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Technical Drawing GCE and CSE
Exam Board: any
Level & Subject: GCSE and A-levelStep-by-step practical guide to the basics of technical drawing.
This covers all of the basic drawing techniques, rules and styles. It builds up the level of difficulty gradually through simple practice drawings. Contents include standard symbols, isometric, oblique, orthographic, thick/thin lines, dimensioning and the creation of objects using geometry. The skills developed will cover you for the majority of technical drawing areas for engineering, construction, architectural or other design fields.
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Technical Drawing with Engineering Graphics
This full-color text offers a clear, complete introduction and detailed reference for creating 3D models and 2D documentation drawings. Building on its reputation as a trusted reference, this edition expands on the role that 3D CAD databases now play in design and documentation. Superbly integrated illustrations, text, step-by-step instructions, and navigation make it easier than ever to master key skills and knowledge. Throughout, the authors demonstrate 3D and 2D drawing skills and CAD usage in real-world work practice in today’s leading disciplines. They combine strong technical detail, real-world examples, and current standards, materials, industries, and processes-all in a format that is efficient, colorful, and visual.
Features:- Splash Spread: Appealing chapter opener provides context and motivation.
- References and Web Links: Useful weblinks and standards provided upfront in each chapter.
- Understanding Section: Foundational introductions, tabbed for easy navigation, outline each topic’s importance, use, visualization tips, and theory.
- Detail Section: Detailed, well-tested explanations of drawing techniques, variations, and examples-organized into quick-read sections, numbered for easy reference.
- CAD at Work Section: Breakout pages offer tips on generating drawings from 2D or 3D models.
- Portfolio Section: Examples of finished drawings show how techniques are applied in the real world.
- Key Words: Italicized on first reference, summarized after each chapter.
- Chapter: Summaries and Review Questions: Efficiently reinforce learning.
- Exercises: Outstanding problem sets with updated exercises, including parts, assembly drawings from CAD models, sketching problems, and orthographic projections.
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The After Effects Illusionist: All the Effects in One Complete Guide
Harness the full power of After Effects by mastering its native plug-in effects. Author Chad Perkins breaks down the creation and application of each native plug-in effect available in the After Effects toolset. He also shows you how each can be used optimally in your own media project, when and why it makes sense to use each, and how to “break the rules” by using effects in unconventional ways.
Completely updated for CS6 and revised to include coverage of Keylight and the Cycore effects, you will learn every effect from color correction to distortion to simulation and all in between, putting the full power of After Effects in your hands. Included is instruction for using, among others:
- The 3D Camera Tracker
- The Cycore effects
- Matte tools, including Keylight and Refine Matte
- Color correction tools
- A wide array of pattern generating tools
The downloadable resources include project files, allowing you work hand-in-hand with the lessons contained in the book.
Customers who buy an electronic version of the book can contact Peter Linsley (peter.linsley@taylorandfrancis.com) with their receipt and Focal Press will grant access to the companion files.
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The Art of Direction
Ron Ashtiani brings together twenty-five years of experience directing creative projects for games and film to share what it takes to be a successful art director in the entertainment industry today. Using his phenomenal artistic skills, art director and project management abilities, real-world examples, clear diagrams and text, he educates his readers on every element of stellar art design for both video games and movies. Providing creative and business leadership, as well as being a specialist consultant and a regular industry and educational public speaker, he is one of the most resourceful and well educated practitioners in the field of video game and movie art design and perfectly poised to teach others in the entertainment design industry.The fully-illustrated The Art of Direction will lead the reader on the journey of the art director, from how to craft an artistic vision to how to successfully manage a team of artists in bringing that vision to life and making the best creative decisions along the way.
