Author: Michael Freema
Publisher: Ilex
Keywords: digital, photography, photographers, expert, guide, definitive, close, serious
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2004-03-15
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1904705251
ISBN-13: 9781904705253

An acclaimed professional photographer, with a display of more than 400 beautiful color images, shows how to get close-up and personal with a digital camera. Michael Freeman teaches amateurs how to meet the challenges of this very special type of photography, with plenty of information on the ins and outs of magnification, parallax control, and depth of field. See how to apply selective focus to enhance the subject and make it stand out from the background. Such issues as using found and commonplace objects and capturing the beauty of shadows, all receive detailed attention. With technical tip

Author: Michael Freeman
Publisher: Ilex
Keywords: digital, serious, photographers, guide, definitive, photography, expert
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2004-03-15
List price: $37.10
ISBN-10: 190470526X
ISBN-13: 9781904705260

Author: Gordon Laing
Publisher: Ilex
Keywords: personal, computer, design, evolution, retro, digital
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2004-10-04
List price: $41.25
ISBN-10: 1904705391
ISBN-13: 9781904705390

Akin to the car buff’s collector book, this beautifully illustrated chronological look at the PC from the 1970’s to today, is sure to spark nostalgia in every PC enthusiast’s heart. Digital Retro: The Evolution and Design of the Personal Computer is a definitive guide that tells the story of the classic home computers that paved the way for the PCs we use today. It uniquely combines the technological and design evolution of the modern PC with stories of the masterminds behind the machines--inventors, programmers, designers, and businessmen. It even includes specially commissi

Author: Michael Wright
Publisher: Ilex
Keywords: photography, digital, series, family
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2003-01-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1904705111
ISBN-13: 9781904705116

Author: Martin McKenna
Publisher: Ilex
Keywords: workshop, painting, fantasy, digital
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2004-10-04
List price: $37.10
ISBN-10: 1904705375
ISBN-13: 9781904705376

Fantasy painting has a long tradition.It went through a stylistic revolution in the 1980s with the widespread adoption of airbrush as a medium of choice. Now, with the emergence of various computer modeling and rendering applications, fantasy painting is going through another revolution. Digital tools and techniques have made it easier for artists to realize their visions and the images they now create are more vivid, more realistic, and more compelling. A must-have book for anyone working in the area of fantasy art and for anyone who admires the work of fantasy illustrators. Digital Fantasy

Author: Michael Burns
Publisher: Ilex
Keywords: form, computer, female, crafting, digitale, femme
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2003-10-06
List price: $41.25
ISBN-10: 1904705022
ISBN-13: 9781904705024

Photographers, designers, animators, and digital artists of all levels of experience can make the female form come to life with help from Femme Digitale: Perfecting the Female Form on Your Computer. This indispensable reference details all the skills needed to bring every nuance of the female figure into digital existence. Readers will learn how to retouch and restore digital photographs; how to create lifelike skin tones, textures, facial expressions, and body types; and even how to render figures in 3-D, with step-by-step tutorials accompanying most every technique. Included with these eas

Author: Leo Hartas
Publisher: Ilex
Keywords: cartoons, digital, draw
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2004-05-17
List price: $35.05
ISBN-10: 1904705286
ISBN-13: 9781904705284

In recent years, the computer has become an all-important cartoonist’s medium, and this practical, hands-on guide shows how to create professional quality digital cartoons. The author opens with advice on setting up a digital studio and gives tips on how to work smart, work fast, and keep operating expenses low. He follows with advice on transform-ing good graphic ideas into finished work, training the imagination, striving for original-ity, and developing the technique of self-criticism. Other details covered include planning and writing scripts, writing captions for single-frame cartoo