With the KWORLD Kanvus Note A5 Precision-controlled Graphics Tablet scribble notes, transfer via USB cable and save in your hard-drive, Kanvus Note A5 with Digital Organizer, supporting both portrait and landscape paper orientation, is your best companion to obtain both hardcopy and softcopy for your notes. Kanvus Note A5 with MyScript Notes Full Version support handwriting recognition in 17 languages, transfer your writing into editing-enabled formats. Use Kanvus Note A5 as a regular stylus with K-Notice and K-WordInk to deliver power presentations for handy features such as screen capture across Windows Office Platforms and spontaneous annotations.

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A GIS (geographic information system) is a wonderful visual database tool that can be used with any sort of data that can be represented visually?demographics, land use, and urban infrastructure such as wiring and drainage. This book is one of the better general introductions to GIS on the market today. Hanna and Culpepper also provide a great introduction to simple GIS for design and land planning on PCs or Macs. Highly recommended for larger collections.Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

A low-stress introduction to GIS Forget everything you’ve been told about geographic information systems. Today’s simpler, less expensive, and far more refined GIS software can b (more…)

Graphs can be used to convey information about relationships in many applications. State transition diagrams, PERT/CPM charts, and entity-relationship diagrams are a few examples of many applications involving graphs. Typically, nodes in the graph represent items in the application and the edges represent the relationships among these items. A graph editor is an interactive tool that presents a graph to the user pictorially and allows the user to edit the graph. This monograph presents the design of an extendible graph editor, which is a graph editor that can be adapted easily to many different application areas. Several fundamental and recurring problem areas associated with graph editors are investigated and a solution is (more…)

Scribble notes, transfer via USB cable and save in your hard-drive, Kanvus Note A4 with Digital Organizer, supporting both portrait and landscape paper orientation, is your best companion to obtain both hardcopy and softcopy for your notes. Save, edit and share, Kanvus Note A4 with MyScript Notes Full Version support handwriting recognition in 17 languages, transfer your writing into editing-enabled formats.

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This completely updated second edition illustrates the mathematical concepts that a game programmer would need to develop a professional-quality 3D engine. Although the book is geared toward applications in game development, many of the topics appeal to general interests in 3D graphics. It starts at a fairly basic level in areas such as vector geometry and linear algebra, and then progresses to more advanced topics in 3D game programming such as illumination and visibility determination. Particular attention is given to derivations of key results, ensuring that the reader is not forced to endure gaps in the theory. The book assumes a working knowledge of trigonometry and calculus, but also includes sections that re (more…)

Design professionals rely on Adobe-s Creative Suite Design Premium to deliver innovative ideas in print, Web, and mobile design. Adobe CS4 Design Premium All-in-One For Dummies helps you beef up your skills with the latest version of this software. You-ll learn all about the hot new versions of InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Flash, and Fireworks. Whether you-re creating newsletters, Web sites, cool original art, or animations, this book has it covered. You-ll find out how to build Web pages with text and drawings, photos, Flash animations, and rollovers; check out enhanced Photoshop 3D tools; develop interactive animations for the Web or video with Flash CS4; and use the easier rollover and action f (more…)

5.5X4 inches Graphic Drawing TABLETUnleash your inner artist!This precision tool of graphic artist, illustrators and draftsmen allows you to gain precise control of your cursor to draw more accurately and efficiently reducing the chance of RSI (Repetitive Strain Injuries).  Great for whiteboard demonstrations, document annotation, free hand illustration and use in conjuction with a wide array of graphic arts, photo editiing and publishing software.Easy to install, easy to use and spectacular results.

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“…is just the book to help one use the UML effectively…I highly recommend this book.” (Software Quality Professional, December 2006) “I recommend this book to all those…using UML in small or medium-sized projects…it will serve as a useful guide for their next UML modeling task.” (Computing Reviews.com, November 3, 2005)

A practical approach to enhancing quality in software models using UML Version 2.0 “Despite its increasing usage, many companies are not taking the best advantage of UML and, occasionally, individuals have experienced frustration in applying its standards. Perhaps this is because they have not yet read this book!” -From the Foreword by Prof. Brian Henderson-S (more…)

Pairing photographic creativity with digital-manipulation techniques, this unique manual teaches the use of Photoshop® to design artful, distinctive, and compelling wedding albums. Showing that the artistic process need not stop at the click of the shutter, the steps for album creation are detailed—reviewing the images, forming a story line, and conveying the tale through well-designed montages. Offering 10 projects with varying levels of complexity and covering diverse skill sets, step-by-step techniques are demonstrated with detailed screen shots. Strategies for designing album covers are also included, and a companion website features downloadable practice files for easy review. Highlighting the sophistication and ro (more…)

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“Thinking of shifting gears and tackling a career in digital design? Becoming a Digital Designer is a must-read then. It provides a thorough overview of this growing field, including game-design, video design, broadcast design and animation.” (Dynamic Graphics, Feb/March 2008) “If you’re new to the field, or haven’t gone digital yet, Becoming a Digital Designer is the perfect guide. See what they have to say about the present, and the future, of digital design – and expand your career opportunities – with Becoming a Digital Designer.” (Step Inside Design; Jan/Feb 2008)

From the author of the bestselling Becoming a Graphic Designer and the editor of Adobe Think Tank comes this clear overvi (more…)