New Releases by David Pogue

Explains how to get accustomed to the Windows XP operating system and master its features, covering topics such as using menus and control panels, networking multiple PCs, and finding lost files.

This volume covers every step of iMovie video production, from choosing and using a digital camcorder to burning the finished work onto CDs. This book helps iMovie 3 users realize the software''s potential as a breakthrough in reducing the cost, complexity, and difficulty of desktop video production.

Bestselling author Pogue has done it again with his definitive treatment of the iLife ''04 suite of applications that includes iTunes 4.2, iPhoto 4, iMovie 4, iDVD 4, and the newly minted GarageBand. This manual lets readers marry the stunning quality of digital media with the power of imagination.

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Users will find a lot to like about the new iPhoto 4. With Smart Albums, they can organize photos similar to the way iTunes creates playlists. And they can share photos over a network using the same Apple technology for sharing music. There''s much more, and our new Missing Manual covers everything in detail and with scrupulous objectivity. But this witty and authoritative guide goes much further, giving readers the basics they need to make iPhoto really work: Essentials of photography. Using iPhoto without a grounding in camera technique is like getting a map before you''ve learned to drive. This book offers a friendly guide to the digital camera, and professional tips for making everyday snapshots look spectacular.Editing basics. Even great photos need a little touching up. This book shows how to master iPhoto''s brightness and contrast controls, cropping tools, new Enhance and Retouch commands, and more.Finding an audience. iPhoto excels at presenting photos. The book goes into detail about creating and uploading a Web site gallery, creating QuickTime movies from your pictures (both for DVD and on the Web), interactive DVD slideshows, AppleScripting iPhoto, important information on backing up and managing batches of photo files, and putting together one of Apple''s linen photo books, including hints on how to arrange the pictures, what book formats work best for what kind of material, how to override the installed designs, and how to make up your own!" iPhoto 4: The Missing Manual," 3rd Edition covers all of these procedures, step by step and offers details on even the smallest nips and tucks.

Explains how to import, organize, modify, and share photographs using the Macintosh photograph editing and management software

Windows XP represents the grand unification of two Microsoft dynasties: the corporate series (Windows NT and 2000) and the home series (Windows 95, 98, and Me). The result offers rock-solid stability and a modern new look -- but it still doesn''t come with a printed manual. Book jacket.

Explains how to use the Macintosh video production programs to capture and edit digital videos, apply effects, create DVD menus, and burn DVDs.

Demonstrates the operating system''s basic features, including Internet access, file management, configuring the desktop, installing peripherals, and working with applications.

"...you''d be hard pressed to find a better no-brainer beginners guide to the iMac...a practical, inspirational introduction to the wonderful world of Macs for computing newbies...pretty near perfect..." —MacFormat Who doesn’t just love those flat-screen iMac machines? They look great. They work great, too — if you know how to take advantage of all the built-in features and capabilities. Ideal for graphic designers, schools/students, scientists, and anyone who wants to make the most of his new iMac, the latest edition of The Flat-Screen iMac For Dummies has approximately 35% new content. It begins with the basics, and covers: Getting on the Internet Making your way through all the free software included with the iMac, and making the most of it Creating CDs and DVDs Connecting other gadgets and gizmos to the iMac Troubleshooting Written by David Pogue, one of the world’s bestselling how-to authors with more than 2.5 million books in print, this book helps first time iMac users become productive quickly, and lets iMac veterans jump in and discover the newest features they can try out right away. Updated and expanded, the book gets you up to speed on: iDVD, and how to make DVD movies iMovie, a video editing application iPhoto, a digital photo editing tool iTunes, which lets you convert CD music into MP3 files It also includes a chapter, “Ten Cool Things You Didn’t Know Your iMac Could Do” that not only gives you how-to, but also gives you ideas. That just might make you the coolest iMac master around!

