Learning is doing--which means you're guaranteed to expand your skill set exponentially as you work your way through the 18 project-based tutorials that form the core of this volume on Macromedia's Dreamweaver MX 2004. With its powerful combination of visual layout tools, application development features, and code editing support, Dreamweaver MX 2004 really is a Web designer's dream, and Macromedia's official guide shows you how to transform your dream projects into real-life success stories by creating and maintaining Web sites in an environment that integrates both visual editing and code editing. By re-creating the book's sample Web site, you'll learn the skills and techniques necessary to create your own widely accessible sites. In addition to the basics of creating a Web page that incorporates text, graphics and tables, you'll learn about all that's new in Dreamweaver MX 2004: dynamic cross-browser validation, improved CSS support, built-in graphics editing, and more. The companion CD-ROM contains all of the lesson files as well as a free trial version of Dreamweaver MX 2004.

Khristine Annwn Page works as the Senior Web Designer at Ideum, a company devoted to producing Web sites for museums, non-profits, and socially responsible companies. She is the Editor-In-Chief and Publisher of Crescent Magazine, and a Designer for NorthWind Studios. She also teaches at San Francisco State University's Multimedia Studies program.

• Use the Quick Tour to get familiar with your camera and start shooting
• Learn when to use each of the D50's seven DVP modes
• Explore metering techniques, ISO settings, and white balance
• Experiment with exposure, lenses, and lighting effects
• Delve into formulas for setting up and composing more than 25 different types of photographs
• Take the confusion out of downloading and editing your photos

Some aspects of this book could be better, such as the part of the networking chapter that calls for an Ethernet hub without noting that a switch, though possibly more expensive, would do the job better, without any additional hassle. The networking coverage also does an inadequate job of explaining how to share a cable modem or DSL connection among several computers. This is a serious shortcoming, and we're getting to the point in our evolution as a society of computer users at which we can assume that everyone knows what the "Cancel" button does and would rather read about the newer, more exciting things that Windows XP can do. Even the dummies aren't that dumb anymore.

But that said--and Rathbone does confine a lot of the really elementary stuff to a skinny introductory chapter--this book is a boon to people who aren't familiar with Windows XP or its immediate predecessors (including Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me). It's also great for people who have learned a little about Windows on the job or from their kids, and want to expand on what they know. --David Wall

Topics covered: Microsoft Windows XP for people completely unfamiliar with the operating system and other recent versions of Windows. Coverage includes how to run programs, move and delete files, connect to the Internet, and use applications like electronic mail programs, Web browsers, and multimedia players. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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You've seen its potential—its new extensible architecture, its faster run-time performance, its redesigned interface. Now it's time to tap it! When you're ready to sit down with a trusted instructor and learn the ins and outs of Macromedia's extensive upgrade to its popular interactive tool Flash MX 2004, this is the place to turn. Using lessons based on real-life projects, this friendly guide takes you by the hand and leads you through the world of Flash MX 2004, covering its new interface, its drawing and color tools, animation basics, symbols and instances, motion, bitmaps, buttons, movie clips, ActionScript, sound, components and forms, video, and more. You can follow the book's clear, step-by-step exercises at your own pace and view the techniques in action on the accompanying CD's QuickTime tutorials. (The CD also includes project and sample files.) In next to no time, you'll be integrating video, text, audio, and graphics into immersive, rich experiences with Flash MX 2004.

Rosanna Yeung

Whoever told Rosanna that teaching was "work" sure hasn't witnessed her professorial multimedia magic at the art Institute of California, where she teaches Web Design and Development classes. She's got this innate love for the creative freedom of the Web, and you can see the transference of her passion in the eyes of her students.

Rosanna's creative energy doesn't only exist in the classroom or on the Web. Don't be surprised if you see her donning Rasta braids with a flock of friends on boards, surfing the sea or the snow. She's done her time in the business world as well-starting her creative adventures behind the camera and microphone in radio, TV, and film and then transitioning to multimedia and Web design in the corporate sector before heading off to the teaching world. Her work at Ingram Micro is actually where her love for teaching began-by no one's fault but her own, Rosanna found herself working with other departments and their Web content almost daily. Her knowledge of the Web and patience and passion for teaching made her the integral link from a print medium to a dynamic Web resource.

When she's not writing on the chalkboard or surfing the Web, sea, or snow, you'll find her with her trusty companions-her husband, Alan, and her black Labrador, Forever-as they restore their new Eichler home in California.

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