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Author Stephen Laskevitch
Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom are central to almost all photographic workflows. Each new version of the software is a milestone in the development of these vital imaging tools, and the 2014 releases are no exception. Photographers often feel overwhelmed when startin....
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Designing Adaptive Virtual Worlds
Author Mary Lou Maher , Ning Gu
Designing adaptive virtual worlds takes the design of places for education, entertainment, online communities, business, and cultural activities in 3D virtual worlds to a new level. The place metaphor provides a rich source of styles and examples for designing in 3....
Release Date 2014/09 -
Photoshop for Games: Creating Art for Console, Mobile, and Social Games
Author Shawn Nelson
Most game artists use Photoshop to work out idea as much as to create a final product that can be used in a game. There are many ways to work efficiently in the program that can be tapped for a workflow that keeps artists productive and sane. This book takes an appr....
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InDesign CC: Visual QuickStart Guide (2014 release)
Author Sandee Cohen
InDesign CC: Visual QuickStart Guide (2014 release) is your complete guide to the core functions of InDesign as well as all the important new features. New to this edition is coverage of the greatly expanded ebook export capabilities, including Fixed Layout EPUB. Wi....
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Visual Quickstart Guide: Photoshop CC 2014 release
Author Peter Lourekas , Elaine Weinmann
This bestselling guide from authors Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas has been the go-to tutorial and reference book for photography/design professionals and the textbook of choice in college classrooms for decades. This edition includes their trademark features of....
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Mastering Autodesk Maya 2015: Autodesk Official Press
Author Todd Palamar
Expand your skills with complete Maya masteryMastering Autodesk Maya is the ultimate guide to the popular 3D animation software. Author Todd Palamar draws on his extensive professional animation experience to help readers take their Maya skills to the next level. Wr....
Release Date 2014/08 -
3D Animation for the Raw Beginner Using Maya
Author Roger King
Each chapter of 3D Animation for the Raw Beginner Using Maya introduces critical aspects of the 3D animation process and presents clear and concise tutorials that link key concepts to practical Autodesk® Maya® techniques. Providing a principles-based, yet pragmatic,....
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Safeguarding Intangible Assets
Author Michael D. Moberly
Safeguarding Intangible Assets provides strategies for preserving and enhancing a company’s intangible assets to increase its profitability, competitiveness, and sustainability. Intangible assets such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, methodologies, and brand ty....
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Adobe® Target Classroom in a Book®
Author Lily Chiu-Watson , Brian Hawkins
Marketers engaged in managing a modern website must quickly determine and deliver the most relevant, personalized experiences at each touchpoint across their digital properties for an often diverse visitor population. The Adobe Target solution (one component of the ....
Release Date 2014/07 -
Out of Order: Storytelling Techniques for Video and Cinema Editors
Author Ross Hockrow
Most video and film editors understand that the story is central to their work and that editing choices need to serve the telling of that story in the best way possible. What they may not know, however, are all the valuable techniques to making this craft appear sea....
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Adobe InDesign CC Classroom in a Book® (2014 release)
Author John Cruise , Kelly Kordes Anton
The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe InDesign CC (2014 release) Classroom in a Book®, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, offers what no other book or training program does—an official training series from Adobe S....
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Adobe Photoshop CC Classroom in a Book® (2014 release)
Author Brie Gyncild , Andrew Faulkner
The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe® Photoshop® CC (2014 release) Classroom in a Book®, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, offers what no other book or training program does–an official training series from Ado....
Release Date 2014/07 -
The Adobe Illustrator WOW! Book for CS6 and CC
Author Sharon Steuer
For decades, Sharon Steuer and her international WOW! team have been showcasing the world’s best artists and designers working in Illustrator. In this expanded edition of the best-selling and award-winning Illustrator WOW! Book, you’ll find hundreds of tips, tricks,....
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Author Diana Friedberg , Lori Coleman
First published in 2010. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Release Date 2014/07 -
The VES Handbook of Visual Effects, 2nd Edition
Author Jeffrey A. Okun , Susan Zwerman
Wisdom from the best and the brightest in the industry, this visual effects bible belongs on the shelf of anyone working in or aspiring to work in VFX. The book covers techniques and solutions all VFX artists/producers/supervisors need to know, from breaking down a ....
Release Date 2014/07 -
Multithreading for Visual Effects
Author James Reinders , Jeff Lait , Manuel Kraemer , Ronald Henderson , George ElKoura , Erw
Tackle the Challenges of Parallel Programming in the Visual Effects IndustryIn Multithreading for Visual Effects, developers from DreamWorks Animation, Pixar, Side Effects, Intel, and AMD share their successes and failures in the messy real-world application area of....