The definitive behind-the-scenes story of the visionary team that launched the handheld industry. Palm insider Andrea Butter and New York Times columnist David Pogue -- with full, exclusive cooperation of the company''s founders and more than fifty key Palm and Handspring executives -- tell the riveting tale of the start of an industry constantly in the headlines. The origins of this volatile industry began with the tiny team who beat staggering odds to turn the PalmPilot into a billion-dollar market and later took their ultimate vision to Handspring, now Palm''s most powerful rival. Many of today''s current events relating to the competition in this industry are forecasted in this important business drama. The authors take an unprecedented look at how the visionary founders of the industry led one of the most successful startups in history to succeed against all odds-including a shoestring budget, shortsighted corporate partners, and competition from Microsoft. The roller-coaster ride is full of insight into the bungles of venture capitalists, the allure and pitfalls of partnerships with giant corporations, and the steely determination needed to maintain entrepreneurial and visionary independence. With gripping accounts of the last-minute crises that almost torpedoed the PalmPilot on the eve of its unveiling, and the triumphant, unprecedented reception of Palm in the marketplace, as well as the glimpses into the future of this industry, this book is as entertaining as it is instructional. Key revelations include: * The principles of business, economy, and product design that led Palm to succeed where billion-dollar corporations like Apple, Motorola, and Casio had failed. * Important moments in technological development of the handheld such as the secret "Easter egg," a software surprise planted in the Palm software that nearly sank launch plans. * Unique insight into the showdown with Microsoft, and 3Com''s tragic decision not to make Palm independent that led Palm''s founder Jeff Hanwkins and CEO Donna Dubinsky to take their vision elsewhere. * The ongoing competition between Palm and Handspring. The new rivals to contend with including Sony.

This book combines Apple''s trademark visual elegance with the underlying stability of UNIX, which adds up to a rock-solid operating system. Pogue covers each of the control panels and bonus programs that come with Mac OS X, including iTunes, Mail, Sherlock, and Apache, the built-in Web-server.

If you bought an iMac, you''re unbelievably smart (and lucky). You''ve neatly eliminated most of the hassle, frustration, and annoyance that normally come with buying a computer. You''ve saved yourself some cash, while still getting a fast, state-of-the-art machine. In short, the iMac is the gadget that comes closest to fulfilling the vision of Apple founder Steve Jobs: to make a personal computer that''s as easy to use as your toaster. So, if the iMac is so easy to use, then who needs a book about it? Well, despite all the free goodies that come with your iMac, an operations manual is not one of them. You need somewhere to turn when things go wrong, when you''d like to know what the add-on software does, or when you want to stumble onto the Internet for the first time. That''s where The iMac For Dummies, 2nd Edition, steps in to help. Here''s a sampling of the topics you''ll find covered in The iMac For Dummies, 2nd Edition: Setting up your new iMac and getting around in Mac OS 9 Understanding how all those gizmos inside the iMac case work Accomplishing what you want to do (imagine that!) Setting up your printer with your iMac Getting onto the Internet with AOL, and exploring the Web Having fun with the iMac''s free software Making movies with iMovie Setting up your iMac for AirPort wireless networking Troubleshooting and Top Ten lists on the perfect iMac accessories and cool things your iMac can do So, if you''ve just picked up an iMac and you want to get up to speed quickly, or if you''ve been a Mac user for years and need some additional pointers, The iMac For Dummies, 2nd Edition, can get you on your way to making the most of your Mac experience.

This entertaining guide not only takes readers through every step of iMovie video production--from choosing and using a digital camcorder to burning the finished work onto CDs--but also covers in depth the many new features in Version 2.

Pour comprendre enfin quelque chose à la micro-informatique ! Vous voici confronté à un micro-ordinateur - plus par nécessité que par goût, avouons-le -, sans savoir par quel bout prendre cet instrument barbare et capricieux. Oubliez toute appréhension, cette nouvelle collection est réellement faite pour vous ! Domptez la bête en douceur ! Vous venez de déballer votre iMac flambant neuf et une angoisse vous saisit : Par où commencer ? Comment relier entre eux les différents éléments ? Comment ça s''allume, ce machin ? Comment connecter l''imprimante, lancer un programme ou le quitter ? Que faire quand ça ne marche pas ? Autant de questions qui vous torturent depuis votre " passage à l''acte ". Pas de panique ! iMac pour les Nuls est votre antidépresseur, votre antistress, votre anti-alien... Grâce à lui, vous ne tarderez pas à devenir le "maître du monde"! - Enfin presque...

Provides clearer, more personable, and better written instructions than usual for making sense of Mac OS 9, from such basics as using menus and reducing window clutter to more advanced topics such as learning how to connect Macs together and the Mac OS 9''s self-updating software feature. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

"Windows ME" is the ideal user''s guide for the world''s most popular operating system. It walks readers through every conceivable kind of configuration, including setting up a small network. It even provides instructions for one of the hottest PC uses today: listening to live radio or watching live TV.

Everything you need to know about using this hot new portable, with an emphasis on tips for productive mobile computing.

