Get a working knowledge of digital signal processing for computer science applications The field of digital signal processing (DSP) is rapidly exploding, yet most books on the subject do not reflect the real world of algorithm development, coding for applications, and software e…
Adobe Photoshop Classroom in a Book
by Faulkner, Andrew, Chavez, Conrad
fromClassroom in a Book (Adobe)
The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Photoshop. Classroom in a Book, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, offers what no other book or training program does - an official training series from Adobe, developed with the support of…
The past decade has seen a profound shift in our collective understanding of the digital networks. What was once understood to be a transcendent virtual reality is now experienced as a ubiquitous grid of data that we move through and interact with every day, raising new question…
If Rhythm Science was about the flow of things, Sound Unbound is about the remix--how music, art, and literature have blurred the lines between what an artist can do and what a composer can create. In Sound Unbound, Rhythm Science author Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky that Subliminal…
This title brings together acknowledged experts and researchers to discuss all aspects of image databases and the search engines used to retrieve image data from them. It covers architecture, indexing, retrieval, transmission and user interface issues.
Hybrid Drawing Techniques: Design Process and Presentation reaffirms the value of traditional hand drawing in the design process by demonstrating how to integrate it with digital techniques; enhancing and streamlining the investigative process while at the same time yielding sup…
"In a vital rethinking of the role of the moving image in cultural memory, Isabelle McNeill investigates the impact of digital technologies on visual culture. Drawing on an interdisciplinary range of theoretical resources and an unusual body of films and moving image works, McNe…
As the visual effects industry has diversified, so too have the books written to serve the needs of this industry. Today there are hundreds of highly specialized titles focusing on particular aspects of film and broadcast animation, computer graphics, stage photography, miniatur…
"With the increasing number of images available electronically, automatic retrieval systems are becoming essential. This book introduces an absolute prerequisite for any such system: a metric, called the Earth Mover's Distance (EMD), for comparing images in terms of their appear…
Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) is a digital x-ray technique designed to quantify bone mineral density (BMD), primarily of the lumbar spine and hip, and hence to provide a measure of bone strength and propensity to fracture. The original technology was based on a pencil b…