Shoot Like a Pro! Digital Photography Techniques by Julie Adair King Free Download

Shoot Like a Pro!
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY TECHNIQUES
Julie Adair King

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Through a series of tutorial projects, author Julie Adair King shows readers how to light shots, choose the right camera settings, use camera accessories and photographic software, and much more. You’ll learn step-by-step to use your existing digital camera for professional results. Set up a home studio, create a 360-degree panoramic image, learn low light and action photography, work in black and white, and adopt many other professional techniques.

From the Back Cover

Special color section: 35 secrets the pros know!

Take your digital photography to the next level with help from this wonderfully written guidebook. Best-selling author Julie Adair King shows you the secrets that professional photographers use to capture memorable portraits, spectacular nature and travel images, and eye-catching product shots. You'll find out how to take full advantage of your digital camera's features, from exposure controls to resolution options, and learn techniques that will help you get a perfect picture every time--even in difficult lighting and other challenging situations!

Discover the best camera settings to use for different photographic projects
Gain control over exposure, focus, color, and contrast with traditional filters and digital tools
Find out how to take better close-ups, panoramic images, nighttime pictures, and action shots
Improve your pictures with easy lighting techniques
Learn the secrets to shooting glass, metal, and other reflective subjects
Build a home or office studio using affordable alternatives to high-priced professional equipment
Save money by taking portraits and product shots yourself instead of hiring a professional photographer
Learn to identify beautiful compositions in everyday scenes
Make great, long-lasting prints and prepare pictures for a Web page or an online album

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Very good tips and tricks to know when shooting ....

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Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
ISBN-10: 0072229497
ISBN-13: 978-0072229493
Year: July 28, 2003
Pages: 256
Lang: English
Format: PDF
Size: 9.2 Mb


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The Principles of Beautiful Web Design Free Download

I fund this great book "The Principles of Beautiful Web Design" it,s not exactly about photo but has a section about colors that can be really helpful. Hope that you can find it useful.
If you are squeamish about choosing colors, feel uninspired by a blank browser window, or get lost trying to choose the right font, this book is for you. In it, I take a methodical approach to presenting traditional graphic design theory as it applies to today’s web site development industry. While the content is directed toward programmers and developers, it provides a design primer that will benefit readers at any level.

This book will show you how to:

* Create amazing designs from scratch.
* Understand why some designs just “work.”
* Unleash your creative talents.
* Master the design fundamentals: layout, color, texture, typography, and imagery.
* Uncover the trade secrets the great designers keep to themselves.

…and much more. Far too many things to mention here!

About the author:
“Jason the Designer Man,” as one of his coworkers once called him, dual-majored in graphic design and digital media at the University of Central Florida. When he’s not working on websites, he enjoys disassembling electronics and using them in his artwork. Jason writes about his adventures in design and technology on his personal site, jasongraphix.com.


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“You don’t need to go to Art School to design great looking web sites!”

Photoshop® Top Secret™ free download from torrents

i have also found the torrent
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Photoshop® Top Secret™ free download

I found this great turorial.

How to Become a Photoshop "Black Belt"-Fast!Just released by Mark Monciardini, Photoshop Top Secret is an Extreme Training Course that teaches you, step by step, how to create cutting-edge graphics and special effects with Adobe Photoshop. This student-friendly home study course includes four DVD-ROMs with over 16 gigabytes of video tutorials and project files. It also comes with a full-color gallery book (printed, not pdf) that shows the end result of each project in the course. You can look, learn, practice, and master these advanced techniques wherever you may be, without the need for expensive classes or tutors. Create Posters, Movie Covers, Surreal Graphics and More!The course will teach you how to become the ultimate Photoshop "black belt" for fun and/or profit. You'll learn how to create top-level special effects for eye-catching movie posters, album covers, book jackets, brochures, mailing pieces, magazine covers, article illustrations, and a tremendously wide range of print ads and Web site graphics.

http://www.photoshoptopsecret.com/



Movie Poster I
Create a popular people montage seen on many movie posters.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/users/LA462P

Movie Poster II
Take an ordinary house and turn it into a Sci-fi Movie Poster.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401418/Movie_Poster_II.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401400/Movie_Poster_II.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401624/Movie_Poster_II.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401409/Movie_Poster_II.part4.rar