Like travelers in a foreign land, Mac users working in Windows or Windowusers working on a Mac often find themselves in unfamiliar territory with no guidebook--until now. Engst and Pogue assembled a handy way of translating elements from one platform to the other, or for deciphering elements that are new and unfamiliar.

Un guide simple et décontracté pour comprendre et aimer la musique classique, autrement dit, la musique sérieuse. Divisé en six grandes parties, vous apprendrez notamment: à distinguer tous les genres et styles, à découvrir et reconnaître les instruments de l''orchestre, à identifier et apprécier les chefs-d''oeuvre classiques, à vous constituer une bonne discothèque. Bref beaucoup de conseil pour enfin apprécier cette musique.

You don’t need a white tiger, expensive props, or hours of preparation to do magic. With a little practice, some clever misdirection (which lays at the heart of all magic tricks), and showmanship, you can surprise family, friends, and coworkers using a few everyday items! If you’re looking to saw a beautiful women in half or make buildings disappear, we’re sorry, but this book isn’t you. But if you want to act out little miracles that you can perform on the spur of the moment with items that are usually within reach, then Magic For Dummies can show you how. Magic For Dummies features more than 90 easy-to-perform deceptions, illusions, and sleights of hand for any event or occasion. You’ll discover how to perform entertaining card tricks, coin tricks, disappearing acts, as well as the always-popular mind reading trick. You’ll even see how easy it is to make money disappear as well as melt a saltshaker! Chock-full of show-stopping tricks, Magic For Dummies will: Get you started with easy-to-learn magic tricks Let you turn a restaurant into a your stage with tricks that include utensils, mugs, and even food Show you how to use a deck of cards to perform endless magic tricks Make you the life of the party with tricks such as “Call This Number,” “The Strength Test,” and “The Phantom Photo” Get you out of tough situations by giving you ten things to say when things go wrong Filled with photos, patter, and presentation tips for every trick in the book, Magic For Dummies offers a great opportunity to become familiar with some of the coolest magic tricks ever performed. With the help of author David Pogue and the stunning tricks contributed by thirty-five of America’s top professional magicians, you’ll be leaving your friends, family, and coworkers spellbound at your mastery of the mystical arts.

This "bible" of PalmPilot covers Palm III, as well as OEM models, such as the IBM Workpad. Dense with undocumented information, it contains hundreds of timesaving tips. The CD-ROM contains 850 free and shareware programs for the Pilot in a searchable FileMaker-based runtime database.

“Pogue is a wonderful teacher… He can teach anybody.” — Gay Talese, bestselling author of Honor Thy Father “Scott Speck is a great communicator of classical music…. Concert audiences and readers alike can’t help getting caught up in the joy of his subject.” — David Styers, American Symphony Orchestra League Opera is weird. Everybody wears makeup and sings all the time. Even when they’re singing your language, which is rare, you still can’t understand the words. Women play men, men play women, and 45-year-olds play teenagers. All the main characters seem to get killed off. And when somebody dies, he takes ten minutes to sing about it. Yet, for all its weirdness, an operatic experience is an experience in breathtaking beauty. When you hear a soprano float a soft high C, or a tenor singing a love song, or a full-throated chorus in the climax of a scene’s dramatic finale, you can’t help getting goosebumps. Want to experience all that beauty for yourself, but don’t know where to begin? Opera For Dummies is an excellent place to start. Written by an acclaimed conductor and a musical director, this friendly guide tells you what you need to know to: Understand opera from the Baroque and Roman periods through today Interpret characters, orchestra, chorus, and other players Understand what’s happening, both on stage and off Choose the best seats Identify famous operas Build a great collection of opera recordings Locate opera sites and chat groups online Whether you’re interested in attending a live opera, want to build a collection of recordings, or just want to be able to talk about opera intelligently, Opera For Dummies is for you. Among other things, you’ll explore: The words, the music, and the people who sing it The history of opera and the lives of the great composers Going to the opera — including tips for getting tickets, preparing for the opera, dressing for the opera, and more Musical and theatrical conventions used in opera In-depth synopses of the world’s most beloved operas On the bonus CD you’ll find: More than 60 minutes of music compiled especially for the book A multimedia piece for PC or MAC Wonder what it is about opera that can make a grown person cry like a baby? Find out in Opera For Dummies.

"Wacky Web Pages" is a light-hearted look at some of the most amusing facts, activities, and uses of the World Wide Web. Readers will be surprised at how ordinary people (and some companies) have made use of this instant publishing medium. More than just a directory of interesting URLs, "Wacky Web Pages" looks at the people behind these Web sites and the "human nature" of those who visit these sites.