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Summary Microsoft Windows Vista provides a new elegant design and powerful tools readers can use to play music, manage their pictures, and burn a CD. In addition, built-in security features help them ensure safe and fast access to email and the Internet. Easy Microsoft Windows Vista, 2nd Edition covers more than 150 of the most important tasks, ranging from the simple features such as opening a folder to more advanced topics such as burning a DVD or sending a file along with an email message. This book uses visual learning to appeal to the most common users of Windows XP- the home user. This book covers the "Premium" version of Windows Vista. Audience The book is targeted to new users looking for an introduction to using a PC, existing users who want an easy-to-use guide that doesn't bog them down with too many technical details, and upgrading users who want an introduction to the new features of latest version of Windows Vista. CONTENTS: Part 1 What's New in Windows Vista ... Pg. 2 Part 2 Getting

Photoshop remains the world's most popular digital photo software. The hand-on, practical exercises presented in this book will allow new users to quickly master the basics and move on to creating their own projects. Dozens of exercises will guide readers to on topics such as image editing, advanced retouching techniques, filters, color correction and special effects. It is illustrated in full-color in an easy-to-follow tutorial. CONTENTS: Chapter 1 This is Photoshop CS3 Chapter 2 Making Selections Chapter 3 Basic Editing Skills Chapter 4 Painting and Image Editing Chapter 5 Retouching Images Chapter 6 Working with Layers Chapter 7 Paths,Type and Shapes Chapter 8 Channels Chapter 9 Color Correction Chapter 10 Filters Index

Need to solve problems quickly to develop creative projects within your time and budget? Want to hone your 3ds Max skills so you can concentrate on your modelling, lighting, texturing, and animation? Then How to Cheat in 3ds Max is for you! Michele Bousquet shows how to work from the problem to the solution - from the viewpoint of a CG artist who has been commissioned to create a job and is working to a deadline. With her in-depth knowledge of the little-known secrets used by the pros to produce creative, professional artwork and animation, Michele is the go-to guru for designers and animators who want to create great effects fast.This accessible, practical book and CD package is such a goldmine of artistic inspiration, timesaving practical tips, tricks and step-by-step workthroughs that you'll wonder how you survived without it. It is written for 3ds Max 2009 and backwards compatible with 3ds Max 2008. Author is well-respected Max authority. She shares her secrets on little-known tools that save a bundle

Advanced 3D Game Programming with DirectX 10.0 provides a guide to developing cutting-edge games using DirectX 10.0. Beginning with the foundations of 3D maths and the components of DirectX, programmers new to graphics and game programming will learn how to implement networking, collision detection, and multithreading. Full source code is provided for the examples and for the client/server networked 3D first-person game that brings together many of the techniques discussed in the book. Learn how to: * Acquire input from the user through the keyboard and mouse. * Simulate intelligence using steering algorithms and motivation engines. * Render using HLSL shaders. * Use advanced 3D techniques such as forward and inverse kinematics, subdivision surfaces, and radiosity lighting. * Manage scenes via portal rendering. CONTENTS: Chapter 1 - Windows Chapter 2 - Getting Started With DirectX 10 Chapter 3 - Input and Sound Chapter 4 - 3D Math Foundations Chapter 5 - Artificial Intelli

Explore a ton of powerful BSD UNIX commands This handy, compact guide teaches you to use BSD UNIX systems as the experts do: from the command line. Try out more than 1,000 commands to find and get software, monitor system health and security, and access network resources. Apply the skills you learn from this book to use and administer servers and desktops running FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, or any other BSD flavor. Expand your BSD UNIX expertise in these and other areas: * Using the shell * Finding online software * Working with files * Playing with music and images * Administering file systems * Backing up data * Checking and managing running processes * Accessing network resources * Handling remote system administration * Locking down security CONTENTS: 1. Starting With BSD UNIX. 2. Installing F

AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) is Adobe's open-source technology that lets Web developers and programmers create Rich Internet Applications that run outside of any Web browser. This Visual QuickPro Guide teaches everything you need to know to begin creating applications that combine the rich experience of a traditional desktop application with the power and reach of the Internet. The book uses a visual, step-by-step approach and covers all the fundamental AIR concepts, without the fluff, confusing segues, and technical jargon that bog down so many other computer books. Author Larry Ullman has a well-earned reputation for writing books that are accessible, easy-to-follow, and, above all, useful.

The art of visual communication is the arrangement of design elements in a way that is balanced, visually appealing and most importantly, effectively delivers its intended message to the target audience. This full-color tutorial serves as an introduction to understanding this art of visual communication and the creative process of design. The author presents the basic elements of design - line, shape, color, typography " placing these into a visual structure that always keeps in mind the audiences visual perception.

The promise of the Semantic Web to provide a universal medium to exchange data information and knowledge has been well publicized. There are many sources too for basic information on the extensions to the WWW that permit content to be expressed in natural language yet used by software agents to easily find, share and integrate information. Until now individuals engaged in creating ontologies - formal descriptions of the concepts, terms, and relationships within a given knowledge domain - have had no sources beyond the technical standards documents. Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist transforms this information into the practical knowledge that programmers and subject domain experts need. Authors Allemang and Hendler begin with solutions to the basic problems, but don't stop there: they demonstrate how to develop your own solutions to problems of increasing complexity and ensure that your skills will keep pace with the continued evolution of the Semantic Web. This book: provides practical information