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Vintage Games: An Insider Look at the History of Grand Theft Auto, Super Mario, and the Most Influential Games of All Time

Focal Press, 2009

Vintage Games explores the most influential videogames of all time, including Super Mario Bros., Grand Theft Auto III, Doom, The Sims and many more. Drawing on interviews as well as the authors' own lifelong experience with videogames, the book discusses each game's development, predecessors, critical reception, and influence on the industry. It...

Advanced Photoshop Elements 7 for Digital Photographers

Focal Press, 2008

Invaluable Intermediate/Advanced guide to Photoshop Elements 7 for all photographers, writen by Elements guru and bestselling author Philip Andrews.

This essential guide for intermediate/advanced photographers has now been fully updated for Elements 7.

Bestselling author and Elements guru Philip Andrews turns his...

The Visual Effects Arsenal: Vfx Solutions for the Independent Filmmaker

Focal Press, 2009

Build your VFX arsenal with quick-access, step-by-step instruction on how to create today's hottest digital VFX shots. This essential toolkit provides techniques for creating effects seen in movies such as "300", "Spiderman 3", "Predator" and others, with lessons on how-to: splatter blood or digitally lop someone's arm...

Cutting Rhythms: Shaping the Film Edit

Focal Press, 2009

Cutting Rhythms is about rhythm in film editing. It begins with the question, 'What can be said about the shaping of a film's rhythm in editing beyond 'it's intuitive'?' This question leads to an in-depth study of editors' rhythmic creativity and intuition, the processes and tools editors work through to shape rhythms, and the functions of...

Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy

John Wiley & Sons, 2009

An essential reference for optical sensor system design

This is the first text to present an integrated view of the optical and mathematical analysis tools necessary to understand computational optical system design. It presents the foundations of computational optical sensor design with a focus entirely on digital imaging and spectroscopy. It...

Avid Editing, Fourth Edition: A Guide for Beginning and Intermediate Users

Focal Press, 2009

New edition of best-seller updated with expanded coverage on HD, visual effects, and Avid's new voice recognition tool, among others

Geared toward novice Avid editors, this book provides step-by-step instructions for hundreds of editing tasks and concepts within the Avid software applications. The chapters guide you through an...

Digital Techniques in Broadcasting Transmission, Second Edition

Focal Press, 2002

Digital Techniques in Broadcasting Transmission 2E has been revised to include recent developments, including new information on:

·Cyclic Block Codes
·New satellite systems and standards
·New transmission system standards
·Pulse distortion
·Recent studies in the mixed analog and...

Principles of Functional Verification

Newnes, 2003

A step-by-step guide to electronic design verification

As design complexity in chips and devices continues to rise, so, too, does the demand for functional verification. Principles of Functional Verification is a hands-on, practical text that will help train professionals in the field of engineering on the methodology and...

The Complete Guide to Game Audio, Second Edition: For Composers, Musicians, Sound Designers, Game Developers

Focal Press, 2008

Turn your musical passion into a profitable career with this exhaustive, indispensable resource for game audio. Develop the business and technical skills you need to succeed in the multibillion dollar games industry. Step-by-step instructions lead you through the entire music and sound effects process-from developing the essential skills and...

Professional Interior Photography, Third Edition (Professional Photography Series)

Focal Press, 2003

This highly visual, full colour text is a must have purchase for all student and professional interior photographers, from residential to industrial. Michael Harris provides a complete guide through the vast choice of equipment and materials available, sharing his professional knowledge to help you improve your images.

New coverage of...

Cinematic Game Secrets for Creative Directors and Producers: Inspired Techniques From Industry Legends

Focal Press, 2008

Learn from TRUE GAME LEGENDS: Warren Spector - Founder of Origin Games, Ron Burke - Founder of GamingTrend, and Bob Sabiston of Flat Black Films...as they share their secrets on applying age-old cinematic film techniques to the greatest games of our time.

Cinematography for Games covers the space between the game and film...

Electricity for the Entertainment Electrician & Technician

Focal Press, 2009

No more sifting through general electrical guides -- this reference is specific to entertainment!

Electricity for the Entertainment Electrician and Technician will reinforce the fundamentals of electricity and explain the principles of power distribution, important safety issues, and discuss techniques and practices around...

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