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The Art of SEO
A well-designed, easy-to-navigate website is useless if no one can find it. If your company is going to succeed in the web economy, optimizing your site for search engine visibility is essential. In this book, four of the most noted experts in the field of search engine optimization (SEO) provide you with proven guidelines and cutting-edge techniques for planning and executing a comprehensive SEO strategy. The authors clearly explain SEO fundamentals, while correcting many common misconceptions. If you are new to SEO, you’ll get a complete and thorough SEO education, as well as an array of effective tactics, from basic to advanced. Seasoned practitioners will find this book useful as a complete reference to SEO best practices. * Explore the underlying theory behind SEO and how search engines work * Learn the steps you need to prepare for, execute, and evaluate SEO initiatives * Examine a number of advanced strategies and tactics * Understand the intricacies involved in managing complex SEO projects * Learn what’s necessary to build a competent SEO team with defined roles * Glimpse the future of search and what lies ahead for the SEO industryRead more
£23.70£32.80The Art of SEO
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The Complete Guide to Blender Graphics: Computer Modeling & Animation
BlenderTM is a free Open Source 3D Computer Modeling and Animation Suite incorporating Character Rigging, Particles, Real World Physics Simulation, Sculpting, Video Editing with Motion Tracking and 2D Animation within the 3D Environment.
Blender is FREE to download and use by anyone for anything.
The Complete Guide to Blender Graphics: Computer Modeling and Animation, Seventh Edition is a unified manual describing the operation of the program with reference to the Graphical User Interface for Blender Version 3.0.0, including nearly 100 pages of completely new content.
The book introduces the program’s Graphical User Interface and shows how to implement tools for modeling and animating characters and created scenes with the application of color, texture and special lighting effects.
Key Features:
- The book provides instruction for New Users starting at the very beginning.
- Instruction is presented in a series of chapters incorporating visual reference to the program’s interface.
- The initial chapters are designed to instruct the user in the operation of the program while introducing and demonstrating interesting features of the program.
- Chapters are developed in a building block fashion providing forward and reverse reference to relevant material.
The book is also available in a discounted set along with Blender 2D Animation: The Complete Guide to the Grease Pencil.
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The Complete Guide to Blender Graphics: Computer Modeling & Animation
BlenderTM is a free Open Source 3D Computer Modeling and Animation Suite incorporating Character Rigging, Particles, Real World Physics Simulation, Sculpting, Video Editing with Motion Tracking and 2D Animation within the 3D Environment.
Blender is FREE to download and use by anyone for anything.
The Complete Guide to Blender Graphics: Computer Modeling and Animation, Sixth Edition is a unified manual describing the operation of the program with reference to the Graphical User Interface for Blender Version 2.82a.
A reader of the Sixth Edition should use Blender 2.82a when learning the program and treat it as a training exercise before using any later versions
Key Features:
- The book provides instruction for New Users starting at the very beginning.
- Instruction is presented in a series of chapters incorporating visual reference to the program’s interface.
- The initial chapters are designed to instruct the user in the operation of the program while introducing and demonstrating interesting features of the program.
- Chapters are developed in a building block fashion providing forward and reverse reference to relevant material.
The book is also available in a discounted set along with Blender 2D Animation: The Complete Guide to the Grease Pencil.
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The Complete Guide to Blender Graphics: Computer Modeling and Animation: Volume One
BlenderTM is a free Open-Source 3D Computer Modeling and Animation Suite incorporating Character Rigging, Particles, Real World Physics Simulation, Sculpting, Video Editing with Motion Tracking and 2D Animation within the 3D Environment.
Blender is FREE to download and use by anyone for anything.
The Complete Guide to Blender Graphics: Computer Modeling and Animation, Eighth Edition is a unified manual describing the operation of the program, updated with reference to the Graphical User Interface for Blender Version 3.2.2, including additional material covering Blender Assets, Geometry Nodes, and Non-Linear Animation.
Divided into a two-volume set, the book introduces the program’s Graphical User Interface and shows how to implement tools for modeling and animating characters and created scenes with the application of color, texture, and special lighting effects.
