"The Master Drummer" is based on over 40 years of observing and studying the master players. Throughout this DVD, renowned player, author, and teacher John Riley defines and explores the four key musical components drummers must develop in order to play at the highest level. John's insightful approach will help any drummer grow, regardless of level or style, and will lead to positive results in the achievement of one's musical goals. Definitely a great DVD - one of the first that is really geared towards jazz drumset playing, although drummers playing any style can benefit from this material. I was lucky enough to study with John for 2.5 years in college, and I've hung with him a bunch since. He's an extremely articulate and inspiring teacher, and this DVD is really well done and deeply informative. You won't really get the gist of it from a single viewing. Like John's books, there is a serious wealth of information to delve into. You'll be working on this stuff for years!
There are four sections of roughly half and hour each covering technique, groove, creativity, and musicianship. The first section has a lot of talk and demonstration of technique, but unlike most other drum DVDs, Riley focuses on things that are important to jazz drummers playing jazz music. That having been said, drummers playing any style of music can benefit from this material.

Capture One 5.0 Build 33255.33248 is a raw converter and workflow software which enables photographers to reduce the time and effort required to deliver stunning ready-to-use images with excellent color and detail.

Capture One 5.0 Build 33255.33248 is a raw converter and workflow software which enables photographers to reduce the time and effort required to deliver stunning ready-to-use images with excellent color and detail.Capture One is designed to create the best image quality in the market and holds a series of easy-touse tools created to match the professional photographer’s daily workflow.Capture One 5 is made by Phase One, the world’s leading manufacturer of high-end digital camera systems, in collaboration with the world’s leading professional photographers.Capture One allows you to open and edit RAW files from the most commonly used DSLR cameras and convert them into TIFF or JPEG.Working with RAW files instead of JPEGs provides you with better image quality since you are working with the camera's "native image data". Shooting RAW will help you get the most out of your pictures.

Capture One 5.0 PRO includes a host of new features including the following:
• Focus Mask: Accelerate your image selection by using the Focus Mask for fast verification of
image focus
• Focus Tool: Get an instant, true view of image focus with the Focus tool
• RGB Levels & Curves: Adjust individual color channels easily with RGB Levels and Curves
• Skin Tone Enhancer: Achieve perfect, smooth and soft appearing skin tones with the Skin

Capture One PRO is RAW workflow software designed for the professional photographer.
Capture One allows you to load in RAW files from the most commonly used DSLR cameras or shoot tethered to the computer. The intuitive Capture One RAW workflow guides you through image capture, editing and enhancement in a few simple steps and converts your RAW files into TIFF-RGB, TIFF-CMYK or JPEG images on-the-fly. Capture One is renowned for producing exceptional image quality with fine details, accurate colors and virtually no noise. This is also why Capture One is used and recommended by professional photographers around the world. It is a great privilege for Phase One to be able to work closely with professional photographers in order to further develop the Capture One processing core and workflow tools for mutual benefit.

Original Name
Language Japanese
Subtitles English
Year 2008
Natsumi is forced to work in a steel factory in order to pay off a debt, a factory notorious for employing women with "dark pasts" as slave labor. Tsukada, Chief of Security places Natsumi in a team of four women led by Atsuko(Nagisa Umeno). When one worker fails to follow instructions, Tsukada rapes her, and Natsumi is next on his list. Natsumi tries to fight the insanity, but is hindered by managing director Hideko and factory president Kamiyama. It is up to Natsumi to take on the evildoings of the factory.

For anyone who thought attacks couldnt get much more devastating or more spectacular than the fully charged Musou think again! Samurai Warriors 2 now gives you the chance to max out your Musou gauge not once, not twice but three times. This adds an exciting new element of strategy as players can choose between saving up their Musou potential until the awesome power of a three bar attack has been reached or using what you have at the time to get yourself out of a sticky situation. Its now up to the player whether they can resist the urge to unleash their Musou for a quick explosion of power and wait for the ultimate in devastating battlefield power and pyrotechnics.

