A critical survey of artistic practices that involve the use of 3-D, which is emerging as a scholarly field in its own right.

Though we see in three dimensions, we tend to notice 3-D when it is artificially created, as with a stereoscope. Rather than tell the history of 3-D through technique and technology, Rebecca Hackemann brings a conceptual, artistic, and critical view to her topic, unpacking its use in conceptual art, sculpture, and other mediums. Bringing together artists who were inspired by three-dimensional imagery and their theories, Hackemann surveys sixty years of 3-D in contemporary art for indicators of a turn in visual culture, foregrounding meaning and content. Her analysis spotlights 3-D as it comes into its own as a scholarly and artistic field that borders on new media, photography, and film.

This book is the most comprehensive book you will find on AutoCAD 2024 – 2D Drafting. Covering all of the 2D concepts, it uses both metric and imperial units to illustrate the myriad drawing and editing tools for this popular application. Use the companion disc to set up drawing exercises and projects and see all of the book’s figures in color. AutoCAD 2024 Beginning and Intermediate includes over 100 exercises or “mini-workshops,” that complete small projects from concept through actual plotting. Solving all of the workshops will simulate the creation of three projects (architectural and mechanical) from beginning to end, without overlooking any of the basic commands and functions in AutoCAD 2024. FEATURES: * Covers only the basics and uses both metric and imperial units to illustrate the myriad tools for this popular application * Companion files can be used to set up in-text drawing exercises and projects and to see the book’s figures in color * Helps you to prepare for the AutoCAD Certified Professional exam

English | 264 pages | Bloomsbury Academic (September 23, 2021) | 1501360337 | PDF | 69.15 Mb 

Mobile, smartphone and pocket filmmaking is a global phenomenon with distinctive festivals, filmmakers and creatives that are defining an original film form. Smartphone Filmmaking: Theory and Practice explores diverse approaches towards smartphone filmmaking and interviews an overview of the international smartphone filmmaking community. Interviews with smartphone filmmakers, entrepreneurs, creative technologists, storytellers, educators and smartphone film festival directors provide a source of inspiration and insights for professionals, emerging filmmakers and rookies who would like to join this creative community.  While not every story might be appropriate to be realized with a mobile device or smartphone, if working with communities, capturing locations or working in the domain of personal or first-person filmmaking, the smartphone or mobile device should be considered as the camera of choice. The mobile specificity is expressed through accessibility, mobility and its intimate and immediate qualities. These smartphone filmmaking-specific characteristics and personal forms of crafting experiences contribute to a formation of new storytelling approaches. Stylistic developments of vertical video and collaborative processes in smartphone filmmaking are evolving into hybrid formats that resonate in other film forms.

English | May 23rd, 2023 | ISBN: 076037516X | 426 pages | True PDF | 61.88 MB 

Universal Principles of Design, Completely Updated and Expanded Third Edition is a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary encyclopedia, now with fully updated references for existing entries and expanded with 75 new entries to present a total of 200 laws, guidelines, and considerations that are important to successful design.  Richly illustrated and easy to navigate, this essential design guide pairs clear explanations of every design concept with visual examples of the ideas applied in practice.  Whether a marketing campaign or a museum exhibit, a video game or a complex control system, the design we see is the culmination of many concepts and practices brought together from a variety of disciplines. Because no one can be an expert on everything, designers have always had to scramble to find the information and know-how required to make a design work—until now.  Each principle is presented in a two-page format. The first page contains a succinct definition and a full description of the principle, examples of and guidelines for its use, and side notes that provide elaborations and references. The second page contains visual examples and related graphics to support a deeper understanding of the principle.

English | March 3rd, 2023 | ISBN: 9798215414705 | 112 pages | True EPUB | 19.34 MB 

101 Midjourney Prompt Secrets is a must have resource for anyone interested in creating visually striking AI Art in Midjourney with ease.  Become a prompt master by following over 100 Prompt Secrets where you can tweak to make your own. There are 101 to be exact. Packed with stunning images with corresponding prompts to copy. The stunning images are carefully crafted with descriptive language to establish the tone and style of each image. Variables within the prompts can be altered to generate new and unique images. Simply copy and paste the prompts into Discord and replace the word or sentence in the brackets[variable] with a subject of your choice. Now watch the magic happen.  Learn how to communicate with AI by following the prompts and tweaking the variable to make your own unique images.  Instantly create stunning digital art for your projects, presentations, publications, album covers, band posters and book covers.

