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D 2 A: Digital to Analog by Dennis L. Dollens, ISBN 0930829506

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:04:10 +0000

Assembling a framework derived from Borges, T. S. Eliot, and Louis Sullivan, D2A reflects on current architectural works as they illuminate the past and present, demonstrating digital architecture's position in a historical continuum.

D2A surveys analog and digital conceptualization, visualization, and production as they relate to architecture and design -- the generation and transference of design ideas, the recognition of computer-aided visualization (CAV), the placeness of digital space, and the developing relationship of computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) to architecture.

Presenting Gehry and the historic Catalan architect, Jujol, in a fictional exchange, D2A next observes Miralles, Calatrava, Vasulka, and Ito as pioneers across the turn of the 20th into the 21st century as well as across the digital divide. D2A then concentrates on architects who formulate digital strategies based on differing qualities and capabilities of software, thereby illustrating conditions from which digital architecture emerges.

Looking to current research -- including a view to e-space and online worlds as they emerge electronically in game space and physically in places such as Las Vegas, D2A focuses on architecture and research that bypasses traditional means of conceptualization and production to visualize and produce projects electronically, as seeded by technology, science, expropriated history, and new as well as established theory.

D2A closes with a series of 11 case studies contemplating architects Duncan Brown, Greg Lynn, Objectile, and Marcos Novak as creators whose partnerships with electronics seek to designate e-space as a site of new architecture, a new workplace for full productionand/or new philosophical understanding of place, building, visualization, and design.

Color Management: A Comprehensive Guide for Graphic Designers with CDROM

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:36:29 +0000

Color Management shows how to implement color as a practical form of problem solving. It is a consolidated resource, arming designers with an understanding of how to communicate with and manage color in all its aspects and applications: subtractive and additive; pigment, CMYK and RGB; 2-D and 3-D; still and motion. Sensitivity of pigments to light and air and the stability of inks is also detailed, as is the human factor, through issues of color legibility and the physical and psychological effects of color. There are step-by-step systems for achieving accurate color and successful process builds for prepress operations, color sinking, and overprinting, while technical issues of color-printing order, color mixing, dot gain, and color removal are also analyzed. Accompanying the book comes a CD, which contains a 10,000 hue color swatch book and application software for determining legibility of type and color combinations at a distance.

Computer Graphics Dictionary: Including Animation, Game Development, and Photorealism with CD (Audio) by Roger T. Stevens, ISBN 1584500190

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:15:26 +0000

The popularity of special effects movies and video games has introduced thousands of new terms, techniques, and software applications to both the computing professional and the general user. These graphics creations represent a convergence of expertise from several subject areas, resulting in a lack of familiarity with many terms. This unique dictionary is a comprehensive reference for the diverse fields of computer graphics and game development. The book and companion CD-ROM include over 4,000 definitions and 1,000 illustrations.

Data Structures and Algorithms: With Object-Oriented Design Patterns in C++ by Bruno R. Preiss, ISBN 0471241342

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:36:30 +0000

An object-oriented learning framework for creating good software design.
Bruno Preiss presents readers with a modern, object-oriented perspective for looking at data structures and algorithms, clearly showing how to use polymorphism and inheritance, and including fragments from working and tested programs.

Microsoft Office 2007: Advanced Concepts and Techniques

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:45:28 +0000

Ideal for a complete overview of the Microsoft Office 2007 software covering basic to advanced concepts.

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Construction Scheduling: Principles and Practices

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:40:27 +0000

This book is a comprehensive reference for project scheduling. It includes complete coverage of scheduling from the basics to advanced applications along with a detailed tutorial on the four most popular planning software programs--Primavera Project Planner (P3), SureTrak, P3e/c, and Microsoft Project. Check lists, daily-to-do-lists, magnetic scheduling boards, bar charts, Critical Path Method in practical detail, short interval schedules, updating, resource management, earned value, linear scheduling, graphic schedules, and matrix schedules. Not only for project managers, schedulers, superintendents of construction firms, but also software developers, Information Technology project managers, military project managers, business management project managers, etc.

Basic Photography by Michael Langford, ISBN 0240515927

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:20:54 +0000

'Basic Photography' is a longstanding international bestseller and continues to be the introductory textbook for photography courses throughout the world.
Key features:
practical assignments, so you can put into practice what you've learned
chapter summaries for easy revision
a clear and concise approach to essential photographic principles, assuming no prior knowledge
comprehensive coverage of both black and white photography, processing and printing; colour photography, digital manipulation and film processing
suitability for students of all ages and all photographic courses

This new edition now includes:
extended coverage of digital imaging techniques: from capturing images digitally, to scanning and using manipulation software and the ethics involved
updated and re-structured contents to suit the new Art (Photography) A Level
hundreds of stunning full colour photographs throughout illustrating the main points from the text inspirational images from world famous photographers including: Bill Brandt; Henri Cartier-Bresson; Edward Weston and David Hockney.
The late Michael Langford formerly taught at the Royal College of Art for many years, becoming Course Director. He was intimately involved with photography courses and examination syllabuses at all levels and as a result fully understood what a student needed. His other books for Focal Press include 'Starting Photography' 2nd edition, 'Advanced Photography' 6th edition, and 'Story of Photography' 2nd edition. 'Advanced Photography' is the companion volume to 'Basic Photography', and for students wishing to progress further, will take the aspiring photographer a step forward on the ladder to acareer in photography.

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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:33:46 +0000

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Computer Manual in MATLAB to Accompany Pattern Classification

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:32:09 +0000
Computer Manual to Accompany Pattern Classification and its associated MATLAB software is an excellent companion to Duda: Pattern Classfication, 2nd ed, (DH&S). The code contains all algorithms described in Duda as well as supporting algorithms for data generation and visualization. The Manual uses the same terminology as the DH&S text and contains step-by-step worked examples, including many of the examples and figures in the textbook.
The Manual is accompanied by software that is available electronically. The software contains all algorithms in DH&S, indexed to the textbook, and uses symbols and notation as close as possible to the textbook. The code is self-annotating so the user can easily navigate, understand and modify the code.