Whether you want your wedding to be traditional or nontraditional, you want it to be personal. Design and print your own invitations, thank you notes and stationery on your computer. This book written by Patty Hoffman, Megan Eisen and Josh Eisen will help.

One of the new and improved features in Adobe Photoshop CS is the editable type on a path feature which is an easy method of placing horizontal or vertical text on a path. The text remains editable throughout the process, allowing for unlimited editing until the final step.

This book and CD come with a library packed with presets for Adobe Photoshop Elements 2 and 3. You will find over 500 layer styles and effects, dozens of textures and shapes, lots of media brushes and 40+ gradients. And they are all professional quality. The book teaches you how to use the presets.

Idea Kit is a good name for this book which includes everything you need to complete 17 easy and fun projects. All you need to provide is your own photos.

This is one of the best books on digital painting and character design that I have found. Most computer painting books deal with digital filters and special effects but this book is truly like taking a class in digital character painting with Photoshop CS.

Scott Kelby is your private instructor in this video DVD about the newest version of Adobe Photoshop Elements. With his easy and entertaining narrative style, Kelby introduces you to the new features in version 3 and some of the old favorites. This DVD is about two hours long and has 7 sections.

One of the BellaOnline editors emailed me a few days ago and asked how to apply a monochromatic effect to a photograph using Photoshop CS. She had seen this effect used on a website and liked it so much she wanted to use the technique on images for her own website. It is a simple technique . . .

So how did these professional animators create a Flash website for their business? If you take a look at their website, www.aardman.com, you will notice that their site is built on some basic principles of web animation and Flash design.

Painting a gradient in Photoshop CS is as easy as using the Gradient tool and drawing a line with your mouse. You can paint a gradient on an entire layer or just part of a layer.

When it comes to creating graphics for the web, Macromedia Fireworks has been, and still is, one of the most popular imaging software. With the latest release, MX 2004, Fireworks has been updated and improved with many new features.