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The Law & Professional Practice (FLK1 & FLK2) bundle contains all 15 study manuals that have been specially collated to focus on the Law area of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) syllabus for the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE1) in a concise and tightly focused manner.
Published and updated regularly, these user-friendly study manuals are designed to help you successfully prepare for the SQE1 exams. They provide solid knowledge and understanding of fundamental legal principles and rules, while bringing the law and practice to life with example scenarios based on realistic client problems.
Each title is complemented by worked examples and sample assessment questions that enable you to test your knowledge and understanding through single best answer questions that have been modelled on the SRA’s sample assessment questions.
For students at The University of Law, the study manuals are used alongside other learning resources and the University’s assessment bank to prepare students not only for the SQE1 exams, but also for a future life in professional legal practice.
The legal principles and rules contained within this study manual are stated as at 1 April 2023 (titles with tax elements to 30 April 2023)
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Personal Injury Pleadings
Personal Injury Pleadings is the authoritative stand-alone source to assist the professional draftsman settling claimants and defendants statements of case. The sixth edition deals with contemporary challenges in litigation as diverse and demanding as the requirements for pleadings in fundamentally dishonest QOCS cases; relief from sanctions applications; cases involving foreign travel; the consequences of BREXIT in Personal Injury litigation; post-ERRA pleadings requirements as to breach of statutory duty; and much more. It provides informed, accurate, in-depth model pleadings, covering the whole gamut of personal injury work, drawn from many years practical experience of real cases. Comprehensive subject coverage is combined with up-to-date informed analysis of recent case law, legislation and subordinate legislation, changes in the Civil Procedure Rules, costs issues, and the minutiae of troublesome practical problems such as the special difficulties involved in fatal accident and late-onset terminal disease claims.Read more
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Learning Blender
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Still the only Blender tutorial to take you from preproduction to final result, this guide is perfect for both novices and those moving from other software to Blender (open source and free software). Author Oliver Villar provides full-color, hands-on chapters that cover every aspect of character creation: design, modeling, unwrapping, texturing, shading, rigging, animation, and rendering. He also walks you through integrating your animated character into a real-world video, using professional camera tracking, lighting, and compositing techniques.
The rich companion website ( blendtuts.com/learning-blender-files) will help you quickly master even the most complex techniques with bonus contents like video tutorials. By the time you’re done, you’ll be ready to create outstanding characters for all media — and you’ll have up-to-date skills for any 3D project, whether it involves characters or not.
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Mastering iPhone Video Production: Techniques and Tips for Creating Professional-Quality Content
Embrace the Power of Your iPhone and Transform Your Videos with Expert Techniques and Secrets!
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A triple-camera system, which takes the place of the dual-camera system found on the Mavic 3’s predecessor, is the standout feature of the Mavic 3 Pro. Similar to the iPhone camera tool, it is controlled by a single tap to switch between cameras (1x, 3x, and 7x). The Mavic 3 Pro’s triple camera setup enables users to quickly swap between shot compositions, giving content producers access to more shots in a shorter amount of time than ever before. We’re eager to explore how people will employ drones to change how viewers perceive distance and space. Although DJI has always provided drones with the capacity to monitor moving objects, avoid obstructions, and detect collisions, the Mavic 3 is where this technology-initiated advancement began. The 4/3 CMOS Hasselblad camera from the Mavic 3 Series is carried over into the Mavic 3 Pro. This camera is capable of 5.1K at 50 frames per second or DCI 4K at 120 frames per second and 12-bit RAW photo capture. With the new 10-bit D-Log M color mode, you may record up to a billion different colors while also achieving more natural color gradations and simpler color grading. Aside from that, Apple ProRes 422 HQ, Apple ProRes 422 and Apple ProRes 422 LT encoding are all supported by the three cameras that make up the Mavic Pro 3 Cine. A 1TB SSD and a 10Gbps lightspeed data connection are also incorporated into the drone.Read more
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Animated Storytelling: Simple Steps for Creating Animation and Motion Graphics
Animation is a limitless medium for telling stories. Artists can create worlds, defy gravity, flip from factual to fantasy, and transport audiences to places they never imagined. The challenge is having the discipline to reel it in and be intentional about your storytelling choices. This book shows you how.
In Animated Storytelling, you’ll learn how to create memorable stories using animation and motion graphics by following 10 simple guidelines that take you through the stages of concept development, pre-production, storyboarding, and design. Award-winning animator Liz Blazer uses clear examples and easy-to-follow exercises to provide you with the instruction, encouragement, and tools you need to get your designs moving.
Whether your goal is to create exciting shorts for film festivals, effective messaging for broadcast or online, or simply to gain a deeper understanding of the medium, Animated Storytelling simplifies the process of creating clear and engaging stories for animation and motion graphics so you can get started easily.
In Animated Storytelling, you’ll learn how to:
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Satoshi Kon Paprika Storyboard Book
Satoshi Kon’s high-quality masterpieces will always be sorely missed not only by Japanese but international anime film fans all over the world. This publication, long-awaited by Kon fans and cinephiles, contains all the storyboards and behind-the-scenes documents of the critically acclaimed animation movie, “Paprika.” Papurika is a visually spectacular adaption of a science fiction novel intended not just for children or young generation. Its fragmental and fantastical images stunningly reproduce the Sci-Fi world of the novel originally written by the writer Yasutaka Tsutsui. The feature interviews with Kon and Tsutsui are also included, followed by the talk with the executive director of the production company, Madhouse. Kon was always recognized for his elaborate techniques; however, it can be said that he reached the height of virtuosity in this movie Paprika when comparing to his first movie, Perfect Blue. Originally, the Paprika storyboard was just the added bonus item included in the DVD set released in 2007. Having been given a new look this time as a complete storyboard, it will be the absolute textbook for film direction.Read more
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Ideas for the Animated Short: Finding and Building Stories
Editor’s note: there has been an issue with the book’s companion site. Focal Press is fixing the issue. In the meanwhile, please visit http://www.routledge.com/cw/sullivan-978024081872/ for all the material promised in the book.
