Turn Your Ideas Into High-Impact 3D Models and Animations Transform flat drawings and concepts into impressive 3D visualizations that will amaze your clients with the comprehensive instruction you'll find in Mastering Autodesk VIZ 2007. Written by VIZ experts, this book shows you how to get the most out of the latest version of Autodesk's powerful 3D design, modeling, and animation tool with an in-depth, tutorial-based approach grounded in real-world examples. This new edition has been fully updated and revised to cover all of Autodesk VIZ 2007's new features--asset tracking, revamped Xrefs, an updated interface, and the improved rendering and editing tools--and it's packed with professional techniques you can apply immediately to your own work for striking results. Whether you're new to VIZ or simply want to master the latest features, this book offers the clear explanations and step-by-step instructions you need to create, animate, and render realistic architectural visualizations with VIZ 2007. Coverage includes: * Creating complex shapes with surface modeling tools * Using, organizing, and editing objects and meshes * Efficiently managing design data * Adding natural lighting effects * Staging a virtual walk-through of your room designs for clients * Applying radiosity to create lifelike views * Employing mental ray to achieve high-res rendering * Using AutoCAD and Photoshop(r) with VIZ * Exporting content to the Web Featured on the CD You'll find a trial version of VIZ 2007 plus project files for all of the book's exercises. Master VIZ 2007's great new features, including asset tracking, scene states, new modeling and texturing enhancements, batch rendering, and improved interoperability with other Autodesk products. Create 3D models quickly and intuitively using the new edit poly tools and Sweep modifier. Work effectively with lights, materials, and cameras. Animate your models and create interactive views. George Omura was cited as favorite CAD author by members of the Autodesk User Group International (AUGI) in AUGIWorld magazine's "Best of Everything CAD" issue, November/December 2003. www.sybex.com

Mastering Autodesk VIZ 2007

Computers & Technology

Onstott, Scott

Omura, George

McFarland, Jon

Graphics & Design

Sybex

Build Your Skills with Hundreds of Helpful Ideas from Two AutoCADSuperstars Two AutoCAD experts distill years of combined experience intohundreds of the most useful AutoCAD tips and techniques you'll everfind. Fun, easy to read, and packed with information, thisbeautiful guide equips you with inside tricks on critical AutoCADfeatures and functions--all in fast, easy-to-digest nuggets.Discover keyboard shortcuts and little-known system variables orpunch up your style with expert tips on visualizing, publishing,and 3D modeling. No matter what your experience level, you're sureto increase productivity and master professional-level techniqueswith this lively, practical book. * Tweak Windows(r) and AutoCAD to get the UI you want * Handle layers and select objects like a pro * Create dimensions, hatch patterns, and text correctly the firsttime * Comprehend the complexities of Sheet Sets and Paperspace * Unleash the power of dynamic blocks * Get visualization tips from the experts * Plot or publish in the background while you keep drawing * Take control of AutoCAD with customization techniques * Master the friendly new world of 3D in AutoCAD 2007

AutoCAD: Professional Tips and Techniques

Allen, Lynn

Transform your CAD drawings into powerful presentation This one-of-a-kind book shows you how to use Photoshop to turn CAD drawings and BIM models into artistic presentations with captivating animations, videos, and dynamic 3D imagery. The techniques apply to all leading architectural design software including AutoCAD, Revit, and 3ds Max Design. Video tutorials on the DVD improve your learning curve and let you compare your work with the author’s. <ul>
<li>Turn CAD drawings and BIM models into powerful presentations featuring animation, videos, and 3D imagery for enhanced client appeal</li> <li>Craft interactive panoramas for your Web site, add people and objects to your models, and integrate 3D object models inside architectural interiors</li> <li>Build 3D models from photos and turn them into videos with AfterEffects, add depth of field and atmospheric effects to 3D models, create stereographic images, and much more</li> <li>See how it’s done with the video tutorials on the DVD</li> </ul>
Take full advantage of Photoshop’s power to present your architectural drawings in a new and exciting way.

