Digital Painting in Photoshop

Digital Painting in Photoshop 

 256 Pages | PDF | 31 MB

Have you ever considered using Photoshop to create fine art? 

Photoshop is usually used for enhancing photos, but this extremely powerful software package is capable of so much more. Every feature, from brushes to background, can be customised and optimised for artistic effect. With a little guidance from a pro, your photoshop results can go from competent retouching of images to visually stunning re-interpretations of them, turning everyday pictures into breathtaking works of art.

In this beautiful and inspiring book, acclaimed artist, author and lecturer Susan Bloom shows you how to do just that. Starting with the fundamentals: creating your own artistic brushes and textured papers virtually, she goes on to demonstrate how to create a variety of classic artistic styles in Photoshop, with chapters on watercolours, pastels, charcoal and oil. Further chapters cover illustration techniques in photoshop, and using third-party software to create painterly effects.

While the results are highly polished and realistic, this is not a book written specifically for artists. The techniques are aimed squarely at the Photoshop user looking to broaden their pallette, with emphasis on altering photographs to create artwork, rather than creating artwork from scratch.


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Computer Active - # 311, (24 January 2010 (UK)

Computer Active - # 311, (24 January 2010 (UK)
English | 76 pages | PDF | 34.90 Mb


Computer Active - The UK best-selling computer & technology magazine offering essential productivity and buying advice, delivered in an entertaining, informative and plain English style. Computeractive has maintained its position as the UK No1 computer magazine for over 6 years as a result of the impartial editorial content, the emphasis on consumer advocacy and PC troubleshooting and its unique fortnightly publishing schedule.


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iPhone Life - Vol.2 No.2 (2010)

 

iPhone Life - Vol.2 No.2 (2010)
English | 106 pages | PDF | 26.90 Mb

iPhone Life magazine is chocked full of news, reviews, and tips for both consumers and enterprise users.

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Computer Active - #310 (7 January 2010)

Computer Active - #310 (7 January 2010)
PDF | 74 pages | 37.4 Mb | English

The UK's best-selling computer & technology magazine offering essential productivity and buying advice, delivered in an entertaining, informative and plain English style. Computeractive has maintained its position as the UK's No1 computer magazine for over 6 years as a result of the impartial editorial content, the emphasis on consumer advocacy and PC troubleshooting and its unique fortnightly publishing schedule.


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Excel as Your Database

Excel as Your Database 

 250 Pages |  PDF | 3 MB

Excel As Your Database guides those of you who need to manage facts and figuresyet have little experience, budget, or need for a full-scale relational database management system. Youll learn how to use Excel to enter, store, and analyze your data. This book is written and organized in a way that assumes you have some familiarity with Excel, but not with databases. 

The book features quick-start solutions, practice exercises, troubleshooting tips, and best practices. This book covers Excel 2007 and 2003.The author clarifies not just how to use a technique, but under what realistic scenarios.The text features step-by-step, how-to procedures.Try-it-out exercises are based on realistic sample data.

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Computer Music - February 2010

Computer Music - February 2010
PDF | 133 pages | 64.2 Mb | English

Computer Music's goal is to help its readers create great music with a PC or Mac.
Each month find easy-to-follow tutorials for all sorts of music software, unbiased reviews of the latest products and answers to technical questions.

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Absolute C++

Absolute C++ 

 976 Pages || PDF | 5 MB

Offers complete coverage of the C++ programming language. This title offers provides all the tools necessary for experienced and novice programmers to master C++, including: thorough coverage of the Standard Template Library; complete and fully executable code throughout; sections highlighting programming tips and common pitfalls; and a logical order of coverage of C++ topics in order for readers to better understand the language. 

This book is appropriate for anyone interested in learning how to programming using the C++ programming  language.

From the Back Cover
Absolute C++ is the definitive textbook on C++ from best-selling author Walt Savich. This brand new book provides complete, thorough, absolute coverage of the C++ programming language.
Absolute C++ provides all of the tools necessary for experienced and novice programmers alike to master C++, emphasizing the qualities and complexities of the language aver elementary programming technique. Thus, it presents:
* Complete and fully executable programs throughout to demonstrate language features
* Extensive coverage of the Standard Template Library (STL)—this is a necessary element in understanding C++ as it examines the full functionality and versatility of the language
* A logical ordering of topics that allows readers to better understand the language (for example, covering arrays before classes-this institutes a more progressive method of learning how the language works before moving on to advanced features
* Material on the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and Patterns to take advantage of the latest trends in software engineering
* Sections highlighting programming tips and common pitfalls to enhance understanding Absolute C++ also offers a full supplements package for instructors, including instructor's manual, solutions manual, PowerPoint slides, and Testfen, a computerized test generator. A companion web site (aw/savitch) is available for all readers to help enhance and test their understanding of the material.


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