IMDB........: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0876563/
Runtime.....: 100 Minute
Genre.......: Animation | Adventure | Family | Fantasy
Resolution..: 600 x 320
Size........: 700MB
Files.......: 1
Video.......: XviD - 865 kbps
Audio.......: 192 kbps
Language....: Japanese
Subtitles...: English | Japanese
Country.....: Japan

Synopsis: Shirou Emiya lost his parents in a fire when he was young and was later adopted by a sorceror by the name of Kiritsugu Emiya. Although he was full of admiration for his adopted father and yearns to become an ally of justice, Shirou has limited powers and was unable to become a strong sorcerer like his father. That is until one fateful day, he was drawn into the Holy Grail War and had to summon a female "Servant" known as Saber in order to protect himself. It turns out that the Holy Grail War involves a series of battles among powerful sorcerors to fight for the possession of a relic that will grant one's wishes, the Holy Grail. There are altogether seven "Masters" who can summon their respective "Servants" from different classes known as Saber, Archer, Rider, Berserker, Lancer, Caster and Assasin. These "Servants" have to hide their names in order not to reveal their weaknesses to the enemies. The story revolves around Shirou and his entanglement in the Holy Grail War.
Genres: Action • Drama • Fantasy • Magic • Romance • Seinen • Supernatural

ArcSoft PhotoStudio Darkroom 2.0.0.174 Multilanguage | RS 31 MB
ArcSoft PhotoStudio Darkroom is an image processing solution that meets the needs of a wide range of users, said Michael Downs, ArcSoft Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. Were excited to broaden that range by offering support for even more RAW formats.

We think our users will be excited about the additional format support and our new features like recipe copy and paste, and various one-click blemish removal tools that make it even easier for them to get professional-looking results.

Key Features:
Built-in photo browser (NEW)
Import from camera or removable drive (NEW)
Non-destructive image processing
Support for RAW, JPEG, and TIFF files

Capture One PRO is RAW workflow software designed for the professional photographer. Capture One allows you to load in RAW files from the most commonly used DSLR cameras or shoot tethered to the computer. The intuitive Capture One RAW workflow guides you through image capture, editing and enhancement in a few simple steps and converts your RAW files into TIFF-RGB, TIFF-CMYK or JPEG images on-the-fly. Capture One is renowned for producing exceptional image quality with fine details, accurate colors and virtually no noise. This is also why Capture One is used and recommended by professional photographers around the world. It is a great privilege for Phase One to be able to work closely with professional photographers in order to further develop the Capture One processing core and workflow tools for mutual benefit.

High resolution 2009 calendar exclusively for all Haruhi fans out there:)

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ArcSoft Panorama Maker(R) 4 Pro is for professional quality photo stitching -- turning any series of overlapping photos into a gorgeous panoramic image quickly and easily. Panorama Maker 4 Pro provides extensive RAW format support, so you can be sure it will work seamlessly with your latest digital camera. What's more, Panorama Maker 4 Pro includes the fine-tuning options that professionals need. Adjust and edit the resulting image, including altering stitching points, stitching paths, brightness, contrast, and more.

Key Features:
* Creates horizontal, vertical and 360° panorama pictures
* Turns a regular camera lens into a wide angle monster
* Automatically selects a whole group of photos with one click
* Automatically orders and stitches pictures seamlessly
* Works with JPG and RAW* image files
* Available for both PC and Mac (including MacIntel)
* Supports banner paper and multi-sheet printing

Piece of Mind is the fourth studio album by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It was originally released in 1983 (see 1983 in music) on EMI, and on Capitol in the US; it was reissued later on Sanctuary/Columbia Records. It was the first album to feature drummer Nicko McBrain, who had recently left the Paris-based band Trust.

"The Trooper" remains as one of the most popular songs in the band's history, and has been included in the set list of all of the band's concert tours since the album's release. During the Blaze Bayley era, it was used as the closing song for the lineup's tours.

