Information Seeking in Electronic Environments or 3ds Max 8 Essentials

Information Seeking in Electronic Environments

Author: Gary Marchionini

In the computer age, it is essential for individuals to develop skills and strategies for manipulating, storing, and retrieving electronic information. This book considers how electronic technologies have changed these skills and strategies and augmented the fundamental human activity of information seeking. Writing from the point of view of the user rather than the computer, the author makes a case for creating new interface designs that allow information seekers to choose what strategy to apply according to their immediate needs. Such systems may be designed by providing information seekers with alternative interface mechanisms for displaying and manipulating multiple levels of representation for information objects. This book is multidisciplinary in approach and aims to bridge the perspectives of information science, computer science and education. It will be essential reading for researchers and graduate students in these fields.

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3ds Max 8 Essentials: Autodesk Media and Entertainment Courseware

Author: Autodesk

Welcome to the Autodesk Media and Entertainment Official Training Courseware for 3ds max X software! Consider this book an all-access pass to the production and training experience of Autodesk developers and training experts. Written for self-paced learning or instructor-led classroom training, the manual will teach you the fundamentals of using 3ds max X. The book is organized into sections dedicated to animation, modelling, materials, lighting and rendering. Each section covers basic theory, and then includes exercises for hands-on demonstration of the concept. By the end of the book, you will have mastered the basics and moved onto full-length projects. Flexibility is built in, so that you can complete the tutorials in the way that works best for you. Complete the book and you will be a seasoned 3ds max pro, ready to work confidently in a production environment.

•For beginners or those new to 3ds max
•Tutorials and exercises designed for flexibility and ease of use
•CD contains 3ds max support models, materials, textures, and animations for completing the exercises

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	Getting started	3
	User interface	5
	Overview lab	57
	Files and objects	97
	Transforms	149
	Applying modifiers	195
Ch. 2	Modeling	243
	Low poly modeling	245
	Shapes	279
	Using compound objects	341
	Modeling lab	375
Ch. 3	Animation	395
	Animation basics	397
	Hierarchies	431
	Character animation - biped	455
	Animation lab	481
Ch. 4	Materials & mapping	499
	Introduction to materials	501
	Using maps	535
	Mapping coordinates	561
	Materials and mapping	601
Ch. 5	Rendering	623
	Cameras	625
	Basic lighting	651
	Global illumination	677
	Rendering the scene	697
	Scene assembly lab	725

Pro SQL Server 2008 Xml or The Internet and Society

Pro SQL Server 2008 XML

Author: Apress

Knowledge and ability to apply XML are de rigueur in today’s world, and SQL Server developers and administrators are no exception to that rule. Pro SQL Server 2008 XML is your key to unlocking the powerful XML feature set first introduced in SQL Server 2005 and since refined in SQL Server 2008. Author Michael Coles shows how to store XML using SQL Server’s built–in XML data type. Learn to query and manipulate XML data using standard technologies such as XQuery and XSLT. No SQL Server database professional can afford to be without knowledge of the XML feature set. Pro SQL Server 2008 XML delivers on the knowledge that you need to remain competitive in your career.

Shows how to store, query, and manipulate XML documents in SQL Server

Provides step–by–step examples showing best practices and advanced features

Accurately discusses how SQL Server’s XML feature set stacks up against the ISO XML standards

What you’ll learn

Store XML documents using SQL Server’s built–in XML data type.

Query those stored documents using SQL/XML and XQuery.

Manipulate and transform XML using XSLT and XPath.

Understand how SQL Server’s XML support compares to the ISO XML standards.

Create SOAP endpoints for use in web services applications.

Create primary and secondary XML indexes to improve performance of XML queries.

Who is this book for?

SQL Server SQL/T–SQL developers and .NET developers who want to take advantage of the specific server–side XML functionality available in SQL Server2008

About the Apress Pro Series

The Apress Pro series books are practical, professional tutorials to keep you on and moving up the professional ladder.

You have gotten the job, now you need to hone your skills in these tough competitive times. The Apress Pro series expands your skills and expertise in exactly the areas you need. Master the content of a Pro book, and you will always be able to get the job done in a professional development project. Written by experts in their field, Pro series books from Apress give you the hard–won solutions to problems you will face in your professional programming career.

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The Internet and Society

Author: James Slevin

The Internet and Society explores the impact of the internet on modern culture.

Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements for Teens or Practical CakePHP Projects

Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements for Teens

Author: Marc Campbell

You see them in magazines, pass them around in emails, and run across them everywhere on the web—incredibly cool, crazy, and sometimes strange images that you know have been doctored using Photoshop. Have you ever looked at them and wondered, "How did they do that?" Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements for Teens is filled with the tips and techniques that you need to know to use these powerful programs to create your own amazing images or retouch your digital photographs. Begin with the fundamentals of Photoshop and Photoshop Elements as you conquer the essential features and functions of each program. Master the interface and learn how to create and manage layers. Next, get ready to edit your images as you develop the skills you need to paint with the Brush, draw shapes and text, and apply special effects to your images. Put your new skills to the test as you complete a variety of hands-on projects, including making prints, dressing up your computer desktop, creating animation, laying out websites, and creating logos.

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Practical CakePHP Projects

Author: Kai Chan

If you’ve been using PHP for sometime now and would like to start using a web framework, you’ll want to try CakePHP, which is an open source rapid development web framework built on PHP.

PHP experts Kai Chan and John Omokore guide you through a variety of practical CakePHP applications. You will work on projects such as a video gallery, unit testing application, an e–commerce app, a blog site, and much more. Practical CakePHP Projects covers the key architectural concepts as well as including mini projects that you can use to enhance your own applications.

A friendly introduction for any web programmer looking to choose a PHP framework

Real–world projects based on current and future trends

Practical CakePHP techniques that you can use right away

What you’ll learn

Painlessly create a secure and dynamic web site with CakePHP and MySQL.

Discover how CakePHP can be used in high–level and demanding applications using CakePHP built–in components as well as methods such as Smarty, caching, and unit testing.

See how CakePHP integrates with technologies such as Ajax and web services.

Integrate your own components into CakePHP’s framework.

Apply CakePHP to mainstream technologies such as Google Video, blogging, mashups, and e–commerce.

Work through the few pitfalls of some of the CakePHP framework, for example, Access Control Lists.

Who is this book for?

Aimed primarily at CakePHP novices to professionals and PHP programmers seeking to build web applications easily usingCakePHP and related web technologies, this book will also appeal to programmers using other frameworks in other languages, for example, Ruby on Rails and Java Spring.

About the Apress Practical Series

The Practical series from Apress is your best choice for getting the job done, period. From professional to expert, this series lets you apply project–motivated templates (or frameworks) step by step in a very direct, practical, and efficient manner toward current real–world projects that may be sitting on your desk. So whatever your career goal, Apress can be your trusted guide to take you where you want to go on your IT career empowerment path.