Publication date: 2003-12-27
Dewey code: 006.686
List Price: $45.00
Price: $245.63
Review Commercial Photoshop with Bert Monroy (VOICES) / New Riders Press:You know Bert Monroy's personal portfolio - now get to know his commercial work. Case studies take you step by step through Bert's client work for Apple, AT+T, Logitech, and more. Glean creative and Photoshop-specific insights from the guy Adobe goes to for information. Includes a behind-the-scenes look at working as an artist when someone else is calling the shots. Bert Monroy has long enjoyed successes as a digital artist, as evidenced by his credentials and his books: Bert Monroy: Photorealistic Techniques with Photoshop and Illustrator and Photoshop Studio with Bert Monroy. Well-known and highly regarded expert in the Photoshop community, he has received heavy exposure on TechTV in the past year and his reputation as a master teacher of Photoshop and digital illustration has grown dramatically as a result. In this newest book, Bert switches from sharing the secrets behind his personal portfolio to unleashing the Photoshop tips he uses when working on commercial projects. This book is complete with case studies that walk readers step by step through the commercial design process-including concept creation, digital editing, production, and working one-on-one with clients. Whether you're looking to better your Photoshop skills, break into the field, or are simply a fan of Bert's work, this book will not disappoint. Bert Monroy's demonstrations on the cable channel TechTV's The Screensavers are so popular that he was their roving reporter at the 2004 Photoshop World conference. [+]Monroy is impressive at showing, step-by-step, how he performs his Photoshop "magic," sleights of hand that can seemingly create images out of air, or in this case, pixels. As in his previous books, each section begins with one of his amazing Photoshop "paintings" and walks readers through some of the techniques used to create it. Here, though, Monroy is emphasizing his production process as a commercial artist, from working with client sketches to organizing his work. The first chapter covers some of the more under-utilized weapons in the Photoshop arsenal (channels, adjustment layers, the pen tool, and clipping paths), and is worth the cover price alone. From there, the book focuses on case studies, each featuring different techniques. Mini-cases include compositing for a Chevron brochure, using Illustrator with Photoshop to create a Las Vegas-style marquee for a magazine cover, and creating a 3D cityscape for an online game. Going into greater detail are the more complete, step-by-step case studies for a realtor magazine (moldy bathtub, slippery walkway, peeling lead paint), a medical magazine (some birth control pills), and a Broadway poster (neon lights). These examples showcase Monroy's mastery of layers, clipping groups, layer effects, brushes, and filters. At the end are two of his most popular demos from TechTV. In the first, he creates an underwater scene out of a garden path using Hue/Saturation, the gradient tool, Glass, Crystallize, Add Noise, and Ripple filters, layer masks, a few fish from another photo, and a couple of other easy-to-copy steps. The other example is one you'll run to show your friends: piecing together two scans for artwork that's too big to fit on a scanner. I won't give the secret away, other than to just say that it's a lot better than slowly sliding one layer over another, trying to look at all the points in the image to see if they line up. And, it involves the difference mode (hint, hint). Although there's no companion CD with project files, you won't have any trouble recreating his methods with your own artwork. Professionals will pick up new skills; basic users will feel empowered. Bert Monroy is popular because he's just that good. -Angelynn Grant.
Publication date: 2000-06-01
Review Sql. / Oldenbourg:
Creator: P.C. Wright
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2003-07
Dewey code: 004.019
List Price: $249.00
Price: $165.89
Review Funology: From Usability to Enjoyment (Human-Computer Interaction Series) / Springer:This book reflects the move in Human Computer Interaction studies from standard usability concerns towards a wider set of problems to do with fun, enjoyment, aesthetics and the experience of use. Traditionally HCI has been concerned with work and task based applications but as digital technologies proliferate in the home fun becomes an important issue. There is an established body of knowledge and a range of techniques and methods for making products and interfaces usable, but far less is known about how to make them enjoyable. Perhaps in the future there will be a body of knowledge and a set of techniques for assessing the pleasure of interaction that will be as thorough as those that currently assess usability. This book is a first step towards that. It brings together a range of researchers from academia and industry to provide answers. Contributors include Alan Dix, Jacob Nielsen and Mary Beth Rosson as well as a number of other researchers from academia and industry.
