5280 Magazine – March 2017
English | 164 pages | True PDF | 41 MB
5280 Magazine – March 2017
5280 Magazine – March 2017
English | 164 pages | True PDF | 41 MB
Astronomy – April 2017
Astronomy – April 2017
English | 80 pages | True PDF | 18 MB
Rowland B. Wilson’s Trade Secrets: Notes on Cartooning and Animation
Rowland B. Wilson, Suzanne Lemieux Wilson, "Rowland B. Wilson’s Trade Secrets: Notes on Cartooning and Animation"
2012 | ISBN-10: 0240817346 | 320 pages | PDF | 12 MB
Animation doesn’t come with instructions; Rowland B. Wilson demanded guidelines. Trade Secrets offers a never before published peek into the personal journals of Rowland B. Wilson (1930-2005), a legend in the world of Cartooning, Advertising, Illustration and Animation.
Set the Action! Creating Backgrounds for Compelling Storytelling in Animation, Comics, and Games
Elvin A. Hernandez, "Set the Action! Creating Backgrounds for Compelling Storytelling in Animation, Comics, and Games"
2016 | ISBN-10: 0240820533 | 240 pages | PDF | 47 MB
Create the Gotham for your Batman, the African savannah for your Simba, or the bustling newsroom for your Clark Kent. Background, setting, environment.whatever you call it, it is the silent character in the visual story, and a dynamic and compelling setting can define and hone the action and drama of your story. If you’re in the habit of creating disembodied characters or adding backgrounds as an afterthought, Set the Action! will help you understand and utilize the importance of the setting in your narrative. Understand perspective, blocking, and color-and focus your narrative by establishing and designing your setting to interact with characters and story.
Pushing Pixels: Secret Weapons for the Modern Flash Animator
Chris Georgenes, "Pushing Pixels: Secret Weapons for the Modern Flash Animator"
2012 | ISBN-10: 0240818431 | 272 pages | PDF | 35 MB
You’ve got the cheats, tutorials, and how-tos. What else do you need? Go above and beyond those stop-gaps and step-by-steps with Pushing Pixels, the real-world guide to developing dynamic and fun content from conception to deployment. Whether you are animating for a short, a fun cartoon, or a mobile game, renowned Flash expert Chris Georgenes will show you his approach with various types of animation projects, from start to finish.
Ideas for the Animated Short: Finding and Building Stories, 2nd Edition
Karen Sullivan, Kate Alexander, "Ideas for the Animated Short: Finding and Building Stories, 2nd Edition"
2013 | ISBN-10: 0240818725 | 280 pages | PDF | 14 MB
From demo reel creation to festival shorts, students and professionals alike are creating animated shorts that are dynamic and eye catching but the time constraints of these shorts are challenging in their own right.
Getting Started in ZBrush: An Introduction to Digital Sculpting and Illustration
Greg Johnson, "Getting Started in ZBrush: An Introduction to Digital Sculpting and Illustration"
2014 | ISBN-10: 0415705142 | 330 pages | PDF | 20 MB
Getting Started in ZBrush is a gentle introduction to ZBrush, today’s premier digital sculpting program. Beginning with the fundamentals of digital sculpting as well as a thorough introduction to the user interface, Getting Started in ZBrush will have you creating a variety of professional-level 3D models in no-time. More than just another button-pushing manual, this comprehensive guide is packed with start-to-finish projects that ease you into the workflow of the program, while at the same time providing tips and tricks that will allow you to achieve certain tasks much more quickly. After progressing through the tutorials, you will be shown how to customize brushes, materials, scripts, and the interface so that you can utilize these tools to their full advantage.
Create Your Own Website Using WordPress in a Weekend
Alannah Moore, "Create Your Own Website Using WordPress in a Weekend"
2013 | ISBN-10: 0415662680 | 160 pages | PDF | 12 MB
Having a website built can be a complicated and expensive undertaking. For large businesses this is a necessary expense, but for the ever-increasing number of independents and small businesses, this can easily be handled by the intrepid amateur. In Create Your Own Website Using WordPress in a Weekend, author Alannah Moore draws on her extensive experience to show how, in just a weekend, almost anyone can create a website in WordPress that looks professional and is entirely tailored to their needs and preferences. Through carefully structured step-by-step tutorials, the book takes the reader through every stage of the web design process. It is illustrated with fabulous examples, and features checklists and tips throughout, covering domain registration, planning, plugins, and choosing the right theme.
Quick Sketching with Ron Husband
Quick Sketching with Ron Husband by Ron Husband
English | 2013 | ISBN: 041582334X | 368 pages | PDF | 56 MB
Quick sketching is the best technique you can use to stay finely tuned and to keep those creative juices flowing. To keep your sense of observation heightened, and to sharpen your hand-eye coordination, an animator needs to constantly draw and sketch.