Key Features:
- The book provides instruction for New Users starting at the very beginning
- Instruction is presented in a series of chapters incorporating visual reference to the program’s interface
- The initial chapters are designed to instruct the user in the operation of the program while introducing and demonstrating interesting features of the program
- Chapters are developed in a building block fashion providing forward and reverse reference to relevant material
Both volumes are available in a discounted set, which can also be purchased together with Blender 2D Animation: The Complete Guide to the Grease Pencil.
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The Complete Guide to Blender Graphics: Computer Modeling and Animation: Volumes One and Two: 1-2
BlenderTM is a free Open-Source 3D Computer Modeling and Animation Suite incorporating Character Rigging, Particles, Real World Physics Simulation, Sculpting, Video Editing with Motion Tracking and 2D Animation within the 3D Environment.
Blender is FREE to download and use by anyone for anything.
The Complete Guide to Blender Graphics: Computer Modeling and Animation, Eighth Edition is a unified manual describing the operation of the program, updated with reference to the Graphical User Interface for Blender Version 3.2.2, including additional material covering Blender Assets, Geometry Nodes, and Non-Linear Animation.
Divided into a two-volume set, the book introduces the program’s Graphical User Interface and shows how to implement tools for modeling and animating characters and created scenes with the application of color, texture, and special lighting effects.
Key Features:
- The book provides instruction for New Users starting at the very beginning.
- Instruction is presented in a series of chapters incorporating visual reference to the program’s interface.
- The initial chapters are designed to instruct the user in the operation of the program while introducing and demonstrating interesting features of the program.
- Chapters are developed in a building block fashion providing forward and reverse reference to relevant material.
Both volumes are available in a discounted set, which can also be purchased together with Blender 2D Animation: The Complete Guide to the Grease Pencil.
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The Game Narrative Toolbox (Focal Press Game Design Workshops)
Learn how to create compelling game storylines.
Four experienced narrative designers from different genres of game development have banded together to create this all-inclusive guide on what it’s like to work as a writer and narrative designer in the video game industry. From concept to final testing, The Game Narrative Toolbox walks readers through what role a narrative designer plays on a development team and what the requirements are at every stage of development. Drawing on real experiences, authors Tobias Heussner, Toiya Kristen Finley, PhD, Ann Lemay, and Jennifer Brandes Hepler provide invaluable advice for writing compelling player-centered stories and effective dialogue trees to help readers make the switch from writing prose or screenplay to interactive.
Thoroughly revised, the Second Edition includes updated content reflecting the industry’s latest developments. In addition to revised and updated chapters, this new edition features two additional chapters covering more advanced topics that are applicable to the lessons learned from the original chapters.
Accompanying every chapter are exercises that allow the reader to develop their own documentation, outlines, and game-dialogue samples for use in applying for industry jobs or developing independent projects.
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The Indie Game Developer Handbook
The indie game developer’s complete guide to running a studio.
The climate for the games industry has never been hotter, and this is only set to continue as the marketplace for tablets, consoles and phones grow. Seemingly every day there is a story of how a successful app or game has earned thousands of downloads and revenue. As the market size increases, so does the number of people developing and looking to develop their own app or game to publish. The Indie Game Developer Handbook covers every aspect of running a game development studio―from the initial creation of the game through to completion, release and beyond.
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- Accessible and complete guide to many aspects of running a game development studio from funding and development through QA, publishing, marketing, and more.
- Provides a useful knowledge base and help to support the learning process of running an indie development studio in an honest, approachable and easy to understand way.
- Case studies, interviews from other studies and industry professionals grant an first-hand look into the world of indie game development
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Twitch For Dummies
The first full resource to offer advice on tapping into Twitch
Twitch got its start as a live-streaming platform mostly populated by gamers and their fans. It’s quickly grown to host streaming events of all kinds―concerts, conferences, production events like podcast recording sessions, and even pro sports.
