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Acoustic and MIDI Orchestration for the Contemporary Composer, 2nd Edition
Author Richard DeRosa , Andrea Pejrolo
Acoustic and MIDI Orchestration for the Contemporary Composer, Second Edition provides effective explanations and illustrations to teach you how to integrate traditional approaches to orchestration with the use of the modern sequencing techniques and tools availab....
Release Date 2016/11 -
Ace the Programming Interview: 160 Questions and Answers for Success
Author Edward Guiness
Be prepared to answer the most relevant interview questions and land the jobProgrammers are in demand, but to land the job, you must demonstrate knowledge of those things expected by today's employers. This guide sets you up for success. Not only does it provide 16....
Release Date 2013/06 -
Author Laura Kalbag
You make the web more inclusive for everyone, everywhere, when you design with accessibility in mind. Let Laura Kalbag guide you through the accessibility landscape: understand disability and impairment challenges; get a handle on important laws and guidelines; and....
Release Date 2017/05 -
Access by Design: A Guide to Universal Usability for Web Designers
Author Sarah Horton
In just over a decade, the Web has evolved from an experimental tool for a limited community of technically inclined people into a day-to-day necessity for millions upon millions of users. Today’s Web designers must consider not only the content needs of the sites t....
Release Date 2005/07 -
Abusing the Internet of Things
Author Nitesh Dhanjani
A future with billions of connected "things" includes monumental security concerns. This practical book explores how malicious attackers can abuse popular IoT-based devices, including wireless LED lightbulbs, electronic door locks, baby monitors, smart TVs, and conn....
Release Date 2015/08 -
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 -
Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Adobe Photoshop Elements 2
Author Lisa Lee
New to Photoshop Elements? Learn everything you need to know to make your pictures perfect with Absolute Beginner's Guide to Adobe Photoshop Elements 2. The book covers all aspects of the software (including the new features "borrowed" from the new Photoshop 7), of....
Release Date 2002/10 -
About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design
Author David Cronin , Robert Reimann , Alan Cooper
This completely updated volume presents the effective and practical tools you need to design great desktop applications, Web 2.0 sites, and mobile devices. You’ll learn the principles of good product behavior and gain an understanding of Cooper’s Goal-Directed Desig....
Release Date 2007/05 -
Abduzeedo Inspiration Guide for Designers
Author Fábio Sasso
Brazilian designer Fábio Sasso, who has wildly popular design blog Abduzeedo, has created the definitive guide to design. This book features interviews with designers and offers tutorials on various design styles, an extension of what he does with his site abduzeedo....
Release Date 2011/05 -
Author Trey Ratcliff
High dynamic range (HDR) photography lets you capture the myriad colors and levels of light that you can see in the real world, and the results are amazing photographs that run the gamut from super real to surreal. Explore this fantastic realm of photography through....
Release Date 2009/12 -
A User's Guide to the View Camera, 3rd Edition
Author Jim Stone
This reissued third edition of A User’s Guide to View Camera introduces photographers to large-format cameras, covering their use with both film and digital capture. Readers will learn the anatomy of cameras with a separately adjustable back or front, the pro....
Release Date 2015/10 -
A Survival Guide to Parenting Teens
Author Joani Geltman
Turn back the clocks! Your sweet child has morphed into a teen. And it's no longer just a messy bedroom or an attitude with a capital "A" causing concern. There's a whole new range of issues on the horizon. What if your daughter texts a naked picture to a "bo....
Release Date 2014/05 -
Author Carolyn Chandler , Russ Unger
User experience design is the discipline of creating a useful and usable Web site or application that’s easily navigated and meets the needs of the site owner and its users. There’s a lot more to successful UX design than knowing the latest Web technologies or desig....
Release Date 2012/03 -
A Project Guide to UX Design: For User Experience Designers in the Field or in the Making
Author Carolyn Chandler , Russ Unger
“If you are a young designer entering or contemplating entering the UX field this is a canonical book. If you are an organization that really needs to start grokking UX this book is also for you. " -- Chris Bernard, User Experience Evangelist, Microsoft User exper....
Release Date 2009/03 -
A Profile of the Performing Arts Industry
Author David H. Gaylin
Attending a live concert or theatrical performance can be a thrilling experience. At their best, the performing arts represent the height of human creativity and expression. But the presentation on stage, whether it is Shakespeare, Beethoven, or The Lion King,....
