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Author Chris Knight
Without light, there is no photograph. As almost every photographer knows, the word “photograph” has its roots in two Greek words that, together, mean “drawing with light.” But what is less commonly acknowledged and understood is the role that shadow plays in....
Release Date 2017/04 -
CAD and Rapid Prototyping for Product Design
Author Douglas Bryden
Computer-aided design (CAD) and rapid prototyping (RP) are now a fundamental part of the professional practice of product design and are therefore essential skills for product design undergraduate students. This book provides students with all the tools needed to ge....
Release Date 2014/05 -
Augmented Reality for Android Application Development
Author Dr. Raphael Grasset , Jens Grubert
As an Android developer, including Augmented Reality (AR) in your mobile apps could be a profitable new string to your bow. This tutorial takes you through every aspect of AR for Android with lots of hands-on exercises.Understand the main concepts and architectural ....
Release Date 2013/11 -
Author Xury Greer
Get started with the latest sculpting features in Blender 3D and learn key sculpting workflows such as Dynotopo, Voxel Remesher, QuadriFlow, and MultiresolutionKey FeaturesUse Blender's core sculpting workflows: basic sculpting, Dynotopo, Voxel Remesher, QuadriFlow, and MultiresolutionLearn how to ....
Release Date 2022/01 -
Game Development with Blender and Godot
Author Kumsal Obuz
Understand how to use one of the most popular 3D modeling software and advanced game engines to create a seamless workflow between the two and produce dynamic gamesKey FeaturesLearn how to create, rig, and animate 3D low-poly models in BlenderDiscover the 3D workflow of Godot Engine and understand h....
Release Date 2022/09 -
Adobe Animate 2022 for Creative Professionals - Second Edition
Author Joseph Labrecque
Step into the world of animation and go beyond the fundamentals of Adobe Animate to bring experiences to life with the help of expert-led contentKey FeaturesProduce rich motion graphics and interactive animations for multiple platformsExplore the key features and enhancements in the latest Adobe Ani....
Release Date 2022/01 -
Author William Badke
Information literacy may be defined as the ability to identify a research problem, decide the kinds of information needed to tackle it, find the information efficiently, evaluate the information, and apply it to the problem at hand. Teaching Research Processes sugge....
Release Date 2012/02 -
Spin-Outs: Creating Businesses from University Intellectual Property
Author Graham Richards
Universities increasingly encourage spin-out companies from their own departments, and interest from entrepreneurs and the commercial sphere is only set to develop further in coming years. With this in mind, Professor Graham Richards - an academic and businessm....
Release Date 2010/08 -
Author Juan Mateo
Are you often unable to see the other person’s point of view? Do you struggle to handle change well? Do you want to be more creative? Do you want to be a better team player or a better leader? There is no doubt that acquiring such talents will greatly affect your pe....
Release Date 2011/02 -
Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 4.0: Classroom in a Book®
Author Adobe Creativity
The fastest, easiest way to learn Adobe Photoshop Elements 4 for Windows!Classroom in a Book, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, helps you learn the features of Adobe software quickly and easily. Classroom in a Book offers what no other....
Release Date 2005/12 -
Absolute Value - What Really Influences Customers in the Age of (Nearly) Perfect Information
Author Emanuel Rosen , Itamar Simonson
Going against conventional wisdom, Absolute Value reveals what really influences customers today and offers a new framework—the Influence Mix—for thinking about consumer decision making, which should help managers develop more effective marketing strategies.How peo....
Release Date 2014/02 -
Author Steven Rosenbaum
Business Leaders Are Buzzing About Curation Nation“An indispensible guide to the brave new media world.”—Arianna Huffington, editor in chief, the Huffington Post“Gives me hope for the future of the Information Age. Rosenbaum argues for the growing importance of peop....
Release Date 2011/02 -
The Digital Evolution of Live Music
Author Rebecca Jane Bennett , Angela Jones
The concept of ‘live’ has changed as a consequence of mediated culture. Interaction may occur in real time, but not necessarily in shared physical spaces with others. The Digital Evolution of Live Music considers notions of live music in time and space as influenced....
Release Date 2015/07 -
Information Professionals' Career Confidential
Author Ulla de Stricker
Based in part on a selection of the author's past blog postings, Information Professionals' Career Confidential is a convenient, browsable, and illuminating pocket compendium of insights on topics relevant for information and knowledge professionals at any stage o....