From demo reel creation to festival shorts, students and professionals alike are creating animated shorts that are dynamic and eye catching but the time constraints of these shorts are challenging in their own right. The unique format of the animated short of two to five minutes in length presents a practical and aesthetic challenge that is rarely addressed in the classroom. Ideas for the Animated Short is a comprehensive and practical blueprint for creative and unique animated short creation with a focus on the strength of a compelling story. A comprehensive guide to the animated short, this title is an invaluable asset for aspiring animation professionals, students and independent filmmakers. Explore the process of developing a short from conception to final delivery and adapt the industry’s best practices in your own workflow. Written by four leading animators, artists and professors, Ideas for the Animated Short is written from the unique perspective of a professional animator adapting creative stories into incredible animated shorts.
Follow from start to finish the creation of an animated short from the pre-production thought process to story development and character design. Explore the best practices and avoid the common pitfalls of creating two to five minute shorts. Watch a specially created animated short, demonstrating the core techniques and principles at the companion website! Packed with illustrated examples of idea generation, character and story development, acting, dialogue and storyboarding practice this is your conceptual toolkit proven to meet the challenges of this unique art form. The companion website includes in-depth interviews with industry insiders, short animations (many with accompanying animatics, character designs and environment designs) and an acting workshop to get your animated short off to a flying start! With all NEW content on script writing, acting, sound design and visual storytelling that further enhance your animated shorts and apply the industry best practices to your own projects.
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iMovie – The Missing Manual: 2014 Release, Covers iMovie 10.0 for Mac and 2.0 for IOS (Missing Manuals)
This edition covers iMovie 10.0 for Mac and iMovie 2.0 for iOS. iMovie’s sophisticated tools make it easier than ever to turn raw footage into sleek, entertaining movies once you understand how to harness its features. Experts David Pogue and Aaron Miller give you hands-on advice and step-by-step instructions for creating polished movies on your Mac, iPhone, or iPad. Dive in and discover why this is the top-selling iMovie book. The important stuff you need to know Get started. Import footage, review clips, and create movies, using iMovie’s new, streamlined layout. Include stunning effects. Introduce instant replays, freeze frames, fast-forward or slo-mo clips, and fade-outs. Add pro touches. Create cutaways, picture-in-picture boxes, side-by-side shots, and green-screen effects. Make movies on iOS devices. Tackle projects on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch with our book-within-a-book. Produce stunning trailers. Craft your own Hollywood-style “Coming Attractions!” previews. Share your masterpiece. Quickly post movies to YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, CNN iReport, and iTunes. Watch iMovie Theater. Play your movies on any Apple gadget in iMovie’s new full-screen cinema.Read more
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Special Effects: An Oral History; Interviews with 37 Masters: Interviews with 37 masters spanning 100 years
Spanning a century of film technology from the early innovations of George M li s to the most recent Matrix films, a tribute to the use of illusion in movies features interviews with thirty-seven international special effects masters and more than 1,000 illustrations, in a volume complemented by a list of recommended DVD films. 15,000 first printinRead more
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Clockwork Game Design
Only by finding and focusing on a core mechanism can you further your pursuit of elegance in strategy game design.
Clockwork Game Design is the most functional and directly applicable theory for game design. It details the clockwork game design pattern, which focuses on building around fundamental functionality. You can then use this understanding to prescribe a system for building and refining your rulesets. A game can achieve clarity of purpose by starting with a strong core, then removing elements that conflict with that core while adding elements that support it.
Filled with examples and exercises detailing how to put the clockwork game design pattern into use, this book is a must-have manual for designing games.
- A hands-on, practical book that outlines a very specific approach to designing games
- Develop the mechanics that make your game great, and limit or remove factors that disrupt the core concept
- Practice designing games through the featured exercises and illustrations
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YouTube Planning Book for Kids (2nd Edition): a notebook for budding YouTubers and Vloggers
A #1 AMAZON BESTSELLER!
“Perfect little planning notebook to get the kids writing their own plans before getting immersed in their videos and screentime. And a cute record to keep of all of their ideas!”
>>Perfect accompaniment to a YouTube or Vlogging Guidebook
Got a child who loves Vlogging and YouTube and loves making their own videos or wants to start? Help them harness their ideas and filming skills and get planning like a pro with this kid-friendly YouTube planning notebook.
Get them off their screens 24/7 and help them hone their writing, planning, organising, editing, marketing and business skills through a hobby they love – and make better videos because of it!
Includes hints and tips on how to make good videos, how to stay safe when publishing online, and a review section to keep thinking about what you do and how to make it better each time.
10 double-page-spread planning pages to get you started on your YouTube journey.
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PLEASE NOTE: This is predominantely a notebook, with lots of space for your child to plan and write down their own ideas. There is guidance at the start on how to do this, and each planning page is split into sections to help create logical, structured videos with an audience in mind. It is the perfect accompaniment to the many in-depth Vlogging Guidebooks there are available. It’s a little bit about reading and learning, but much more so about thinking, planning, writing, drawing and doing!
