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81. |  2013 Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market, 38th Edition By: Mary Burzlaff Bostic Publisher: North Light Books Publication Date: 17-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 08-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: 2013 Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market, 38th Edition
All the Tools You Need to Build a Successful Art Career! 2013 Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market is the must-have reference guide for any artist who wants to establish or expand a career in fine art, illustration or graphic design. Thousands of successful artists have relied on us to help develop their careers and navigate the changing business landscape. The 2013 Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market introduces a whole host of new features and guarantees the most up-to-date, individually verified market contacts possible. Expand your art business with these resources: A...
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82. |  2013 Photographer's Market, 36th Edition By: Mary Burzlaff Bostic Publisher: North Light Books Publication Date: 17-AUG-2012 Insert Date: 08-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: 2013 Photographer's Market, 36th Edition
Everything You Need to Find Buyers for Your Photos Thousands of successful photographers have trusted Photographer's Market as a resource for growing their businesses. This edition contains the most comprehensive and up-to-date market contacts for working photographers today: magazines, book publishers, greeting card companies, stock agencies, advertising firms, contests and more. In addition to the more than 1,500 individually verified contacts, the 2013 Photographer's Market includes: A FREE 1-year subscription to ArtistMarketOnline.com, where you can search industry...
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83. |  By: Tony Worobiec Publisher: David & Charles Publication Date: 01-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 08-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 |
Creative Use of Filters and Further Image Manipulation is an excerpt from Creative Photography Ideas Using Photoshop which presents 75 comprehensive workshops that have been specifically designed for photographers; each offers a clever and creative technique that can be immediately applied. Creative Use of Filters and Further Image Manipulation workshops focus specifically on using a variety of filters to improve or enhance your photographs in Photoshop. From Blur filters to Find Edges filters, and workshops on creating a ghostly effect, retro comic-book effect or pop art look,...
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84. |  Finding the Future of Digital Book Publishing By: Jeremy Greenfield Publisher: Digital Book World Publication Date: 01-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 08-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Finding the Future of Digital Book Publishing
Finding the Future of Digital Book Publishing – Interviews With 19 Innovative Ebook Business Leaders is Digital Book World’s first ebook. In interviews with 19 innovative ebook business leaders, Digital Book World’s editorial director Jeremy Greenfield draws out how these professionals are leading the digital transition and shaping the future of publishing. You’ll learn how these leaders are organizing their teams, pioneering new forms of content, and gathering and responding to data. The digital publishing community is passionate, engaged and international, and Digital Book World’s...
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85. |  By: Mario Garcia; Reed Reibstein Publisher: North Light Books Publication Date: 25-SEP-2012 Insert Date: 08-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: iPad Design Lab - Basic
iPad Design Lab - Basic is about storytelling in today's world, as more and more people consume information using the iPad and other tablets. This guide is the first to analyze the way that consumers take in information on the tablet platform and to help journalists and designers better understand the potential of this exciting medium. Written by Dr. Mario R. Garcia, Founder and CEO of Garcia Media and founder of the the Graphics & Design program at The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, this guide offers insight from the author's more than 40 years of experience consulting with such...
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86. |  By: Jeanne Filler Scott Publisher: North Light Books Publication Date: 21-JAN-2013 Insert Date: 08-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Draw and Paint 50 Animals
Turn your love of animals into art you adore! From her family farm in Kentucky, artist Jeanne Filler Scott spends her days joyfully surrounded by pets, barnyard animals and wildlife. In this book, she shares her love of animals and her easy techniques for capturing their beauty and charm in acrylics, oils and pencil. 50 paint-along projects--complete with reference photos, color lists and illustrated step-by-step directions. Simple methods for realistic results. A wide range of subjects ranging from pets and farm animals to wildlife and exotics. Tips for achieving convincing...
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87. |  By: Darlene Olivia McElroy; Sandra Duran Wilson Publisher: North Light Books Publication Date: 06-DEC-2012 Insert Date: 08-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Mixed Media Revolution
Recycle, Reuse, Reinvent! With Mixed Media Revolution , you'll learn how to leverage your art and take your paintings and transfers to the next level! Leftovers, little bits and scraps, pieces of art that didn't turn out quite right...we all have them. And it hurts to have to throw them away. But what if someone could suggest another way? Another way, perhaps, to get one more use out of that transparency. Or cut up a piece of art and put it back together differently. Or use leftover paint to create one-of-a-kind transfers? Darlene Olivia McElroy and Sandra Duran Wilson, in their...
