Ready to create rich interactive experiences with your artwork, designs, or prototypes? This is the ideal place to start. With this hands-on guide, you'll explore several themes in interactive art and design--including 3D graphics, sound, physical interaction, computer vision, a…
Motivated by a variational model concerning the depth of the objects in a picture and the problem of hidden and illusory contours, this book investigates one of the central problems of computer vision: the℗ℓ topological and algorithmic reconstruction of a smooth three dimensiona…
This book explains the stages necessary to create a wavelet compression system for images and describes state-of-the-art systems used in image compression standards and current research. It starts with a high level discussion of the properties of the wavelet transform, especiall…
New directions in information organization, co-edited by Dr. Jung-ran Park and Dr. Lynne Howarth seeks to provide an overview and understanding of the future directions, leading edge theories and models for research and practice in information organization.
The Library and Information Science Series solicits and publishes edited and non-edited manuscripts on all theoretical and practical aspects in the creation, distribution, location, acquisition, organization, retrieval, and management of information. New ways for creating, distr…
"Blender for Dummies is the quick and easy guide to learning 3D modeling and animation using the popular, free, open source Blender software. You'll learn how to create models, animate movement, and render well-lit scenes as you master the powerful features that rival the more e…
The book takes a tutorial approach. This book is great for photographers who want to start working with AfterShot Pro. It is assumed that you have a digital camera that can save RAW files to make use of the application. Readers are expected to have one or more RAW files availabl…
In Detail DSLRs and other digital cameras have the potential to create stunning images. However, to get the most out of them, it is necessary to use the RAW sensor data and to develop it yourself. When done correctly, the image quality is usually better than that of an in-camera…
A resource for web designers who want to use Adobe Photoshop to create better looking web graphics.
ActionScript Graphing Cookbook
by Backx, Peter, Gélineau, Dominic
fromQuick answers to common problems
Step-by-step instructions guide you from your very first graphical program to highly complex 3D presentations. Although a few recipes explain charts in Flex, this book is firmly focussed on using ActionScript code and data to draw graphs. The ""ActionScript Graphing Cookbook"" i…
"Photoshop's layers are arguably the most powerful aspect of the software's user interface and are the key to successful image editing Photoshop. Layers allow for both global and local adjustments to images and can be used to create a number of special effects. And best of all, …
"Photoshop's layers are arguably the most powerful aspect of the software's user interface and are the key to successful image editing Photoshop. Layers allow for both global and local adjustments to images and can be used to create a number of special effects. And best of all, …