Adobe Photoshop CS3: Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks E-book

Book Description PhotoshopÂŽ: Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks provides adventurous Photoshop users with a visual reference on how to use the bells and whistles found in the latest version of Photoshop. Broken out in 10 chapters, with 10 tasks per chapter, PhotoshopÂŽ: Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks covers 100 cool and useful tips and tricks that can be performed in the newest release of Photoshop. Full-color screen shots and numbered, step-by-step instructions show you how to take their Photoshop skills to new heights. Order the latest edition today and make your pictures pop. Password default: netbks.com

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Introducing AutoCAD 2008 E-book

Quickly Master AutoCAD 2008 Essentials This practical guide helps users of all skill levels learn the basics of AutoCAD 2008 and AutoCAD LT 2008 easily and efficiently. In this fresh new take on the popular Just Enough AutoCAD, bestselling AutoCAD author and expert George Omura offers clear explanations, a task-based approach, and pages of real-world examples and exercises to make this thorough book more valuable and useful than ever. Whether you're new to AutoCAD or just looking for a quick refresher, you'll find the fast, focused introduction to AutoCAD you need to get quickly up to speed.

* Discover what's new in AutoCADÂŽ 2008 and AutoCAD LTÂŽ 2008

* Master the basics of drawing and editing

* Add and edit notes and dimensions

* Learn the fundamentals of 2D drawings and 3D models

* Understand layers, blocks, groups, and external references

* Find areas and distances quickly

* Extract hidden data

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Introducing 3ds Max 9: 3D for Beginners E-book

Let Your Imagination Run Wild Video game and feature-film artists have used 3ds Max to create Halo 2, King Kong, Myst V, and more. Now you can harness this popular animation software with the clear, step-by-step instruction in this easy-to-follow guide. Introducing 3ds Max 9: 3D for Beginners breaks down the complexities of 3D modeling, texturing, animating, and visual effects. You'll jump right into the pipeline from preproduction to production to postproduction with clear-cut explanations, tutorials, and hands-on projects to build your skills. A special color insert includes real-world examples from talented 3ds Max beginners. From immediately creating your first animation to tackling poly modeling, rendering, and particles, you'll get a solid grounding in 3ds Max 9.

* Build the knowledge you need for game, film, and TV production

* Master modelingกชfrom simple and complex polygon mechanical models to organic character modeling

* Assign textures effects and UV texture mapping

* Create walk cycles and simple character animations with Character Studio

* Explore lighting, rendering, and raytracing concepts

* Render through mental ray and raytracing

* Discover simple rigid body dynamics and Max's particle systems

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Smart Structures: Innovative Systems for Seismic Response Control E-book

An innovative concept, smart structural systems have proven to be extremely effective in absorbing damaging energy and/or counteracting potentially devastating force, thus limiting structural collapse and subsequent injury. As this technology rapidly evolves, there is an ever-increasing need for an authoritative reference that will allow those in the field to stay abreast of the very latest advances. Smart Structures: Innovative Systems for Seismic Response organizes current research and technology to provide researchers and practicing engineers, as well as advanced students, with the means to learn about and apply the very latest smart structure innovations. Key features include Complete mathematical formulations and numerical procedures for topics presented New technologies Design guidelines and examples based on current official codes Consideration of smart structures on a variety of foundations Discussion of the use of smart structures with passive or semi-active devices Extensive references Designed for self-teaching, the text emphasizes essential information on structural formulations, mechanism of control systems, and numerical algorithms. It also provides step-by-step numerical examples to illustrate mathematical formulations and interpret physical representations, enabling readers to understand the forumulae vis-ĂƒÂ -vis their applications. Each chapter comprehensively explores a specific topic, from smart structure systems currently in use, to case studies utilizing simulated earthquake data.

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