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iMovie 3 is the latest version of Apple's powerful yet accessible digital video editing software. Announced at Macworld Expo 2003, iMovie3 boasts a completely rewritten interface, seamless integration with other iLife products, and new pro-quality visual and audio effects. A thoroughly revised version of the award-winning book (iMovie 2 Solutions was recognized as one of the best books of the year by both MyMac.com and Bookbuilders West), iMovie 3 Solutions reveals even more advanced tips and techniques. In full color, it features a dynamic, step-by-step, illustrated approach that makes even the most complex effects seem easy. The packed CD includes over 100 example videos, how-to movies, third-party utilities, and exclusive bonus software.... Rest of this review on the detail page
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Final Cut Pro is the only nonlinear editing tool available that supports the entire range of editing formats. Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro is broken up into a collection of hands-on seminars that focus on teaching a specific aspect of Final Cut Pro. Dealing with version 4, each seminar begins with a lesson that covers the concepts and techniques contained in that seminar. Hofmann then guides the reader step-by-step by applying those concepts and techniques to edit an award winning short film, The Midnight Sun. With this book, users will learn to convert footage from many different sources, manage their footage, edit the content, adjust sound, and output to different sources. If the reader chooses to work through the book cover-to-cover, t... Rest of this review on the detail page
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Though its title brings to mind the hubris of Frankenstein, Steve Grand's Creation: Life and How to Make It is just humble enough to keep its readers hooked. Best known as the developer of the Creatures series of artificial-life software, Grand has quite a following among devotees of playful complexity. The book ranges from deep ruminations on the nature of life and mind (artificial and biological) to fairly concrete advice for future creators, and his writing is just as elegant and compelling as his software. Sometimes his cleverness gets the best of him, but for the most part, his wordplay is used to serve his ideas, which are thought-provoking even for readers who have no intention of creating life. Many will be surprised at the streng... Rest of this review on the detail page
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A book with "client/server" in the title cannot possibly be fun. A book with cartoon Martians on the cover (and acting as guides throughout the book), well ... remember "Bob"? Combine these two features, and you magically get a book that provides a solid, comprehensible, and complete overview of that enormous field previously known as distributed computing. Well, not magically. The authorial team is to be commended for their ability and discipline in pulling off the task: making sure all aspects are explained equally well, and ensuring that the lighthearted touches support the material rather than getting in the way. The book covers basic concepts, operating systems, middleware, database, transactions, groupware, objects, and manag... Rest of this review on the detail page
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Sorry, all you venture capitalists can go back to sleep. What the authors have tried to do here, is to provide advice on the management of IT. The operative word is "tried". The initial emphasis on a slogan of "making it simple" reminded me immediately of an old editorial in a technical journal entitled "On the Danger of Simple Answers". Ultimately the authors admit that there are no easy answers. Between those two end points of the book is the usual advice that everyone in the field is well familiar with. There are more tales of problems and disasters than there are solutions or answers: a few "how to" ideas in the later parts of the book lack analysis and are primarily anecdotal. There really isn't anything here to address the ... Rest of this review on the detail page
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