Five Great New Books for MultiMedia Producers - photographers, video and film makers and web designers
The Grip Book by Michael G. Uva
If you want to make it in film making business - be it the Hollywood studios or guerilla filmmaking, one great way is to start by becoming a Grip and mastering the hands-on details on making movies. Can't afford film school? Don't have a rich daddy to play for your first flick? Can't write or don't want to direct? This book, though not fancy and without colorful diagrams, shows you the real world insider's knowledge of what you really have to know to build a movie.
Or if you are on the creative side, and need to know the nuts and bolts, get this book. Details, details, details.
Book Description This friendly, practical, on-the-job manual details the equipment, processes, and tricks of the trade that you will need to know in order to be a successful grip. This new edition contains the latest information on the newest equipment available and has been updated to reflect changes in the industry. This valuable professional reference, known as "the bible" for grips, contains more information than ever on how to become a professional grip and have a successful career, and will be an indispensable learning tool and reference for all experience levels. The Companion DVD includes visual demonstrations of techniques and equipment as well as the popular "grip rap" theme song.
* Completely updated and restructured for ease of use with helpful "tricks of the trade" throughout * Hundreds of illustrations to help clarify and demonstrate concepts. * Includes a DVD featuring visual demonstrations and the grip rap theme song
Looking to make web design a bit easier? Master Cascading Style Sheets
HTML Utopia: Designing Without Tables Using CSS, 2nd Edition (publishe din April 2006) is for web developers looking to create websites using Cascading Style Sheets for layout, which allow for faster page downloads, easier maintenance, faster website redesigns, and better search engine optimization.
HTML Utopia covers all aspects of using Cascading Style Sheets in Web Development, and is a must-read for Web Developers designing new sites or upgrading existing ones to use CSS layouts.
This book includes one of the most comprehensive CSS2 references on the market. Jeffrey Zeldman, web design guru and co-founder of the Web Standards Project, says "After reading this book, you will not only understand how to use CSS to emulate old-school, table-driven web layouts, you will be creating websites that would be impossible to design using traditional methods".
The second edition of this popular book includes brand new coverage of Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 1.1, new CSS Solutions, and greatly expanded coverage of popular, cross-browser, CSS layout techniques.
Learn how to make your digital photos more interesting by adding additional elements and effects and by painting on them by using using Adobe PhotoShop and Corel Painter. Digital Collage and Painting is a very interesting book, with tons of real world examples and tutorials that will demonstrate how to take your creative digital imaging skills to the next level. Its fascinating.
Discover how the computer can be used to paint on photographs, incorporating other visual materials into images. "Digital Collage and Painting: Using Painter and Photoshop to Create Fine Art" explores technical aspects of aesthetic concerns of the new digital media as a medium for creative and imaginative work. Basic knowledge of Painter and Photoshop is needed. This book is both Mac and Windows based. Digital artists are looking to take their imagery to the next level and this book speaks to this hot topic.
* Discover how the computer can be used to paint on photographs, incorporating other visual materials into images *Learn from step-by-step examples for painting, collage, and panoramics * The associated website contains the art samples used in the book so that you can practice the different techniques
Do you want to learn how to write and record music? Learn studio techniques and/or record location sound? Maybe you want to make your own podcasts and Internet radio shows, add music and sound to videos, movies, and animations or even make for playback on your cellphone.
Creating Digital Music and Sound' is a very well illustrated introduction to the creative challenges and techniques of making music and recording sound digitally, for anyone interested in making, sharing, or publishing music and sound across any media. It is targeted to those just starting out who want to know what they need to buy, what technologies they need to master, and what the possibilities are.
From the basics of setting up a home studio and using a variety of software and hardware, to practical hints, tips, and creative strategies for adding soundtracks to videos, collaborating online in real time, and making and sharing podcasts and Internet radio shows, this unique book will instruct but also entertain and inspire.
'Creating Digital Music and Sound' also demystifies the technologies and features interviews with top musicians, studio engineers, filmmakers, DJs, Web designers, and videomakers.
This feature-packed book offers a creative introduction to music and sound making on Mac, PC, Linux and non-computer platforms, from budget tools and freeware to the most comprehensive studio suites.
* Learn the complete process from switching on your computer and connecting devices to producing professionally mastered soundtracks and publishing and sharing them * Be inspired to create by interviews with top industry professionals, well-known musicians and composers * Learn from the non-technical, easy to understand hints and tips.
Art of RAW Conversion: How to Produce Art-Quality Photos with Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Leading RAW Converters (Paperback)
If you are shooting with a digital camera and have been doing it for a while, you have probably been exposed to the concept of shooting RAW - without compression or effects.
The RAW file format used by digital cameras is essentially the raw data that a camera captures when it takes a photo. RAW files allow the digital photographer to edit and manipulate their photos with less data loss than in other file formats (such as JPEG). There are many RAW conversion tools, and it’s often a good idea to use more than one to get optimal results.
The Art of RAW Conversion shows digital photographers how to work with the RAW files generated by a digital camera to produce the best possible image quality in finished photos. The authors (both experts in digital photography, file processing, printing, and color management) describe the conversion tools used to enhance RAW files and maximize photo quality. All techniques covered are based on practical experience and explained with step-by-step instructions, so that readers will be able to apply what they learn and create their own fine art-quality photographs. Covers Adobe Photoshop CS and other leading RAW converters.
