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VueScan is the world's most widely used software interface for digitizing film and prints on flatbed and film scanners. This powerful yet affordable program supports over 1500 scanners and 321 digital camera RAW file types, and is available for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. Much more than a simple scanner program, VueScan allows you to perform functions such as color restoration, adding sharpening filters, adjusting white balance, rotating images, and batch scanning multiple images. It also provides output to a variety of formats including TIFF, JPEG, and searchable PDF files (even all three simultaneously). The Pro version outputs to the RAW format and provides options for color adjustments, and more. Despite its popularity, the documentation for VueScan does not provide enough information to use the full power of the system and makes it difficult to get started. The VueScan Bible is the missing manual for new, experienced, and prospective users of VueScan.

A handy pocket guide packed with info on 50+ fabrics. Quickly learn the basics of the many kinds of fabrics commonly used for sewing projects so you can pick the perfect material for your project! Designed for sewists and DIY crafters who need a guide to the many common fabrics used for sewing, this ultra-portable reference Pocket Guide offers invaluable information, such as: The difference between natural and synthetic fabrics The intricacies of how fabric is woven--and how that effects the way the fabric is sewed Understanding terms like nap, weft, and weave, all words that describe how a fabric is handled Tips for placing pattern pieces and cutting fabric A glossary of over 50 fabrics with information on their common uses and tips for sewing with them

A handy guide with essential info for sewing beginners. Quickly learn and reference the basic skills of sewing and apply them to garment making and crafting. Designed for sewists and DIY crafters who need a guide to the many common stitches, fasteners, pleats, darts, and hems used for sewing. This handy and ultra-portable quick reference Pocket Guide offers sewists information on the basic and necessary skills you need to follow a pattern, alter and embellish your projects, and create exquisite and accurate works of textile art! The spiral bound format allows sewists to have their hands free to sew while they reference information on: Pleats, darts, and hems so you can fit and finish your projectsHow to install fasteners of all kindsThe most effective ways to place and measure your pattern piecesReading pattern instructions and referencing terms and skills for most projects

From popular TikTok designer and Project Runway Junior contestant Ysabel Hilado. Save your wallet and the planet by repurposing older clothes and secondhand finds into fashionable new looks! In Fashion Upcycling, popular TikTok designer and Project Runway Junior contestant Ysabel Hilado shares her secrets for reinventing old clothing into dazzling new outfits. With several do-it-yourself, beginner-friendly projects and genius tips and tricks, you'll learn to express yourself and reinvent your closet in all-new ways. From dyeing faded clothes to easy ways to repurpose denim, there's a project for everyone. Featuring easy instructions for creative outfit ideas including: Turning ill-fitting pants into cute skirts Creating one-of-a-kind outfits out of old ties Several ways to upcycle denim including painting, dyeing, and repurposing Making new tote bags out of old t-shirts, pillowcases, and linensEasy ways to embellish any garment with lace, patches, faux fur, embroidery, or buttonsAnd much, much more! Filled with inspiring, helpful photos and step-by-step instructions, this guide makes it easy to embrace your creativity and create unique looks without breaking the bank.

Learn the essential skills you need to create garments and textile crafts from scratch! Welcome to the wide and wonderful world of sewing! You have your sewing machine at the ready--now what? For those DIYers who are ready to dive into garment and textile craft creation, Stitches and Seams teaches you essential skills that every beginner needs to know. Author and acclaimed sewing teacher Valeria Carrandi Macias walks new sewists through everything they need to get started with sewing projects, from necessary tools and gear to essential skills, like inserting a zipper, making straight stitches and clean corners, and how to use patterns. Valeria also offers indispensable information about the vast sewing vocabulary, fabric selection, and making measurements for fitting. Stitches and Seams is the book you'll need not only to immerse yourself in the nuts and bolts of sewing, but also to get you going on your machine with helpful preparation exercises, practical tips, and detailed instructions for five unisex sewing projects that put your new knowledge into action. Learn to make: A coaster and table mat setAn apronA zippered pouchPajama set with top and shorts A tote bag to haul your fabric and sewing gear The journey to making your own wardrobe begins here, with your very first stitches and seams.