English | January 25th, 2023 | ISBN: 9798215576885 | 72 pages | True EPUB | 28.01 MB 

Unleash your creative potential with '/imagine: A Practical Guide to Using Midjourney.' This comprehensive guidebook is designed to take you on a journey of exploration and experimentation, using the unique and powerful techniques of midjourney to create stunning and evocative images and illustrations.  Through step-by-step instructions, practical prompts, and real-world examples, you'll learn how to use midjourney to tap into your imagination and create images full of life, emotion, and meaning. Whether you're a professional graphic designer, a hobbyist, or someone looking to explore the world of art and creativity, this book will provide the practical and easy-to-use keywords you need to take your images to the next level.  From understanding the basics of midjourney to mastering advanced techniques, this book covers everything you need to know to create truly unique and captivating images. With a focus on practicality and hands-on learning, this book is the ultimate resource for anyone looking to explore the world of midjourney and create genuinely unforgettable images.

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English | 2022 | ISBN: 4805316756 | 178 pages | True PDF | 92.53 MB 

Elevate your manga drawings to the next level with help from a Japanese professional!  Manga drawing expert and author Ebimo is an action film junkie who taught herself to draw by studying martial arts films. In this book, she brings those techniques, tips, and tricks to you! Learn how to draw every detail of exciting action characters--from the muscles used in fight scenes to the 3-D arc of a flying frontal kick.  What sets Ebimo apart is her fusion of the basics of figure drawing and proper posing with cutting-edge digital-age illustration and coloration techniques. Artists working on paper or a screen will learn to bring greater depth and complexity to their characters with these expert tutorials.

Today, every product or service needs to delight its usersand that means delivering an outstanding user experience (UX). In this full-color guide, leading user experience designer, Anthony Conta, guides you step by step through crafting these exceptional user experiences. The Art and Science of UX Design introduces a complete human-centered design framework for success, using practical examples based on his pioneering experience in the field.

Learn to apply design thinking to understand your users wants, needs, goals, and frustrations as you transform empathy into one of your most powerful design tools. Once youve defined the right problems, youll master proven ideation techniques to quickly create promising solutions. Youll walk through prototyping preliminary designs, testing and refining them based on users actual reactions, and clearly communicating all youve learned so colleagues can build what youve envisioned. Finally, youll learn practical ways to continually iterate and improve your offerings so they stay competitive (and delightful) far into the future.

Learn every step you need for product design and development

Have you ever asked yourself what makes good UI design?

Are you interested in making a career in UI Designing?

This book will take you through the basics of UX programming and show you how to apply it to your own designs. You will learn how to make awesome UI designs and prototypes and how to actually think like a UX programmer.

The essence of this book is to give you a practical guide that you can use to create the best UX designs. We have several chapters discussing the different concepts of UX programming and how to apply them. The book also includes chapters on more advanced topics, such as design thinking, user research, and usability testing. And to test your practical skills, we have carried out an e-commerce project throughout the book to help you understand the concepts much better.

The definitive manual for those who want to become web designers!

Two books in one: learn UX design (user experience design) and UI design (user interface design) in one book. Explore the theory in every chapter and understand it with dozens of examples taken from the web.
Create your webdesigner portfolio by doing the exercises you find at the end of the chapters: you could send me in order to receive a personalised feedback. All this in a "simple" book: do you need to know anything else? Yes, what we're going to talk in detail, here's a summary

Introducing students to the field of graphic design through inspirational examples and clear, practical advice, The Fundamentals of Graphic Design has been fully updated to reflect the changes in today's technologies and graphic design practice. With a new section expanding the coverage of digital design tools and new material on social media, apps plus more on design for the Web, the book gives students a unique overview of what graphic designers do and how they work, historical influences on the field, and coverage of design thinking and the production process.

This book is the most comprehensive book you will find on AutoCAD 2024 – 2D Drafting. Covering all of the 2D concepts, it uses both metric and imperial units to illustrate the myriad drawing and editing tools for this popular application. Use the companion files to set up drawing exercises and projects and see all of the book’s figures in color(Files are available for free downloading with Amazon proof of purchase by writing to [email protected]). AutoCAD 2024 Beginning and Intermediate includes over 100 exercises or “mini-workshops,” that complete small projects from concept through actual plotting. Solving all of the workshops will simulate the creation of three projects (architectural and mechanical) from beginning to end, without overlooking any of the basic commands and functions in AutoCAD 2024.

This book provides new and seasoned users with step-by-step procedures on creating and modifying 3D models, working with cameras and lights, assigning materials to objects, rendering, and printing. Unlike many AutoCAD competitors, it uses both metric and imperial units to illustrate the myriad tools for this popular application. Use the companion files to set up drawing exercises and projects and see all of the book’s figures including color (Files are available for free downloading with Amazon proof of purchase by writing to [email protected]). AutoCAD 2024 3DModeling includes 50 “mini-workshops,” that complete small projects from concept through actual plotting. Solving all of the workshops will simulate the creation of full projects (architectural and mechanical) from beginning to end, without overlooking any of the basic commands and functions in AutoCAD 2024.

