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"More Than One Way to Skin a Cat: Create Eye-Popping Effects Using Aviary (Without Paying for Photoshop!)" shows you how to create humorous and imaginative images using Phoenix, a powerful yet simple browser-based image editor from Aviary.com. You'll start with the basics of Phoenix, learning about the features, tools, and layering systems you’ll use to complete the tutorials in the book. Once you have a grasp of Phoenix, you'll work through some beginner tutorials that include simple effects such as colorization, face swapping, creating lighting and shadows, and even liquifying.

Learn Programming with Flash MX, a book for absolute beginners, covers the fundamental programming principles and skills that every programmer needs to master to create well-structured and efficient code that lives up to professional standards.

This book employs a truly unique classroom-based approach to learning, with the goal of establishing core, practical programming skills. Each chapter presents a lesson covering a distinct topic of programming with ActionScript. In each "class," theory and practice are smoothly blended together with plenty of practical examples. The class project that runs through the book reinforces the learning in an integrated, real-world context, using Flash MX as the illustrative vehicle.

Серия: Компьютерная шпаргалка. В этой книжке вы найдете описание методики распознавания отсканированного и/или сфотографированного текста с помощью самой лучшей и популярной программы FineReader, специально для этого предназначенной. Кроме того, вы узнаете, как переводить PDF-файлы в текстовые, отсканированные таблицы в таблицы Excel и многое другое. Книжка будет несомненно полезна всем пользователям компьютеров.

PRODUCING INDEPENDENT 2D CHARACTER ANIMATION takes an in-depth look at the artistry and production process of cel animation in a friendly, how-to manner that makes the sometimes tedious process of animation enjoyable and easy to understand. This book guides animators through every step of planning and production; includes examples of actual production forms, organization tips, screen shots, and sketches from the pre- to post-production processes; and contains detailed information on the hardware and software used to complete each step.

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Information visualization is not only about creating graphical displays of complex and latent information structures. It also contributes to a broader range of cognitive, social, and collaborative activities. This is the first book to examine information visualization from this perspective. This 2nd edition continues the unique and ambitious quest for setting information visualization and virtual environments in a unifying framework. It pays special attention to the advances made over the last 5 years and potentially fruitful directions to pursue. It is particularly updated to meet the need for practitioners. The book is a valuable source for researchers and graduate students.

Motion Simulation and Mechanism Design with COSMOSMotion 2007 is written to help you become familiar with COSMOSMotion, an add-on module of the SolidWorks software family. This book covers the basic concepts and frequently used commands required to advance readers from a novice to intermediate level in using COSMOSMotion. COSMOSMotion allows you to use solid models created in SolidWorks to simulate and visualize mechanism motion and performance. Using COSMOSMotion early in the product development stage could prevent costly redesign due to design defects found in the physical testing phase. Therefore, using COSMOSMotion contributes to a more cost effective, reliable, and efficient product design process. Basic concepts discussed in this book include model generation, such as assigning moving parts and creating joints and constraints; carrying out simulation and animation; and visualizing ...

Learn Revit Architecture 2010 from the source!

This beautiful full-color Official Training Guide is the perfect resource for those who need a complete, expert guide to Revit Architecture 2010. With training provided by Autodesk experts who helped create the software, this book thoroughly covers the principles and fundamentals of this groundbreaking building information modeling (BIM) software.

You'll create a basic floor plan, add and edit simple and complex walls, modify and detail drawings, and learn valuable techniques and best practices. This invaluable guide also prepares designers for Revit Architecture certification.

Covers Revit Architecture 2010 for architects, contractors, designers, and students; this book is an Autodesk Official Training Guide and was created by Autodesk, makers of Revit Architecture

Walks readers through techniques, workflows, and content tailored to tho...

Издание предназначено для начинающих и студентов художественных вузов. Рассмотрены пропорции, равновесие, пространственность и объем, обобщение, эскизы, композиция, контраст, модель и материал, техника рисунка. Приводятся простые и наглядные упражнения для начинающих и совершенствующихся в рисунке обнаженной натуры.

Георг Клебер - руководитель курсов по эстетическому воспитанию и изображению обнаженной натуры в Швабской академии, Народных высших школах и др. образовательных заведениях. С 1989 г. живет и работет в качестве свободного художника в Релинге под Аугсбургом. Награжден многими премиями по искусству.

Wenn bei den heutigen Moglichkeiten des Desktop-Publishings Typographie nicht optimal gestaltet wird, liegt es meist daran, dab grundlegende handwerkliche Regeln nicht bekannt sind und ihre Bedeutung ubersehen wird. Um exzellente Ergebnisse zu erhalten, sind typographische Kenntnisse einfach ein Mub. Das Buch gibt dazu eine Einfuhrung in die Typographie, erklart und vermittelt die wesentlichen Gestaltungsregeln und schildert die notwendigen Hintergrunde. Ganz praktisch wird gezeigt, wie sich all dies bei der Erstellung von Dokumenten mit dem Computer umsetzen labt. Die zweite Auflage geht neben den Distributionsformaten HTML und PDF auch auf die Gestaltung von Diagrammen und Prasentationsfolien ein und gibt einen Einstieg in die Verwendung von Farbe in Dokumenten. Das fundierte Fachwissen der Autorin sowie die langjahrige Erfahrung des Autors im Bucherschreiben erganzen sich ideal und tr...

Этот курс может стать кратким справочником для начинающих пользователей, которые никогда не работали с трехмерной графикой и только начинают ее освоение. Он поможет быстро разобраться с основными возможностями 3ds Max и научит вас чувствовать себя с программой уверенно.