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Monet: The Restless Vision
A magnificent new biography of the founder of Impressionism
In the course of a long and exceptionally creative life, Claude Monet revolutionized painting and made some of the most iconic images in western art. Misunderstood and mocked at the beginning of his career, he risked everything to pursue his original vision. Although close to starvation when he invented impressionism on the banks of the Seine in the 1860s-70s, in the following decades he emerged as the powerful leader of the new painting in Paris at one of its most exciting cultural moments. His symphonic series Haystacks, Poplars, and Rouen Cathedral brought wealth and renown. Then he withdrew to paint only the pond in his garden. The late Water Lilies, ignored during his lifetime, are now celebrated as pioneers of twentieth century modernism.
Behind this great and famous artist is a volatile, voracious, nervous yet reckless man, largely unknown. Jackie Wullschläger’s enthralling biography, based on thousands of never-before translated letters and unpublished sources, is the first account of Monet’s turbulent private life and how it determined his expressive, sensuous, sensational painting. He was as obsessional in his love affairs as in his love of nature, and changed his art decisively three times when the woman at the centre of his life changed. Enduring devastating bereavements, he pushed the frontier of painting inward, to evoke memory and the passing of time. His work also responded intensely to outside cataclysms – the Dreyfus Affair, the First World War. Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau was his closest friend. Rich intellectual currents connected him to writers from Zola to Proust; affection and rivalry to Renoir, Pissarro and Manet.
Monet said he was driven ‘wild with the need to put down what I experience’. This rich and moving biography immerses us in that passionate experience, transforming our understanding of the man, his paintings and the fullness of his achievement.
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Parenting with Theraplay®: Understanding Attachment and How to Nurture a Closer Relationship with Your Child (Theraplay® Books & Resources)
Theraplay® is an attachment-focused model of parenting that helps parents to understand and relate to their child. Based on a sequence of play activities that are rooted in neuroscience, Theraplay offers a fun and easy way for parents and children to connect. Theraplay is particularly effective with looked after and adopted children.
By providing an overview of Theraplay and the psychological principles that it is based on, parents and carers will gain an understanding of the basic theory of the model along with practical ideas for applying Theraplay to everyday family life. Through everyday case studies and easy language, parents will gain confidence and learn new skills for emotional bonding, empathy, and acceptance in the relationship with their child.
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Master Legal Email Writing: Legal Writing in Use- A Practical Guide for Lawyers, Paralegals, and Legal Professionals + 100 Expert Email & Letter … Legal Writing, Vocabulary &…
Embrace the Power of Email and Use it to its FULL Potential. “Lawyers possess only one tool to convey their thoughts: language . . . They must love words and use them exactly.”
– Antonin Scalia
Clear communication is the cornerstone of a successful legal career. It is what sets you apart as a professional, and it is what allows you to build trust and credibility with your clients and colleagues.
Effective email communication in the legal profession requires attention to detail, professionalism, and the ability to convey complex information in a concise and easily understandable manner.
Emailing for Law: Mastering Legal Email Writing Like a Pro
A Practical Guide for Lawyers, Paralegals, and Legal Professionals + 100 Expert Email & Letter TemplatesThis comprehensive guide is perfect for new lawyers, solicitors, paralegals, and legal secretaries looking to take their professional communication to the next level.
With 100 downloadable expert email and letter templates, you’ll have all the tools you need to write clear, concise, and effective legal emails. And with a focus on language clarity, this book is also great for non-native English speakers looking to improve their legal writing skills. Don’t let poor email communication hold you back in your legal career – add “Master Legal Email Writing: Legal Writing in Use” to your library today.
Master Legal Email Writing: Legal Writing in Use is the ultimate guide for attorneys, paralegals, and other legal professionals looking to improve their email communication skills. Written by the IDM Law team and business and legal English writing teacher Marc Roche, this book covers all the essential elements of effective email writing, including:
- Crafting clear and concise subject lines
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- With a focus on professionalism and efficiency, this book teaches you how to communicate effectively with clients, colleagues, and other legal professionals through email.
- You’ll learn how to effectively convey important information, respond to inquiries, and negotiate deals through the written word.
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The Guest List: From the author of The Hunting Party, the No.1 Sunday Times bestseller and prize winning mystery thriller
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The No.1 Sunday Times bestseller
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A gripping, twisty murder mystery thriller from the No.1 bestselling author of The Hunting Party.
‘Lucy Foley is really very clever’ Anthony Horowitz
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‘A furiously twisty thriller’ Clare MackintoshOn an island off the windswept Irish coast, guests gather for the wedding of the year – the marriage of Jules Keegan and Will Slater.
Old friends.
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Happy families.
Hidden jealousies.
Thirteen guests.
One body.
The wedding cake has barely been cut when one of the guests is found dead. And as a storm unleashes its fury on the island, everyone is trapped.All have a secret. All have a motive.
One guest won’t leave this wedding alive . . .Lucy Foley’s book ‘THE PARIS APARTMENT’ was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 17-10-2022.