is the new and updated 6th edition of our series on Autodesk Fusion 360. The book is updated on Autodesk Fusion 360 Ultimate, Student V 2.0.15293 edition of software released on January 30, 2023. With lots of features and thorough review, we present a book to help professionals as well as beginners in creating some of the most complex solid models. The book follows a step-by-step methodology. In this book, we have tried to give real-world examples with real challenges in designing. We have tried to reduce the gap between educational use of Autodesk Fusion 360 and industrial use of Autodesk Fusion 360. This edition of book, includes latest topics on Sketching, 3D Part Designing, Assembly Design, Sculpting, Mesh Design, CAM, Simulation, Sheetmetal, 3D printing, Manufacturing, and many other topics. The book covers almost all the information required by a learner to master the Autodesk Fusion 360. The book starts with sketching and ends at advanced topics like Manufacturing, Simulation, and Generative Design. Some of the salient features of this book are

SOLIDWORKS 2023: A Power Guide for Beginners and Intermediate Users textbook has been designed for instructor-led courses as well as self-paced learning. It is intended to help engineers and designers interested in learning SOLIDWORKS for creating 3D mechanical designs. This textbook is a great help for new SOLIDWORKS users and a great teaching aid in classroom training. This textbook consists of 14 chapters, with a total of 780 pages covering the major environments of SOLIDWORKS such as Sketching environment, Part modeling environment, Assembly environment, and Drawing environment. This textbook teaches users to use SOLIDWORKS mechanical design software for creating parametric 3D solid components, assemblies, and 2D drawings. This textbook also includes a chapter on creating multiple configurations of a design.

This textbook not only focuses on the usage of the tools and commands of SOLIDWORKS but also on the concept of design. Every chapter in this textbook contains tutorials that provide users with step-by-step instructions for creating mechanical designs and drawings with ease. Moreover, every chapter ends with hands-on test drives which allow users to experience the user friendly and technical capabilities of SOLIDWORKS.

Master Autodesk Civil 3D 2023 to develop real, project-specific, time-efficient civil infrastructure designs as an individual or an entire engineering team
Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook

With Early Release eBooks, you get books in their earliest form-the author’s raw and unedited content as they write-so you can take advantage of the information long before the official release of the finished book.

User Experience has now become an expectation instead of a differentiator for the products and services delivered to and by organizations. UX teams are responsible for ensuring that those products and services are useful, usable, and accessible to their users, while also meeting stakeholder goals and missions.

The Autodesk Inventor 2024 Black Book is the new and updated 5th edition of our series on Autodesk Inventor. With lots of features and thorough review, we present a book to help professionals as well as beginners in creating some of the most complex solid models. The book follows a step-by-step methodology. In this book, we have tried to give real-world examples with real challenges in designing. We have tried to reduce the gap between university use of Autodesk Inventor and industrial use of Autodesk Inventor. In this edition of book, we have included the enhancements made in latest version of the software. The book covers almost all the information required by a learner to master the Autodesk Inventor. The book starts with sketching and ends at advanced topics like Mold Design, Sheetmetal, Weldment, and MBD.

2023 | English | 0137690664 | EPUB | 480 pages | 11.22 MB

 

Your bookbag can contain a video production studio so powerful, you can use it to share your greatest ideas with the entire world. There's a complete full-color guide to doing just that, whether your "video stories" take the form of short movies, video journalism, public service announcements, or anything else.  Renowned video producer and instructor RC Concepcion starts in exactly the right place: by teaching you an easy approach to using the language of storytelling that's captivated human beings for millennia. You'll master the essence of story, learn how to develop ideas, create story formats, build dialog, and organize stories to maximize your impact.  RC introduces you to the gear and techniques you need to execute your story, showing how to assemble and share it with the latest mobile or computer software. You'll transform theory into practice with three full projects: a short movie, public service announcement, and video journalism assignment. RC covers every step of production, shares inspirational "spotlight" stories illuminating individuals and key aspects of the video storytelling profession, and offers even deeper reference tutorials on a companion website.

AutoCAD 2024: A Power Guide for Beginners and Intermediate Users textbook is designed for instructor-led courses as well as for self-paced learning. It is intended to help engineers, designers, and CAD operators interested in learning AutoCAD for creating 2D engineering drawings as well as 3D Models. This textbook is a great help for new AutoCAD users and a great teaching aid for classroom training. The textbook consists of 13 chapters, and a total of 548 pages covering major workspaces of AutoCAD such as Drafting & Annotation and 3D Modeling, teaching you to use AutoCAD software for creating, editing, plotting, and managing real-world 2D engineering drawings and 3D Models.

This textbook not only focuses on the usage of the tools/commands of AutoCAD but also on the concept of design. Every chapter of this textbook contains tutorials that provide users with step-by-step instructions on how to easily create mechanical designs and drawings. Moreover, every chapter ends with hands-on test drives allowing users to experience AutoCAD's user-friendly and powerful capabilities.