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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENT 2023 USER’S GUIDE: AN EASY-TO-FOLLOW, STEP BY STEP ILLUSTRATED MANUAL FOR LEARNING ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENT 2023 WITH UPDATED TIPS, TRICKS AND SHORTCUTS.
Are you stuck on how to turn ordinary pictures into extraordinary ones?
Do you desire to create a professional-looking design with your images?
Do you desire to learn Photoshop Element with ease?
This user guide is meant for you.
You don’t have to be a professional to use to start using Photoshop Element. All that you need to know to maximize the mind-blowing features in Photoshop Element 2023 is embedded in this user guide.
In this user guide, the following are just a few out of many you will get to learn:- Exploring the new features in Adobe Photoshop elements 2023.
- How to install Photoshop Element 2023
- Learning the basics of image editing
- Checking out the Photo Editor
- Exploiting the Editing Environment in the Photo Editor
- Working with Pixels
- Understanding Image Dimension and Resolution
- Making use of the Organizer
- Working with the Media Browser in the Organizer
- Uploading Images to the Organizer.
- Making and modifying selections
- Working with layers
- Working with Camera Raw Editor
- Getting familiar with simple image makeover
- Tips and tricks with revised shortcuts.
With this book in your hands, you are on your way to becoming a professional user of Photoshop Element.
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Getting Started with Processing, 2E: A Hands-On Introduction to Making Interactive Graphics (Make: Technology on Your Time)
Processing opened up the world of programming to artists, designers, educators, and beginners. This short book gently introduces the core concepts of computer programming and working with Processing. Written by the co-founders of the Processing project, Reas and Fry, Getting Started with Processing shows you how easy it is to make software and systems with interactive graphics. If you’re an artist looking to develop interactive graphics programs or a programmer on your way to becoming an artist, this book will take you where you want to go. Updated with new material on graphics manipulation, data, and for the latest version of Processing.
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Character Mentor: Learn by Example to Use Expressions, Poses, and Staging to Bring Your Characters to Life
You’ve researched your character extensively, tailored her to your audience, sketched hundreds of versions, and now you lean back content as you gaze at your final character model sheet. But now what? Whether you want to use her in an animated film, television show, video game, web comic, or children’s book, you’re going to have to make her perform. How a character looks and is costumed starts to tell her story, but her body language reveals even more. Character Mentor shows you how to pose your character, create emotion through facial expressions, and stage your character to create drama. Author Tom Bancroft addresses each topic with clear, concise prose, and then shows you what he really means through commenting on and redrawing artwork from a variety of student “apprentices.” His assignments allow you to join in and bring your drawing to the next level with concrete techniques, as well as more theoretical analysis. Character Mentor is an apprenticeship in a book.
Professional artists from a variety of media offer their experience through additional commentary. These include Marcus Hamilton (Dennis the Menace), Terry Dodson (X-Men), Bobby Rubio (Pixar), Sean “Cheeks” Galloway (Spiderman animated), and more. With a foreword by comicbook artist Adam Hughes, who has produced work for DC, Marvel Comics, Lucasfilm, Warner Bros. Pictures, and other companies.
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ADOBE PREMIERE PRO 2023: An Illustrated Step-By-Step Guide for Beginners
Unleash your Creativity and Master the art of Video Editing with “Adobe Premiere Pro 2023 – An Illustrated Step-By-Step Guide for Beginners.” Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced editor, this book is designed to help you achieve your video editing goals with ease. It provides step-by-step instructions and detailed illustrations to help you navigate through Premiere Pro and create high-quality videos effortlessly.Inside the book, you will learn how to navigate through Premiere Pro’s interface, organize media files, edit video and audio tracks, create and customize transitions and effects, utilize color grading and correction tools, work with text and titles, add music and sound effects, and record and edit voiceovers.
Additionally, you will learn how to apply keyframes and motion graphics to your videos, export your finished projects, use proxies, third-party plugins, masks, and tracking, as well as edit for social media platforms, and troubleshoot common issues.
Don’t let video editing intimidate you any longer – pick up this illustrated step-by-step guide and start creating Amazing videos today!