Release Date 2015/10 -
A Profile of the Furniture Manufacturing Industry
Author Susan M. Walcott
The furniture industry has played an important role in the history of the United States as a bellwether for manufacturing. This sector continues to be a major manufacturing employer in the US and around the world through its utilization of a global production n....
Release Date 2013/11 -
A Professional Guide to Audio Plug-ins and Virtual Instruments
Author Mike Collins
If you are an audio professional needing a complete reference to the complex world of plug-ins and virtual instruments, look no further. Mike Collins, author of Pro Tools for Music Production, has meticulously surveyed the scene, showing what's available and how th....
Release Date 2012/08 -
A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting Third Edition, 3rd Edition
Author Steven Louis Shelley
In the first edition of A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting, Steve Shelley cracked open his production book and showed how to prepare a lighting design and create the paperwork needed to mount a production.In the second edition, he pulled back the curtain and showed....
Release Date 2013/10 -
A Photojournalist’s Field Guide: In the trenches with combat photographer Stacy Pearsall
Author Stacy Pearsall
In this comprehensive, practical guide, award-winning photojournalist Stacy Pearsall offers the techniques, guidance, and inspiration needed to succeed in the dynamic and exciting field of photojournalism.Starting with an overview of photojournalism and her experien....
Release Date 2013/03 -
A Photographer’s Guide to Focus and Autofocus: From Snapshots to Great Shots
Author Alan Hess
Autofocus changed the way photos are taken, making it easier to capture and keep the subject in sharp focus. Since autofocus was first introduced, it has become much more complicated, offering different focus modes, focus types, and focus points. What started out a....
Release Date 2016/02 -
Author Jack Dykinga
It’s not often that a career in photography makes as many twists and turns as it has for Jack Dykinga. Early in Jack's career as a photojournalist he won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography. He then worked as a photo editor and later became a wilderne....
Release Date 2016/12 -
Author John A. Adam
How heavy is that cloud? Why can you see farther in rain than in fog? Why are the droplets on that spider web spaced apart so evenly? If you have ever asked questions like these while outdoors, and wondered how you might figure out the answers, this is a book for yo....
Release Date 2011/09 -
A Master Class in Brand Planning: The Timeless Works of Stephen King
Author Merry Baskin , Judie Lannon
In 1988, on Stephen King's retirement JWT published 'The King Papers' a small collection of Stephen King's published writings spanning 1967-1985. They remain timelessly potentially valuable but are an almost unexploited gold mine. This book is comprised of a s....
Release Date 2007/12 -
A Hitchhiker's Guide to Virtual Reality
Author Robin Stuart Ferguson , Karen McMenemy
A Hitchhiker's Guide to Virtual Reality brings together under one cover all the aspects of graphics, video, audio, and haptics that have to work together to make virtual reality a reality. Like any good guide, it reveals the practical things you need to know, from....
Release Date 2007/07 -
A Graphic Design Student's Guide to Freelance: Practice Makes Perfect
Author Ben Hannam
A complete guide to freelance graphic design—created specifically for design studentsWhy wait until you graduate? Freelancing is a great way to jumpstart your career in graphic design. It lets you apply what you've been learning in school, close the gaps in your ed....
Release Date 2012/10 -
A Fine Line: How Design Strategies Are Shaping the Future of Business
Author Hartmut Esslinger
praise for a fine line"A breath of turbo-charged fresh air that doesn't regurgitate the ego-maniac CEO's selective memory or an outside expert's misinterpretations. Hartmut explains innovation through the lens of design, and it's about time we gained his valuabl....
Release Date 2009/06 -
Author Dan Heller
Do you need a release for a photo of someone you took in public? How about photos of buildings? Does it make a difference if the subject was paid to be in the picture? You can't answer these questions without more information. As the photographer, you need to under....
Release Date 2008/03 -
Author Cathy Palmer , James J. Maivald
Is this book for programmers? Written specifically for graphic designers and production artists already comfortable working with Adobe InDesign, this book teaches you how to automate publishing without learning a lot of scary code. XML simplifies the process of mov....
Release Date 2007/12