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The best Photoshop to date!
Professionals in visual media face the "real world" every
time their work goes to press. As authors Blatner and Fraser point out
in the introduction, "In this new age of desktop prepress, there's
simply no one you can ask [what values you should enter in the Color
Settings and Proof Setup dialog... |
Real World Photoshop 7
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Master the essential day-in and day-out Photoshop production techniques
with this definitive resource from best-selling authors David Blatner
and Bruce Fraser. The authors place a dual emphasis on efficiency and
getting the best quality possible out of Photoshop. You'll learn everything
you need to know about color management, getting great scans, tonal
and color correction, prepress and the Web, and working with Photoshop
selections and silhouettes. |
Real World Photoshop 5
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This guide addresses prepress production issues that illustrators,
designers, publishers, and service bureau personnel deal with every
day, such as color correction, color conversion, color reproduction,
image retouching, and the efficient use of the computer and printer.
Includes color photos. Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR. |
Mastering 3DS Max 4
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A must-have for professional-level 3D modeling, animation, and rendering,
3D studio max 4 provides the tools to create the 3D characters and realistic
animation as seen on TV, in games and films. You'll learn all about
sculpting and texturizing characters, putting them into motion, lighting
the scene, and producing the final animation. A full-color gallery of
projects is included in the book, and a CD contains tutorials and several
MAX plug-ins. |
The Art of Maya
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Maya is a 3D modeling, rendering, animation, and paint software package
that delivers all the tools and features 3D artists need to produce
animation and visual effects on the computer. From feature films to
interactive video games, Maya lets you play the role of director, actor,
set designer and cinematographer as you build, render and animate digital
characters and scenes. In The Art of Maya, every page is full of diagrams
and illustrations that show you how to build and manipulate geometry,
skeleton joints, deformers, particles, shading groups, lights and cameras.
The diagrams describe these computer graphic concepts in a way that
will help you understand how you can use Maya in your own work. |
Maya Character Animation
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Maya Character Animation is a one-of-a-kind book featuring more than
800 pages of full-color, step-by-step, heavily illustrated Maya instruction.
It was written with beginning and intermediate Maya animators in mind--students
and professionals who have already familiarized themselves with the
Maya interface and basic Maya techniques. Topics covered include subdivision
and polygon modeling, subdivision surface mapping, subdivision surface
character modeling, NURBS modeling, facial expression and more. |
MEL Scripting for Maya Animators
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Learning how to unlock Maya's powerful programming capabilities can
be a daunting task if you're not a programmer. Although the package's
programming language, MEL (Maya Embedded Language), is easy to learn,
virtually all available instruction assumes that the reader has some
programming background-that is, until now.
You hold in your hands the first MEL tutorial written especially for
non-programmers. MEL Scripting for MAYA Animators will quickly show
any user how to go beyond Maya's built-in tools to create customized
solutions, previously accessible only to programmers.
With this book, animators, artists, game developers, visual effects
developers, and technical directors will master Maya's fundamentals
from "under the hood;" then learn how to automate tasks, personalize
user interfaces, build custom tools, and solve problems, by becoming
an expert in the MEL scripting language-all with no programming experience
required! KEY FEATURES: * Specifically addresses Maya users who want
to develop MEL scripts. * Teaches only those programming concepts necessary
to learning MEL. * Demonstrates scores of practical examples illustrating
solutions to concrete problems. * Shows how to determine which problems
are best solved using MEL. * Addresses the needs of experienced programmers
wishing to learn MEL applications.
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Real World Bryce 4
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Bryce, thanks mostly to its unique user interface, always elicits
a powerful reaction from users sometimes positive, sometimes negative,
but rarely indifferent. What can't be denied, though, is the amazing
quality and variety of images that Bryce can produce in the hands of
an experienced user. The problem, then, is acquiring that experience.
Real World Bryce 4 is a massive and insightful tone that manages to
pierce through that obscure and uncommon interface and reveal the power
of the underlying tool. Written by a pair of veteran Bryce users and
seasoned writers, this book is the source of that sought-after experience--a
virtual fountain of information from which to drink deeply. |
The Poser 5 Handbook
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Discover the power of the latest version of Poser, the ultimate 3D
character design and animation tool for artists and animators. Whether
you're just beginning with Poser and 3D design or are an experienced
designer, you'll find a wealth of ideas and techniques for harnessing
the power of this fantastic tool. The new, innovative interface makes
figure design, posing, and animating fast and easy. Using the practical
examples and tutorials packed throughout these pages, you'll dig into
the new features and really learn how to maximize Poser for your own
projects. Beginning with a detailed review of the new interface and
a discussion of how to use the Poser 5 Rooms, you'll find all the instruction
you need to get up and running quickly. Next you'll explore Poser's
animation features and tools, and gain new insights from the Poser masters.
From there it's on to more advanced topics, including creating articulated
poseable models, smart props, articulating props, editing clothing,
and the art of composition. |
Poser 4 Pro Pack f/x & Design
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This is the only worthwhile book available at this writing...for anyone
looking for some help with Poser 4.0. Admittedly (as the title states),
Schrand focuses much of the book on the Poser Pro Pack, an expensive
but very useful add-on to the base product. But he devotes half the
book to explaining and demonstrating basic and intermediate tasks, and
his examples are clear and easy to follow. The CD is chock full of useful
gadgets and gimcracks |
Microsoft Windows XP Inside Out
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Ed Bott and Carl Siechert have combined their considerable talents
for producing user-level documentation in creating Microsoft Windows
XP Inside Out. One of the most carefully researched books on Windows
XP to date, this large volume has all the information and procedures
most everyday users of the operating system will want. With its nicely
formatted how-to instructions, detailed documentation of command-line
commands, intelligent explanatory text, and broad scope, this book makes
a great reference for a family or business that uses Windows XP extensively.
Even the illustrations are more helpful than usual, largely because
the publisher has gone to the trouble of annotating many of them with
pointers and labels. |
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Dreamweaver 4 Hands-On Training
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Dreamweaver 4 Hands-On Training is the latest, updated version of
the highly acclaimed tutorial from leading Web-design trainers Garo
Green and Lynda Weinman. Thousands of Dreamweaver users have learned
how to use the program by simply doing the step-by-step exercises in
this foolproof book. The exercises use a real-life Website to demonstrate
how to create everything from rollover effects--using automated JavaScript
behaviors, to page layouts. |
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Hands-On Training
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Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Hands-On Training is the latest, updated
version of the highly acclaimed tutorial from leading Web-design trainers
Garo Green and Abigail Rudner. Thousands of readers have learned how
to use Dreamweaver by simply following the step-by-step exercises in
this foolproof book. Advanced sections of the book show how to create
interactive, moving elements in your Website, and how to download and
use the hundreds of free extensions available online to Macromedia Dreamweaver
users. And throughout the book, readers learn useful bits of information
about HTML, online type, Web color, and more, while Quicktime movie
tutorials demonstrate complex techniques. |
Flash MX Bible
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The totally revised, enhanced and expanded update to the smash bestseller.
Covers the very latest release of Macromedia Flash.
Includes enhanced coverage of using Flash with other powerful Web
applications and exclusive expert tutorials from the world's top Flash
gurus.
The most comprehensive Flash book on the market.
Documents Flash's integration and implementation of new technologies |
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