A high-quality, visually arresting book, Kai's Magic Toolbox is the only book covering all the software from Kai Krause's HSC Software--Live Picture, Convolver, KPT Bryce, and Kai's Power Tools--plus interviews with Kai Krause and other key players. Tips and power user information present artists with intuitive, creative capabilities. CD contains a demo version of Live Picture.

This is the only book to focus on the needs of creative professionals. Drawing from an organization of graphics professionals, the book provides expert answers to the problems readers face regularly. The book is filled with step-by-step advice, opinion, and sophisticated information design. -- Features the real-world experiences and advice of visual communications professionals -- Provides clear, concise explanations for getting the most out of RAM, working with graphics apps, and other common problems -- Dynamic, succinct, magazine like layout appeals to the creative professional

Adobe Photoshop is the world's leading image manipulation software. Used by both professional and amateur graphic designers, it is the de facto standard for print and Web publishing. "The Art of Photoshop "centers on a suite of 20 digital images created by Daniel Giordan and his staff at DigiRAMA design studios. Visually complex, and rich in layered tonality, these images are designed to inspire readers to push their understanding of Photoshop and its capabilities, while offering a glimpse over the designer's shoulder into how the images were created. The reader will not only learn the techniques used by the author, but also how to apply them to their own images. They will learn how to use curves to correct color, silhouette images, use gradient maps, build custom brushes, use blending modes, and draw and paint into an image.

This unique new book looks at the various stages of development and decisions to be made in creating an effective web site. A running case study takes users through planning, idea generation, implementation and maintenance.