Enhancing Architectural Drawings and Models with Photoshop

Mastering Autodesk Viz 2005

Experience the Full Range of VIZ 2005's Powerful Tools Creating hyper-realistic 3D visualizations of your designs just got easier with Autodesk VIZ 2005. Using its enhanced rendering technology, architectural materials, software interoperability, surface modeling tools, and user interface, you'll work more efficiently and produce astounding results. In Mastering Autodesk VIZ 2005, world-renowned AutoCAD expert George Omura teaches you how to get the most out of Autodesk's potent 3D modeling, rendering, and presentation software. As you follow his real-world examples, you'll quickly see how to apply these techniques to your design projects. Whether you're entirely new to VIZ or simply want to master its newest features, this book offers the clear explanations and step-by-step instruction you need to make VIZ work for you. Coverage includes: <ul>
<li>Finding your way around in VIZ</li> <li>Importing and exporting AutoCAD files</li> <li>Creating realistic and dramatic lighting effects</li> <li>Managing your design data more efficiently</li> <li>Creating complex shapes with surface modeling tools</li> <li>Simulating lighting effects accurately with global illumination</li> <li>Rendering real-world surfaces with Architectural material</li> <li>Setting up animated walk-throughs</li> <li>Using radiosity to create lifelike views of a scene</li> <li>Using mental ray to achieve the most realistic rendering</li> <li>Producing design presentation views</li> <li>Understanding keyframes and the world of video time</li> <li>Using Photoshop with VIZ to create 3D effects</li> <li>Exporting Shockwave content to the Web</li> <li>Acquiring 3D models and props from the Web</li> </ul>
Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Mastering Autodesk VIZ 2005

Sybex, Inc.

"If you're an architect looking to get the most out of Photoshop, look no further! Enhancing CAD Drawings with Photoshop is a killer book." —George Omura, Author, Mastering AutoCAD 2005 and AutoCAD LT 2005 
Bring Your CAD Drawings to Life Using Artistic Photoshop Techniques Most architects find that traditional CAD drawings are not the ideal medium for sharing their visions with clients. For an untrained eye, it's difficult to imagine a complex design by simply viewing a line drawing. Fortunately, you can use Adobe Photoshop to enliven CAD drawings and improve graphical communications. Enhancing CAD Drawings with Photoshop is the first book to demonstrate how you can use Photoshop to transform CAD drawings into dynamic, attractive presentational pieces that speak to everyone. First, you'll master the basic Photoshop concepts and tools. Then you delve into sophisticated illustrating and compositing techniques. Practical tutorials lead you step-by-step through each process, and a full-color insert featuring before-and-after images is certain to inspire you with ideas and solutions. While appealing to the artist in you, this unique book will empower you to win bids and wow clients. Inside, you'll learn how to: <ul>
<li>Plan your work flow to ensure consistent color printing</li> <li>Work in the digital darkroom and hone your retouching skills</li> <li>Extract entourage objects from photographs and use them in architectural illustrations, renderings, plans, and elevations</li> <li>Enhance your line drawings with color, pattern, gradient, transparency, and shadows</li> <li>Dress up basic elevations using Photoshop's layer style effects, reflection and refraction, and entourage</li> <li>Transfer 3D objects from Autodesk VIZ into image layers in Photoshop</li> <li>Make objects look realistic using layers and clipping groups</li> <li>Transform 3D models into pencil sketches, watercolors, and paintings</li> <li>Share your digital work with your clients via prints, e-mail, the Web, and slideshows</li> <li>Protect and catalog your intellectual property</li> </ul>
Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Enhancing Cad Drawings With Photoshop

Autodesk Architectural Desktop (ADT) is the popular drafting and building-information-management (BIM) program that expands AutoCAD's feature set to include automatic documentation, "smart" objects, project-based palettes, and much more. All new from the world's best-selling AutoCAD publisher, this book is the ultimate resource for beginning through advanced ADT users. In the tradition of Sybex's illustrious Mastering series, you'll get the most comprehensive coverage in a mix of tutorials and detailed reference. The companion DVD includes the Autodesk Architectural Desktop demo as well as sample files and useful utilities. This book also features a foreword by Chris Yanchar, product planning manager.