Lyrically, the album reflected the group's interest in books and film. For example, "To Tame a Land" is based on Frank Herbert's novel Dune. "The Trooper" is inspired by Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade. "Still Life" is inspired by fantasy/horror writer Clark Ashton Smith's pre-World War II short story Genius Loci. Other inspirations include "Where Eagles Dare", a film, and a novel by Alistair MacLean; "Quest for Fire", based on the film by Jean-Jacques Annaud; the writer G. K. Chesterton who is quoted at the beginning of "Revelations". More exotic influences include Greek mythology, albeit slightly altered for "Flight of Icarus", and samurai legend Miyamoto Musashi ("Sun and Steel"). Aleister Crowley influenced a good piece of the remaining lyrics of "Revelations," which was written by Dickinson.

Capture One PRO is RAW workflow software designed for the professional photographer.
Capture One allows you to load in RAW files from the most commonly used DSLR cameras or shoot tethered to the computer. The intuitive Capture One RAW workflow guides you through image capture, editing and enhancement in a few simple steps and converts your RAW files into TIFF-RGB, TIFF-CMYK or JPEG images on-the-fly. Capture One is renowned for producing exceptional image quality with fine details, accurate colors and virtually no noise. This is also why Capture One is used and recommended by professional photographers around the world. It is a great privilege for Phase One to be able to work closely with professional photographers in order to further develop the Capture One processing core and workflow tools for mutual benefit.

Highlighted new features

This new release of Capture One comes in three versions: 4.5.1, 4.5.1 PRO and 4.5.1 DB.
Capture One 4.5.1 is a free service release to existing Capture One 4.x owners. Capture One 4.5.1 PRO/DB is a major upgrade to the respective versions Capture One 3.x. Existing customers with Capture One 3.x PRO/DB can upgrade to Capture One 4.5.1 PRO/DB respectively at no extra cost.

Transfer - Rename - View - Print - Document - Organize * incl. EXIF, RAW, Video. The integrated solution for managing and printing images. PIE Studio combines the powerful features of the Picture Information Extractor with the smart printing capabilities of PrintStation. The main window of PIE Studio. It shows you all the picture information and a preview. You can manage your picture files, transfer, rename, rotate (lossless) and easily choose the images you want to print. Setting up the layout for printing or creation of PDF albums and catalogues. You can quickly add labels with picture metadata to the images. The labels can be printed above, below or over the pictures with variable font style and color. In PIE Studio, as opposed to pure PrintStation, the list of available macros includes EXIF data such as date and time of exposure.

All features of PIE and PrintStation in one application:
Easy and fast printing of loads of pictures
Printing of multiple pictures in columns and rows
Resize, move, rotate or multiply single pictures
Automatic sizing and positioning to fit within your selected print settings
Creation of PDF albums and index files
Full WYSIWYG preview of all the pages of images you have chosen to print
Flexible labeling options
Define custom header and footer texts for pages and images

ArcSoft PhotoStudio Darkroom is an exciting, new software application that focuses on non-destructive imaging processing for RAW, JPEG and TIFF image files. The program offers both professionals and hobbyists a complete set of enhancement tools and export options inside a thoughtfully-designed, professional user interface.

Key Features:
* Built-in photo browser
* Import from camera or removable drive
* Non-destructive image processing
* Support for RAW, JPEG and TIFF files
* Broad RAW format support: Canon, Nikon, Panasonic,
Adobe DNG, Sony, Kodak, Olympus, Sigma, Mamiya, Epson
* Lightning-fast thumbnail previews
* Exposure adjustment
* White balance adjustment
* Lens correction
* Curves and levels
* Crop and straighten

"SILKYPIX Developer Studio 3.0 is awarded as the best RAW converter for digital images!"

Nowadays consumer digital cameras are very popular because of their ease of use. Unfortunately, consumer digital compact cameras have limited functionality that reduce the quality of the image and therefore produce inferior results.
These shortcomings could be: unnatural jagged edges, unnatural colours, over saturation, over sharpening, pixilation and excessive colour noise from high ISO photos.

