Cogs, cranks, wheels, plates, chains, springs and pistons - a nightmare for animators. This book shows 3D artists how to create, setup, control and automate movements for complex and technically challenging mechanical structures all while working on a super-detailed steampunk train! This book will specifically implement current industry trends and techniques for animated mechanical structures. We will be using Autodesk 3ds Max only, with no plugins and no additional software required. Read...

In a follow-up book, which re-iterates the principles of “Digital Creature Rigging: The Art & Science of CG Creature Setup in 3ds Max”, and enhances their relativity with advanced wing, tail and tentacle setups. This book will discuss advanced rigging techniques in 3ds Max, while readers create a fish, octopus and a Game of Thrones style dragon!Key FeaturesThis is the next step in CG creature setups in 3ds Max.Although 3ds Max specific, the techniqu...

Get an inside look at the creation of production-ready creature rigs for film, TV and video games. Garner strategies and techniques for creating creatures of all types, and make them ready for easy automatic use in many different types of media (transmedia): film, TV, games - one rig for all. You will move step by step from idea, to concept, and finally to completion through a proven production-pipeline. "Digital Creature Rigging" gives you the practical, hands-on approaches to rigging you...

This book is an introduction text to distress risk and corporate failure modelling techniques. It illustrates how to apply a wide range of corporate bankruptcy prediction models and, in turn, highlights their strengths and limitations under different circumstances. It also conceptualises the role and function of different classifiers in terms of a trade-off between model flexibility and interpretability.Jones's illustrations and applications are based on actual company failure data...

Social impact investing is gaining ground as one of the most important investment trends in the world. While the size of the social impact investing market is still relatively small in global terms, momentum continues to grow unabated. Australia in particular is looking to develop a vibrant and transparent social impact investment market. This book considers a number of innovative strategies and pragmatic policy initiatives that can see the social impact investment market flourish in Austr...

My Crazy Family is a collection of memories and life experiences expanding across a period of 70 years. Some will have you splitting your sides in laughter, while others may bring you to tears.

Uncover the history of António de Oliveira Salazar's rise to power in Portugal in "Salazar Rising: The Establishment of Portugal's New State." This meticulously researched work comprehensively explores the ascension of the man who transformed Portugal from a state of political and economic turmoil into a stable, if authoritarian, nation. From his early days as Finance Minister in 1928 to his appointment as Prime Minister in 1932, Salazar's vision and tenacity are brought to life. Discover ...

Integralismo Lusitano was a radical pro-monarchist right-wing group of Portuguese intellectuals that was modelled on the example of Charles Maurras' Action Française. Formed by young Portuguese men living in France, to where they had been exiled following the overthrow of the Portuguese Consitutional Monarchy and the instauration of the Portuguese Republic in October 1910, Integralism sought to recreate a mythical medieval-type monarchy in Portugal, promoting a corporatist style of governm...

Sidónio Pais and the New Republic offers a detailed examination of a critical yet often overlooked period in Portuguese history. This meticulously researched work explores the brief but significant rule of Sidónio Pais, who came to power through a military coup in December 1917 and attempted to reshape Portugal's political landscape. The book provides a nuanced analysis of Pais' New Republic, examining its origins, policies and ultimate failure. It delves into the complex interpla...

This book examines the economic development of the southernmost quarter of the parish of Kilfinan - Kerry of Kilfinan - in the Cowal peninsula of Argyll, Scotland, during the period 1790-1870, which has become known in the United Kingdom as the Industrial Revolution. The examination begins by looking at the significant changes in agriculture and land use as subsistence farming was pushed out by sheep, with residents turning to herring fishing to compensate for their loss. The opening of a ...

This book examines the often contentious world of early 20th-century European nationalism, focusing on the ideologies and movements of Action Française and Integralismo Lusitano. It explores how these movements emerged as reactions against the perceived failures of democracy, particularly in the wake of significant national crises such as France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War and Portugal's colonial setbacks. At the heart of the analysis is Charles Maurras, the leader of Action França...

Misfit is a short play based entirely on a letter written by Marilyn Monroe after her stay at Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic. The original production also featured vintage film clips of Monroe. The piece features great monologues for female actors.