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Variables Understanding Variables Data Types Summary Lesson 3... Functions Using Functions Arguments and Return Values Using Library Files Summary Lesson 5.. Working with Number

A.3 Aperture

If you own a very fast (think dual-core, and more is more) Mac with (at least) a gig

or (better) two of RAM (think 4 MB) and you're thinking of investing $500 in Capture One, fuggedaboudit Apple's new production processing and workflow software does more and does it at blazing speed It is designed from the ground-up

to perform all the workflow stages you need to perform for either instant high-volume (think news and magazine) or fast turnaround (think ad and publicity

agencies) pros Aperture also does everything Bridge does, as well as having the most essential functionality of Photoshop itself Since it can be made to plug-in to Photoshop, you can still use all the esoteric Photoshop features as well

A.4 Adobe Lightroom

On the other hand, if you're a Mac user, before you decide on Aperture, download and test Adobe's Lightroom Beta If you go to

http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/lightroom, you'll find a whole new "Overview" chapter on the Beta 3 version of Lightroom and exactly what it can do In fact, you'll find a whole web site dedicated to this new product that will keep you up-to-date with what is surely a future workflow linchpin It isn't as pretty to look at as Aperture (although it is quite lovely all the same), or as feature rich

(yet Lightroom is far from finished) On the other hand, Aperture costs more and takes significantly more computer overhead All I'm doing here is telling you what's really worth your consideration The thing about workflow products is that the complexity of workflow takes time and energy to set up and organize So whatever you settle on is going to be very hard to let go of

NOTE

If you're a Windows user (and now the majority of Photoshop users are), Aperture isn't a choice, but Lightroom is now available in a rough beta

The thing that really makes choosing Lightroom a no-brainer is that the routines for adjusting the image include everything we are already familiar with in Camera Raw So there's very little to have to re-learn and a whole lot to gain in terms of speed and efficiency

A.5 iView Media Pro

If you're a Windows user and can't wait for Lightroom because you have to speed

up your ranking, winnowing, and filenaming, you can download iView Media Pro's 30-day trial version I've been using it since I started looking into Lightroom and realized what a bottleneck accurate winnowing could be in the process of establishing an efficient workflow A friend at a local ASMP meeting showed me this program after I described Lightroom I immediately downloaded the trial copy, dumped a whole card full of RAW images into its open window and was amazed

to see all the thumbnails appear almost instantaneously You can quickly trash the obvious duds (such as the infamous picture of your feet) To eliminate those

images in which the timing or composition is off, you can instantly click a tab to

go to a full-screen, full-frame view and see them all by pushing the Page Down key, and press a key combo to trash any near misses To get rid of any slightly unsharp photos in a series, double-click the first thumb in that series to see it at 100 percent and page up and down through the series, deleting any image that isn't as sharp as its predecessor There's also a very nice Batch Rename command that works several times faster than doing the same thing in Camera Raw iView will

do much more, but I usually switch over to Camera Raw at that point just because I feel more secure in that environment and because I know I'll be moving on to Lightroom when the time comes

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SAMS Teach Yourself PHP in 10 Minutes

By Chris Newman

Publisher: Sams Publishing Pub Date: March 29, 2005 ISBN: 0-672-32762-7 Pages: 264

Are you one of those people who think there isn't anything

substantial that you can do in only 10 minutes? Think again Sams Teach Yourself PHP in 10 Minutes is a no-fluff, just-the-answers guide to building dynamic websites using PHP Broken into 10 minute lessons, you will gain a rapid working knowledge

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in practical applications Who ever would have thought there was so much you could do in just 10 minutes!

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SAMS Teach Yourself PHP in 10 Minutes

By Chris Newman

Publisher: Sams Publishing Pub Date: March 29, 2005 ISBN: 0-672-32762-7 Pages: 264

Copyright

About the Author

We Want to Hear from You!

Reader Services

Introduction: Welcome to PHP

Who This Book Is For

How This Book Is Organized

Versions of Software Covered

Conventions Used in This Book

Lesson 1 Getting to Know PHP

PHP Basics

Your First Script

Summary

Lesson 2 Variables

Understanding Variables

Data Types

Summary

Lesson 3 Flow Control

Conditional Statements

Loops

Summary

Lesson 4 Functions

Using Functions

Arguments and Return Values

Using Library Files

Summary

Lesson 5 Working with Numbers

Arithmetic

Numeric Data Types

Numeric Functions

Summary

Lesson 6 Working with Strings

Anatomy of a String

Formatting Strings

String Functions

Summary

Lesson 7 Working with Arrays

What Is an Array?

Array Functions

Multidimensional Arrays

Summary

Lesson 8 Regular Expressions

Introducing Regular Expressions

Using ereg

Summary

Lesson 9 Working with Dates and Times Date Formats

Working with Timestamps

Summary

Lesson 10 Using Classes

Object-Oriented PHP

What Is a Class?

Creating and Using Objects

Summary

Lesson 11 Processing HTML Forms Submitting a Form to PHP

Processing a Form with PHP

Creating a Form Mail Script

Summary

Lesson 12 Generating Dynamic HTML

Setting Default Values

Creating Form Elements

Summary

Lesson 13 Form Validation

Enforcing Required Fields

Displaying Validation Warnings

Enforcing Data Rules

Highlighting Fields That Require Attention

Summary

Lesson 14 Cookies and Sessions

Cookies

Sessions

Summary

Lesson 15 User Authentication

Types of Authentication

Building an Authentication System

Summary

Lesson 16 Communicating with the Web Server HTTP Headers

Server Environment Variables

Summary

Lesson 17 Filesystem Access

Managing Files

Reading and Writing Files

Summary

Lesson 18 Host Program Execution

Executing Host Programs

The Host Environment

Security Considerations

Summary

Lesson 19 Using a MySQL Database

Using MySQL

Executing SQL Statements

Debugging SQL

Summary

Lesson 20 Database Abstraction

The PEAR DB Class

Database Portability Issues

Summary

Lesson 21 Running PHP on the Command Line

The Command-Line Environment

Writing Scripts for the Command Line

Summary

Lesson 22 Error Handling

Error Reporting

Summary

Lesson 23 PHP Configuration

Configuration Settings

Configuration Directives

Loadable Modules

Summary

Lesson 24 PHP Security

Safe Mode

Other Security Features

Summary

Lesson 25 Using PEAR

Introducing PEAR

Using PEAR

Summary

Appendix A Installing PHP

Linux/Unix Installation

Windows Installation

Troubleshooting

Index

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