Publication date: 2003-07-31
Review SQL-Datenbanken unter Unix. / Books on Demand GmbH:
Publication date: 2002-11
Dewey code: 004
List Price: $164.00
Price: $164.00
Review 3rd International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering Workshop Post Proceedings / Ieee:
Publication date: 1999-01-29
Price: $89.95
Review Exploring SolidWorks / CIMCo:Exploring SolidWorks is a comprehensive HTML, Web-based e-book (electronic) book that covers all aspects of SolidWorks for beginner, intermediate, and advanced users. This e-book covers the techniques and principles for effective solid modeling.
Publication date: 2000-12-13
Review ILT SQL FUNDAMENTALS W/DISK / International Thomson Publishing:
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 1998-03-01
List Price: $62.50
Price: $166.29
Review AutoCAD(R) Release 14 CD-ROM Encyclopedia / Addison Wesley Longman:AutoCAD Release 14 CD-ROM Encyclopedia is a comprehensive reference companion to AutoCAD Release 14 for all AutoCAD users. Beginners get step-by-step instructions for every command, feature, and system variable. Power users quickly learn about the new features included in Release 14. Overview, detailed procedures, complete examples, warnings, techniques, and tips are included for over 650 AutoCAD features. Over 1,000 detailed figures and drawings demonstrate specific AutoCAD features. AutoCAD Release 14 CD-ROM Encyclopedia is convenient to use - either side-by-side with AutoCAD or by itself. Well organized for easy access, with a unique search mechanism and hyperlinked cross-references. Overview provides a description of what each command does, in simple terms. Procedure gives step-by-step directions on the most effective use of the feature or command. Examples show practical uses for each command or feature. [+]Warnings point out where you are most likely to encounter problems. Tips promote rapid advancement in skills by taking advantage of the author's broad base of AutoCAD experience. Appropriate cross-references to other entries are also included.
Creator: Jorge R.M. Natal
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2007-02-20
Dewey code: 621
List Price: $179.95
Price: $168.26
Review Computational Modelling of Objects Represented in Images: Proceedings of the International Symposium CompIMAGE 2006 (Coimbra, Portugal, 20-21 October 2006) ... in Engineering, Water and Earth Sciences) / Taylor & Francis:This book contains keynote lectures and full papers presented at the International Symposium on Computational Modelling of Objects Represented in Images (CompIMAGE), held in Coimbra, Portugal, on 20-21 October 2006. International contributions from nineteen countries provide a comprehensive coverage of the current state-of-the-art in the fields of: Image Processing and Analysis; Image Segmentation; Data Interpolation; Registration, Acquisition and Compression; 3D Reconstruction; Objects Tracking; Motion and Deformation Analysis; Objects Simulation; Medical Imaging; and, Computational Bioimaging and Visualization. Related techniques also covered in this book include the finite element method, modal analyses, stochastic methods, principal and independent components analyses and distribution models. "Computational Modelling of Objects Represented in Images" will be useful to academics, researchers and professionals in Computational Vision (image processing and analysis), Computer Sciences, and Computational Mechanics.
Creator: Prima Publishing
Publication date: 1997-04
Price: $50.00
Review VB with SQL Server: Nets / Prima Publishing:
Publication date: 2004-10-07
Review SQL Fur Dummies / Wiley-VCH:
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 2006-05
Dewey code: 005
Review Joomla / Sams:
Creator: G. Çakir
Publication date: 1993-06-30
Dewey code: 363.189
List Price: $180.00
Price: $179.98
Review Work with Display Units 92 (Work with Display Units) (Work with Display Units) / North Holland:The most significant articles from each of the fields represented at the conference on Work with Display Units 1992 are presented in this volume. Such topics are:• The newest occupational health research results, partially backed by extensive epidemiological studies, concerning radiation, eye fatigue, stressors and diseases of the musculoskeletal apparatus and the medical surveillance of workers with display units. • Ergonomic studies pertaining to design improvements. • Support of the human operator by intelligent user surfaces and interfaces, demonstrated by experimental results. • The latest developments in input devices including virtual reality as well as multi-media, multi-screen and multi-language human computer interaction. • Concepts of group work and organizational stress in combination with its psychophysical and psychophysiological evaluation, especially the problem of stress-strain regulation, adaptation and long-term effects on recovery and recreation. • Discussion of hypertext and hypermedia as well as applications of computer aided techniques for knowledge acquisition, knowledge structuring and knowledge use for decisions and working processes in different contexts. • New organizational concepts such as Chaos Theory and new methods of work design in industry such as Kansei Engineering. • Discussion of the International Standardization and EC regulations.
