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Reference Guides
Some topics are just so important, so complex, that you can't get enough information about them. Well, with Peachpit.com's Reference Guides, you can say they've at least tried. In the Reference Guides, you'll find everything you ever wanted to know about Photoshop, the Mac, Web Design, and Flash with new updates posted each week by some of the most respected authors in the industry.

Peachpit.com has help with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
Have you encountered question mark icons on your Lightroom thumbnails, or seen folder names displaying in red within the Folders panel? This week in the Photoshop Lightroom Reference Guide, Rob Sylvan explains why this happens and how to fix the "missing file" problem when it does occur.

Peachpit.com has help with Macintosh
New to Leopard? Want to learn how to speed up a slow Mac? Need to learn now to use those parental controls quick? Forgot a shortcut? You've come to the right place. Hosted by Mac author Owen Linzmayer, the Macintosh Reference Guide is an in-depth, comprehensive set of instructions for using your favorite operating system. Scroll through the table of contents to find detailed tutorials on how to do everything from configuring your system preferences to sending email while traveling to configuring LAN access.

Peachpit.com has help with Photoshop
Shooting close-up portraits with a zoom lens or digital zoom can make your subjects look a little, well, wider than they really are. In this week's Photoshop video tutorial, Matt Kloskowski shows you how to thin a person's face or figure without making it LOOK like you did something in Photoshop.

Peachpit.com has help with Web Design
Have you ever wondered how the Web teams behind the most popular sites get so many people to sign up for their products and services? In his recent Five Tips in Five Days series on the Peachpit Commons blog, Robert Hoekman explains the process you need to follow to get new users over the crucial hurdle of signing up for products and services on your Web site.

Peachpit.com has help with Flash
Whether you're a designer or a developer working in Flash, the Flash Reference Guide has a ton of useful information for you—regardless of your skill level.

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