Known as the bible of biomedical engineering, The Biomedical Engineering Handbook, Fourth Edition, sets the standard against which all other references of this nature are measured. As such, it has served as a major resource for both skilled professionals and novices to biomedical engineering. Medical Devices and Human Engineering, the second volume of the handbook, presents material from respec…
Learn how to take professional-quality photographs using the same tricks today's top photographers use (surprisingly, it's easier than you'd think)! This is it--the latest version of the #1 best-selling digital photography book ever! It's the award-winning, worldwide smash hit that has been translated into dozens of different languages, because it's the one book that really shows you how to tak…
Consistently rated as the best overall introduction to computer-based image processing, The Image Processing Handbook covers two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) imaging techniques, image printing and storage methods, image processing algorithms, image and feature measurement, quantitative image measurement analysis, and more. Incorporating image processing and analysis examples at a…
Offers introduction to visual arts from several perspectives such as: themes and purposes of art; vocabulary of art; individual art media (painting, drawing, camera arts, sculpture, architecture, and more); and history of art. This book provides illustrations drawn from a range of artistic cultures and time periods.
Everything that you need to know about reading, making, and understanding comics can be found in a single Nancy strip by Ernie Bushmiller from August 8, 1959. Paul Karasik and Mark Newgarden’s groundbreaking work How to Read Nancy ingeniously isolates the separate building blocks of the language of comics through the deconstruction of a single strip. No other book on comics has taken such a s…
Creating stylish sketches by hand is easy and fun with this inspiring guide. Freehand breaks down basic drawing techniques into bite-sized chunks, and reveals their practical application in dazzling examples by today's coolest artists. Over 200 innovative works of art demonstrate all the fundamentals—line, tone, composition, texture, and more—and are presented alongside friendly text explai…
Provides instructions on drawing landscapes, portraits, still lifes, figures, flowers, buildings, and trees with pencil, charcoal, and ink.
Entertaining and inspirational, Creative Advertising is a 'must have' for all designers, art directors, copywriters, and students of advertising - in fact, for anyone who makes a living from good ideas and for whom creativity is the key qualification. Unravels the creative processes behind some of the most original and effective campaigns of recent years, showcasing over two hundred examples of…
Recent developments in digital technology have transformed the ways in which exposures can be manipulated. Michael Freeman takes the reader through this difficult and fast-moving area with an accesible method, using histograms and visual examples to explore the subtleties of the subject and enable the reader to shoot with confidence.
"A book that all animators will marvel at." —Computer Arts From the creators of the wildly successful Wallace and Gromit films and Chicken Run, here is a practical guide to making your own 3-D (or stop-action) animation, a practice whose robust presence in contemporary filmmaking continues strong. At the heart of the book is a guide to the process of 3-D animation today: a practical, fully il…
This classic text on storyboarding and visual communication has been updated with information on new media and expanded to incorporate an in-depth study of the use of color in storytelling.
The tenth edition of The Manual of Photography is an indispensable textbook for anyone who is serious about photography. Covering both the art and the science of the complete photographic process
Illustrates 40 actual projects to show how to light and shoot various items.
Learn to use MATLAB® as a useful computing tool for exploring traditional Digital Signal Processing (DSP) topics and solving problems to gain insight with this supplementary text. DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING USING MATLAB®: A PROBLEM SOLVING COMPANION, 4E greatly expands the range and complexity of problems that you can effectively study. Since DSP applications are primarily algorithms implement…
Throughout the previous seven editions, this text has earned a reputation for elegance and the highest standards of quality. Living with Art helps students develop an appreciation of art by offering a clear and comprehensive introduction to the visual arts from several perspectives: themes and purposes of art; the vocabulary of art; individual art media (painting, drawing, camera arts, sculptur…
A comprehensive guide to the role of human and animal anatomy in the fine arts.
The new edition of this pioneering book allows students to acquire an essential foundation for digital photography. Fully updated, it clearly and concisely covers the fundamental concepts of imagemaking, how to use digital technology to create compelling images, and how to output and preserve images in the digital world. Exploring history, methods, and theory, this text offers classroom-tested …
This book is a definitive baking guide that offers meticulously tested, detailed recipes and techniques for a wide range of cakes—ranging from classic layer cakes to intricately decorated showstoppers—ensuring consistent, high-quality results. Index : page 667-684.