Authors
- China) Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications (8th : 2000 Hong Kong
- Wenping Wang
- Yoshihisa Shinagawa
Publication date: 2000-10
Dewey code: 006.6
List Price: $165.00
Price: $165.00
Review The Eighth Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications: Held October 3-5, 2000, in Hong Kong, China / IEEE Computer Society Pr:These papers are taken from the 8th Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications (PG 2000). They address topics such as: global illumination; text layout, rendering and visibility; modelling and simulation; meshes and contours; animation; techniques with video; and more.
Publication date: 2002-04
Dewey code: 621
List Price: $166.00
Price: $166.00
Review Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems (Haptics 2002), 10th International Symposium on / Ieee:
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1999-11-03
Price: $39.09
Review Screen-Design-Handbuch: Effektiv informieren und kommunizieren mit Multimedia (Edition PAGE) / Springer:Das Screen-Design-Handbuch gibt Gestaltern interaktiver Medien eine praktische Arbeitshilfe an die Hand, um Informationen zielgruppen- und mediengerecht aufzubereiten und darzustellen. Es zeigt Hintergründe und Zusammenhänge auf, verdeutlicht diese anhand von Beispielen und regt dazu an, die Sprache der digitalen Medien weiterzuentwickeln. Grundlagen der Wahrnehmungs- und Lernpsychologie, der Ergonomie, der Kommunikationstheorie, der Imagery-Forschung und der Ästhetik werden dabei ebenso berücksichtigt wie Fragen der Gestaltung von Navigations- und Orientierungselementen. Merksätze und Checklisten unterstützen den Praxistransfer ebenso wie die aufwendige Gestaltung des Buches.
Creator: Computer Security Foundations Workshop
Publication date: 2003-07-31
Dewey code: 005
List Price: $164.00
Price: $164.00
Review 16th IEEE Computer Security Foundations Workshop (CSFW-16 2003) / Ieee:
Creator: Edmundo Monteiro
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2006-06-14
Dewey code: 004
List Price: $199.00
Price: $199.00
Review NETWORKING 2006. Networking Technologies, Services, Protocols; Performance of Computer and Communication Networks; Mobile and Wireless Communications ... (Lecture Notes in Computer Science) / Springer:This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International IFIP-TC6 Networking Conference, NETWORKING 2006, held in Coimbra, Portugal in May 2006. The 88 revised full papers and 31 poster papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 440 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on caching and content management, mobile ad-hoc networks, mobility/handoff, monitoring/measurements, multicast, multimedia, optical networks, peer-to-peer, resource management and QoS, routing, topology and location awareness, traffic engineering, transport protocols, wireless networks, and wireless sensor networks.
Creator: Ebroul Izquierdo
Publication date: 2003-03
Dewey code: 621
List Price: $185.00
Price: $166.73
Review Digital Media Processing for Multimedia Interactive Services: Proceedings of the 4th European Workshop on Image Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services ... University of London, Uk 9 - 11 April 2003 / World Scientific Publishing Company:This volume contains papers describing state-of-the-art technology for advanced multimedia systems. It presents applications in broadcasting, copyright protection of multimedia content, image indexing and retrieval, and other topics related to computer vision.
Creator: Mahdi Abdelguerfi
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2001-04-30
Dewey code: 006.693
List Price: $184.00
Price: $173.63
Review 3D Synthetic Environment Reconstruction (The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science) / Springer:Although synthetic environments were traditionally used in military settings for mission rehearsal and simulations, their use is rapidly spreading to a variety of applications in the commercial, research and industrial sectors, such as flight training for commercial aircraft, city planning, car safety research in real-time traffic simulations, and video games. 3D Synthetic Environment Reconstruction contains seven invited chapters from leading experts in the field, bringing together a coherent body of recent knowledge relating 3D geospatial data collection, design issues, and techniques used in synthetic environments design, implementation and interoperability. In particular, this book describes new techniques for the generation of Synthetic Environments with increased resolution and rich attribution, both essential for accurate modeling and simulation. This book also deals with interoperability of models and simulations, which is necessary for facilitating the reuse of modeling and simulation components. 3D Synthetic Environment Reconstruction is an excellent reference for researchers and practitioners in the field. Included with this volume is a CD-ROM containing the color version of the book's many illustrations.
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