The Non-Designer's Presentation Book* By Robin Williams
* Published Oct 15, 2009 by Peachpit Press. Part of the Non-Designer's series.
o Copyright 2010
o Dimensions: 7 X 10
o Pages: 168
o Edition: 1st
o Book
o ISBN-10: 0-321-65621-0
o ISBN-13: 978-0-321-65621-6
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Dealer-$14.97/List-$24.95 These days, it's not just corporate marketing directors tasked with giving computer-based presentations—anyone forced to stand in front of a crowd and talk for more than three minutes had better know how to put together a slide presentation. You're not a professional designer, but you want your slides to look professional. What do you do?
Enter Robin Williams, the beloved, best-selling non-designer's designer (with over 850,000 copies of The Non-Designer's Design Book in print!) who has taught an entire generation the basics of design and typography. In The Non-Designer's Presentation Book, Robin expands upon the design principles introduced in her award-winning Non-Designer's series. She explains four fundamental principles of good design as applied to digital presentations, and adds four more principles specific to clear communication with slides.
Whether you work with a Mac or PC, PowerPoint or Keynote, let Robin guide you, in her signature, light-hearted style, through the entire process of creating a presentation—from using the right software to organizing your ideas to designing effective, beautiful slides that won't put your audience to sleep.
In this essential guide to presentation design, you'll learn:
* What makes a good presentation or a bad one
* How to plan, organize, and outline your presentation
* Four principles of designing effective presentations
* Four principles for designing beautiful slides that communicate clearly
* An exhaustive list of timeless presentation rules...that you should totally ignore
Robin Williams Handmade Design Workshop: Create Handmade Elements for Digital Design* By Robin Williams, Carmen Sheldon
* Published Oct 1, 2009 by Peachpit Press. Part of the Robin Williams series.
* o Copyright 2010
o Dimensions: 9 X 9
o Pages: 240
o Edition: 1st
o Book
o ISBN-10: 0-321-64715-7
o ISBN-13: 978-0-321-64715-3
Dealer-$23.97/List-$39.95Over the course of the last several years, the DIY market has exploded spawning magazines, books, movies and fueling the growth of the online, handmade marketplace. In Robin Williams Handmade Design Workshop: Create Handmade Elements for Digital Designs, best-selling author Robin Williams and Carmen Sheldon take designers away from their computers and show them, step-by-step, how to use traditional artist's tools to create handmade elements for their digital artwork. The authors provide a wealth of new ideas to jump-start creativity and get graphic designers thinking in new ways. Each how-to is illustrated with tons of photos to show how to use paints, inks, textures, modeling pastes, and more to create handmade materials that can then be scanned in and used to create one-of-a-kind print projects or web sites. Examples of finished projects and Web sites are featured throughout the book to provide both instruction and inspiration for designers to use in their own projects.
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: Peachpit Learning Series* By Robin Williams, John Tollett
Published Aug 27, 2009 by Peachpit Press. Part of the Peachpit Learning Series series.
* o Copyright 2010
o Dimensions: 7-3/8 X 9-1/8
o Pages: 480
o Edition: 1st
o Book
o ISBN-10: 0-321-63538-8
o ISBN-13: 978-0-321-63538-9
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Dealer-$23.97/List-$39.95The latest update of Robin Williams's bestselling guide will have you working miracles in no time with Snow Leopard, the fastest and most reliable version of the Mac OS X ever. With this book, you can learn in your own way, whether it's working through the lessons from start to finish, jumping straight to step-by-step exercises about new features, or looking up just what you need to know at that moment. There are hundreds of exciting tools and hidden gems in your Macintosh. And with the gentle, yet expert, hand of Robin Williams guiding you along the way, you will learn to take full advantage of all that Snow Leopard has to offer. If you are new to Mac OS X, you'll learn to use your Mac with help from a world-renowned teacher. From there, you can move on to customize it to suit the way you work. And if you've been using Mac OS X already, you'll learn to use all of the new features in Snow Leopard.
The Little Mac Book, Snow Leopard EditionBy Robin Williams
Published Aug 27, 2009 by Peachpit Press. Part of the Little Book series.
* o Copyright 2010
o Dimensions: 7 X 10
o Pages: 216
o Edition: 1st
o Book
o ISBN-10: 0-321-64691-6
o ISBN-13: 978-0-321-64691-0
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Dealer-$11.97/List-$19.95Adopting a back-to-the-basics approach, this bestselling little Mac classic has been revised and overhauled to introduce users to Snow Leopard, Apple's newest version of its operating system. In the gentle, friendly, funny style that generations of computer users have come to know and love, author Robin Williams shows readers how to dive in and start working with the Mac and OS X Snow Leopard. This full-color little book walks readers through all of the key new features in Snow Leopard. Using straightforward, jargon-free explanations delivered in logical, easy-to-follow sections, Robin is a new user's personal guide, coaching and encouraging readers as they learn their way around the magic of the Mac.
The Non-Designer's Design Book 3rd Edition*By Robin Williams
Published Feb 12, 2008 by Peachpit Press.
* o Copyright 2008
o Dimensions: 7 X 10
o Pages: 208
o Edition: 3rd
o Book
o ISBN-10: 0-321-53404-2
o ISBN-13: 978-0-321-53404-0
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Dealer-$20.97/List-$34.95A lot has happened in the world of digital design since the first edition of this title was published, but one thing remains true: There is an ever-growing number of people attempting to design pages with no formal training. This book is the one place they can turn to find quick, non-intimidating, excellent design help from trusted design instructor Robin Williams. This revised classic--now in full color--includes a new section on the hot topic of Color itself. In The Non-Designer's Design Book, 3rd Edition, Robin turns her attention to the basic principles that govern good design. Readers who follow her clearly explained concepts will produce more sophisticated and professional pages immediately. Humor-infused, jargon-free prose interspersed with design exercises, quizzes, and illustrations make learning a snap--which is just what audiences have come to expect from this best-selling author.
Robin Williams Cool Mac Apps: Twelve apps for enhanced creativity and productivity, 3rd EditionBy John Tollett, Robin Williams
Published May 22, 2008 by Peachpit Press. Part of the Little Series series.
* o Copyright 2008
o Dimensions: 7-1/2 X 9-1/8
o Pages: 528
o Edition: 3rd
o Book
o ISBN-10: 0-321-50896-3
o ISBN-13: 978-0-321-50896-6
Dealer-$14.97/List-$24.95This popular book shows readers how to take advantage of the iLife '08 applications that to many are the coolest parts of using a Mac. Through tutorials, tips, and techniques readers will learn how to use each of the powerful applications -- individually and as part of an integrated, interactive suite. Robin and John also cover the features of the immensely popular .Mac Web Gallery, which enables you to share your iPhoto library with family and friends with just a few clicks. Friendly, practical instructions will have new and veteran Mac owners using all that's new in the suite in no time. They'll find everything about getting on the Internet and using email; using the way-cool iChat AV, which adds audio and video to instant messaging; using iTunes, including access to the iTunes Music Store; the new video libary in iMovie; new organization and editing tools in iPhoto; new animated themes in iDVD; and much more!
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