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We didn't actually burn the bodies in the street we left them in the trunks of their cars; still got to be movin' north; moving with California north, underneath the ocean, into old shamanic lands. We wait under the roadside for the cops to pass; in the culvert I can see my dreams take flesh, shadows singing me to sleep, but I must stay awake . . .

Learn design theory and practical know-how from the award-winning author/design team, Robin Williams and John Tollett! Robin Williams introduced design and typographic principles to legions of readers with her best-selling Non-Designer's book series. Now she and designer/co-author John Tollett take you to the next level of creative design with practical advice and lessons in composition, visual impact, and design challenges. Presented in Robin and John's signature style—writing that is so crystal clear, it's accessible to absolutely anyone—and illustrated with hundreds of full-color design examples, the ideas in this book tackle design theory, visual puns, and layout and graphics strategies for real-world projects. Developing designers will appreciate the authors' imaginative approach and well-chosen examples. Discover practical and effective design principles and concepts—and how to apply them to virtually any project. Learn why some designs are attention-getting and others are not. Learn how to choose just the right look—corporate or casual, classic or trendy—for specific types of projects, such as business cards, letterhead and envelopes, newsletters and brochures, logos, advertising, and more. Test your design acumen by comparing before-and-after examples. Find a wealth of inspiration for your own design projects. Gain insight into the design process by studying the work of guest designers, who offer their personal commentary and insights.

Unlock the Power of Nik Silver Efex Pro 3 Nik Silver Efex Pro 3 is possibly the best photo editor available for creating powerful black and white photography. But do you understand how to utilise its many features to best effect? Using Nik Silver Efex Pro3, you can quickly produce black and white photography that would take hours with other tools. Despite this, many photographers don’t understand how to tap into its power and realise the full potential of their work. The secret to success with Nik Silver Efex Pro 3 is like many things in life. It’s about simplifying the options, understanding which is the best to use, and then applying those whilst making the fewest adjustments. Which is precisely what this concise book helps you to achieve. In it you will learn: - What every control in Silver Efex Pro does. Not through vague descriptions, but by examining their effect on an actual image. - Which sliders to use to achieve specific results as well as why you might want to limit the use of some. - Many hard-won tips, explaining how to improve your photo editing skills and make working with Nik Silver Efex Pro easier. - The best order in which to use the many different controls to make editing simpler. - How pre-processing your photos with other Nik Collection Tools can dramatically improve black and white conversions. In addition to the many illustrations explaining the tools, this book also contains five full-length editing examples, demonstrating the power of Nik Silver Efex Pro 3. You can even download the example images, allowing you to follow the editing on your own computer. Get this book now to unlock the power of Nik Silver Efex Pro 3.

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Robins and their gardeners rely on an instinctive understanding of the cycle of the seasons. Now, for the first time, an almanac has been compiled by the celebrated avian writer A.Robin, Esq. Providing valuable information on robin behaviour, how to maintain a suitable wildlife habitat, and jobs not to be doing in the garden, month by month.

Mental health and behavior problems occur at high rates among Latino students in California; however, Latino children are less likely than African American and white children to receive special education services for these problems. Efforts to understand and address these disparities should include research to understand how school psychologists perceive and respond to student behaviors based on the student's ethnicity. To this end, this study conducted an Internet-based experiment with a sample of 43 school psychologists from across California. The primary aims for the study were: (1) to determine how being Latino impacts students' eligibility for service when they have emotional challenges; and (2) to determine if school psychologists identify mental health needs in Latino students at the same rate as white or African American students. All participants were given a demographic survey, a clinical case vignette, and a clinical questionnaire. The ethnicity of the student in the vignette was randomly assigned and represented the only manipulation in the study. When asked if the student qualified for special education, participants assigned the non-Latino vignettes qualified the student at a greater rate than subjects receiving the Latino vignette and the difference was significant. Most other comparisons did not yield statistically significant results.

In the so-called 'near infrared spectrum' leaves, plants and grass colour blue to white, as if there were frost on the branches and leaves. The detail in the shadows remains much more visible. The blue sky gets a deep burgundy red colour. All this creates an extraordinary range of contrast in a world of magic realism. Insects are not able to see red, and, just like birds, are able to see more clearly in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum. Plants use this ultraviolet part to achieve even brighter colours with which to attract insects for pollination and to alert birds to ripe fruit, berries and seeds. What we see in infra-red is actually the plant in a pure way, without the colours that are designed to lure animals. The unadorned plant, stripped of make-up, the shamelessly naked plant, as it were. But perhaps it is also the perception of an alien creature that views our blue-green planet as, respectively, a red and light blue fairytale landscape. Or conversely, it may resemble a once lush landscape on Mars, with dark red skies and alien, icy blue vegetation.Normally infrared pictures are presented in black and white as people are not familiar with those strange colours. We are used to black and white infrared pictures as the early infrared films where black and white anyhow. I like the strange colour spectrum of digital infrared photo's though, and present my pictures in this vivid book 'Vibrance' and the book called 'Desaturated', in which a slight touch of this world colours remain in almost black and white.Robin Noorda, Amsterdam 2019

Fully revised & updated August 2018 Covers DxO and Google versions of Nik Silver Efex Pro 2 Nik Silver Efex Pro 2 quickly gained an enthusiastic following amongst photographers' keen to produce dramatic black and white photography. Today, it still enjoys a strong following and for good reason. It helps you to quickly produce photographs that could take many hours using other photo editors. Despite this, a lot of photographers still don't realise the full potential of their work. The secret to success with Nik Silver Efex Pro is like most things in life. It's knowing what to do to achieve the desired outcome. This is where this book can help you. It thoroughly explains every control in the Silver Efex software. Not by using vague descriptions, but by examining the effect of the controls on sample images. You will find recommendations about which sliders to use to achieve specific results. There are tips spread throughout the book explaining how to accomplish dramatic conversions as well as improve your photo editing. It explains the order in which you should apply adjustments to your image to improve conversions (it's not the order in the interface suggests). There are ideas about how to pre-process your photos before converting them black and white. It contains four full length examples detailing image conversions with Nik Silver Efex Pro 2. To support the worked examples in this book, you can download the starting images from the authors website and follow his editing on your own computer. Truly master Nik Silver Efex Pro with the help of this book.

In the so-called 'near infrared spectrum' leaves, plants and grass colour blue to white, as if there were frost on the branches and leaves. The detail in the shadows remains much more visible. The blue sky gets a deep burgundy red colour. All this creates an extraordinary range of contrast in a world of magic realism. Insects are not able to see red, and, just like birds, are able to see more clearly in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum. Plants use this ultraviolet part to achieve even brighter colours with which to attract insects for pollination and to alert birds to ripe fruit, berries and seeds. What we see in infra-red is actually the plant in a pure way, without the colours that are designed to lure animals. The unadorned plant, stripped of make-up, the shamelessly naked plant, as it were. But perhaps it is also the perception of an alien creature that views our blue-green planet as, respectively, a red and light blue fairytale landscape. Or conversely, it may resemble a once lush landscape on Mars, with dark red skies and alien, icy blue vegetation.Normally infrared pictures are presented in black and white as people are not familiar with those strange colours. We are used to black and white infrared pictures as the early infrared films where black and white anyhow. I like the strange colour spectrum of digital infrared photo's though, and present my pictures in the vivid book 'Vibrance' and this book called 'Desaturated', in which a slight touch of this world colours remain in almost black and white.Robin Noorda, Amsterdam 2019