Today's professional illustrator is light years beyond ink wells and drafting boards: the present and foreseeable future of the art of illustration is digital, and there is no more complete resource on the tools and techniques of this thoroughly modern practice than The Complete Guide to Digital Illustration. Written by veteran art professionals Steve Caplin and Adam Banks, this guide will take any digital artist to the next level. It examines all the key areas where digital illustration is utilized--covering the traditional arenas such as print, corporate identity, and advertising as well as multimedia presentations and the new media of the Internet. It demonstrates the vast array of incredible effects open to today's digital artists, along with how they can be achieved. It also offers indispensable advice on the type of software and hardware the beginning digital illustrator may need for his own studio. Packed with more than 400 stunning full-color illustrations and profiles of the newsmakers and groundbreakers within the industry, The Complete Guide to Digital Illustration is a virtual encyclopedia on the art of digital illustration and a fast-track tutorial no serious illustrator should be without.

The Complete Guide to Digital Illustration

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Adam Banks

Steve Caplin

History & Criticism

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Toon Art : The Graphic Art of Digital Cartooning

Steven Withrow

Aimed at both the absolute beginner and at readers with a very basic knowledge of conventional or digital cameras, this title describes everything you need to know about digital photography. Includes numerous projects to help you print, show and share your best pictures.

Perfect Digital Photos in a Snap! : The Beginner's Guide to Taking and Making Great Digital Photographs

Computers & Technology

Ian Probert

Graphics & Design

The Digital Designer's Bible : The Ultimate Route Map to Stress-Free Best Working Practice for Print and Web Designers

The music video has become one of today's most accessible and most creative outlets for young directors. The advent of affordable digital video cameras and desktop-editing applications - coupled with the fact that everyone knows a struggling musician - has blow the genre wide open. Good image and audio quality, professional-level special effects, and easy distribution via DVD or the Web mean that almost any ambitious moviemaker, musician or budding band manager can now have a crack at creating that breakthrough promo video, the one that may just end up on MTV. It's open season. But does anyone really know how or what to shoot? Make Your Own Music Video not only reveals the answers but also provides enough tips, tricks and secrets to turn any amateur into a pro. Tackling everything from choosing and using the right kit, through rehearsing a band and dealing with inflated showbiz egos, to the nitty-gritty of synching edited video and audio tracks and compressing footage for streaming on the Internet, the book has the complete low-down on getting up to speed.

Make Your Own Music Video

Ed Gaskell

Web Development & Design

It's time to throw away the scissors and paste. We'll show you how to make innovative and colourful scrapbooks; make fun - even interactive - calendars; capture holidays, weddings, and parties online, on CD, via email...or just in print. We'll even show you how to make slideshows, interactive family trees, and print your photos onto a variety of things, including T-shirts and mugs!

Make Your Own Digital Photo Scrapbook : How to Turn Your Digital Photos into Fun for All Your Friends and Family

Steven Anzovin

Raf Anzovin

Software

Strategy

Humor & Entertainment

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Puzzles & Games

Digital Video for Beginners : A Step-By-Step Guide to Making Great Home Movies

Colin Barrett

How to take great photography on the day, which will preserve the best moments for ever Includes concise step-by-step instructions for digital-image manipulation Subjects range from choosing equipment, to the techniques needed to capture the key moments of the day, to perfecting your shots later in the digital darkroom Offers new formats, including DVD and the Internet, for sharing your finished images with friends, family, and clients

Step-By-Step Digital Wedding Photography

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With sales approaching 40 million units, Gran Turismo is the best-selling Playstation game ever - and with the release of GT4, it is set to become a modern classic. With exclusive access to Polyphonal Digital, Sony Entertainment's development studio, Gran Turismo - Driving the Game is a lavishly created title that reveals how Gran Turismo became such a worldwide success. Featuring interviews with key members of the development team, including senior management, designers, artists, programmers and testers, the book both recalls the first three games in the series as well as tracing every development stage of GT4 - from initial concepts to final balancing and testing. The informative and revealing text will be illustrated with superb renders of the cars, tracks and environments - making Gran Turismo - Driving the Game ideal both for the millions of gamers who play and love the game, and for aspirational games' designers who want a close look behind the scenes of one of the world's most popular games.

Gran Turismo : Driving the Game - From Start to Finish - The Exclusive Story Behind the Best Selling Game Ever

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