The human figure is the most rewarding but the most challenging subject to draw. In this book, award-winning drawing instructor Brent Eviston demystifies the process and teaches practical skills that anyone can learn. Starting with simple shapes, the reader will then learn how to accurately draw a figure in three dimensions and depict flesh, muscle, and bone as well as how to shade using dramatic light and shadow. Readers will learn all aspects of figure drawing, including: -Depicting realistic movement with gesture drawing-How to accurately capture the structure of the skeleton-Filling in the parts of the body with contour and shading-Confidently sketch any person from a photo or real lifeFilled with beautiful and instructive drawings of every phase of the figure drawing process, this book builds upon Brent's popular approach to teaching pioneered in his popular Art and Science of Drawing book and courses.

"Digital Collage with Procreate is the ultimate guide to every step of creating beautiful, one-of-a-kind mixed media artwork. Using the versatile and intuitive iPad drawing and design app Procreate, author and artist Nicki Fitz-Gerald composes a series of fun and easy projects that will build confidence by giving all the necessary tools to create gorgeous compositions from scratch." --

Quickly learn the basics of 35mm film photography: loading film, using the built-in light meter, the exposure triangle, composition tips, and shooting scenarios so you can capture great photos!Designed for photographers who want a quick introduction (or refresher) to 35mm film photography, this handy and ultra-portable quick reference Pocket Guide helps you get the shot when you're out and about.- Confirm that your camera is set up properly with the pre-shoot checklist- Load your camera with 35mm film- Conquer the three key components of exposure--aperture, shutter speed, and your film's ISO- Learn to use your camera's built-in light meter (or a light meter app)- Understand lenses and focal length--and how they affect the look of your image- Learn about pushing and pulling film, bracketing exposures, and more- Use the most effective composition tips for framing your photo- Follow techniques for getting great shots in typical scenarios (portrait, landscape, freezing action, low light, etc.)TABLE OF CONTENTSPre-Shoot Checklist01 Working with 35mm Film02 Exposure Basics03 Shooting in Manual Mode04 Beyond Manual Mode05 Lenses and Focal Length06 Advanced Shooting Techniques07 Composition Tips and Shooting Scenarios

Designed for photographers who haven't memorized every button, dial, setting, and feature on their Canon EOS R10, Rocky Nook's handy and ultra-portable quick reference Pocket Guide helps you get the shot when you're out and about.- Confirm that your camera is set up properly with the pre-shoot checklist- Identify every button and dial on your camera- Learn the essential modes and settings you need to know- Dive deeper with additional features of your camera- Execute step-by-step instructions for shooting in-camera multiple exposures, HDR images, and time-lapse movies- Follow tips and techniques for getting great shots in typical scenarios (portrait, landscape, freezing action, low light, etc.)

Conquer portable strobes and hot shoe flash to create extraordinary portraits! Whether you use small, portable strobes or hot shoe flash, flash photography has always been daunting for most photographers. Without a system and workflow for thinking about and working with flash, you can easily end up feeling stuck, or you end up flailing--randomly changing settings, positions, and modifiers--and hoping for the best. It's not surprising that this leads to failure and frustration. Enter bestselling author Roberto Valenzuela and the Picture Perfect Flash System, which he created to empower you to finally conquer your flash and create photographs that fulfill your intention and vision. There are two key components to this system, which Roberto calls FACES and NAME. The FACES component provides a framework for thinking about how you want or need to use flash in a particular scene. Once you've found your purpose for the light, the NAME component provides an essential workflow for carrying out your flash photography in a methodical way so that you get consistent and predictable results.

"Realize the full potential of your photography and produce breathtaking landscape images using Lightroom Classic and Photoshop! You can follow all the tried-and-true rules of great landscape photography-shooting in great light, making sure to have a clear subject in the scene, and maximizing sharpness throughout the image-and yet your photos can still somehow fall flat. Compared to others' work you see online or in print, there just seems to be something missing: your images are a bit bland, while others' work is often inspiring, lively, and beautiful. What gives? The difference can often be found in the photographer's post-processing techniques in Lightroom Classic and Photoshop that they use to help direct the viewer's eye and make their images come alive. This kind of post-processing is not about "fixing mistakes" but is an essential part of the successful landscape photographer's contemporary workflow. Photographer and author Ben Willmore has spent over 30 years refining his own images and workflow, written more than a dozen books, and led photo workshops around the world. All in all, he has taught more than 100,000 photographers in person, so he knows the questions, concerns, and frustrations that landscape photographers have. In this book, you'll learn how to use Lightroom Classic and Photoshop in order to transform your captures into something you can truly be proud of. From shooting techniques that help you capture the most robust RAW file at the highest quality possible to developing your images in Lightroom Classic and Photoshop, Ben covers global and local adjustments, masking, selections, layers, color, luminance, sharpness, multi-image composites, focus stacking, and much more. Topics include Idealized color and color grading Detail and sharpness Separation and depth Establishing balance Creating compelling contrast Leading the eye Dodging and burning Black and white Eliminating artifacts and distractions Adding emotion Producing a coherent body of work Panoramas and HDR Ben teaches you not only about "learning the tools" but about applying these tools to your work in such a way that you can direct the viewer's eye through your photograph via the use of contrast, brightness, color, tone, framing, and detail. By learning how to use and apply these techniques to your own work in an intentional, expressive way, you'll be equipped to elevate your work and finally make the kinds of landscape photographs you've always wanted to make"--