In order to achieve better quality images, RAW photography has become increasingly popular over the last couple of years. Many enthusiastic (semi) professional photographers are demanding the best quality from their cherished images. As a consequence, photographing in RAW format bypasses standard factory camera settings and enables you to creatively explore the full potential of your camera.

Digital SLR cameras and high-end compact cameras offer the possibility to use RAW image formats, which is the native data received directly from the sensor. The SLR camera is a Single Lens Reflex camera. For further explanation, open document link located to the left at the beginning of the article entitled, "SLR camera."
Regular Consumer digital compact cameras tend not give the user access to the RAW data, as this is normally processed within the digital camera to produce an image in the more readily accessible format of JPG.

SILKYPIX is specifically developed for enthusiastic photographers and professional users. The software offers a professional colour management engine, including ICC profiles along side comprehensive development functions such as white balancing, contrast, sharpness, saturation, lens correction, image perspective and trimming (cropping), outputting and printing. The extended Adobe RGB colourspace is also supported.

GET PAID TO PLAY! 30 years in the making, the first book to offer everything you need to go from rags to riches in the fabulous videogame industry is here - are you ready to nail the ultimate high score? A must-have for anyone seeking a career in game art, design, audio, programming, marketing, journalism and sales! Learn how to break into the business and hit the jackpot from industry legends including Shigeru Miyamoto, Sid Meier, Trip Hawkins, Will Wright and more! Foreword by Atari founder Nolan Bushnell. "Finally, a book that shows you how to make all your dreams come true - and make serious money doing it!" -Brian Fargo, Founder, Interplay/InXile Ent. "Reveals the secrets of playing to win. and how to do it making great games!" -"Wild Bill" Stealey, Founder, MicroProse/Int. Magic "A must-read. The first book on the videogame business that's both insightful and entertaining." -Ed Zobrist, President, Sierra Online

DEATH TRANCE is a stylish over-the-top action fantasy film starring Japan’s newest star Tak Sakaguchi of VERSUS and GODZILLA: FINAL WARS. Yuji Shimomura, best known for directing the fight sequences for VERSUS, makes his directorial debut! DEATH TRANCE also features Kentaro Seagal's first action movie debut (son of Steven Segal!)

In an unknown place and unknown time, a master Samurai known only by the name of Grave (Tak Sakaguchi) searches for the ultimate battle. Never showing fear for any fight, Grave is the one and only swordsman able tosteal the mysterious and legendary coffin from the holy Tougan Temple. In this world without reason, a young girl from the temple grounds follows Grave and the coffin wherever they may go.

And so begins the deadly race to re-capture the coffin and its hidden power from Grave for good or evil.

DEATH TRANCE embodies a mix of the modern Samurai movie with highly stylized post-apocalyptic MAD MAX cinematography. Filmed amongst the ancient ruins of rural Japan, DEATH TRANCE depicts non-stop battles between sword and gun, mortal & immortal, myth and reality within a stark desert and forbidden forest. In the end, will destruction win or hope prevail?
From Producer Yoshinori Chiba (THE NEIGHBOR NO. 13, Takashi Miike’s breakthrough film, FUDOH: THE NEW GENERATION, Keita Amemiya’s ZEIRAM and the popular EKO EKO AZARAK series).

New generation of wavelet noise reduction and color matching software for digital images.
Let's face it: Most of the current image processing algorithms were designed thirty years ago when not many people could imagine digital cameras. Even JPG standard was not yet created. Many of these old algorithms don't work very well with digital cameras.

PureImage doesn't stop just with the Noise Reduction. Color Matching and Correction is another half of the story.
Works in MS VISTA!

WHAT'S NEW in PureImage 1.7?

ADDITIONS:
+ Updated RAW reading with the latest version of RAW reading library. Added support for Olympus E410 and Mamiya ZD.
+ Added the Sony Alpha ARW and Mamiya ZD MEF extension into the list of supported RAW files.