Release Date 2014/07 -
Practical Maya Programming with Python
Author Robert Galanakis
Unleash the power of Python in Maya and unlock your creativityIn DetailAutodesk Maya is a 3D computer graphics software. It offers a vast and flexible set of features utilizing Python. It is not difficult to get started using Python in Autodesk Maya, but it can be d....
Release Date 2014/07 -
Author Bret Malley
In Bret Malley’s world, a father is suspended in the air among his baby’s collection of toys . . . a big-box store and parking lot can be transformed into a scene of reclaimed nature . . . and an ordinary person can sculpt fire with his bare hands. And in Adobe Mast....
Release Date 2014/06 -
Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop for Photographers
Author Jan Kabili
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is fast becoming the digital photographer’s tool of choice, with its killer combination of versatile photo cataloging features and powerful image editing tools. Adobe Photoshop, its older relative, is still around, though, and is still indi....
Release Date 2014/06 -
Adobe Illustrator CC Classroom in a Book® Update (2014 Release)
Author Adobe Creative Team
The latest update to Adobe Illustrator added some great new enhancements, including live rectangles and live rounded rectangles, Pen tool preview, anchor point enhancements, Typekit missing fonts and font workflow enhancements, and more. This “What’s new” guide prov....
Release Date 2014/06 -
Author Aidan Chopra
Start building your 3D model today with a comprehensive guide to SketchUp 2014SketchUp 2014 For Dummies is a user-friendly guide to creating 3D models, adding textures, creating animated walkthroughs, and more, using one of the most popular 3D modeling programs on t....
Release Date 2014/06 -
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 Classroom in a Book April 2014 update
Author Adobe Creative Team
In September 2013, December 2013, and April 2014 Adobe released 5.2, 5.3, and 5.4 updates to Photoshop Lightroom which introduce a number of features and enhancements that expand on the application's capabilities and help you streamline your digital photography wor....
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SketchUp 2014 for Architectural Visualization Second Edition
Author Robin de Jongh , Thomas Bleicher
Create stunning photorealistic and artistic visuals of your SketchUp modelsIn DetailSketchUp is an amazing and remarkably powerful 3D modeling software used by millions of architects, visualizers, and drafters across the globe. It allows you to create animated 3D dr....
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Adobe Lightroom mobile: Your Lightroom on the Go
Author Jeff Carlson
Where are your photos? Anywhere you are! With Adobe Lightroom mobile, you are no longer wedded to just one place or one device. Whether you’re on vacation, working in the field, or sitting on your couch, Lightroom mobile is your remote link to your full Lightroom li....
Release Date 2014/04 -
Photoshop CS5: Essential Skills
Author Philip Andrews , Mark Galer
Master Photoshop CS5 project-by-project! Using a celebrated combination of real world examples, step-by-step projects and professional advice, two internationally recognized authors and Adobe Photoshop Ambassadors guide you through this powerful software package so ....
Release Date 2014/04 -
The Effect of Temperature and other Factors on Plastics and Elastomers, 3rd Edition
Author Laurence W. McKeen
This reference guide brings together a wide range of critical data on the effect of temperature on plastics and elastomers, enabling engineers to make optimal material choices and design decisions. The effects of humidity level and strain rate on mechanical and elec....
Release Date 2014/04 -
Finish Your Film! Tips and Tricks for Making an Animated Short in Maya
Author Kenny Roy
Finish Your Film! Tips and Tricks for Making an Animated Short in Maya is a first-of-its-kind book that walks the reader step-by-step through the actual production processes of creating a 3D Short film with Maya. Other books focus solely on the creative decisions of....
Release Date 2014/04 -
Author Greg Johnson
Getting Started in ZBrush is a gentle introduction to ZBrush, today’s premier digital sculpting program. Beginning with the fundamentals of digital sculpting as well as a thorough introduction to the user interface, Getting Started in ZBrush will have you creating ....
Release Date 2014/04 -
Nuke 101: Professional Compositing and Visual Effects, Second Edition
Author Ron Ganbar
This start-to-finish, complete guide to Nuke will give you the foundations on the state-of-the-art visual effects software used by professionals in the film and television industries. Along with the hard-won advice and techniques from expert compositor and teacher R....
Release Date 2014/03 -
The Photoshop Productivity Series: The Productive Workflow
Author Dave Cross
In The Photoshop Productivity Series: The Productive Workflow–the third and final ebook in the three-part "Photoshop Productivity" series by Photoshop guru Dave Cross–Dave teaches you that "workflow" is not nearly as much "work" as it seems, and he avoids the beginn....
Release Date 2014/03