acrobat 6 Standard, Classroom in a Book
  • Adobe Premiere Pro, Classroom in a Book
  • SAMS Teach Yourself iMovie and iDVD in 24 Hours
  • iMovie 3 and iDVD The Missing Manual
October
  • iPod: The Missing Manual
  • Software: Adobe Acrobat 6 Standard
September
  • Palette Manager 2
  • QuicKeys X2
June
  • No reviews this month
May
  • Portfolio 6 for Mac (9 and X) and Windows
  • Using Mac OS X v10.2
April
  • No reviews this month
March
  • No reviews this month
February
  • No reviews this month
January
  • Software: Ten for X
  • iPhoto: The Missing Manual
  • Mac OS X, Second Edition
  • Digital Photography Pocket Guide

2002
    Topic
December
  • SAMS Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop Elements 2 in 24 Hours
  • The Art of Photoshop
  • Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Photoshop Elements 2
  • Adobe Acrobat 5 Master Class
November
  • Design Essentials, Fourth Edition
  • Real World Photoshop 7
  • iMovie 2: The Missing Manual
October
  • The Illustrator 10 WOW! Book
  • InDesign 2 for Macintosh and Windows
  • Adobe InDesign 2.0 Classroom in a Book
  • Adobe Photoshop 7.0 Classroom in a Book
September
  • QuicKeys X
  • iMovie 2 for Macintosh (OS 9 and OS X)
  • Real World PDF with Adobe Acrobat 5, Mac and Windows
  • SnapzProX
July
  • Software: Microsoft Office X
June
  • Software: Adobe Photoshop 7
  • Mac OS X (10.1)Visual QuickStart Guide
  • Adobe InDesign 2.0, Classroom in a Book for Mac and Windows
  • QuarkXPress 5 for Mac and Windows, Visual QuickStart Guide
  • QuarkXPress Power Shortcuts: Productivity Shortcuts for QuarkXPress 4 and 5, Mac and Windows
May
  • QX-Tools Pro
  • Real World QuarkXPress 5
  • Real World Illustrator 10
  • Adobe Photoshop Elements One-Click Wow!
April
  • Suitcase 10 for Mac OS 9, X, and Windows
  • Illustrator 10 Visual QuickStart Guide
  • Adobe Illustrator 10 Classroom in a Book
  • Microsoft Office for Mac OS X Visual QuickStart Guide
March
  • Firewire Filmmaking
  • The Little Mac OS X Book
  • The Photoshop 6 Wow! Book
February
  • Adobe Master Class: Design Invitational
  • Web Design Tools and Techniques
  • Web Design Workshop
  • Adobe Master Class: Web Site Redesigns
  • The Macintosh Bible, Eighth Edition
January
  • No reviews this month

2001
    Topic
December
  • Software: Corel Painter 7
  • Editing Techniques with FinalCut Pro
  • Photoshop 6/ImageReady 3: Hands-On Training
  • Adobe Classroom in a Book Series:
    • Premiere 6.0
    • Pagemaker 7.0
  • Peachpit Press Visual QuickStart Guides:
    • Microsoft Office for Macintosh 2001
    • Freehand 10 for Windows and Macintosh
    • AppleScript for Applications
    • Final Cut Pro 2
November
  • Software: Suitcase 10, Font Management Application
  • Flash 5: Hands-On Training
  • Adobe Photoshop 6.0: Studio Techniques
  • The Arts and Crafts Computer: Using Your Computer as an Artist's Tool
  • The Little Digital Video Book
  • Peachpit Press Guides:
    • Macromedia Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio
    • Macromedia Freehand 10 Training From the Source
October
  • Adobe Press - Classroom in a Book Guides:
    • Adobe InDesign 1.5
    • Adobe Acrobat 5.0
    • Adobe After Effects 5.0
    • Adobe Photoshop 6.0 & Illustrator 9.0
  • Peachpit Press - Visual QuickStart Guides:
    • Handspring Visor and Palm Organizers
    • QuickTime 5
    • After Affects QuickPro Guide
    • PERL and CGI for the World Wide Web
  • Adobe Photoshop 6.0 Studio Techniques
  • Video Tape: Photoshop Inside & Out, Part One, Illustrating with Photoshop
September
  • Hardware: Fujitsu DynaMO 1300FE 1.3GB FireWire Magneto-Optical Drive
  • Dreamweaver UltraDev 4, Dreamweaver 4 Fireworks 4 Studio, and Flash 5
  • Adobe Acrobat 5.0 Classroom in a Book
  • Software: Adobe Photoshop 6.0
June
  • Using Adobe Illustrator 9: Special Edition
  • Peachpit Press - Visual QuickStart Guides:
    • JavaScript
    • Mac OS X
    • Dreamweaver 5
    • Premiere 6
    • Search Engines
  • Real World Photoshop 6
  • Web Design Essentials, 2nd Edition
May
  • Corel Painter 6.1, for Macintosh
  • Color Harmony for the Web: A Guide for Creating Great Color Schemes On-Line
  • Adobe Photoshop 6.0 Web Design (with ImageReady 3 and GoLive 5)
  • Real World Adobe GoLive 5
  • The Little Audio CD Book
April
  • Adobe FrameMaker:
    • Adobe FrameMaker 6 software
    • Adobe FrameMaker 6 Classroom in a Book
  • Flash 5! Creative Web Animation
  • Peachpit Press - Visual QuickStart Guides:
    • Photoshop 6
    • Also new titles have been released: Entourage, Excel, Mac OS 9.1, Fireworks 4, Advanced FileMaker Pro (reviews to follow)
  • Illustrator Plug-ins: Virtual Mirror Vector Studio
    • Envelope Mesh
    • Morph Brushes
    • Selection Hat
    • Gradient Factory
    • Gradient Textures
    • GlassWorks
March
  • The Best of Brochure Design 5
  • Visual QuickStart Guides:
    • Quicken 2001
    • Flash 5
    • Word 2001 for Mac
    • GoLive 5
    • Flash (Advanced/Pro for Mac)
  • The Illustrator 9 Wow!
  • Adobe Photoshop 6.0 Classroom in a Book
Feburary
  • Adobe FrameMaker:
    • Adobe FrameMaker 6 software
    • Adobe FrameMaker 6 Classroom in a Book
  • Robin Williams Design Workshop
  • How to Use Adobe Photoshop 6
  • Visual QuickStart Guides:
    • Illustrator 9
    • Flash 5
    • XML
    • LiveMotion
  • Real World Adobe InDesign 1.5
January
  • The Non-Designer's Web Book, 2nd edition
  • Real World Adobe Illustrator 9
  • Microsoft Office 2001 for Macs for Dummies
  • Director 8 Demystitfied: The Official Guide to Director 8 Shockwave Internet Studio

