You Can Draw Wild Animals/by Damien Toll (Author)
Description
A perfect book for complete beginners or budding artists, packed with beautiful pictures of favourite and exotic animals, from lions and tigers to noctural creatures like tarsiers and bats. There are step-by-step guidelines on how to draw them, and tips and hints on materials.

Digital Photography Simplified/by Rob Sheppard (Author)
Description
Are you new to digital cameras? Does new technology make you nervous? Relax! You're holding in your hands the easiest guide ever to digital photography - a book that skips the long-winded explanations and shows you how things work. All you have to do is open the book and discover just how easy it is to get up to speed.
* Set up your camera and learn program modes
* Understand good composition and exposure
* Experiment with lenses and focal length
* Download and organize your images
* Fine-tune your photos with Photoshop(r) Elements
* Select paper and printers to make quality prints
* "Simplify It" sidebars offer real-world advice
* Succinct explanations walk you through step by step
* Full-color screen shots demonstrate each task
* Self-contained, two-page lessons make learning a snap

Digital Negatives: Using Photoshop to Create Digital Negatives for Silver and Alternative Process Printing/by Brad Hinkel (Author), Ron Reeder (Author)
Description
Process Printing bridges the world of traditional photographic printing with digital technology. A digital negative, prepared in Photoshop, allows you to skip the dark room time developing the negatives-getting straight to a variety of printing processes including silver, platinum, and a host of other "alternative" processes. You will see this as an opportunity to mix technology with traditional photo processes resulting in more time for your art! In the recent past, photographers that wanted digital negatives had to take their business to labs. Now all of you Photoshop users can incorporate this practice into your workflow of choice.
*Easy, quick start recommendations for specific supplies and instructions for making your first print quickly without all the details of calibrating digital negatives.

Apple Aperture 2 A workflow guide for digital photographers/by Ken McMahon (Author), Nik Rawlinson (Author)
Description
Apple's Aperture software is a post-production tool designed to allow digital photographers to import, manage and enhance photographs in one simple, integrated workflow. Aperture 2, the recently updated version of the software, includes more than 100 new features for photo management and image processing, and this much-needed guide takes you through the tools and knowledge necessary to get up-and-running fast.
Unlike other software books on the market, Apple Aperture 2 looks at this powerful application in the context of the overall digital photography workflow, helping you to use your time efficiently and enhance your creativity. The book includes clear explanations and step-by-step guidance on how to import, sort and navigate thousands of raw files like a pro; how to view and compare images to make selections quickly; how to turn good photos into beautiful images with adjustment tools; and how to export, showcase and print your best work with high quality results.
* Fully updated for Aperture 2, the major update to Apple's powerful photo management and manipulation software
* Learn time saving techniques and streamline your digital photography workflow in Aperture
* Discover the best way to import, organize and enhance your images for ease of management and high quality results