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Adobe After Effects: A Complete Course and Compendium of Features: 5
Adobe After Effects: A Complete Course and Compendium of Features is your guide to editing and enhancing videos in Adobe After Effects. Whether you re animating text or objects, changing a scene s setting, or creating a 3D scene, After Effects is the tool for you and this book will teach you what you need to know. First, with a complete Course that includes a set of projects and lessons derived from video editor and Adobe Certified Instructor Ben Goldsmith, you will learn the procedures needed to use After Effects effectively and professionally. Dozens of exercises are included that can be applied to any videos you have in mind. Through step-by-step lessons, you ll be exposed to all of After Effects features in practical contexts and its best practices for optimal workflows. To complete the Course, we ll supply lesson documents and their assets to download, so you can work alongside the text. Then, for greater depth of knowledge and subsequent reference, you ll use the Compendium to uncover more of the how and why of After Effects. With each topic easy to access, you can find and explore all of Premiere Pro s key features and concepts in depth. With cross-references between the Course and Compendium, the two parts of the book complement each other perfectly. Best of all, when the lessons in the Course are done, the Compendium will continue to serve for months and years to come.Read more
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OpenGL ES 3.0 Programming Guide (2nd Edition)
OpenGL® ES™ is the industry’s leading software interface and graphics library for rendering sophisticated 3D graphics on handheld and embedded devices. The newest version, OpenGL ES 3.0, makes it possible to create stunning visuals for new games and apps, without compromising device performance or battery life. In the OpenGL ® ES ™ 3.0 Programming Guide, Second Edition, the authors cover the entire API and Shading Language. They carefully introduce OpenGL ES 3.0 features such as shadow mapping, instancing, multiple render targets, uniform buffer objects, texture compression, program binaries, and transform feedback. Through detailed, downloadable C-based code examples, you’ll learn how to set up and program every aspect of the graphics pipeline. Step by step, you’ll move from introductory techniques all the way to advanced per-pixel lighting and particle systems. Throughout, you’ll find cutting-edge tips for optimizing performance, maximizing efficiency with both the API and hardware, and fully leveraging OpenGL ES 3.0 in a wide spectrum of applications. All code has been built and tested on iOS 7, Android 4.3, Windows (OpenGL ES 3.0 Emulation), and Ubuntu Linux, and the authors demonstrate how to build OpenGL ES code for each platform. Coverage includes EGL API: communicating with the native windowing system, choosing configurations, and creating rendering contexts and surfaces Shaders: creating and attaching shader objects; compiling shaders; checking for compile errors; creating, linking, and querying program objects; and using source shaders and program binaries OpenGL ES Shading Language: variables, types, constructors, structures, arrays, attributes, uniform blocks, I/O variables, precision qualifiers, and invariance Geometry, vertices, and primitives: inputting geometry into the pipeline, and assembling it into primitives 2D/3D, Cubemap, Array texturing: creation, loading, and rendering; texture wrap modes, filtering, and formats; compressed textures, sampler objects, immutable textures, pixel unpack buffer objects, and mipmapping Fragment shaders: multitexturing, fog, alpha test, and user clip planes Fragment operations: scissor, stencil, and depth tests; multisampling, blending, and dithering Framebuffer objects: rendering to offscreen surfaces for advanced effects Advanced rendering: per-pixel lighting, environment mapping, particle systems, image post-processing, procedural textures, shadow mapping, terrain, and projective texturing Sync objects and fences: synchronizing within host application and GPU execution This edition of the book includes a color insert of the OpenGL ES 3.0 API and OpenGL ES Shading Language 3.0 Reference Cards created by Khronos. The reference cards contain a complete list of all of the functions in OpenGL ES 3.0 along with all of the types, operators, qualifiers, built-ins, and functions in the OpenGL ES Shading Language.Read more
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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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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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Creating a Stop Motion Story: Unlock your Imagination
Learn to create stunning stop motion stories on the iPad with GarageBand, iStopMotion and iMovie. A straightforward step-by-step guide to creating story-driven stop motion animation movies. Follow our easy template to improvise original stories. Take command of GarageBand app and record high quality sound on your iPad. Create the animation pictures in iStopMotion app. Complete the movie by adding a title and credits in iMovie app. Use the iPad for 100% creativity. Ideal for the classroom and hobby. Suitable for all ages. An excellent digital media resource for teachers and students.Read more
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Nikon Z8: Exclusive Guide for Beginners and Expert
Achieve New Heights with Your Photography!
I’m pleased to introduce the Nikon Z8 Handbook; the comprehensive guide to making the most of the exceptional Nikon Z8 mirrorless camera. This book was written to give photographers of all experience levels in-depth knowledge, practical guidance, and cutting-edge techniques to advance their photography.
Beyond the basics, this manual provides in-depth explanations of the Nikon Z8’s extra features and customization choices. Learn how to utilize the camera’s straightforward menu system, take advantage of the built-in image stabilization, and explore the benefits of the electronic viewfinder. With the aid of step-by-step instructions, you can adapt the camera to your particular shooting style, creating a smooth and efficient workflow.
The Nikon Z8’s revolutionary full-frame sensor, which has an exceptional resolution, is at its core. This manual explores the capabilities of the sensor and explains how to enhance image quality, record minute details, and produce amazingly sharp images. Unlock the actual power of resolution by learning about the sensor’s cutting-edge technology, pixel layout, and efficient post-processing methods.
In this Nikon Z8 Guidebook, the several choices offered by the Z-mount system are investigated. Discover a wide range of exceptional lenses designed particularly for the Z-series cameras and discover how different lenses may influence your capacity for creative expression. This book provides instructions on lens selection, usage advice, and methods to record your vision with the highest level of detail and accuracy.
This manual explores the various autofocus settings, including as single-point, wide-area, and tracking, and explains when and how to use each setting effectively. Learn how to adjust focus settings, comprehend the camera’s subject identification algorithms, and perfect tactics for accurately and confidently shooting moving subjects.
With the help of this Nikon Z8 Guidebook, you’ll be able to pursue fresh creative endeavors. Learn how to use cutting-edge shooting techniques like time-lapse and multiple exposure to efficiently create amazing visual storytelling. With the insights from the manual on composition, lighting, and post-processing workflows, you can unleash your artistic potential and create photos that are genuinely unique.
This Nikon Z8 manual is your key reference for learning this remarkable camera, whether you’re a seasoned pro or a fervent enthusiast. This manual will enable you to push limits, capture amazing moments, and raise your photography to new heights of perfection with the Nikon Z8.Read more
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Digital Painting Techniques: Masters Collection: 01 (Digital Art Masters Series)
Discover the tips, tricks and techniques that really work for concept artists, matte painters and animators. Compiled by the team at 3dtotal.com, Digital Painting Techniques, Volume 1 offers digital inspiration with hands-on insight and techniques from professional digital artists. More than just a gallery book – within Digital Painting Techniques each artist has written a breakdown overview, with supporting imagery of how they made their piece of work. Beginner and intermediate digital artists will be inspired by the gallery style collection of the finest examples of digital painting from world renowned digital artists. Start your mentorship into the world of digital painting today with some of the greatest digital artists in the world and delve into professional digital painting techiques, such as speed painting, custom brush creation and matte painting. Develop your digital painting skills beyond the variety of free online digital painting tutorials and apply the most up to date techniques to your digital canvas with Digital Painting Techniques for Animators.Read more
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Adobe Premiere Elements 2023: Creating & Editing Action-Filled Movies Made Easy for Beginners & Professionals
Are you seeking to edit stunning videos for your private use? Or are you looking to find video software that is amazing and easy to use? If you are, then this is the right guide to get started with your video editing journey.