2000 Topic
December
  • The Little Mac Book, Sixth Edition
  • Letterhead and Logo Design 5, Letterhead and Logo Design 6
  • Classroom in a Book:
    • Adobe GoLive 5.0
    • Adobe Photoshop 5.5
    • Adobe Illustrator 8
    • Adobe Illustrator 9
    • Adobe LiveMotion
  • Visual QuickStart Guides:
    • After Effects for Macintosh and Windows
    • The Gimp for Linus & Unix
  • Teach Yourself Dreamweaver 2, Teach Yourself Photoshop 5.5 / ImageReady 2.0
  • Adobe Photoshop Maser Class
November
  • Adobe Illustrator 9.0
  • StyleScript 5.0
  • PowerPrint 5.0
  • Visual QuickStart Guides:
    • PDF with Acrobat
    • Flash 4
    • Photoshop 5.5
    • Adobe GoLive
  • Adobe GoLive - Classroom in a Book
October
  • Teach Yourself Adobe Illustrator 9
  • Palm Computing for Dummies
  • Palm OS Bible
  • Visual QuickStart Guides:
    • Internet Explorer 5
September
  • Adobe PressReady
  • Contour Mouse and UniTray
  • Jot -- Handwriting recognition for the Palm OS
  • Fun Packs, Type 1 and TrueType fonts
June
  • Visual QuickStart Guides:
    • Fireworks 3
    • FileMaker Pro 5
  • Macromedia Director 8 and Lingo
  • Acrobat PDF Bible
  • Making iMovies
  • Teach Yourself Today: E-Job Hunting
  • Adobe InDesign Bible
May
  • Adobe Premiere 5.1
  • Premiere 5.1
  • Visual QuickStart Guides:
    • Quicken 2000 for Macintosh
    • Eudora 4.2
    • Final Cut Pro for Macintosh
    • Palm II and Palm Pilot
  • Photoshop 5.5 /ImageReady 2.0 for the Web
  • Web Design Essentials: Essential Studio Techniques
  • Adobe Photoshop 5.5 Web Design with ImageReady 2 and GoLive 4
April
  • Getting Started with 3D: A Designer's Guide to 3D Graphics and Illustration
  • Looking Good in Print
  • Visual QuickStart Guide:
    • Mac OS9
  • Adobe InDesign for Dummies
March
  • Adobe InDesign 1.0, Macintosh and Windows
  • Adobe InDesign Classroom in a Book
  • InDesign for Macintosh and Windows
February
  • The Corel Draw Wow Book
  • The Photoshop 5./5.5 Wow Book
  • Easy iBook
  • The Little Palm Book
  • Action WYSIWYG: Total Font Menu Management
January
  • Adobe Type Manager Deluxe 4.5
  • Photoshop Power Shortcuts
  • Short Order Adove Photoshop 5.5
  • Microsoft Office 98 for Macintosh