Movie Poster Credits
Tips and tricks on creating a real “Credit Block” for movie posters.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401376/Movie_Credits.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401383/Movie_Credits.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401535/Movie_Credits.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401285/Movie_Credits.part4.rar

Dark Faces
How I created my creepy Image that has been in Magazines and Ads.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401428/Dark_Faces.rar

Breaking Apart
Create the illusion that a face is falling apart.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/50402466/Break_Apart.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401560/Break_Apart.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401508/Break_Apart.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401311/Break_Apart.part4.rar

Dream Scene Montage
Create an elephant with wings and place it into a futuristic world.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401529/Dream_SceneMontage.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401668/Dream_SceneMontage.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401563/Dream_SceneMontage.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401278/Dream_SceneMontage.part4.rar

Stone Portrait
Create a “Stone Bust” out of a portrait for a killer special effect.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401623/Stone_Portrait.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401697/Stone_Portrait.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401886/Stone_Portrait.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401673/Stone_Portrait.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401756/Stone_Portrait.part5.rar

Surreal Mist
Create a creamy foggy mist over water and rocks.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401540/Surreal_Mist.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401544/Surreal_Mist.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401580/Surreal_Mist.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401331/Surreal_Mist.part4.rar

Dream Skin
Create a fantasy woman with henna art and dream skin.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401589/Dream_Skin.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401759/Dream_Skin.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401429/Dream_Skin.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401323/Dream_Skin.part4.rar

Special Effects
Learn How to create Orbs, Fireballs and Jellyfish like creatures.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401314/Special_Effects.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401431/Special_Effects.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401417/Special_Effects.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401340/Special_Effects.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401318/Special_Effects.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401320/Special_Effects.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401415/Special_Effects.part7.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401328/Special_Effects.part8.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50401308/Special_Effects.part9.rar



Swapping Faces
How to take the face from one photo and place it into a completely different one.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/51023966/01_Intro.mov
http://rapidshare.com/files/51028936/02_Getting_Started.mov
http://rapidshare.com/files/51030721/03_Matching_Skin_Tones.mov
http://rapidshare.com/files/51032577/04_Face_Shadow_Secrets.mov
http://rapidshare.com/files/51035325/05_Skin_Matching_Secrets.mov

Pop Art
Turn a Photograph into artwork that was popular in the mid 1950’s.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/50496722/Pop_Art.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50492866/Pop_Art.part2.rar

Applying Tattoos
How to apply henna and tattoos to skin.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/50481136/Applying_Tattoo_s.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50483392/Applying_Tattoo_s.part2.rar

Masking Fur
Seamlessly remove the background from furry animals.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/50485223/Masking_Fur.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50487518/Masking_Fur.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50489816/Masking_Fur.part3.rar

Vanishing Point
What Vanishing Point is and how to edit images with perspective.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/50507223/Vanishing_Point.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50511659/Vanishing_Point.part2.rar

Web Graphics
Learn how to create commonly used web graphics and screen shots.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/50520851/Elegant_Headers.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50526991/Logo_Basics.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50532499/Download_Button.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50543201/Seal_of_Guarantee.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50552172/Screen_Captures__PC_.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50545451/Screen_Captures__Mac_.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50549863/Subscribe_Button.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50558175/Order_Button.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50559384/Computer_Screen_Images.rar

Shattered Type
Create the illusion that text is being shattered like glass.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/50500038/Shattered_Type.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50503596/Shattered_Type.part2.rar

Flower Greeting Card
Use the vector tools in Photoshop to create an elegant looking Greeting Card.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/50468558/Flower_Greeting_Card.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50475456/Flower_Greeting_Card.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50470571/Flower_Greeting_Card.part3.rar



Creating DVD Covers
Mark shows you exactly how he created the Photoshop Top Secret DVD covers.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/50479036/Creating_DVD_Cover_s.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50477320/Creating_DVD_Cover_s.part2.rar



Flying out of Bounds
Create the classic “out of bounds” effect with a very cool masking trick.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/53854880/-__Feersum__-FlyingOOB.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/53858779/-__Feersum__-FlyingOOB.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/53851192/-__Feersum__-FlyingOOB.part3.rar

Reaching out of Bounds
Creating the illusion of arms and hands reaching out of a picture frame.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/51278203/Reaching_Out_of_Bounds.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51282073/Reaching_Out_of_Bounds.part2.rar

