How to Do Everything with Photoshop CS by Colin Smith

Are you still wondering on how you can turn an ordinary image or photo into a perfect picture using Photoshop? If you wish to enhance or even perfect your skills, then you should refer to this book which can guide you along and do everything that you want with Photoshop. Whether you are new to Photoshop or have been using this software, you will definitely learn something useful from this book.

I feel that the instructions in this book are clear, simple and easy to understand. You don’t have to worry about all the jargons as each term is explained in simple words.

Now let’s take a peek into the contents of this book:

Part I: ‘Get to Know Photoshop CS’

This segment will be extremely useful for those who are new to Photoshop. It lays the basic foundation on using Photoshop and you can follow the simple step-by-step instructions to create the picture that you desire. After completing Part I, you can then move on to the next segment to explore the advanced techniques.

Part II: ‘Beyond the Basics’

If you are familiar with Photoshop or have some basic skills, you can come to this segment and learn the advanced techniques. You are on the way to becoming a true expert in Photoshop after completing this segment.

Part III: ‘The Fun Stuff’

Part III provides a platform in which you can practice your Photoshop skills and exercise your creativity by creating a piece of art work. This segment also contains various tips to help you in creating fantastic art works all by yourself.

Pick up this book from the library and learn new techniques in using Photoshop. I am sure that you won’t regret reading this book!

Where to find it?

Call No: T 385 SMI 2004
Location: North Area Library

Written by ZHUANG JIN YI

How DELL does it-using speed and innovation to achieve extraordinary results

DELL is one of the largest seller of PCs and the number one supplier of personal computer systems in the United States. Have you ever wondered how DELL achieves this, and what makes it so unique in the PC market?

 This book will lead you to the answers. You will find out how DELL “goes direct” to its customers. In the early 1990’s, Dell distributed its products through retail outlets and realised that this approach was unprofitable. Therefore, it has decided to focus on improving customer service and support by allowing customers to place and custom configure orders directly. They are also successful in employing e-business that provides best value to its customer. Find more about its business model and how it has become a PCs supplier miracle from this book.

Call Number : HD 9696.2.U64 HOL 2006

Location: South

Written by: Wu jingyun

Being Happy!: A Handbook to Greater Confidence & Security by Andrew Matthews

Have you ever thought that you are the only one who encounters bad luck? Are you thinking that a good thing can never happen in your life? Have you ever experienced before that the misfortune always comes to you whenever you are planning or having some great time?

Well, don’t you think that all these actually keep us away from being happy? Well, we can be happy all the time or at least most of the time. But you may wonder how we can be happy all the time. You can find the answer in this book, “Being Happy!”

By reading this book, you will have better understanding of yourself. You will also find out how to build our self-esteem, get to your goals and some interesting topics like The Law of Attraction.

I am sure everybody wants to be care-free and happy all the time. Nobody can enjoy lives which are full with sorrow, misfortune and so on. Let me quote a sentence from this book. “Life changes when change”. So, why not we change our mindset and find out the ways to happiness. I am sure this book will help you a lot so please grab it as soon as possible!

 

Call No: BF 724.3.H35 MAT 1988
Location: South Area

Written by Shwe Yee Phyo

Sixty years of Japanese Comics by Paul Gravett

You won’t miss the cover page of this book if you’re a Manga fonder, as Astro Boy was one of the famous and favorite characters and was a Japanese Manga milestone.

This book covers the history for Japanese Manga from the time of end of WWII to today. It has clearly listed those famous works of Manga that still shine today, such as Akira, Astro Boy, Jungle Tatei, etc.

In order to well illustrate the developments of Japanese Manga, the author carefully extracted those featuring graphics from a wide range of Manga to represent the topics. And by doing this, you’d find yourself are in the sea of striking and beautifully drew stories that would represent six years of development of Japanese Manga.

 

Where to find the book?

Call number: PN6790.J3 GRA 2004
Location: East

 

Written by Wu Ping Han

Cheng gong cheng zhang yi xian qian / 成功成长一线牵 by Liu Yong/ 刘墉

这本书的作者是我很爱的一位畅销作家 – 刘墉。 我之所以那么喜欢他的书的其中一个原因是从他的书上我总能得到一些智慧和感动。这些智慧和感动并不能从学校的课本上学到，只能在生活中体验出来。因为很贴近生活，所以不难产生共鸣。 因为与我们的生活息息相关，所以会被感动。很多时候当我阅读刘墉的书，我的眼泪总是不听使唤地流了下来。

这本书也不例外，感动了我，也让我长了不少智慧。 书的内容几乎都是一些真实的小故事，而故事的主题是爱。从许许多多的小故事，你会领悟许多的小道理、大道理。例如其中一个故事篇名为“王臭头的梦想”。这篇文章讲述一个身份卑微被大家忽视的打扫工人。某一天，他有了个梦想，梦想能让全村的小孩都有圣诞礼物。于是他默默地进行了他的计划，但却在还没来得及完成时，因劳累而去世了。读了这故事让我领悟到我们不应该用身份、地位和名利来评价一个人，不该带着有色的眼光去判断一个人。我们需平等地看待每个人，不论贵贱之分，国际之分或肤色之分。

最后，这是一本很棒的书，希望大家有空去看一看。

Location: Central

Call number: TA 169 OCO 200

Written by Shirley Venessa