“What a fantastic book!It’s about color management for photographers. Sam explains why color management is essential for achieving accurate colors in photos and how to go about it.Neither in my printing technology lectures nor on the Internet have I found this topic explained as well as it is here. In fact, I found that after an enjoyable hour reading, I had learned quite a lot, and gained a far deeper understanding of the topic.If you don’t believe that Sam can put ...

Windows 10 is one of the latest additions to the Microsoft Operating Systems. The company started in 1981 with the most remarkable OS’s being Windows 95,98,2003 and most recently Windows 7 and 8. Windows 10 joins Windows NT family of several successful OS’s with the succeeding OS performing better than its predecessor. This new OS has major differences from the other releases and has the same internal core for different devices. These include PC’s, laptops, phones and integration of this c...

If you want to learn to create 3-D models using Google SketchUp, this Missing Manual is the ideal place to start. Filled with step-by-step tutorials, this entertaining, reader-friendly guide will have you creating detailed 3-D objects, including building plans, furniture, landscaping plans -- even characters for computer games -- in no time.Google SketchUp: The Missing Manual offers a hands-on tour of the program, with crystal-clear instructions for using every feature and...

This book offers uses practical applications using recipes with step-by-step instructions and useful information to help you master how to produce professional architectural visualizations in Lumion. The cookbook approach means you need to think and explore how a particular feature can be applied in your project and perform the intended task. This book is written to be accessible to all Lumion users and is a useful guide to follow when becoming familiar with this cutting-edge real-time tec...

In this updated version of his classic on deep-sky imaging, astrophotographer Greg Parker describes how the latest technology can help amateur astronomers process their own beautiful images. Whether you are taking your own images from a backyard system or processing data from space telescopes, this book shows you how to enhance the visuals in the "electronic darkroom" for maximum beauty and impact. The wealth of options in the astrophotography realm has exploded in the recent past, and Par...

Interaction Flow Modeling Language describes how to apply model-driven techniques to the problem of designing the front end of software applications, i.e., the user interaction. The book introduces the reader to the novel OMG standard Interaction Flow Modeling Language (IFML). Authors Marco Brambilla and Piero Fraternali are authors of the IFML standard and wrote this book to explain the main concepts of the language. They effectively illustrate how IFML can be applied in practice to the s...

This book serves as a comprehensive guide for using a Nexstar Evolution mount with WiFi SkyPortal control, walking the reader through the process for aligning and operating the system from a tablet or smartphone. The next generation Go-To mount from Celestron, this is compatible not only with the Nextstar Evolution but also with older mounts. It is the ideal resource for anyone who owns, or is thinking of owning, a Nexstar Evolution telescope, or adapting their existing Celestron mount. Pr...

Gain concepts central to digital video using the affordable Corel Video Studio Ultimate X9 software package as well as open source digital video editing package EditShare Lightworks 12. This compact visual guide builds on the essential concepts of digital imaging, audio, illustration, and painting, and gets more advanced as chapters progress, covering what digital video new media formats are best for use with Android Studio, Java and JavaFX, iOS, and HTML5.Furthermore, Digital ...

You and Computer is a practical success guide to computer literacy. It is a practical manual not only for ICT or University students but also to parents and to whosoever that wants to have a practical knowledge of the computer application programme. It can also be used as a personal tutorial coach for Laptop/Desktop owners. It is a comprehensive study guide for beginners and gurus as is loaded with step to step and some short-cut keys that can enable one work as a professional. Thus, despi...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality, VAMR 2017, held as part of HCI International 2017 in Vancouver, BC, Canada.HCII 2017 received a total of 4340 submissions, of which 1228 papers were accepted for publication after a careful reviewing process.The 45 papers presented in this volume were organized in topical sections named: developing virtual and augmented environments; interaction techniq...

Learn how to use the Processing programming language and environment to create Android applications with ease. This book covers the basics of the Processing language, allowing users to effectively program interactive graphics in 2D and 3D. It also details the application of these techniques to different types of Android devices (smartphones, tablets, wearables and smartwatches).Processing for Android walks you through the steps of taking an initial idea to a final app. Wit...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 21th Annual Conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology, RECOMB 2017, held in Hong Kong, China, in May 2017.The 22 regular papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 184 submissions. 16 short abstracts are included in the back matter of the volume. They report on original research in all areas of computational molecular biology and bioinformatics