Chocolate Milk Frog
How to make a frog covered in chocolate.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/51090808/Chocolate_Milk_Frog.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51093773/Chocolate_Milk_Frog.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51098112/Chocolate_Milk_Frog.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51100483/Chocolate_Milk_Frog.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51104392/Chocolate_Milk_Frog.part5.rar

Covered with Wax
Choose an object and cover it with melting wax.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/51106691/Covered_With_Wax.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51109790/Covered_With_Wax.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51112318/Covered_With_Wax.part3.rar

Grunge Look
Create a unique grunge background that can be used for almost anything.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/51192260/The_Grunge_Look.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51196157/The_Grunge_Look.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51200111/The_Grunge_Look.part3.rar

Square Fruit
Play with mother nature by changing the shape of fruit.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/51287450/Square_Fruit.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51291484/Square_Fruit.part2.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/51718794/Square_Fruit.part3.rar

Invisible Man
How to make a person vanish from their clothing.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/51205433/Invisible_Man.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51210895/Invisible_Man.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51216175/Invisible_Man.part3.rar

Metal Collage
How to create a Robot with pieces of a Photo and then place it into another world.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/51223497/Metal_Collage.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51228285/Metal_Collage.part2.rar

Morphing Creatures
Morph animals and reptiles together to create interesting creatures.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/51252979/Morphing_Creatures.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51259915/Morphing_Creatures.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51264571/Morphing_Creatures.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51272001/Morphing_Creatures.part4.rar

Using Layer Comps
How to create multiple layouts in one Photoshop file using Layer Comps.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/51219597/Layer_Comps.part1.rar



Vector Art Portrait
Turn a Photograph into beautiful vector art.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/51851146/Vector_Art_Portrait.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51856684/Vector_Art_Portrait.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51865053/Vector_Art_Portrait.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51877688/Vector_Art_Portrait.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51887762/Vector_Art_Portrait.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51895918/Vector_Art_Portrait.part6.rar

Dreamy Background
Create Sci-fi looking spiral backgrounds.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/51748767/Dreamy_Backgrounds.part1.rar

Liquid Metal
The ultimate Liquid metal technique that can be applied to text and objects.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/51751193/Liquid_Metal.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51755087/Liquid_Metal.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51758424/Liquid_Metal.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51759757/Liquid_Metal.part4.rar


Smoke
Create Psychedelic and Natural Smoke to incorporate into your artwork.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/51776133/Smoke.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51780548/Smoke.part2.rar

Soap Bubbles
Use soap bubbles to add flair to your projects.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/51784928/Soap_Bubbles.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51791004/Soap_Bubbles.part2.rar

Water Bubbles
Use these water bubbles to infuse imagination into your projects.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/51909867/Water_Bubbles.part1.rar

Underwater Scene
Create an underwater illusion with just the tools in Photoshop.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/51846287/Underwater_Scene.part1.rar


Swap Animal Skin
Take skin from one animal and place it over another.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/51836472/Swap_Animal_Skin.part1.rar

Stylized Character
Turn a sketch into colorful art.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/51796685/Stylized_Character.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51804210/Stylized_Character.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51815699/Stylized_Character.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51825512/Stylized_Character.part4.rar

Masking Mastery
Special video that explains many masking techniques used by the pros.

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/51762273/Masking_Mastery.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51766415/Masking_Mastery.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51768184/Masking_Mastery.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51770219/Masking_Mastery.part4.rar

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Project Files/Exercise Files

DVD 1

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/50566319/Project_Files.part01.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50572676/Project_Files.part02.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50584119/Project_Files.part03.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50591357/Project_Files.part04.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50598245/Project_Files.part05.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50606188/Project_Files.part06.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/50608594/Project_Files.part07.rar

DVD 2

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/53264692/-__Feersum__-PSec-2-Proj.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/53265853/-__Feersum__-PSec-2-Proj.part2.rar

DVD 3

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/51180564/Project_Files.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51184147/Project_Files.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51187840/Project_Files.part3.rar


DVD 4

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/51730477/Project_Files.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51734240/Project_Files.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51736922/Project_Files.part3.rar


Theirs also a Gallerybook included

Download:

LINK:
http://rapidshare.com/files/50616998/DVD_Covers_and_Labels.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/50612698/Photoshop_TopSecret_Gallery_Book.pdf.zip


Torrents If Interested

http://rapidshare.com/files/49495944/Photoshop_Torrents.zip


The links work for now so download before they remove them