Blurring the Edges

Blurring the Edges

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Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation

Published: 1997-12-01

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13: 9780793587384

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'Blurring the Edges' is the matching folio to the debut effort by Meredith Brooks. Features the songs 'What Would Happen', 'Shatter', 'Birthday', and the #1 hit single 'Bitch'.


Neural Networks and Pattern Recognition

Neural Networks and Pattern Recognition

Author: Omid Omidvar

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 9780125264204

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Pulse-coupled neural networks; A neural network model for optical flow computation; Temporal pattern matching using an artificial neural network; Patterns of dynamic activity and timing in neural network processing; A macroscopic model of oscillation in ensembles of inhibitory and excitatory neurons; Finite state machines and recurrent neural networks: automata and dynamical systems approaches; biased random-waldk learning; a neurobiological correlate to trial-and-error; Using SONNET 1 to segment continuous sequences of items; On the use of high-level petri nets in the modeling of biological neural networks; Locally recurrent networks: the gmma operator, properties, and extensions.


Ancient Near Eastern Art in Context

Ancient Near Eastern Art in Context

Author: Jack Cheng

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 541

ISBN-13: 9004157026

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Through her published works and in the classroom, Irene J. Winter has served as a mentor for the latest generation of scholars of Mesopotamian visual culture. The various contributions to this volume in her honor represent a cross section of the state of scholarship today. Topics by the twenty authors include palatial and temple architecture, royal sculpture, gender in the ancient Near East, and interdisciplinary studies that range from the fourth millennium BCE to modern ethnography and cover Sumer, Assyria, Babylonia, Iran, Syria, Urartu, and the Levant. Reflections on Winter's scholarship and teaching accompany her bibliography. The volume will be useful for scholars who are curious about how visual culture is being used to study the ancient Near East.


PhotoShop 7. 0 Screen Printing

PhotoShop 7. 0 Screen Printing

Author: Joli Ballew

Publisher: Wordware Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 584

ISBN-13: 1556220316

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This book describes step-by-step everything you need to know about four-color seperations, using specialty films and vellums, and printing with Post-Script printers.


Adobe Photoshop CS3

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Author: Erika Kendra

Publisher: Against The Clock

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9780976432449

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1. Import multiple digital originals, create silhouettes, and use layers to build composite images such as a full-color magazine ad. 2. Combine images; apply various filters, adjustments, and patterns; and manipulate masks and channels to create artistic effects for a series of art-quality posters. 3. Produce special text-based effects with layers, masking, and selection techniques to design an appealing book cover. 4. Retouch photos to correct physical damage, lighting problems, and color errors using dozens of special filters to control every aspect of an image. 5. Create and composite complex selections and work with spot channels to build an attractive catalog cover. 6. Transform original photos to remove background elements, warp images to provide three-dimensional perspective, and apply sophisticated lighting effects to unify composite images for advertisements. 7. Render life-like paintings from line-art originals using Photoshop's remarkable combination of brushes, transparencies, and blending modes. 8. Generate and publish an industry-compliant web page that incorporates interactive buttons, animated images, and sliced artwork ready to be used by site-development technicians. 9. Work efficiently and rapidly by customizing your workspace, using shortcuts where appropriate, and automating repetitive tasks when possible.


The Elements of Landscape Oil Painting

The Elements of Landscape Oil Painting

Author: Suzanne Brooker

Publisher: Watson-Guptill

Published: 2015-08-18

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 0804137552

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A landscape painting guide for oil painters that breaks landscapes down into component elements from nature, and showcases tools and techniques used by classic and modern oil painters for bringing these scenes to life. Landscape painting is one of the most popular subjects for painters working in the medium of oils--from classic masters to contemporary artists. In The Elements of Landscape Oil Painting, established Watson-Guptill author and noted instructor/painter Suzanne Brooker presents the fundamentals necessary for mastering landscape oil painting, breaking landscapes down into component parts: sky, terrain, trees, and water. Each featured element builds off the previous, with additional lessons on the latest brushes, paints, and other tools used by artists. Key methods like observation, rendering, and color mixing are supported by demonstration paintings and samples from a variety of the best landscape oil painters of all time. With The Elements of Landscape Oil Painting, oil painters looking to break into landscape painting or enhance their work will find all the necessary ingredients for success.