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Page Design in Dreamweaver CS4 with apDiv Tags: Apr 20, 2009; Short of coding your own CSS, the apDiv feature in Dreamweaver CS4 gives you as much flexibility and convenience in page design as you'll find in any environment. David Karlins provides a tour of this handy tag and its features for speedy web page creation.

Painter 11: The Atelier for Digital Artists: Nov 25, 2010; Corel Painter 11 is packed with many new features that offer realism and performance not found in other applications. Cher Threinen-Pendarvis, author of The Painter 11 Wow! Book, explores the ins and outs of her favorite features: Hard Media and Markers brushes, and the updated Colors and Mixer palettes.

Painting with the Mixer Brush in Adobe Photoshop CS5: Dec 13, 2010; This excerpt from Adobe Photoshop CS5 Classroom in a Book shows you how to customize brush settings, clean the brush, mix colors, create a custom brush preset, and use wet and dry brushes to blend color.

Panoramas Made Crazy Easy in Adobe Photoshop CS5: Dec 18, 2010; Adobe improved the Photomerge feature so vastly that you only needed to do one simple thing to create a pano. In this excerpt from The Adobe Photoshop CS5 Book for Digital Photographers, Scott Kelby shows you how.

Particle Effects in 3ds max 4: Apr 19, 2002; Kim Lee explains particle classes and parameters common to each particle system, and then puts those concepts into practice with a sample project.

PDF and Graphics Strategies: Apr 6, 2001; When publishing PDF documents, size is a large issue. The way graphics are initially inserted and saved as well as the type of graphics used can dramatically change the size of a PDF file. This article discusses strategies for reducing PDF size.

PDF Font Strategies: Apr 6, 2001; Fonts are an intrinsic part of how PDFs work, and the decision of whether and how to include fonts is critical. This article discusses font options to consider when designing PDF documents, including embedding, anti-aliasing, sizing, and readability.

Peachpit Exclusive: Interview with Legendary Computer and Photography Book Author Scott Kelby: Feb 19, 2008; In this exclusive interview, bestselling Photoshop and technology book author Scott Kelby speaks with Peachpit Publisher Nancy Aldrich-Ruenzel about being the top-selling computer book author for the fourth straight year, making the transition from podcast to television, his latest book projects, his photography equipment, his workflow, and much, much more.

Peachpit's Thanksgiving Photo Recipe: How to Shoot a Turkey: Nov 16, 2010; You don't need to cook your holiday turkey to enjoy it — all you need is one good shot, and this photography recipe will show you how to get it.

Pen Tool Mastery in Adobe Illustrator CS5: Dec 16, 2010; Have you been ignoring Illustrator's Pen tool? Brian Wood wasn't crazy about working with the Pen tool, but after a bit of experimentation he has come to rely on it. Tune in here to learn some of Brian's best Pen tool techniques.

Perfect Black and White from onOne Software: Jan 4, 2013; onOne Software recently released version 7 of its Perfect Photo Suite, which includes a variety of Photoshop and Lightroom plugins, including popular apps like Perfect Portrait, Perfect Mask, and Perfect Layers. Photoshop expert Dan Moughamian explains how version 7 has introduced a brand new plugin for styling our photos, called Perfect B&W (Perfect Black & White), which allows you to create black and white photos from color originals using a large library of presets and robust controls.

Perfecting Focus and Lighting Enhancements in Photoshop CS4: Apr 16, 2009; Focus work is commonly required for composites that involve landscapes and other images with relatively long distances between the farthest discernable object in the frame and the viewer. Lighting layers are surprisingly easy to create, while providing great visual impact. This excerpt shows you how to work with focus and lighting enhancements in Photoshop CS4.

Perfecting Images in Photoshop CS5: Sep 22, 2010; Dan Moughamian offers some tips designed to help you work more efficiently with existing tools and functions, and to apply creative effects with new features like Puppet Warp and improved features like Merge to HDR Pro.

Photo Restoration: Repairing Physical Damage: Jun 4, 2015; Robert Correll, author of Photo Restoration: From Snapshots to Great Shots, offer tips for repairing the physical damage to old photos, including filling holes and other surface damage and reconstructing torn or cut photos.

Photographer Kevin Ames On How to Get Light Right: Oct 19, 2007; Veteran photographer and Photoshop master Kevin Ames shows how digital photographers can work with light creatively to get great images within and without Photoshop.

Photography Q&A with Zack Arias: Real Questions. Real Answers.: Aug 26, 2013; In this excerpt from Photography Q&A: Real Questions. Real Answers., Zack Arias answers questions on cheap eBay lights, gear lust, low light, and more.

Photoshop 6 Color Settings for Web & Multimedia Design: Jan 18, 2002; Photoshop expert Sean Duggan discusses Photoshop 6 color settings for a Web or multimedia workflow, as well as for combined print and Web production.

Photoshop 7 Interface Design: Nov 22, 2002; This sample chapter will help you develop the understanding and skills needed to create highly professional-looking interface elements for your website.

Photoshop 7 Layers and Shapes: Dec 13, 2002; Learn all about using layers and vector masks in Photoshop 7 to work more efficiently.