With Adobe Premiere Elements 2023, creating stunning movies is easier than ever. Adobe Premiere Elements is a condensed version of Adobe Premiere Pro that was created for average home users rather than professional filmmakers. With a handy collection of in-built lessons and basic settings that make it simple to start editing films, it performs a fantastic job of introducing novice users to the world of video editing.
Anybody wishing to edit films fast, have fun, or produce amazing movies from a range of clips and pictures can take advantage of the versatility Adobe Sensei AI gives, whether you want to modify and chop or apply creative effects and overlays. The Quick view option in Premiere Elements also allows you to animate your clips and add titles, graphics, effects, and transitions, among other things. The Expert View, on the other hand, enables you to perform significantly more sophisticated adjustments.
This guide will give you a solid foundation and background on the various functionalities and features packed in Premiere Elements, as well as the tools, resources, and skills needed to advance and produce the desired look and sound for your videos. For a start, you will learn about the Premiere Elements workspace, how to customize your workspace, how to use guided edits, how to assemble your video in Quick View, how to add transitions between clips, how to create time-lapse videos and so much more. Unsurprisingly, Adobe Premiere Elements 2023 can be used by anybody, even if they have no prior experience with design, printing, or publishing software.
Here is a snippet of what you stand to learn from this guide:- About Adobe Premiere Elements 2023
- How to edit in Quick View
- How to use Guided Edits
- How to create a still title
- How to adjust the effect
- How to add narration
- How to save a project
- How to organize clips in folders
- How to add media to your project
- How to choose between clips
- How to edit your video in Expert view
- How to create a video story or video collage
- How to customize transitions
- How to add audio and video effects
- How to mix audio and video sounds
- Movie editing tips & tricks
- … and lots more
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Interactive Storytelling for Video Games: A Player-Centered Approach to Creating Memorable Characters and Stories
What really makes a video game story interactive?
What’s the best way to create an interactive story?
How much control should players be given?
Do they really want that control in the first place?
Do they even know what they want-or are their stated desires at odds with the unconscious preferences?All of these questions and more are examined in this definitive book on interactive storytelling for video games. You’ll get detailed descriptions of all major types of interactive stories, case studies of popular games (including Bioshock, Fallout 3, Final Fantasy XIII, Heavy Rain, and Metal Gear Solid), and how players interact with them, and an in-depth analysis of the results of a national survey on player storytelling preferences in games. You’ll get the expert advice you need to generate compelling and original game concepts and narratives.With Interactive Storytelling for Video Games, you’ll:
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Mandala Animals Coloring Book: 50 The Most Beautiful Mandala Animals and Birds Adult Coloring Book/ Unique and Amazing Mandala Animal and Bird Adult … / Stress Relieving…
♥♥Unleash Your Creativity and your attention to detail with over 50 unique animals mandala designs!
★★Our Mandala Animals Coloring Book is perfect for you!
★Explore mandalas, the beautiful art of coloring. Welcome to a world of discovery with the mandala animals coloring book. Wind yourself a nice hot cup of tea and dive into this amazing universe of creativity. The intricate designs and patterns are a visual treat just for coloring with fine crayons or colored pencils. If you love nature and want to express your feelings with calming colors, then this coloring book is designed for you! Take your time and using various shades of green and other colors to create an effect that is pleasing both to the eye and mind. This book will keep you engaged for hours as you complete.
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★★Our Mandala Animals Coloring Book features:
✔Contains 50 completely unique coloring pages. There are NO duplicate images in this book
✔The pages are single-sided to prevent bleed-through, and so that pages can be removed and displayed without losing an image on the back.
✔Suitable for markers, coloring pencils, gel pens, fine lines, watercolors;
✔The whole coloring book is an alternation between more complex coloring pages and simpler pages for every skill level;
✔The pages are a nice, large 8.5×11 size;
✔Over 50 types of abstract and nice animals.♥♥Coloring books make a wonderful gift for you.
★★Our coloring books are frequently one of the most gifted items.
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GETTING FAMILIAR WITH YOUR GADGET : Nikon Zf (The Ultimate Quality Gadget Guides Book 3)
“Getting Familiar with Your Gadget: Nikon Zf” is your essential guide to unlocking the full potential of the groundbreaking Nikon Zf mirrorless camera. Whether you’re a photography enthusiast or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive handbook is designed to elevate your skills and empower you to capture breathtaking images with precision and artistry.
Inside, you’ll embark on a journey through the intricacies of the Nikon Zf, unraveling its advanced features, customizable settings, and innovative shooting modes. From mastering fundamental techniques to exploring creative composition and lighting strategies, this book provides a holistic approach to harnessing the capabilities of the Nikon Zf in diverse photographic scenarios.
Key Features:
- In-depth exploration of the Nikon Zf’s cutting-edge technology and intuitive interface.
- Step-by-step tutorials and practical exercises for seamless integration into your photography workflow.
- Real-world examples and case studies showcasing the camera’s versatility across various genres, from landscapes to portraits to action shots.
- Insights into post-processing techniques to enhance and refine your images.
- Recommendations on essential accessories and complementary gear to expand your creative toolkit.