Twitch For Dummies helps initiate those new to streaming with advice on how to launch and build a Twitch channel. Podcasting For Dummies author Tee Morris guides readers through the basics of starting a channel, streaming games or live events, growing and interacting with an audience, and how to overcome common tech glitches.
• Build a streaming studio
• Create your Twitch profile
• Find successful streaming strategies
• Interact with your audienceThis guide offers friendly, reliable advice for broadcasters, marketers, and video fans on how to tap into the most popular online live-streaming service.
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£8.60Twitch For Dummies
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Unreal Engine 5 Character Creation, Animation, and Cinematics: Create custom 3D assets and bring them to life in Unreal Engine 5 using MetaHuman, Lumen, and Nanite
Get to grips with the base workflow and create your own cinematic scenes in UE5 by learning to develop the main elements, animate, and combine them into a complete rendered movie scene with the help of key images printed in color
Key Features
- Perform your entire rigging and animation workflow inside Unreal Engine 5 using Control Rig tools
- Create hand-keyed animations and clean up motion capture natively in Unreal Engine
- Learn the basics of creating 3D assets and customizing a MetaHuman for your movie needs
Book Description
Unreal Engine 5 (UE5) offers beginners and seasoned professionals the ability to create detailed movie scenes with realistic human characters using MetaHuman and combine it with custom props and environments. It also comes with built-in industry standard animation tools to develop such scenes in a fraction of the time compared to old methods. This book takes you through the entire 3D movie production pipeline using free (open – source) software.
By following the step-by-step, beginner-friendly tutorials in this book, you’ll learn how to create your own custom 3D assets in Blender and texture these 3D assets in Quixel Mixer. Next, you’ll take these completed 3D assets into Unreal Engine 5 and use them to build a virtual 3D movie set for your 3D movie. You’ll also populate your 3D movie set by using Quixel MegaScans assets and create and customize your own photorealistic human character using MetaHuman Creator and UE5. As you advance, you’ll discover how to rig, skin, and animate these 3D assets and characters using Blender and UE5’s new Control Rig. Finally, you’ll explore the process of setting up your movie cameras and animation sequences and rendering your 3D movie using UE5’s Sequencer.
By the end of this Unreal Engine book, you’ll have learned how to combine different elements in UE5 to make your own movies and cinematics.
What you will learn
- Create, customize, and use a MetaHuman in a cinematic scene in UE5
- Model and texture custom 3D assets for your movie using Blender and Quixel Mixer
- Use Nanite with Quixel Megascans assets to build 3D movie sets
- Rig and animate characters and 3D assets inside UE5 using Control Rig tools
- Combine your 3D assets in Sequencer, include the final effects, and render out a high-quality movie scene
- Light your 3D movie set using Lumen lighting in UE5
Who this book is for
This book is for beginners to Unreal Engine or 3D animation and art in general who want to learn the entire process of creating 3D movies with Unreal Engine 5. Experienced 3D artists and animators new to UE5 will also find this book invaluable as it covers cutting-edge techniques for making real-time 3D movies using Unreal Engine, Blender, Quixel Mixer, and Quixel Bridge. Although prior experience with 3D software is not necessary, it will be helpful in understanding the concepts more easily.
Table of Contents
- An Introduction to Blender’s 3D Modeling and Sculpting Tools
- Modeling a Robot Drone Character
- Let’s Sculpt an Alien Plant!