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88. |  By: Patrick McNeil Publisher: HOW Books Publication Date: 20-APR-2012 Insert Date: 08-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Designer's Web Handbook
Make the Web Work for You You know how to design. But you can increase your value as a designer in the marketplace by learning how to make that design function on the web. From informational sites to e-commerce portals to blogs to mobile apps, The Designer's Web Handbook helps any designer understand the full life cycle of a digital product: idea, design, production and maintenance. The best web designers create not only beautiful sites but also sites that function well--for both client and end user. Patrick McNeil, creator of the popular web design blog designmeltdown.com and...
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89. |  By: Denise Bosler Publisher: HOW Books Publication Date: 16-MAY-2012 Insert Date: 08-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Mastering Type
Good Design, Down to the Letter Packages on store shelves, posters on building walls, pages of a website--all contain information that needs to be communicated. And at the heart of that communication is type: visually interesting, interactive, expressive and captivating. Each letter must come alive; therefore, each letter must be carefully crafted or chosen. A solid foundation in typography, as well as an understanding of its nuances, will help you optimize your visual communication--in whatever form it takes. By breaking down the study of type into a systematic progression of...
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90. |  Draw Animals in Nature With Lee Hammond By: Lee Hammond Publisher: North Light Books Publication Date: 04-JUL-2012 Insert Date: 08-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Draw Animals in Nature With Lee Hammond
Put the WILD in your wildlife art! Popular artist and best-selling author Lee Hammond shares her secrets for drawing some of the earth's most magnificent animals and the diverse habitats they call home. This guide breaks the challenge down step by step, showing beginners how to instantly improve accuracy in their work and inpiring more experienced artists to achieve the level of heart-beating realism illustrated inside. 30 start-to-finish demonstrations feature a wide variety of wild animals and birds, from large cats and raptors to small woodland creatures and reptiles ...
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91. |  By: Seth Apter Publisher: North Light Books Publication Date: 02-MAR-2012 Insert Date: 08-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Pulse of Mixed Media
Listen closely
can you hear it? Can you hear the voices? Thoughts, insights, confessions from the creative community sharing ideas, trading secrets, venting frustrations; asking and answering questions such as, "What color rarely shows up in your work?" or "How do you express vulnerability in you art?" Or "What is one current trend that you wish would go away?" As artists, we are curious by nature and there is a longing to see inside the hearts and minds of artistic souls of our own kind. That is the beat of our livesthe Pulse of Mixed Media ! In this booka complex survey of...
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92. |  By: David Sherwin Publisher: HOW Books Publication Date: 06-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 08-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Success By Design
Want to make your design business a success? Start here. Fellow Designer, In your career you may have been like me: Trying to keep projects on the rails and clients happy. Digging through blogs for useful advice. Wondering if there was a better way to handle all of the demands of being a design professional and running a creative business. The wisdom contained in Success By Design: The Essential Business Reference for Designers will help you become a stronger businessperson and better plan your career path as a design leader. This book was born from in-depth interviews with a...
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93. |  The Design Activist's Handbook By: Noah Scalin; Michelle Taute Publisher: HOW Books Publication Date: 07-SEP-2012 Insert Date: 08-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Design Activist's Handbook
We Want You! Will you join the ranks of design activists? Doing good is too important to think of as work better left to those fictitious "other" designers. People more famous. More talented. More connected. Richer. Younger. Braver. (Insert your own mental roadblock here.) In truth, anyone can be a design activist. It just starts with a commitment to yourself and your values. A commitment to making conscious choices and realizing how all the decisions you make as a graphic designer affect other people and the planet. It's about being awake instead of sliding by with the way things...
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94. |  Light Right: Learn How to Create Images, Set Up a Studio, and Launch Your Photography Career By: Joe Lavine; Brad Bartholomew Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 27-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 08-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Light Right: Learn How to Create Images, Set Up a Studio, and Launch Your Photography Career Lighting is one of the most important creative components of any
image. Joe Lavine and Brad Bartholomew, commercial photographers
and instructors, offer a unique approach to learning about studio
lighting. They start with their philosophy of lighting, tackling
the characteristics of light and how to approach building your
shots. Then they discuss some basic photographic concepts and
equipment needs, and how to use this knowledge to start a
successful career in photography.