Whether you’re capturing the grandeur of nature, the intimacy of a portrait, or the dynamic energy of action scenes, “Getting Familiar with Your Gadget: Nikon Zf” empowers you to transcend technical limitations and create photographs that resonate with depth, emotion, and timeless beauty.
Embark on this journey of discovery and let the Nikon Zf become an extension of your creative vision. Unleash the full potential of this exceptional camera and watch as your images come to life with newfound clarity and artistry. Elevate your photography today with the definitive guide to the Nikon Zf.
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Real-Time Video Content for Virtual Production & Live Entertainment: A Learning Roadmap for an Evolving Practice
Real-Time Video Content for Virtual Production & Live Entertainment looks at the evolution of current software and hardware, how these tools are used, and how to plan for productions dependent on real-time content.
From rock concerts to theatre, live television broadcast to film production, art installations to immersive experiences, the book outlines the various applications of real-time video content – the intersection of gaming and performance that is revolutionizing how films are made and how video content is created for screens. Rather than render out a fixed video file, new tools allow for interactive video content that responds to audience activity, camera position, and performer action in real time. Combining software renderers with environmental information, video content is generated nearly instantaneously to simulate depth, creating a new world of Virtual Production. This book provides an overview of the current software and hardware used to create real-time content while also reviewing the various external technologies the real-time content is dependent upon. Case studies from industry experts appear in each chapter to reinforce the tools described, establish industry practice, and provide insight on a complex and rapidly growing discipline.
Real-Time Video Content for Virtual Production & Live Entertainment prepares students and practitioners for a future working with real-time technologies and informs current entertainment technology professionals how to rethink about their old roles using these new tools.
The book includes access to a companion website featuring web-based and video resources that expand on topics covered in the text. Each chapter has a unique page that points to example material, video presentations, and professional studies on chapter topics. You can visit the companion website at rtv-book.com.
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Making Short Films on Your Smartphone
Do you want to make your own short film? Maybe you don’t have a video camera. After all, they can be awfully expensive. With the advancements in smartphone technology, anyone can just become a short filmmaker. All you need is a dependable phone with a clear camera, and maybe you could become the next big thing in the film industry. Inside this book, you will find the following: • Why you should create a short film with your smartphone. • Is your phone good enough to make a film • Choosing the best accessories to go with your device • How to find free-or-cheap alternatives to professional filmmaking equipment • An app guide, to help you find the best software for shooting and editing your film • How to share your finished film with others • The basics of filmmaking, from thinking of an idea to finding cast and crew members, to shooting your footage, and finally editing everything together. Making Short Films on Your Smartphone isn’t just another tech-book about buying smartphones, or learning how to use apps. This book is aimed at people who have a passion for creating their own films, and would like to take advantage of the devices that they already own – a smartphone. Why wait until you save thousands of dollars for a “real” video camera? You could be creating award-winning short films right now, as other people have already done – using a smartphone, and your own creativity.Read more
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Learn Adobe Animate CC for Multiplatform Animations: Adobe Certified Associate Exam Preparation (Adobe Certified Associate (ACA))
Knowing the industry-standard animation and interactivity tool Adobe Animate CC can help you get a foothold in the exciting web design and mobile app-development world. Learn Animate CC by building cool creative projects that will teach you how to:
- Design and animate vector artwork
- Compose an animated greeting card using HTML5
- Build a promotional video with text and images animated in 3D
- Build an interactive poem generator using JavaScript
- Construct a working digital clock using ActionScript
- Design and code an interactive quiz for mobile devices
This study guide uses video integrated with text to help you gain real-world skills that will get you started in your career designing and building multiplatform animations using Adobe Animate CC and lays the foundation for taking the Adobe Certified Associate certification exam in that field. A mix of 7 project-based lessons, 10 hours of practical videos, and interactive quizzes prepares you for an entry-level position in a competitive job market.
Purchasing this book gives you access to valuable online extras. Follow the instructions in the book’s “Getting Started” section to unlock access to:
- Web Edition containing instructional video embedded in the complete text of the book with interactive review questions along with product updates
- Downloadable lesson files you need to work through the projects in the book
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The Giant Book of Hacks for Minecrafters: A Giant Unofficial Guide Featuring Tips and Tricks Other Guides Won’t Teach You
More than 350-full-color pages of tips, tricks, and secrets that will help every boy and girl become a master of Minecraft.Here New York Times bestselling author Megan Miller teaches Minecrafters everything they want to know about manipulating and programming command blocks within Minecraft, manipulating redstone to make amazing contraptions and machines, how to add modifications to their Minecraft game, and more! Other tips will help gamers:
- Make their own custom maps and mini-games
- Build essential redstone logic gates, loops, and circuits
- Explore today’s range of modded Minecraft play, from the must-haves to the fanciful
- And much, much more!
Packed with expert tips, cheats, and hacks! This guide shows users exactly how the experts wield command blocks and make fun modifications (like giving and getting loot and customizing villagers), wield redstone power and build classic and crazy contraptions (like automatic doors and furnaces, and hidden traps and staircases), and keep their games new and exciting with mods (from utilities to full-fledged gameplay extensions and modpacks). Hundreds of screenshots help readers follow along with each tip, step-by-step, to master the Minecrafting world.
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The Drone Pilot’s Handbook
The perfect companion for anyone buying (or thinking of buying) a drone, whether it’s just for fun, to race against friends, or to give their to give their photography a whole new angle.
The Drone Pilot’s Handbook gives you the skills and techniques you need to fly and maintain your multicopter drone, tips for tuning it for maximum performance, and – importantly – a clear graphical guide to where the law will and won’t allow you to fly. Meanwhile, spectacular aerial photography from around the world will inspire you to get airborne immediately!