Release Date 2015/07 -
Author Dominic Sweetman
See MIPS Run, Second Edition, is not only a thorough update of the first edition, it is also a marriage of the best-known RISC architecture--MIPS--with the best-known open-source OS--Linux. The first part of the book begins with MIPS design principles and then descr....
Release Date 2010/07 -
Author Tomer Sharon
It’s Our Research: Getting Stakeholder Buy-in for User Experience Research Projects discusses frameworks, strategies, and techniques for working with stakeholders of user experience (UX) research in a way that ensures their buy-in. This book consists of six c....
Release Date 2012/03 -
Computer Animation, 3rd Edition
Author Rick Parent
Driven by demand from the entertainment industry for better and more realistic animation, technology continues to evolve and improve. The algorithms and techniques behind this technology are the foundation of this comprehensive book, which is written to teach you th....
Release Date 2012/10 -
Author Claudia McCue
InDesign CS5 opens the door to a new world: with the addition of exciting animation tools and deeper multimedia support. It's now a viable interactive authoring tool. Designers want to create engaging interactive content, but may resist making the transition from p....
Release Date 2010/10 -
Shooting in Sh*tty Light: The Top Ten Worst Photography Lighting Situations and How to Conquer Them
Author Erik Valind , Lindsay Adler
Sometimes photographers have to shoot in less than ideal lighting situations. Maybe the wedding is mid-day in the middle of a field, or perhaps the event is in a florescent-lit room. These scenarios can be particularly intimidating for beginning photographers who do....
Release Date 2012/10 -
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....
Release Date 2014/08 -
The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC / Lightroom 6 Book: The Complete Guide for Photographers
Author Martin Evening
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom was designed from the ground up with digital photographers in mind, offering powerful editing features in a streamlined interface that lets photographers import, sort, and organize images. In this completely updated bestseller, author Marti....
Release Date 2015/04 -
Research for Media Production, 2nd Edition
Author Kathy Chater
Outlines the main skills, techniques and practices for the job of the researcher. An easy to follow guide to production research, it will help the new researcher to understand the possibilities to be considered when undertaking research and the kind of questio....
Release Date 2001/12 -
Stop Motion: Craft Skills for Model Animation
Author Susannah Shaw
To make great animation, you need to know how to control a whole world: how to make a character, how to make that character live and be happy or sad. You need to create four walls around them, a landscape, the sun and moon - a whole life for them. You have to get in....
Release Date 2012/09 -
Make-Up, Hair and Costume for Film and Television
Author Jan Musgrove
An introductory guide for students learning professional make-up, hairdressing and wardrobe skills and `front of camera' professionals needing an understanding of the techniques.Written by an experienced professional, this manual offers a step-by step approa....
Release Date 2013/07 -
Author Marcia Kuperberg
Any questions you have about 2D or 3D animation in this new digital age are answered in this comprehensive guide for all budding digital animators, games artists and media production students. It is lavishly illustrated with inspirational colour throughout to show y....
Release Date 2012/11 -
Author Steven Gurevitz , Paul Middleton
This practical music technology workbook enables students and teachers to get the best possible results with the available equipment. The workbook provides step-by-step activities for classroom-based and independent project work, covering the skills and techniques u....
Release Date 2013/04 -
Digital Video Editing with Final Cut Express
Author Charles Roberts
Suitable for those new to nonlinear editing as well as experienced editors new to Final Cut Express, this book is an introduction to Apple's editing software package and the digital video format in general. You will come away with not only an in-depth knowled....
Release Date 2013/01 -
Author John Barbara Gerlach
Over 50,000 photographers can't be wrong! John and Barbara Gerlach finally write the book their workshop attendees have been asking for!Digital Nature Photography is a how-to guide for photographers who want to take their work to the next level. Written by pr....
Release Date 2012/10 -
Understanding Digital Television
Author Lars-Ingemar Lundstrom
With the milestones of Digital TV and HDTV, there arelots of questions to be asked about television of today...Understanding Digital Television explains complex technical systems and solutions in an easyto comprehend manner along with visual 3D graphics. It he....
Release Date 2012/08 -
Photoshop for Video, 3rd Edition
Author Richard Harrington
Master the graphic design and production skills required of today's video editors and motion graphic professionals with this comprehensive guide to the video tools in Adobe Photoshop CS3. Every page is filled with techniques to help the video professional mak....
Release Date 2012/09