Pavainimas: Home Theater For Dummies, 3rd Edition
Autorius: Danny Briere, Pat Hurley
Leidėjas: Wiley Pulishing, Inc.
Leidimo metai: 2009
ISBN: 978-0-470-41189-6
Puslapių: 410
Formatas: PDF
Talpa: 2.92 MB
Kalba: anglų

Overwhelmed with big screen TV and home theater audio options? What do you need to build the perfect home theater experience? Home Theater For Dummies, 3rd Edition shows you how to plan a home theater system and choose components that fit your budget and your room.

Beginning with the most basic information, this guide helps you choose what you need and put it all together. It explains DLP, 3LCD, HDMI, DTV, and HDTV so you can talk intelligently with salespeople at the electronics store. You’ll find out about Blu-ray, explore HD and satellite radio options, and see how to incorporate a Wii, Xbox, or Playstation 3 into your set-up. Learn to:

* Choose among plasma, LCD, and projection TVs
* Know the difference between digital TV and HDTV
* Assess and choose an LCD TV, a new 3D TV, or an HD radio
* Set up your audio system and TV for maximum performance
* Use a Media Center or Home Theater PC
* Fine-tune your system and add cool touches such as accessing home theater content from your cell phone
* Explore HD and satellite radio options, CD players, DVD-Audio disks, and options for old cassettes and vinyl
* Set up your system with the proper cables for each component, or learn what it takes to go wireless
* Calibrate your video with a calibration disk, an optical comparator, or a DVD containing THX Optimizer

Get the perfect home theater experience by following the expert tips and techniques presented in Home Theater For Dummies, 3rd Edition. You’ll be watching movies and listening to audio in no time!

Pavainimas: Google AdWords For Dummies, 2nd Edition
Autorius: Howie Jacobson
Leidėjas: Wiley Pulishing, Inc.
Leidimo metai: 2009
ISBN: 978-0-470-45577-7
Puslapių: 437
Formatas: PDF
Talpa: 8.42 MB
Kalba: anglų

A completely updated reference to help you get the most value out of your AdWords campaigns

Google AdWords is a unique tool that allows you to set your own budget and create ads and choose keywords that are specifically related to your business. When your ad appears next to the search results, people can simply click your ad to learn more about you or make a purchase. This handy guide walks you through the newest tips, tricks, and techniques for maximizing your AdWords campaign.

Offering valuable advice, this new edition includes case studies from readers who have shared what they learned from using the techniques revealed in the first edition.

* A revised and updated guide that shares invaluable advice for maximizing your AdWords campaign
* Discusses changes to the AdWords interface as well as best practices in split testing, opt-in landing page structure, and ad group structure
* Reviews new, free tools included in AdWords as well as new and improved third-party tools
* Includes an in-depth explanation of Google's free Web site testing and optimization tool: Website Optimizer
* Includes a Google AdWords gift card worth $25 (details inside book)

With this handy reference by your side, you will discover the best way to put a Google AdWords campaign to work for you!

Pavainimas: Photoshop CS4 For Dummies
Autorius: Peter Bauer
Leidėjas: Wiley Pulishing, Inc.
Leidimo metai: 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-32725-8
Puslapių: 418
Formatas: PDF
Talpa: 23.70 MB
Kalba: anglų

This latest version of Photoshop has a few new tricks up its sleeve and Adobe Photoshop CS4 For Dummies will teach you how to use them. From the basics like getting your images into and out of Photoshop to enhancing, cropping, and color correction, it’s all here!

You’ll get all of the basics of digital images and master the importing and exporting of images. You’ll find out how to create easy enhancements like adding shadows and highlights and making color natural, in addition to learning how to use the Adobe camera raw plug-in. Before you know it, you’ll be making beautiful “art” with Photoshop by combining images, precision edges, dressing up images, painting in Photoshop, and using filters. You can even streamline your work in Photoshop using advanced techniques. Find out how to:

* Import images and use all the tools and processes
* Reduce digital noise, make colors look natural, add highlights and shadows
* Optimize images for print or the Web
* Edit images
* Explore the Painting function and master the daunting Brushes panel
* Add layer styles
* Create on-screen presentations, contact prints, and more

Complete with lists of ten reasons to love your Wacom tablet, ten reasons to own a digital camera, and ten favorite tips and tricks, Adobe CS4For Dummies is your one-stop guide to setting up, working with, and making the most of Photoshop CS4 for all your digital photography needs.