- UV Maps and Texture Baking
- Texturing Your Models inside Quixel Mixer
- Exploring Unreal Engine 5
- Setting Up Materials in UE 5
- Using MetaHuman to Create a Photorealistic Human for UE5
- Building a Virtual 3D Movie Set in UE5
- Adding Lighting and Atmospheric Visual Effects in UE5
- Alien Plant Joint Setup in Blender
- Alien Plant Skinning in Blender
- Robot Joint Setup and Skinning in Blender
- Making a Custom Rig for Our Alien Plant with Control Rig
- Creating a Control Rig with Basic IK Controls for a Robot in UE5
(N.B. Please use the Look Inside option to see further chapters)
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WebGL Programming Guide: Interactive 3D Graphics Programming with WebGL (OpenGL)
Using WebGL®, you can create sophisticated interactive 3D graphics inside web browsers, without plug-ins. WebGL makes it possible to build a new generation of 3D web games, user interfaces, and information visualization solutions that will run on any standard web browser, and on PCs, smartphones, tablets, game consoles, or other devices. WebGL Programming Guide will help you get started quickly with interactive WebGL 3D programming, even if you have no prior knowledge of HTML5, JavaScript, 3D graphics, mathematics, or OpenGL.
You’ll learn step-by-step, through realistic examples, building your skills as you move from simple to complex solutions for building visually appealing web pages and 3D applications with WebGL. Media, 3D graphics, and WebGL pioneers Dr. Kouichi Matsuda and Dr. Rodger Lea offer easy-to-understand tutorials on key aspects of WebGL, plus 100 downloadable sample programs, each demonstrating a specific WebGL topic.
You’ll move from basic techniques such as rendering, animating, and texturing triangles, all the way to advanced techniques such as fogging, shadowing, shader switching, and displaying 3D models generated by Blender or other authoring tools. This book won’t just teach you WebGL best practices, it will give you a library of code to jumpstart your own projects.
Coverage includes:
• WebGL’s origin, core concepts, features, advantages, and integration with other web standards
• How and basic WebGL functions work together to deliver 3D graphics
• Shader development with OpenGL ES Shading Language (GLSL ES)
• 3D scene drawing: representing user views, controlling space volume, clipping, object creation, and perspective
• Achieving greater realism through lighting and hierarchical objects
• Advanced techniques: object manipulation, heads-up displays, alpha blending, shader switching, and more
• Valuable reference appendixes covering key issues ranging from coordinate systems to matrices and shader loading to web browser settingsThis is the newest text in the OpenGL Technical Library, Addison-Wesley’s definitive collection of programming guides an reference manuals for OpenGL and its related technologies. The Library enables programmers to gain a practical understanding of OpenGL and the other Khronos application-programming libraries including OpenGL ES and OpenCL. All of the technologies in the OpenGL Technical Library evolve under the auspices of the Khronos Group, the industry consortium guiding the evolution of modern, open-standards media APIs.
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Working with Sound: The Future of Audio Work in Interactive Entertainment
Working with Sound is an exploration of the ever-changing working practices of audio development in the era of hybrid collaboration in the games industry.
Through learnings from the pre-pandemic remote and isolated worlds of audio work, sound designers, composers, and dialogue designers find themselves equipped uniquely to thrive in the hybrid, remote, and studio-based realms of today’s fast-evolving working landscapes. With unique insights into navigating the worlds of isolation and collaboration, this book explores ways of thinking and working in this world, equipping the reader with inspiration to sustainably tackle the many stages of the development process.
Working with Sound is an essential guide for professionals working in dynamic audio teams of all sizes, as well as the designers, producers, artists, animators, and programmers who collaborate closely with their colleagues working on game audio and sound.
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You Had One Job 2024 Day-to-Day Calendar
Get ready to see some truly epic fails! This 2024 daily desktop calendar features some of the all-time funniest, most ridiculous workplace blunders that will leave you laughing, crying, and exclaiming, “You had one job!” Each page features an absurd workplace mishap, along with laugh-inducing commentary by humor writer Beverly L. Jenkins.
Features include:- 5.25″ x 4.375″ page size
- Easel backer for desk or tabletop display
- Printed on FSC certified paper with soy-based ink
- Full-color tear-off pages
- Daily Extra on the back of each page―fun puzzles, trivia, activities, and more
- Day/Date reference on each page
- Combined weekend pages
- Official major world holidays and observances
- Includes daily pictures of hilarious workplace ineptitudes
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