A high-quality, visually arresting book, Kai's Magic Toolbox is the only book covering all the software from Kai Krause's HSC Software--Live Picture, Convolver, KPT Bryce, and Kai's Power Tools--plus interviews with Kai Krause and other key players. Tips and power user information present artists with intuitive, creative capabilities. CD contains a demo version of Live Picture.
This is the only book to focus on the needs of creative professionals. Drawing from an organization of graphics professionals, the book provides expert answers to the problems readers face regularly. The book is filled with step-by-step advice, opinion, and sophisticated information design. -- Features the real-world experiences and advice of visual communications professionals -- Provides clear, concise explanations for getting the most out of RAM, working with graphics apps, and other common problems -- Dynamic, succinct, magazine like layout appeals to the creative professional
Adobe Photoshop is the world's leading image manipulation software. Used by both professional and amateur graphic designers, it is the de facto standard for print and Web publishing. "The Art of Photoshop "centers on a suite of 20 digital images created by Daniel Giordan and his staff at DigiRAMA design studios. Visually complex, and rich in layered tonality, these images are designed to inspire readers to push their understanding of Photoshop and its capabilities, while offering a glimpse over the designer's shoulder into how the images were created. The reader will not only learn the techniques used by the author, but also how to apply them to their own images. They will learn how to use curves to correct color, silhouette images, use gradient maps, build custom brushes, use blending modes, and draw and paint into an image.
This unique new book looks at the various stages of development and decisions to be made in creating an effective web site. A running case study takes users through planning, idea generation, implementation and maintenance.
"A poignant and gripping heart-tug of a page-turner filled with heart and hope. I couldn't put it down. Magic." —Jennifer Niven, New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places and Holding Up the Universe "Dallas Woodburn…shows real maturity about the complexities of relationships of all kinds, and she doesn't shirk from the painful experiences of her characters. Even so, the writing is so lively and the scenes so engaging that the reader gets to move fluidly between heft and lightness. A terrific debut!" –Aimee Bender, national bestselling author "Dallas Woodburn's…full of tragedy and grace in equal measure. Deeply moving." –Vanessa Hua, author of A River of Stars "Dallas Woodburn writes with rare insight and compassion about the aching glory of being young." –Hilma Wolitzer, author of An Available Man After her parents' bitter divorce, family vacations to the Big Island in Hawaii ceased. But across the miles, eighteen-year-old Tegan Rossi remains connected to local Kai Kapule, her best friend from childhood. Now, Tegan finds herself alone and confused about how she got to the Big Island. With no wallet, no cell phone, purse, or plane ticket, Tegan struggles to piece together what happened. She must have come to surprise-visit Kai. Right? As the teens grow even closer, Tegan pushes aside her worries and gets swept away in the vacation of her dreams. But each morning, Tegan startles awake from nightmares that become more difficult to ignore. Something is eerily amiss. Why is there a strange gap in her memory? Why can't she reach her parents or friends from home? And what's with the mysterious hourglass tattoo over her heart? Kai promises to help Tegan figure out what is going on. But the answers they find only lead to more questions. As the week unfolds, Tegan will experience the magic of first love, the hope of second chances, and the bittersweet joy and grief of being human.
This positive and hip guide to beauty and spirituality shows girls how to unleash the inner goddess with simple messages and tasks that will illuminate mind, body, and soul.
