Rarely does a book contain facts, feelings and stories of such depth. A Colorado Kind of Christmas has motivated me to appreciate my family and our tradtions in a new way. Thank you for researching and writing this book!

A customer wait list and the high life are there with DIGITAL IMAGING FOR VISUAL ARTISTS. Computer programs, filmless cameras and scanners chart pioneer creative paths, save time and turn what used to be a sharply defined chain of creative responsibilities into a one-stop digital design and service bureau. The digital visual professional chooses brush types and reactions between media and surface; combines media unmixable in the real world; and controls brush strokes like never before. They come up with all the good images by doing everything from concept to development, execution, layout, color separation, and final ad, catalog, display, whatever. Wife and husband Sally Weiner and Daniel Grotta leave nothing out of digital imaging equipment and methods, covering all that is needed for input to and output from the computer and for storage. One of the most convincing pages in their masterpiece is Sally's composite with penguins: I wish I had the original. The book works as a one-of-a-kind clearinghouse with Joe Farace's THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S DIGITAL STUDIO, Adele Droblas Greenberg's DIGITAL IMAGES, Aaron Marcus' GRAPHIC DESIGN FOR ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS AND USER INTERFACES, and Carl Sesto's THE MACINTOSH DESIGNER'S GUIDE TO DIGITAL IMAGING.

This collection of well-researched information is inspirational. I've used it over and over again to plan new, different and interesting time off. My copy is dog-eared and marked up from the research (and dreaming). I keep it on a shelf at work as a reminder of everything else life offers us. My only question to the author is when is the update coming out!

Good contents but completely out of date. Don't know which version of PhotoDeluxe they were using but it certainly wasn't the current edition.

Thanks to a previous review, I knew that this book was written for the first version of PhotoDeluxe, which is what I have. This is not obvious and should be made so now. That said, the book was still helpful, although I have had the program for four years, and have learned a lot by experiment and reading the on-line manual which is not as thorough. The software was bundled with my scanner and did not include any text (or did Adobe never provide one?). As a 'third party" text, this book includes tips and projects--tutorials that are always helpful in getting to know a program.

I browsed this book at a Hastings' and was amazed at all I hadn't been using, even if this book was written for 1.0. I look forward to a new version of this book and will buy it pronto.

This book covers the fundamentals of MS Excel. A few chapters such as Macro Language Function Reference and also Complete Guide to Excel Functions would preferably been reduced and appended instead of making it a chapter so as to reduce the volume. Although the book is meant for Excel 7.0 still minor updating is required. It covers a wide range of topics which would be useful for various types of professional and non-professional users. The guided exercises are helpful for the beginners as well as intermediate level users.

This is NOT the phrase book that you want to buy for your trip. The best thing that can be said about it is that it is compact and fits into a pocket or small bag easily. The layout of the book is its biggest problem. The people at Lonely Planet need to go back and try to use it themselves. The sections on food are incredibly limited and gives only a few of the dishes that appears on most menus. Take my advice -- save your money and carry a book that has a little more substance even if it doesn't fit in your front pocket.

The Phrasebook is very comprehensive and easy to use. For anyone traveling to Eastern Europe it is a must. It includes common phrases and small talk with pronunciations and how it is written. I would recommend this book and other books from Lonely Planet Languge kits.