Released to near universal acclaim, Apple's Aperture is an all-in-one post-production tool for professional photographers. Featuring a RAW-focused workflow, Aperture lets photographers import, edit, catalog, organize, retouch, publish, and archive images more effectively and efficiently than ever before. In this guide, best-selling author Ben Long takes Aperture users to the next level, providing them with a more in-depth understanding of Aperture's tools, as well as lots of tips and work-...

A Gotrek & Felix OmnibusThe Slayer and his poet companion plus a host of friends new and old hunt an ancient dragon, defend the city of Praag from an almighty siege and embark on a quest to save one of their number from the clutches of a vampire in a trio of action-packed novels.READ IT BECAUSEDragons, a massive Chaos siege and the undead this omnibus contains some classic villains in some of Gotrek & Felix's best loved adventures a...

It is 1679 and England is awash with suspicion. Fear of conspiracy and religious terrorism has provoked panic in politicians and a zealous reaction from the legal system. Everywhere - or so it is feared - Catholic agents are plotting to overthrow the king. Now Samuel Pepys, Secretary of the Admiralty, finds himself in a position few people then or now would have expected - charged with treason.Imprisoned in the Tower of London and abandoned by the embattled king, Pepys knows that t...

Who hasn’t dreamed about making a movie? We'll show you how to navigate the world of independent filmmaking, from script to screen. The Digital Filmmaking Handbook will help you make the movie you've been dreaming about.For this edition, we’ve focused on soft skills: developing a project, writing a compelling story, working with actors, the special challenges of directing. After all, these are the things that really matter in the end—skills that help you t...

For the first time in full-color, the 7th Edition of The Digital Filmmaking Handbook is a major update. Filmmaking involves much more than just buying a camera and a computer and The Digital Filmmaking Handbook covers everything you need to know, whether you're making a feature-length movie, a series of webisodes, a VR project, or even your first short film. This one-stop digital filmmaking resource will guide you from your initial idea to getting your project finished. It will show you ho...

Filmmaking involves much more than just buying a camera and a computer and The Digital Filmmaking Handbook covers everything you need to know, whether you’re making a feature-length movie, a series of webisodes, a VR project, or even your first short film. This one-stop digital filmmaking resource will guide you from your initial idea to getting your finished project “in the can.” It will show you how to create shots and effects that are rarely associated with low-budget productions.

Journey Toward Faith: Finding the Way Forward is the second book in a memoir series addressing resilience and emotional healing. Ben Thieu Long and Darleen Long (pseudonyms) were raised with a strong Christian foundation by their devout mother. However, their father had lost his faith while serving in World War II and turned to alcohol to cope. His subsequent behavior vacillated between benign neglect and periodic outbursts, leaving anxiety, fear, and self-doubt in its wake. This family en...

This book is the third volume in a memoir series describing a military policeman’s moral and emotional dilemmas in the Vietnam war. Stories of actual experience are positioned sequentially among actual letters sent home to his new wife. He tries to censor his daily experiences in the letters in an effort to protect their relationship from the contradictions of his behavior and progressively disturbed thoughts.The soldier’s responses to temptation trigger an inner battle over values, identi...

When we go walking, we never know how long we will be, what we will hear and what we will see.We pack our bags with food and water, a billy and some matches to light a fire.We head off into the shady monsoon forest on the edge of the billabong.Diane Lucas, Ben Tyler and Emma Long share their knowledge and love of the Top End in this enchanting and accessible book about one of Australia's most ancient and beautiful ecosystems.'This ...

"The meticulousness of the Longs' research is awesome" in this historical account of the plot to brand a British naval official as a Catholic traitor ( The Guardian).1679, England: Fear of conspiracy and religious terrorism have provoked panic in politicians and a zealous reaction from the legal system. Everywhere, or so it is feared, Catholic agents are plotting to overthrow the King. Samuel Pepys, Secretary of the Admiralty, finds himself charged with tr...

This is a memoir addressing the emotional and ethical effects of war. The format folds a soldier’s stories of actual experiences in Vietnam ‘between the lines’ of letters sent home to his new wife. The stark contrast between those experiences and the content of his letters home reveals a tension between openness and self-censorship. The soldier’s focus is to protect their love relationship, but he struggles with his own behavior in an environment of moral challenges. As he encounters socia...

13 Moons over Vietnam—1st Moon: Innocence Why another memoir on Vietnam? There are already hundreds of publications on the Vietnam War. 13 Moons over Vietnam captures a unique perspective of a soldier’s experience of war, juxtaposing more than 150 stories between the lines of 280 uncensored letters to his wife, who was pregnant with their first child. These stories, describing actual experiences, are conveyed with raw emotions of anxiety and fear, refuting the nonchalant tone of his corres...