Learn to master your drone--the gear, the technique, the photography, the video--and create jaw-dropping visuals! Over the last few years, drones and quadcopters have become the hottest new gear in photography, whether you're a professional photographer or an amateur shooter. These "flying tripods" have given photographers the ability to place their cameras virtually anywhere they want, creating still images and video footage that was previously impossible to capture. Many photographers have a drone or quadcopter right at the top of their "I want" list. And many others have already purchased a drone but haven't mastered its use yet. No matter what model you may own--whether that's a popular Mavic, Mini, Air, or Phantom from DJI, or another brand--you need to learn how to put this new gear to good use in your aerial photography. You need to learn how to safely operate and fly a drone, how to create compelling photos and video, and how to make your work stand out from the crowd. In this fully updated and revised edition of the bestselling first edition, photographer and bestselling author Colin Smith guides you toward mastering your drone and creating powerful and impactful imagery. Featuring his award-winning and beautiful aerial photography throughout the book, Colin will teach you: - How to fly a drone, including practice flight patterns and controller tips that will help you master the basics - New rules of composition for aerial photography as they apply to drone and quadcopter imagery - How to create the best files for both still photos and video - Post-processing techniques--both basic workflow and advanced techniques--unique to aerial photography that you need to know, such as how to make videos look both dynamic and smooth You'll learn everything you need to know about drones and quadcopters in order to take your photography to new levels...literally!Table of Contents Chapter 1: Safety and Regulations Chapter 2: Drones and Gear Chapter 3: Flight School Chapter 4: Shooting Photographs with a Drone Chapter 5: Shooting Video with Drones Chapter 6: Basic Photo Workflow in Lightroom or ACR Chapter 7: Advanced Photo Editing Chapter 8: Editing Aerial Video Parting Words Index

Adobe After Effects: A Complete Course and Compendium of Features is your guide to editing and enhancing videos in Adobe After Effects. Whether you're animating text or objects, changing a scene's setting, or creating a 3D scene, After Effects is the tool for you-and this book will teach you what you need to know. First, with a complete Course that includes a set of projects and lessons derived fromvideo editor and Adobe Certified Instructor Ben Goldsmith, you will learn the procedures needed to use After Effects effectively and professionally. Dozens of exercises are included that can be applied to any videos you have in mind. Through step-by-step lessons, you'll be exposed to all of After Effects' features in practical contexts and its best practices for optimal workflows. To complete the Course, we'll supply lesson documents and their assets to download, so you can work alongside the text.Then, for greater depth of knowledge and subsequent reference, you'll use the Compendium to uncover more of the "e;how"e; and "e;why"e; of After Effects. With each topic easyto access, you can find and explore all of Premiere Pro's key features and concepts in depth. With cross-referencesbetween the Course andCompendium, the two parts of the book complement each other perfectly. Best of all, when the lessons in the Course are done, the Compendium will continue to serve for months and years to come.

The simplest, easiest, and quickest ways to learn over 250 Lightroom tips, tricks, and techniques!Lightroom has become the photographers best tool because it just has so much power and so much depth, but because it has so much power and depth, sometimes the things you need arewellkinda hidden or not really obvious. There will be a lot of times when you need to get something done in Lightroom, but you have no idea where Adobe hid that feature, or what the secret handshake is to do that thing you need now so you can get back to working on your images. Thats why this book was created: to get you to the technique, the shortcut, or exactly the right setting, right now.How Do I Do That In Lightroom? (3rd Edition) is a fully updated version of the best-selling first and second editions, and it covers all of Lightroom's newest and best tools, such as its powerful masking features. Here's how the book works: When you need to know how to do a particular thing, you turn to the chapter where it would be found (Organizing, Importing, Developing, Printing, etc.), find the thing you need to do (its easyeach page covers just one single topic), and Scott tells you exactly how to do it just like he was sitting there beside you, using the same casual style as if he were telling a friend. That way, you get back to editing your images fast.This isnt a book of theory, full of confusing jargon and detailed multi-step concepts. This is a book on which button to click, which setting to use, and exactly how and when to use it, so youre never stuck in Lightroom again. This will be your go to book that sits within reach any time youre working in Lightroom, and you are going to love having this type of help right at your fingertips.