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AQA GCSE 9-1 English Language Writing (Papers 1 & 2) Revision Guide: Ideal for the 2024 and 2025 exams (Collins GCSE Grade 9-1 SNAP Revision)
Exam Board: AQA
Level: GCSE Grade 9-1
Subject: English Language
Suitable for the 2024 examsEverything you need to revise for GCSE 9-1 English language writing papers 1 and 2
Let’s face it, exams can be tricky. Because everyone has different strengths when it comes to test taking, this new Snap Revision guide from Collins helps you focus on areas of your revision that you find tricky or need extra practice in. This is no ordinary GCSE Grade 9-1 English Language revision guide – it’s focussed revision designed to help you with the writing component of papers 1 and 2 in the AQA GCSE Grade 9-1 exam. Spaced practice opportunities allow you to test, revisit and review understanding throughout your revision. Ideal to use at home for extra practice, revising tricky topics is a snap with this Collins Snap Revision guide for writing. Need to brush up on your reading skills too? Reading for papers 1 and 2 (9780008218089) is another excellent GCSE Grade 9-1 revision guide that will get you ready for your AQA English Language exam.
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Five Nights at Freddy’s: The Official Movie Novel
The official movie novelization of the Five Nights at Freddy’s movie! The hugely anticipated Five Nights at Freddy’s movie from director Emma Tammi starring Matthew Lillard (Scream, Scooby-Doo) and Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games series, The Disaster Artist) hits cinemas on October 27th, 2023 with a script from creator Scott Cawthon, Seth Cuddeback, and Emma Tammi. This movie novelization is a must-have for any Freddy Fan!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
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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
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- Checking out the Photo Editor
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- Making use of the Organizer
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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
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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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✔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.
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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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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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Professional Storyboarding: Rules of Thumb
Storyboarding is a very tough business, and a new storyboarder really needs to have their wits about them and have professional savvy to survive in this competitive field. Storyboarding: Rules of Thumb offers highly illustrative examples of basic storyboarding concepts, as well as sound, career-oriented advice for the new artist. This book also features a number of veteran storyboard artists sharing their experiences in the professional world.
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The Making of Prince of Persia: Journals 1985-1993
A deep dive into the origins of the epic, bestselling video game, in the creator’s own words.The creator of one of the most innovative and bestselling video games of all time gives an unvarnished look into the creative process in this one-of-a-kind compilation.
Before Prince of Persia was a best-selling video game franchise and a Disney movie, it was an Apple II computer game created and programmed by one person: Jordan Mechner. Mechner’s candid and revealing journals from the time capture the journey from his parents’ basement to the forefront of the fast-growing 1980s video game industry—and the creative, technical, and personal struggles that brought the Prince into being and, ultimately, into the homes of millions of people worldwide.
Now, on the 30th anniversary of Prince of Persia’s release, Mechner looks back at the journals he kept from 1985 to 1993, offering new insights into the game that established him as a pioneer of cinematic storytelling in the industry. This beautifully illustrated and annotated collector’s edition includes:
- 300 pages of Mechner’s original journals
- Present-day margin notations by Mechner adding explanation, context, and affectionate cartoons of real-life characters
- Archival visuals illustrating the stages of the game’s creation
- Work-in-progress sketches, rotoscoped animation, screenshots, interface design, memos, and moreA full-color 32-page “Legacy” section in which Mechner and fans share Prince of Persia memories from the past 30 years, including the Ubisoft games and Disney movie
The Making of Prince of Persia is both a tribute to a timeless classic and an indelible look at the creative process that will resonate with retro-gaming fans, game developers, and writers, artists, and creators of all stripes.
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Basics Animation 03: Drawing for Animation
The thinking process behind drawing, characters, composition and movement, narrative and adaptation are all fully examined in the latest title “Drawing for Animation”. Drawing is a fundamental part of the preparatory stages of virtually all design-led projects. It is the core method by which ideas and concepts may be envisaged and ultimately shared with collaborators, clients and audiences. Aimed at students and those interested in entering the animation business, this book explores the pre-production work essential for producing great animation. It is supported by student exercises and includes varied contributions from pioneers in the industry, as well as contemporary practitioners.Read more
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The Complete Guide to Photorealism for Visual Effects, Visualization and Games
This book offers a comprehensive and detailed guide to accomplishing and perfecting a photorealistic look in digital content across visual effects, architectural and product visualization, and games.
Emmy award-winning VFX supervisor Eran Dinur offers readers a deeper understanding of the complex interplay of light, surfaces, atmospherics, and optical effects, and then discusses techniques to achieve this complexity in the digital realm, covering both 3D and 2D methodologies. In addition, the book features artwork, case studies, and interviews with leading artists in the fields of VFX, visualization, and games. Exploring color, integration, light and surface behaviour, atmospherics, shading, texturing, physically-based rendering, procedural modelling, compositing, matte painting, lens/camera effects, and much more, Dinur offers a compelling, elegant guide to achieving photorealism in digital media and creating imagery that is seamless from real footage.
Its broad perspective makes this detailed guide suitable for VFX, visualization and game artists and students, as well as directors, architects, designers, and anyone who strives to achieve convincing, believable visuals in digital media.
