Sir Bruce Fraser Bücher

Describes the features of the Adobe Photoshop CS5 plug-in, Camera Raw 6, covering such topics as building a workflow, automating tasks, using Adobe Bridge, and DNG.

"The United States is in many ways a model for the world, yet for one of the most fundamental of all human concerns, the imperative to keep ourselves and our loved ones free from harm, American ingenuity has failed. Unique in all of the developed world, America is bathed in violence. Our churches and schools, our movie theaters and dance clubs and music festivals are no longer safe places to congregate. Our politics is consumed by fear and intimations of violence, and our foreign policy is centered on the violence that we export to the world or can inflict on others. Violence is foundational to America, and has become, it seems, America's most insoluble problem. But to solve this problem, we must first understand it. The Violence Inside Us examines the roots of human violence itself and the propensity of people to harm themselves and each other. The result is a carefully researched, deeply emotional, and personal book that dissects America's violence obsession through an evolutionary, historical, and economic lens. And the book takes a hard look at one distinctly American feature: a firearms industry that has for decades manipulated and dominated politics and culture in order to maintain a ghastly status quo and prevent even the most basic anti-violence measure from being implemented. Following his profound personal transformation in the wake of the Newtown mass murder and his subsequent immersion in the intertwined issues of freedom and firearms, Senator Chris Murphy dedicated himself to examining America's obsession with violent acts and why we've tolerated them for so long, to deeply explore all of the arguments and the latest research on what works and what doesn't, and to establish the steps we must take to change. The Violence Inside Us is the extraordinary result"-- Provided by publisher

It's a sad but undeniable fact of life: Whether you scan, shoot, or capture, the process of digitizing images introduces softness, and to get great-looking results, you'll need to sharpen the great majority of digital images. The softness introduced during digitizing results from the very nature of the digitizing process. To represent images digitally, we must transform them from continuous gradations of tone and color to points on a grid. In the process details gets "averaged" into the pixels, softening the overall appearance. For some types of printed output, further softness is introduced when the image pixels are converted to dots of ink or toner. As a result, just about every digital image requires sharpening. But another sad fact of digital photography is that most images are sharpened badly--either not enough, too much, or using the wrong methods--creating chunky details and harsh edges. Author, Bruce Fraser is here to teach readers all they need to know about sharpening including when to use it, why it's needed, how to use the camera's features, how to recognize an image needs sharpening, how much to use, what's bad sharpening and how to fix over sharpening. For more on Sharpening: http: //www.creativepro.com/story/feature/11242.html

Current usage of vocabulary and style is explained clearly and sections included cover: jargon, cliches, spelling and punctuation; ground rules of grammar; superfluous words, overuse or misuse; sexist language, the influence of science and technology, American English and exemplary clarity.

Fooling around with Photoshop to create interesting composite artwork is all well and good. But if you rely on Photoshop to meet tough production challenges in a fast-paced professional environment, fooling around won't cut it! You need results, and you need them This book delivers! In this copiously illustrated volume, best-selling authors David Blatner and Bruce Fraser offer scads of hands-on production techniques as well as clear explanations of the concepts that drive them, so that you can get the best results possible on your own Photoshop CS2 projects. You'll learn about managing color, getting great scans, correcting tones and colors, and more. You also find complete coverage of all of Photoshop CS2's newest integration with Adobe Bridge; Vanishing Point; super-tight integration with the rest of Adobe's Creative Suite 2; and more. Throughout, the emphasis is on the time-saving tips and professional shortcuts that will allow you to work faster, smarter, and more creatively with Photoshop CS2.

Spanning the breadth of the author's writing life, this collection of short stories celebrates the land and those who live by it. From the heart of the Chilcotin across British Columbia and to far-flung locales, share the insights into and of various territories, the people who inhabit and visit them, and at least one dog.

A sudden mysterious death unravels a long-kept secret, leading to profound changes in the lives of those affected. As characters grapple with the implications of this event, uncertainty looms over whether it was an accident, suicide, or murder, intensifying the upheaval and revealing hidden truths.

Set against the backdrop of the American electoral process, the narrative explores the complex interplay between Native land rights and environmental issues through the multigenerational saga of the Hanlon family. As they navigate these pressing concerns, their journey reflects the broader societal challenges and uncertainties that lie ahead.

The narrative unfolds through a series of vignettes capturing Bruce Fraser's life, blending humor and poignancy. It explores his academic journey, international consulting experiences, and the profound impact of friendships and loss. The story delves into how personal experiences influence identity and highlights the reciprocal relationship between individual actions and the broader world. The vivid imagery of caulked boots and an axe symbolizes the beginnings of Fraser's journey, setting the tone for a reflective exploration of life's complexities.

In the Chilcotin summer of 1986, college English teacher Johanna Kent is loved by everyone, until she is prompted by a book she reads to reveal her darkest secret to her family and friends, and the results are fatal. Noah Hanlon, the Chilcotin shaman and artist, asks his friend Raven to help him solve the ensuing mystery, while her daughter, Mary Kent, seeks for her own answers through her mother's literary studies.