Busch provides an all-in-one comprehensive resource and reference for the highly-affordable APS-C format Canon EOS R10, which includes the most-requested features. From selecting the best autofocus mode, shutter speed, f/stop and flash capability, to advanced shooting techniques, Busch provides a thorough grounding in the elements of superior photography as you master your camera's operation! The introductory chapters will help you get comfortable with the basics before you dive right in to exploring creative filters, resolution and exposure that will have you using your camera like a pro. -- adapted from back cover

"Film photography has recently witnessed a significant renaissance-and not just among those who have previously shot with film. Interest in film photography and analog photography has also grown enormously among those who have only ever shot digitally. In The Film Photography Handbook, 3rd Edition, authors Chris Marquardt and Monika Andrae speak to both types of film photographers as they offer an easy-to-understand, complete resource to shooting film. In this updated and expanded edition, they address today's working climate, including such topics as the hybrid film/digital workflow, the digitization of negatives, and using smartphones for light metering and to assist in film processing. This book is intended for anyone who is curious about film and analog photography, whether you need a refresher course or are discovering this wonderful format for the first time. You'll learn how easy it is to shoot and process black-and-white film at home, and that just a little special equipment is needed to get into film photography. You'll learn all about: The important differences between film and digital photography Numerous film cameras, as well as how to buy a secondhand camera Film formats, from 35 mm to medium format and large format Exposure settings, tonal values, and tonal representations in different types of film, from color negatives and slides to the enormous spectrum of black-and-white films Processing film, covering everything you need to know: equipment, chemicals, and workflow Scanning negatives to bring your analog photography into a digital workflow Both presenting and archiving your prints and negatives Working in such an "analog" medium requires a unique approach to photography, and it fosters a completely different form of creativity. Working in film and embracing analog photography can also prove to be a great inspiration for your own digital photography, as well. The Film Photography Handbook, 3rd Edition covers it all-from the technical to the creative-and will have you shooting film in no time, whether it's with an old rangefinder, an inexpensive Holga, or a medium-format Rolleiflex or Hasselblad"--

Do you know how to draw a square, triangle, and rectangle? Well, then, you know how to draw!Rough: Drawing in 2 Strokes and 3 Movesprovides you with a way to start drawing that is based on a very simple observation: the human body, as well as everythingsurrounding us, can be broken down into elementary and basic geometric shapes.The technique that author and teacher Pierre Pochet shows you here has no fine art or academic ambitions. Instead, it shows you how to quickly draw from memory a facial expression or a bodily movement, to flesh out a picture, to create a perspective, or to sketch a scene.This approach to drawing is particularly useful for those who have no artistic training but who are considering a career in a creative field, whether that be advertising, design, or graphics . . . as well as for anyone who simply wants to learn how to draw!

An essential guide for all artists with more than 600 images to show readers how to draw realistic characters with examples of movement, faces, and hands. Anatomy charts and rules of proportion will also allow users to accurately represent any human subject. Including instructions for a variety of drawing techniques (graphite pencils, colored pencils, felt tip pens, etc.) and a diverse array of models, this is the ultimate guide to mastering drawing the human form.

Celebrate your relationships and express your style with the ultimate guide to creating friendship bracelets!

The pitfalls of photographing at night are many. Autofocus and built-in light meters generally fail at night. Long exposures tend to make noisy or blurry photographs. Cameras set to automatic generally trigger the built-in flash in low light conditions, which results in unsatisfying images. Lack of understanding and inappropriate techniques often ruin the dramatic potential of nighttime images.In Digital Capture After Dark you will learn to overcome these and other obstacles. You will go beyond the many how-tos of capturing digital images at night to the why-tos of long exposure photography; including the importance of how we think and see at night compared to during the day.Also discussed are hands-on image editing techniques that will help you prepare your images for output. Detailed descriptions cover color balancing, expanding dynamic range, controlling flare, dealing with noise, converting to black-and-white, toning, and much more.