1999 Topic
December
  • Adobe Photoshop 5.5
  • The Little Network Book
  • Professional Design Essentials, Third Edition: Adobe Photoshop/Adobe Illustrator
  • Start with a Digital Camera: A Guide to Using
  • Digital Cameras to Create High-Quality Graphics
November
  • The Little Mac Book,
  • Visual QuickStart Books:
    • PDF with Acrobat 4
    • Flash 4
    • Photoshop 5.5
    • Adobe GoLive
  • Adobe GoLive Classroom in a Book
October
  • Photoshop 5.5 with ImageReady 2.0
  • PowerPoint (Mac and Windows) 2000/98
  • Real World Digital Photography: Industrial Strength Techniques
September
  • Adobe Acrobat 4.0
  • Suitcase 8
  • The Little Mac Book, Fifth Edition
  • Photoshop Magic: Expert Edition
June
  • Word 98 for Macintosh
  • Mac OS 8.5
  • Illustrator 8 Bible
  • Kai's Power Tools, Second Edition
  • The Official Adobe Electronic Publishing Guide
May
  • Illustrator 8 for Windows and Macintosh
  • The Little iMac Book
  • Photoshop Studio Secrets, 2nd Edition
  • On Book Design
  • Adobe Photoshop 5.0 Productivity Kit
  • The Non-Designer's Scan and Print Book
April
  • Adobe ImageReady
  • Real World Photoshop 5: Industrial Strength Techniques
  • Pagemill 3 for Macintosh and Windows
March
  • Real World Scanning and Halftones, 2nd Edition
  • The Illustrator 8 Wow! Book
  • Photoshop Inside & Out, Mac and Windows Video
  • Inside Adobe Photoshop 5, Limited Edition
February
  • Adobe Illustrator 8.0, Classroom in a Book
  • Photoshop Retouching Handbook
  • Real World Illustrator 8
  • Illustrator 8 Magic
  • The Non-Designer's Type Book
January
  • Photoshop 5 Artistry: A Master Class for Photographers, Artists, and Production Artists
  • Macworld Photoshop 5 Bible
  • Visual QuickStart Books:
    • Search Engines for the WWW
    • Palm III and Palm Pilot
    • FileMaker Pro for Windows and Macintosh
    • Excel 98 for Macintosh
  • The Official Adobe Print Publishing Guide

1998 Topic
December
  • Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop 5 in 24 Hours
  • Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop 5 in 21 Days
  • Visual QuickStart Guide:
    • Photoshop 5 for Windows and Macintosh
  • The Macintosh Bible, 7th Edition
November
  • Researching Online for Dummies
  • Adobe Photoshop 5.0 Classroom in a Book
  • Macromedia Freehand 8 Authorized Edition
  • Real World Freehand 8
  • Visual QuickStart Book:
    • Freehand 8 for Windows and Macintosh
October
  • The QuarkXPress 4 Book
  • The Web Design Wow! Book
  • Photoshop 5 for Windows for Dummies
  • Director Multimedia Studio, Official Macromedia Training
  • Macromedia Lingo Studio
September
  • Adobe Photoshop 5.0
  • Inside Photoshop 5
  • Director 6 Demystified: The Official Guide To Macromedia Director, Lingo, and Shockwave
  • Macromedia Director 6 and Lingo Interactive: Official Macromedia Training
June
  • Hands-On Illustrator 7
  • Illustrator 7 Complete
  • Photoshop and Illustrator Synergy: Studio Secrets
  • Microsoft Publisher 98 by Design
  • Publisher 98 Fast and Easy
  • Teach Yourself Microsoft Publisher 3
May
  • PhotoFrame 1.0
  • Visual QuickStart Books:
    • GoLive CyberStudio 2 for Macintosh
    • JavaScript, 2nd Edition
    • BBEdit 4 for Macintosh
  • One-Minute Designer
  • QuarkXPress 4 for Macintosh
  • Illustrator 7 Studio Secrets
April
  • The Photoshop 4 Wow Book
  • PageMaker 6.5 for Mac
  • Macromedia Director 6 and Lingo Interactive
  • Adobe Wild Type: Typefaces for Work and Play
March
  • The Illustrator 7 Wow! Book
  • Photoshop Channel Chops
  • The Macworld QuarkXPress 4 Bible
  • Director 6 Demystified: The Official Guide To Macromedia Director, Lingo, and Shockwave
February
  • QX-Effects 3.0
  • The Non-Designer's Web Book
  • Teach Yourself Illustrator 7 in 24 Hours
  • Real World Illustrator 7
January
  • Lingo for Director (Mac version)
  • Illustrator 7 for Macintosh & Windows
  • Web Design Templates Sourcebook
  • Teach Yourself Illustrator 7 in 24 Hours

1997 Topic
December
  • Adobe Illustrator 7
  • Web Graphics for Dummies
  • Teach Yourself QuarkXPress 4 in 14 Days
  • Multimedia Producer's Bible
November
  • Teach Yourself Great Web Design in a Week
  • Photoshop Textures Magic
  • Illustrator Type Magic
  • Redesigning Print for the Web
  • Software: FRAEMZ XT PS
  • Photoshop 4 Complete
October
  • Web Graphics Tools and Techniques
  • Extensis VectorTools
  • Preparing Web Graphics
  • Photoshop 4 for Macintosh
  • America Online for Macintosh
  • HTML for the World Wide Web

Last Update: Sat, May 10, 2008