Computer and Web Design Resources

I've put together a list of books and software programs that I've found very useful in web site and graphic creation. Click on the links/images below to find out additional purchasing information. You will also find a more extensive list of web design related books and classes here.

Search Amazon for Paint Shop Pro, web design and other related books and software programs.

Software

NEW!! Paint Shop Pro 9 is a fantastic graphic program that combines both vector and raster tools. Its powerful, easy to use features at a very low price make it a must have program for your web design toolkit. - $99.99 (there is a $50 Jasc mail-in rebate included with the package. Net cost: $49.99)

Paint Shop Pro Album 5

List Price:		$39.99
Price:		$39.99
Special Offers:		$25.00
Price After Special Offers:		$14.99

Great deal! This is a terrific program for organizing photos. It's also great for doing simple photo editing.

Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0

List Price:		$84.99
Price:		$84.99
Special Offers:		$20.00
Price After Special Offers:		$64.99

Photoshop CS

Price:

589.99

Macromedia Studio MX 2004
Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Freehand

Amazon Price: $964.99

Xara X

Great program for creating vector based web graphics.

Amazon Price: 188.95

Books

CSS Books

Web Standards Solutions

CSS Cookbook

Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide

Core CSS

Cascading Style Sheets 2.0 Programmer's Reference

More Eric Meyer on CSS

DHTML and CSS

CSS by Example

Photoshop

	Photoshop CS for Digital Photographers -- by Scott Kelby; Paperback Buy new: $23.99 This is an excellent book for people who want to learn how to correct and enhance their digital images. The book is easy to understand and there are tons of time saving techniques. This is the best Photoshop book that I've read to date!
	Real World Adobe Photoshop 7 by David Blatner, Bruce Fraser Price: $34.99 This book is packed with useful Photoshop tips and techniques for print and web images. A great book to have in your reference library.
	Photoshop 7 Image Ready by Jan Kabili and Lynda Weinman Price: $34.99 This is an excellent book if you need to learn how to use Photoshop to create web graphics. It is not geared for the digital photographer.

Paint Shop Pro

Sams Teach Yourself Paint Shop Pro 7 in 24 Hours by T. Michael Clark, Kris Tufto - $13.99
Paint Shop Pro 7 for Dummies by David C. Kay - $15.99
Complete Idiots Guide to Paint Shop Pro 7 by Nate Gertler - $13.99
Paint Shop Pro 7 Fast & Easy by Diane Koers - $13.29
Paint Shop Pro 7 Solutions by Lori Davis - $13.96
Paint Shop Pro 7 for Dummies by David Kay - $13.99
Paint Shop Pro 6 Power - This is a new, full color book by Lori Davis that thoroughly covers the new Paint Shop Pro 6 features. Order from Amazon.com - $27.99
Paint Shop Pro Visual Insight by Ramona Pruitt, Joshua Pruitt - $20.99

Web Development

	Eric Meyer on CSS also More Eric Meyer on CSS by Eric Meyer Price: $29.25
	Macromedia Fireworks MX Training from the Source by Schulze Price: $31.49
	If you are having difficulties with programming concepts, I recommend reading Learning Computer Programming It's Not About Languages by Mary E. Farrell.
	Dreamweaver MX Hands-On Training by Lynda Weinman. Price - $31.49 Lynda writes fantastic web design related books! This is an awesome book for learning Dreamweaver!
	Flash MX Hands-On Training by Kymberlee Weil and Garo Green Price: $31.49 Easy to follow. This book will get you up and running with Flash MX quickly and easily.
	Robin Williams Web Design Workshop by Robin Williams Price - $27.99 One of my favorite books on design and the development process.
	Dreamweaver 4 Bible by Joseph W. Lowery Price: $39.99 Terrific Book!
	Creative HTML Design by Lynda Weinman Price: $31.99 This is an excellent web design resource that I use in my web class.
	Designing Web Graphics by Lynda Weinman. - $44.00
	FrontPage 2000 by Morley. - $35.50
	JavaScript a Beginner's Guide by John Pollock Price: $20.99 This book was recommended to me by many of my students. It's easy to follow, the explanations and examples are clear and consise; it's a good all round introduction to JavaScript. I suggest that all my students use it as a supplement to the JavaScript component of my web design course.

More Resources

If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area and you're interested in learning more about web design and development, graphics, or computers in general, consider taking classes at the Contra Costa ROP Technology Center. We offer affordable computer training in a variety of subjects. Visit our web site for more information.

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