The Classic Car Book: The Definitive Visual History
DK Publishing, Giles Chapman, "The Classic Car Book: The Definitive Visual History"
ISBN: 0241240484, 1465453393 | 2016 | PDF | 320 pages | 119 MB
From the Chevrolet Bel Air to the Ferrari Testarossa, The Classic Car Book showcases the most important and iconic classic cars from every decade since the 1940s, with a foreword by award-winning writer and commentator on the industry, history, and culture of cars, Giles Chapman.
Jewel: A Celebration of Earth’s Treasures
DK Publishing, "Jewel: A Celebration of Earth’s Treasures"
ISBN: 0241226031 | 2016 | PDF | 360 pages | 122 MB
Celebrate the most dazzling jewels on Earth with Jewel, the most glamorous guide to jewellery, gems, and minerals.
Camaro: Fifty Years of Chevy Performance
Mike Mueller, "Camaro: Fifty Years of Chevy Performance"
ISBN: 0760350345 | 2017 | PDF | 224 pages | 165 MB
The legendary 1967 Camaro was Chevy’s answer to Ford’s Mustang, and they’ve been duking it out ever since.
Backpacker The National Parks Coast to Coast: 100 Best Hikes
Ted Alvarez, Backpacker Magazine, "Backpacker The National Parks Coast to Coast: 100 Best Hikes"
ISBN: 1493019651 | 2016 | PDF | 400 pages | 95 MB
Travelling around the world while staying in an ancient residence in the heart of Dublin.
Laravel: Up and Running: A Framework for Building Modern PHP Apps
Matt Stauffer, "Laravel: Up and Running: A Framework for Building Modern PHP Apps"
ISBN: 1491936088 | 2016 | True PDF | 454 pages | 5 MB
What sets Laravel apart from other PHP web frameworks? Speed and simplicity, for starters. This rapid application development framework and its vast ecosystem of tools let you quickly build new sites and applications with clean, readable code. With this practical guide, Matt Stauffer-a leading teacher and developer in the Laravel community-provides the definitive introduction to one of today’s most popular web frameworks.
An Introduction to HTML5 Game Development with Phaser.js
Travis Faas, "An Introduction to HTML5 Game Development with Phaser.js"
English | ISBN: 113892184X | 2017 | 276 pages | True PDF | 78 MB
Experience the thrill of crafting your own HTML5 game with Phaser.js game engine. HTML5 and modern JavaScript game engines have helped revolutionized web based games. Each chapter in An Introduction to HTML5 Game Development with Phaser.js showcases a sample game that illustrates an aspect of Phaser.js (now Lazer.js) that can be used as is, or in remixed games of the developer’s design. Each of these examples help the reader to understand how to optimize JavaScript game development with modern project tooling like Grunt and Bower. Though the world of HTML game development continues to grow and evolve, An Introduction to HTML5 Game Development with Phaser.js, provides a grounded resource and vital learning tool to anyone looking to optimize web game development process.
Essential Economics for Business, 5th edition
Mr John Sloman, Miss Elizabeth Jones, "Essential Economics for Business, 5th edition"
English | ISBN: 1292151277 | 2017 | 384 pages | PDF | 8 MB
“Very rich variety of examples and case studies to illustrate and underpin the theoretical understanding” – Dr Stefan Kesting, University of Leeds
Financial Accounting and Reporting, 18th edition
Mr Barry Elliott, "Financial Accounting and Reporting, 18th edition"
English | ISBN: 1292162406 | 2017 | 904 pages | PDF | 13 MB
This market leading text provides comprehensive coverage of financial accounting and reporting to enable you to discuss and apply IFRS compliant financial statements. With the balance of theoretical principles and practical applications, this book will aid you in the advancement of your studies and professional career.
Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Algorithms, 3 edition
Anany Levitin, "Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Algorithms, 3 edition"
English | ISBN: 027376411X | 2012 | 592 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Based on a new classification of algorithm design techniques and a clear delineation of analysis methods, Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Algorithms presents the subject in a coherent and innovative manner. Written in a student-friendly style, the book emphasizes the understanding of ideas over excessively formal treatment while thoroughly covering the material required in an introductory algorithms course. Popular puzzles are used to motivate students’ interest and strengthen their skills in algorithmic problem solving. Other learning-enhancement features include chapter summaries, hints to the exercises, and a detailed solution manual.
Marketing Strategy and Competitive Positioning, 6th edition
Prof Graham Hooley, "Marketing Strategy and Competitive Positioning, 6th edition"
English | ISBN: 1292017317 | 2017 | 584 pages | PDF | 14 MB
Marketing Strategy and Competitive Positioning 6e deals with the process of developing and implementing a marketing strategy. The book focuses on competitive positioning at the heart of marketing strategy and includes in-depth discussion of the processes used in marketing to achieve competitive advantage.
Calculus with Applications, 11th edition
Margaret L. Lial, Raymond N. Greenwell, "Calculus with Applications, 11th edition"
English | ISBN: 1292108975, 0321979427 | 2017 | 864 pages | PDF | 57 MB
For freshman/sophomore, 2-semester (2-3 quarter) courses covering applied calculus for students in business, economics, social sciences, or life sciences.