Mastering Autodesk Architectural Desktop 2006

Scott Onstott's Learning AutoCAD 2002 Level 1 CD will teach you everything you need to become a productive draftsperson. The CD contains over 3 hours of screen captured video with audio narration, 1200 printable step-by-step tutorial instructions, and much more. It's like getting VHS tapes, a book, a data CD, and graded tests all in one CD.

Learning AutoCAD 2002 Level 1 CD-ROM

Scott Onstott

Autodesk Revit 5 transforms building design by taking CAD to the next level. Design and documentation are concurrent, with automatic coordination via Revit's parametric change technology. The Learning Autodesk Revit 5 CD is the fastest way to learn this software. It's based on a single project that builds your skills step by step. You'll be able to get up to speed quickly by watching the animated videos that are captured from the instructor's screen. You can then solidify your knowledge as you build the entire project yourself. There are over 9-1/2 hours of screen-captured video with audio narration on this CD. You proceed at your own pace and will learn beginning through advanced topics.

Learning Autodesk Revit 5 CD

Learn the Essentials on Autodesk's powerhouse architectural software The new Essentials series from Sybex helps you quickly learn and use Autodesk software. This beautiful, task-based, full-color Autodesk Official Training Guide thoroughly covers the fundamentals of AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT. Readers learn how to draw in 2D, shape complex curves, manage objects with layers, organize with blocks and groups, add dimensions and annotation, work with layouts, plot and print, model in 3D, create realistic renderings, and much more. This four-color Essentials book features real-world tutorials, downloadable before-and-after exercise files, and additional suggested exercises. This book is recommended as a Certification Preparation study guide resource for the AutoCAD Associate and Professional exams. <ul>
<li>Covers AutoCAD 2012 and AutoCAD LT 2012 fundamentals, so you become quickly productive with the software</li> <li>Prepares you for the AutoCAD 2012 Associate and Professional certification exam</li> <li>Uses straightforward explanations and real-world, hands-on exercises and tutorials to teach the software's core features and functions</li> <li>Helps you develop the skills you'll need throughout a production pipeline, whether you're a beginner or a more experienced user brushing up on the basics</li> </ul>
If you want to learn AutoCAD essentials, AutoCAD 2012 and AutoCAD LT 2012 Essentials is the place to start.

AutoCAD 2012 and AutoCAD LT 2012 Essentials

The perfect primer for learning Adobe Photoshop, whether you're new to it or updating your skills Create logos, edit images, and design without fear in Adobe Photoshop, once you learn the essentials. This clear, task-based book covers them all, from navigating the user interface to how to identify design elements, paint and draw in Photoshop, apply layer styles, correct and adjust color, and much more. Each chapter provides clear step-by-step instruction as well as illustrative, full-color images and examples. Before you know it, you'll have the skills to start a design career with Photoshop. What's more, if you're preparing for the Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) exam for Visual Communication using Photoshop, this thorough guide is the perfect preparation. <ul>
<li>Covers Photoshop essentials for beginners and assists ACA candidates preparing for the Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) for Visual Communication using Photoshop certification exam </li> <li>Explores how to identify design elements, paint and draw in Photoshop, apply layer styles, correct and adjust color, and more </li> <li>Covers the five basic areas required for the ACA Photoshop exam, including setting project requirements, identifying design elements when preparing elements, understanding Adobe Photoshop, manipulating images, and evaluating digital images </li> <li>Provides downloadable files that readers can use while going through the tutorials in the book</li> </ul>

Adobe Photoshop CS6 Essentials

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

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