Pavainimas: Радиоэлектроника для "Чайников"
Autorius: Гордон Мак-Комб, Эрл Бойсен
Leidimo metai: 2007
Puslapių: 387
Formatas: DJVU
Talpa: 10.51 MB
Kalba: rusų

Мечтаете ли вы конструировать свои собственные электронные штучки? Хотите ли вы знать, как работают транзисторы, конденсаторы и другие ингредиенты электронной "кухни"? Интересно ли вам научиться паять или самостоятельно разводить печатные платы? Значит - эта книга для вас!

Она станет для вас ключиком, с помощью которого вы сможете приоткрыть дверь в захватывающий и удивительный мир современной электроники. Здесь вы не встретите толстых фолиантов сухих и нудных лекций - книга, которую вы держите в руках, представляет собой руководство, содержащее только те сведения, которые действительно понадобятся вам для того, чтобы научиться изготавливать и настраивать собственные электронные поделки.

Pavainimas: Electronics Projects For Dummies
Autorius: Earl Boysen, Nancy C. Muir
Leidėjas: Wiley Pulishing, Inc.
Leidimo metai: 2006
ISBN: 0470009683
Puslapių: 443
Formatas: PDF
Talpa: 13.38 MB
Kalba: anglų

These projects are fun to build and fun to use
Make lights dance to music, play with radio remote control, or build your own metal detector
Who says the Science Fair has to end? If you love building gadgets, this book belongs on your radar. Here are complete directions for building ten cool creations that involve light, sound, or vibrations -- a weird microphone, remote control gizmos, talking toys, and more, with full parts and tools lists, safety guidelines, and wiring schematics. Check out ten cool electronics projects, including
* Chapter 8 -- Surfing the Radio Waves (how to make your own radio)
* Chapter 9 -- Scary Pumpkins (crazy Halloween decorations that have sound, light, and movement)
* Chapter 12 -- Hitting Paydirt with an Electronic Metal Detector (a project that can pay for itself)
Discover how to
* Handle electronic components safely
* Read a circuit diagram
* Troubleshoot circuits with a multimeter
* Build light-activated gadgets
* Set up a motion detector
* Transform electromagnetic waves into sound
Companion Web site
* Go to www.dummies.com/ go/electronicsprojectsfd
* Explore new projects with other electronics hobbyists
* Find additional information and project opportunities

Pavadinimas: Google Apps For Dummies
Autoriai: Ryan Teeter, Karl Barksdale
Leidykla: Wiley Publishing, Inc.
Metai: 2008
Puslapių: 386
Formatas: PDF
Talpa: 9.09 MB
ISBN: 9780470189580
Kalba: anglų

Google Apps are Web-based, low-cost (or free!) office productivity tools that do everything those expensive applications do — and you can access them from any computer with an Internet connection. Google Apps For Dummies boosts your "app-titude" by giving you the low-down on choosing, setting up, and using these nifty and powerful gadgets for work or play.

Whether you're an individual who wants to take advantage of iGoogle or an organization looking for an enterprise-wide training solution for users at all levels, this comprehensive, practical guide brings you up to speed with all of the basic information and advanced tips and tricks you need to make good use of every Google Apps's tool and capability. Discover how to:

* Get productive fast with free or inexpensive Web-based apps
* Design your perfect Start Page layout
* Choose among the different editions
* Use Gmail and Google Talk
* Work with Google Docs and spreadsheet documents
* Create and collaborate on documents
* Import events into your calendar
* Build dazzling presentations
* Use Dashboard to create and manage user accounts
* Create a Web page with a unique domain setting

Google Apps are poised to shatter the primacy of the current way of working with PCs, saving businesses, schools, government agencies, and individuals big bucks on software, network infrastructure, and administration. Google Apps For Dummies is your key to making this revolutionary new approach work for you and your organization.