Occasional boxouts provide safety tips, handy ideas, and URLs, and flying instructions are presented with attractive original illustrations. This clean approach that makes a welcome contrast to ugly online forums, or the PDFs that drone manufacturers provide, and will have you up and away in no time.
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Getting Started in ZBrush: An Introduction to Digital Sculpting and Illustration
Getting Started in ZBrush is a gentle introduction to ZBrush, today’s premier digital sculpting program. Beginning with the fundamentals of digital sculpting as well as a thorough introduction to the user interface, Getting Started in ZBrush will have you creating a variety of professional-level 3D models in no-time. More than just another button-pushing manual, this comprehensive guide is packed with start-to-finish projects that ease you into the workflow of the program, while at the same time providing tips and tricks that will allow you to achieve certain tasks much more quickly. After progressing through the tutorials, you will be shown how to customize brushes, materials, scripts, and the interface so that you can utilize these tools to their full advantage.
Special consideration is given to ZBrush’s integration plug-ins with Maya and 3ds Max, allowing you to properly import and export your models in all programs. Texturing, painting, mapping, decimation, baking, and topology are also fully covered so your Zbrush creations can come to life without sacrificing that high-resolution look.
- Ease your way into this complex subject with this straight-forward approach to ZBrush
- Perfect your technique with step-by-step tutorials that allow you to create high res models from start to finish.
- Expand your knowledge by visiting the companion website, which features video demonstrations, project files, texture and model files, scripts, customized menus, brushes, and additional resources.
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IPHONE 15 PRO MAX CAMERA GUIDE Ridiculously Made Easy: Complete Photography & Videography User Manual for Beginners with Tips and Tricks for iOS 17 (Gadgets Guides (by Funky))
Are you ready to unlock the full potential of your iPhone 15 Pro Max camera? Look no further! “IPHONE 15 PRO MAX CAMERA GUIDE Ridiculously Made Easy” is your comprehensive, step-by-step manual designed to demystify and master the incredible camera features of your iPhone 15 Pro Max.🔥A Guide for Everyone:
Whether you’re a photography enthusiast, a beginner looking to capture stunning photos, or a senior eager to embrace the world of smartphone photography, this guide is tailor-made for you. No matter your skill level, we’ve got you covered.What You’ll Discover:
- How to Take a live photo
- How to Capture action shots
- How to use burst mode
- How to Take a Selfie
- How to shoot a Panorama
- How to Take a Portrait Photo
- How to use Photographic Styles
- How to Use Live Text
- How to Shoot Macro photo
- How to Set up Apple ProRAW
- How to change Shutter Volume
- How to change HDR Camera Settings
- How to Record Video
- How to use Action Mode
- How to Record a QuickTake video
- How to Record video in slow motion
- How to Record time-lapse videos
- How to Record ProRES Video
- How to Change Video Recording Settings
- How to View, Share and Print Photos on iPhone
- How to Straighten & Perspective Adjustment
- How to Apply a filter effect
- How to Write or Draw on a picture
- How to Trim video length and set Slow Motion
- How to Edit Cinematic Mode Videos
- How to Edit Live Photos on iPhone
- How to Edit Portrait Mode pictures
- How to Find and identify people in photos
- How to View Photos by Location
- How to Share photos and videos
- How to Use Live Text
- How to Use Visual Lookup
- How to Lift Subjects from Photo background
- How to use the Freeform app
- How to Use FaceTime app
- And so on!
🔥Tips and Tricks:
Uncover a treasure trove of tips and tricks to elevate your photography and videography game. From hidden features to creative hacks, this guide has it all.🔥Simplified Steps:
Our easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions ensure that you can effortlessly navigate your iPhone’s camera settings, making your learning experience enjoyable and stress-free.We’ve meticulously crafted this user-friendly guide to be insightful and practical. Our team of experts has gone the extra mile to provide you with the most accurate and up-to-date information. With our help, you’ll transform your iPhone 15 Pro Max into a photography and videography powerhouse.
Unleash Your Inner Photographer: Whether you aspire to capture stunning landscapes, beautiful portraits, or record precious moments in video, this guide is your gateway to unleashing your inner photographer and videographer.
Don’t miss out on this must-have guide for every iPhone 15 Pro Max owner. Get your hands on the ” IPHONE 15 PRO MAX CAMERA GUIDE Ridiculously Made Easy” now, and embark on a captivating journey into the world of photography and videography with your beloved iPhone 15 Pro Max!Read more
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Pinnacle Studio 26 Revealed
Learn to unleash the full power of Pinnacle Studio by following practical examples. As Studio develops, so does the Revealed series, with all the features of this popular software covered in detail. Start from scratch, or dip in and out – this book works both as a manual and a series of tutorials.
From Basic Principles right through to understanding the latest additions to the program, Pinnacle Studio Revealed is packed with tips and examples, using both the sample footage and easily downloaded content. Topics include keeping your movies in sync, troubleshooting, Motion Titles, Masking and Motion Tracking, Multi-Cam, Split Screen templates and working with MyDVD as well as Legacy Disc Authoring.
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Minecraft: Exploded Builds: Medieval Fortress: An Official Mojang Book
Have you ever wanted to create your own legendary medieval kingdom to rule over? Well, now you can, with Minecraft Exploded Builds: Medieval Fortress.Learn how to design, build, and customize every part of your castle and the surrounding area, from sturdy walls and deadly traps to dank, dark dungeons and sprawling villages. Each build has an exploded view to show you exactly which blocks to use, plus extra ideas to make every part of your kingdom unique.
