Books and Magazines Recommendations.
Books and videos are essential to learning the newest version of the ever more complex multimedia software. PageMill (for creating web sites) is easy to learn on your own; but for CyberStudio (now Adobe GO LIVE) a good after-market book would help. And for DreamWeaver, a book and video could rescue your nerves.
With millions of eager digital customers wanting the latest release, there is a huge and growing market for information.
Thousands of professors need to know about the latest advance in products before their students, form a hungry market for trade magazines, which tend to be the best for product reviews.
Another market is less often recognized, the millions of older people who see their grandchildren work the new digital equipment and software. Not wanting to be left behind they too need, and are prepared to pay for, the necessary books. My mother, aged 79, just bought a scanner, an Alps dry ink color printer, and buys 'how to' books on a variety of computer topics.
Due to the demand for information, we have initiated this gateway of links. It will grow with time, and at present should be considered still under development.
We review products (magazines, videos, and books) whether they be in German, Spanish, or English, the languages we can ourselves read, and the languages of the largest international markets. Book reviews are in other areas of the FLAAR.
DIGITAL IMAGING
Midrange and high-end are the goals of the FLAAR. Test and review institute. Thus we do not review consumer level magazines like (in Germany) Computer BILD magazine.
ComputerFoto: e-mail computerfoto@interabo.de
Computer Graphics World: www.cgw.com
Digital Graphics is one of my two favorite trade magazines. www.nbm.com/digitalgraphics Tel: (303) 469-0424, fax (303) 469-5730 PO Box 1416, Broomfield CO 80038-1416 |
Digital Imaging, Cygnus Publishing, www.digitalimagingmag.com |
The Big Picture magazine offers comprehensive coverage of large format printers and media. This company also publishes and distributes books on sign making etc. (ST. Publications) |
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Electronic Publishing is the other of my two recommended trade magazines. electronic-publishing.com, subscriptions 800 331-4463, ext. 537, E-mail carlapi@pennwell |
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Digital Output: The Business Guide for Electronic Publishers is another excellent choice. We devote an entire page to reviewing Digital Output on www.wide-format-printers.org |
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| PEI, Photo Electronic Imaging Magazine, www.peimag.com, highly recommended magazine for professional digital photography and related topics. | |
PHOTOGRAPHY MAGAZINES
Including Large Format Professional and/or with good digital-photography components.
Camera Arts, 35mm and medium format, cameraarts.com
FotoImagen, revista (in Spanish), Mario Fernandez, publisher, 7593 NW 8th St., Unit 6, Miami FL 33126, tel (305) 264 0900, fax (305) 264 9480, www.fotoimagen.com, e-mail fotoimagen@aol.com
FotooMagazine, top special Verlag, Hamburg, Germany, tel 040 34 72 46 73
Industrial Photography , was unable to find a web site, do not know if they still exist (information welcomed at our e-mail, ReaderService@flaar.org
Photo District News and PIX, pdn-pix.com, Photo District News is traditional source of information for professional photographers. PIX is a new format for digital photography.
Photo Media, for serious creators and users of photography. PhotoMedia, 19019 Corliss Ave North, Seattle WA 98133, e-mail publisher@photomediagroup.com, www.photomediagroup.com
View Camera Magazine, Steve Simmons, Publisher, (916) 441-2557, www.viewcamera.com
PHOTOGRAPHIE PHOTO NEWS PHOTO TECHNIK INTERNATIONAL
Schwarzweiss (recent issue was 20, thus titled Schwarzweiss 20), artwork.de
Studio Photography & Design, Cygnus Publishing, www.spdonline.com
PROFESSlONAL COMPUTER MAGAZINES
c't - Magazin für Computertechnik, www.heise.de/ct
E-media Professional (dedicated to DVD, CD of all flavors)
Trade magazine for CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-RAM, all other DVD
If you wish to keep up with technological and marketing information about all kinds of CDs and DVD, then you need E-media professional.
ADDITIONAL MAGAZINES WORTH SUBSCRIBING TO
Digital Fine Art Magazine (formerly Giclees Today), e-mail: giclees@aol.com, www.giclees.com
MACINTOSH MAGAZINES
Several Mac magazines in the USA did not survive the crisis of Apple Computer in 1996-1997. MacWeek was a great source of inside information and will be missed by all. A pale reflection is on the Internet, macworld.com.
In Germany the major Macintosh magazine is Macup, e-mail macup@interabo.de, web site www.macup.com
Mac MAGAZIN, leading Mac magazine for German speaking Europe, www.macmagazin.de
Mac Addict, additional useful information on the Macintosh world, www.macaddict.com
MacWorld, essential reading for Mac users, macworld.com.
Design updated June 20, 2008.
Updated Feb. 23, 1999, last udated Aug. 5, 2001.