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Production Pipeline Fundamentals for Film and Games
Every production is built on the backbone of the pipeline. While a functional and flexible pipeline can’t assure a successful project, a weak pipeline can guarantee its demise. A solid pipeline produces a superior product in less time and with happier artists who can remain creative throughout the grueling production schedule.
Walk through the foundational layers of the production pipeline, including IT infrastructure, software development practices and deployment policies, asset management, shot management, and rendering management. Production Pipeline Fundamentals for Film and Games will teach you how to direct limited resources to the right technological initiatives, getting the most for every dollar spent.
- Learn how to prepare for and manage all aspects of the pipeline with this entirely unique, one-of-a-kind guide.
- Expand your knowledge with real-world pipeline secrets handed to you by a stellar group of professionals from across the globe.
- Visit the companion website for even further resources on the pipeline.
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Minecraft Master Builds: The official illustrated book for experienced Minecrafters showcasing a world of stunning creations and exclusive interviews with the builders behind them!
The definitive book on Minecraft’s greatest creations.
Minecraft is the global phenomenon inspiring people across the world to unleash their imaginations. Minecraft Master Builds showcases the creations that have taken the game to new levels, and introduces the builders behind them.
Explore awe-inspiring vistas as the pages take you from stunning underwater sculptures to monumental space panoramas, or travel through time to visit grand medieval towns and futuristic cityscapes.
Minecraft Master Builds is packed with beautifully rendered illustrations of each colossal creation, highlighting the painstaking details that make these builds masterful. Featuring exclusive interviews from the builders that provide insight into their design and creation, plus a foreword written by Mojang game tech lead and content creator slicedlime, this must-have book is perfect for Minecraft fans, aspiring builders, and anyone looking for inspiration!
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Increasing Autodesk Revit Productivity for BIM Projects: A practical guide to using Revit workflows to improve productivity and efficiency in BIM projects
Implement Revit best practices with Dynamo and Power BI to visualize and analyze BIM information
Key Features
- Boost productivity in Revit and apply multiple workflows to work efficiently on BIM projects
- Optimize your daily work in Revit to perform more tasks in less time
- Take a hands-on approach to improving your efficiency with useful explanations, which will step-change your productivity
Book Description
Increasing Autodesk Revit Productivity for BIM Projects takes a hands-on approach to implementing Revit effectively for everyone curious about this new and exciting methodology.
Complete with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts and practical examples, this Revit book begins by explaining the principles of productivity in Revit and data management for BIM projects.
You’ll get to grips with the primary BIM documentation to start a BIM project, including the contract, Exchange Information Requirements (EIR), and BIM Execution Plan (BEP/BXP).
Later, you’ll create a Revit template, start a Revit project, and explore the core functionalities of Revit to increase productivity. Once you’ve built the foundation, you’ll learn about Revit plugins and use Dynamo for visual programming and Power BI for analyzing BIM information.
By the end of this book, you’ll have a solid understanding of Revit as construction and design software, how to increase productivity in Revit, and how to apply multiple workflows in your project to manage BIM.
What you will learn
- Explore the primary BIM documentation to start a BIM project
- Set up a Revit project and apply the correct coordinate system to ensure long-term productivity
- Improve the efficiency of Revit core functionalities that apply to daily activities
- Use visual programming with Dynamo to boost productivity and manage data in BIM projects
- Import data from Revit to Power BI and create project dashboards to analyze data
- Discover the different Revit plugins for improved productivity, visualization, and analysis
- Implement best practices for modeling in Revit
Who this book is for
This book is for architects, designers, engineers, modelers, BIM coordinators, and BIM managers interested in learning Autodesk Revit best practices. Increasing Autodesk Revit Productivity for BIM Projects will help you to explore the methodology that combines information management and research for quality inputs when working in Revit.
Table of Contents
- Introduction to Productivity in Revit
- Project Data Management
- Revit Templates and Standards
- Starting a Revit Project Efficiently
- Core Revit Functionalities
- Visual Programming with Dynamo
- Dashboard Analyses with Power BI
- Collaborating With Consultants
- Enhancing Productivity with Plugins
- Improving Performance
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FORCE: Drawing Human Anatomy (Force Drawing Series)
The newest book in Michael Mattesi’s Force Drawing series takes movement to the next level. Force: Drawing Human Anatomy, explores the different facets of motion and the human body. As opposed to the memorization technique, Mattesi stresses the function of each body part and how gravity relative to different poses affects the aesthetics and form of muscle. The chapters are divided by the different parts of the body, thus allowing the reader to concentrate on mastery one body part at a time. Color coded images detail each muscle and their different angles. Special consideration is given to anatomy for animation, allowing the reader to create a character that is anatomically accurate in both stillness and motion.
Key Features
- Detailed visual instruction includes colourful, step-by-step diagrams that allow you to easily follow the construction of an anatomically correct figure.
- Clearly organized and color coded per regions of the body’s anatomy, a clarity of design for better reader understanding.
- Learn how anatomy is drawn and defined by the function of a pose.
- Visit the companion website for drawing demonstrations and further resources on anatomy.
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