Packed with gorgeous images, this book provides two distinct
perspectives from the authors based on their experience as...
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95. |  Partnerships and Collaborations in Public Library Communities By: Karen Ellis Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 31-DEC-2011 Insert Date: 06-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Partnerships and Collaborations in Public Library Communities Public libraries must connect to their local communities. Considering modern funding constraints, this can be best done by collaborating and partnering with other local organizations. Partnerships and Collaborations in Public Library Communities: Resources and Solutions shows how these partnerships can be cultivated through projects, programming, funding, and extending the library’s presence through unique avenues. With a diverse set of contributions from state, local, educational, penal, and governmental libraries that actively pursue community involvement in a myriad of ways and through...
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96. |  Internet and Distributed Computing Advancements By: Jemal Abawajy; Mukaddim Pathan; Mustafizur Rahman; Al-Sakib Pathan; Mustafa Deris Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 29-FEB-2012 Insert Date: 06-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Internet and Distributed Computing Advancements As software and computer hardware grows in complexity, networks have grown to match. The increasing scale, complexity, heterogeneity, and dynamism of communication networks, resources, and applications has made distributed computing systems brittle, unmanageable, and insecure. Internet and Distributed Computing Advancements: Theoretical Frameworks and Practical Applications is a vital compendium of chapters on the latest research within the field of distributed computing, capturing trends in the design and development of Internet and distributed computing systems that leverage autonomic...
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97. |  The Complete Idiot's Guide to LinkedIn By: Susan Gunelius Publisher: Alpha Publication Date: 06-DEC-2005 Insert Date: 06-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Complete Idiot's Guide to LinkedIn
Develop your business or career with the pre-eminent professional network
Most people who are new to LinkedIn don't intuitively recognize the potential of the site when it comes to promoting a business, finding a job/project (or being found for one), or raising money for a business venture. The Complete Idiot's Guide to LinkedIn goes beyond the usual "how to set up and account" and "create a profile" to help readers become LinkedIn superusers and get the most out of the website based on their individual goals. The book provides new users with clear and detailed guidance on:
·Filling...
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98. |  David Busch’s Compact Field Guide for the Nikon® D600 By: David D. Busch Publisher: Course Technology PTR Publication Date: 18-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 06-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: David Busch’s Compact Field Guide for the Nikon® D600 This compact field guide was specially created to help you make the most of your Nikon D600 digital SLR. DAVID BUSCH'S COMPACT FIELD GUIDE FOR THE NIKON D600 gives you the information, the tools, and the techniques you'll need to achieve beautiful results when shooting with this high-end DX-format camera. In seven information-packed chapters, filled with helpful checklists, tables, and charts, David Busch, the #1-selling author of digital SLR camera guides, distills the fundamentals of working with the Nikon D600, walks you through the camera's features and functions, and shows you how to...
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99. |  David Busch’s Point-and-Shoot Compact Field Guide By: David D. Busch; Dan Simon Publisher: Course Technology PTR Publication Date: 12-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 06-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: David Busch’s Point-and-Shoot Compact Field Guide DAVID BUSCH'S POINT-AND-SHOOT COMPACT FIELD GUIDE will help you get the most from your non-dSLR camera, with clear, concise tips and techniques you can use with any compact camera. This guide begins where most manuals end: You'll learn about all of your camera's functions and features-from file formats and resolution to aperture/priority exposure, autofocus, and more-and you'll understand how and when to use them. This book's seven information-packed chapters include a wealth of tables, charts, graphs, lists, and plenty of full-color illustrations to show the results you can expect by using...
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100. | Rough Cuts  OpenGL SuperBible: Comprehensive Tutorial and Reference, Sixth Edition By: Graham Sellers; Richard Wright; Nicholas Haemel Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 26-JUL-2013 Insert Date: 06-MAR-2013 | Overview: OpenGL SuperBible: Comprehensive Tutorial and Reference, Sixth Edition This is the Rough Cut version of the printed book.
OpenGL® SuperBible, Sixth
Edition, is the definitive programmer’s guide,
tutorial, and reference for the world’s leading 3D API for
real-time computer graphics, OpenGL 4.3. The best all-around
introduction to OpenGL for developers at all levels of experience,
it clearly explains both the newest API and indispensable related
concepts. You’ll find up-to-date, hands-on guidance for all
facets of modern OpenGL development on both desktop and mobile
platforms, including transformations, texture mapping, shaders,
advanced buffers, geometry...
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