Packed with interesting facts about medieval life, full-color illustrations, and a foldout depicting the epic scale of the kingdom, this official Mojang book has dozens of building ideas to ignite the imaginations of Minecrafters of all ages.
Note: This book has been designed to mimic job-site engineering plans. The marks and scuffs on the pages are an intentional design element.
Collect all of the official Minecraft books:
Minecraft: The Island
Minecraft: The Crash
Minecraft: The Lost Journals
Minecraft: The Survivors’ Book of Secrets
Minecraft: Exploded Builds: Medieval Fortress
Minecraft: Guide to Exploration
Minecraft: Guide to Creative
Minecraft: Guide to the Nether & the End
Minecraft: Guide to Redstone
Minecraft: Mobestiary
Minecraft: Guide to Enchantments & Potions
Minecraft: Guide to PVP Minigames
Minecraft: Guide to Farming
Minecraft: Let’s Build! Theme Park Adventure
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Lighting for Animation: The Art of Visual Storytelling
Lighting for Animation is designed with one goal in mind – to make you a better artist. Over the course of the book, Jasmine Katatikarn and Michael Tanzillo (Senior Lighting TDs, Blue Sky Studios) will train your eye to analyze your work more critically, and teach you approaches and techniques to improve your craft. Focusing on the main philosophies and core concepts utilized by industry professionals, this book builds the foundation for a successful career as a lighting artist in visual effects and computer animation. Inside you’ll find in-depth instruction on:
• Creating mood and storytelling through lighting
• Using light to create visual shaping
• Directing the viewer’s eye with light and color
• Gathering and utilizing reference images
• Successfully lighting and rendering workflows
• Render layers and how they can be used most effectively
• Specific lighting scenarios, including character lighting, environment lighting, and lighting an animated sequence
• Material properties and their work with lighting
• Compositing techniques essential for a lighter
• A guide on how to start your career and achieve success as a lighting artist
This book is not designed to teach software packages—there are websites, instructional manuals, online demos, and traditional courses available to teach you how to operate specific computer programs. That type of training will teach you how to create an image; this book will teach you the technical skills you need to make that image beautiful.
Key Features
- Stunning examples from a variety of films serve to inspire and inform your creative choices.
- Unique approach focuses on using lighting as a storytelling tool, rather than just telling you which buttons to press.
- Comprehensive companion website contains lighting exercises, assets, challenges, and further resources to help you expand your skillset.
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OpenCL Programming Guide (OpenGL)
Using the new OpenCL (Open Computing Language) standard, you can write applications that access all available programming resources: CPUs, GPUs, and other processors such as DSPs and the Cell/B.E. processor. Already implemented by Apple, AMD, Intel, IBM, NVIDIA, and other leaders, OpenCL has outstanding potential for PCs, servers, handheld/embedded devices, high performance computing, and even cloud systems. This is the first comprehensive, authoritative, and practical guide to OpenCL 1.1 specifically for working developers and software architects.Written by five leading OpenCL authorities, OpenCL Programming Guide covers the entire specification. It reviews key use cases, shows how OpenCL can express a wide range of parallel algorithms, and offers complete reference material on both the API and OpenCL C programming language.
Through complete case studies and downloadable code examples, the authors show how to write complex parallel programs that decompose workloads across many different devices. They also present all the essentials of OpenCL software performance optimization, including probing and adapting to hardware. Coverage includes
- Understanding OpenCL’s architecture, concepts, terminology, goals, and rationale
- Programming with OpenCL C and the runtime API
- Using buffers, sub-buffers, images, samplers, and events
- Sharing and synchronizing data with OpenGL and Microsoft’s Direct3D
- Simplifying development with the C++ Wrapper API
- Using OpenCL Embedded Profiles to support devices ranging from cellphones to supercomputer nodes
- Case studies dealing with physics simulation; image and signal processing, such as image histograms, edge detection filters, Fast Fourier Transforms, and optical flow; math libraries, such as matrix multiplication and high-performance sparse matrix multiplication; and more
- Source code for this book is available at https://code.google.com/p/opencl-book-samples/
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The Muvipix.com Guide to Adobe Premiere Elements 2024: The tools, and how to use them, to make movies on your personal computer
From the basics of video editing with Premiere Elements, like capturing your media and building a timeline, to advanced functions, like creating customized effects and building projects for social media, videomaker support site Muvipix co-founder Steve Grisetti will show you:* How to use the Motion Tracking tool, Candid Moments and the Smart Trim tools to edit and enhance your videos.
* How to navigate the streamlined Quick View editing space.
* How to create and upload videos directly to YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Pinterest.
* How to use the new Color Match tool.
* How to create automatic Highlight Reels.
* The magic of keyframing, Premiere Elements’ most versatile and powerful tool for creating motion paths and special effects.
* How to use the options in the program’s Export & Share workspace to create movies and share your videos online.Read more
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Stop Motion: Craft Skills for Model Animation
Stop motion animation is a challenging and time-consuming skill that requires patience, adaptability, and a close eye to detail. Stop Motion: Craft Skills for Model Animation, 3rd Edition is the essential guide to help stop motion animators overcome these challenges of this highly-skilled craft. Author Susannah Shaw provides a step-by-step guide to creating successful stop motioin films. Starting with some basic exercises, the reader will learn about developing a story, making models, creating sets and props, the mechanics of movements, filming postproduction, and how to set about finding that first elusive job in a modern studio.
Key Features
- Interviews with current stars,
- step-by-step examples,
- coverage of Rapid Prototyping and Dragonframe Software
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