%{search_type} search results

In this second edition, author Mikkel Aaland updates Photoshop for the Web to include important new techniques and workarounds for the latest release of Photoshop--version 5.5. The first edition was loaded with step-by-step examples and real-world solutions from some of the world's hottest Web sites. The second edition adds coverage of Photoshop 5.5's newest features, including a compression tool that ultimately leads to faster download times and higher quality Web graphics. This edition also details features new to version 5.0, including the changeable type tool, color profiling, and the history palette. If that's not enough, Photoshop for the Web, 2nd Edition also covers Adobe's ImageReady 2.0 Web graphics production software, now part of the Photoshop 5.5 package, and includes 64 pages of color inserts. You'll find information on ImageReady 2.0's image slicing, animation, and JavaScript rollover capabilities. Topics include: Using 5.5's powerful Save For Web feature Automatically creating an interactive web photo gallery with 5.5 Image manipulation and processing with 5's history brush Working with browser-safe colors to create stunning images regardless of platform or hardware Using Photoshop 5's contact sheet feature to organize digital photographs Quickly building Web backgrounds, buttons, and graphical type Creating JavaScript rollovers with ImageReady 2.0 Streamlining Web production with Photoshop 5's changeable type tool Using Photoshop 5.5's new color decontamination features Using Photoshop as a Web layout tool Customizing Photoshop for Web production, including 5's color profiling Improving photos taken with a digital camera Controlling anti-aliasing with custom brushes Getting rid of the dreaded halo syndrome Optimizing images for JPEG compression Coding layout information in a Photoshop layer Changing Photoshop's matte color to match your Web page color Importing vector graphics into Photoshop Straightening scans with Photoshop 5's ruler tool Working with browser-safe colors to create stunning images regardless of platform or hardware Integrating PS and ImageReady to create the most efficient web production environment Working with ImageReady 2.0 's slicing feature In its first edition, "Photoshop for the Web" has received praise from press and readers alike: * The Canada Computer Paper picked it as one of the 10 best computer books of 1998. * Hewlett Packard's E-Business Web site called it "one of the most useful Photoshop books I've ever picked up." * And My Mac magazine said, "Aaland knows Photoshop inside out and how to maximize it for Web creation." Readers were even more effusive: * "This is the first book that gives me both ready-to-use recipes and enough information to experiment with and learn my own solutions. Highly recommended!" * "Aaland has provided an excellent and detailed analysis of using Photoshop to produce web pages ...a must-read book!" * "Within minutes of perusing Aaland's book, I found exactly 4 new tricks that I immediately applied to improve my web site." * "This book now rests on my most hallowed piece of real estate - on my desk next to my mouse." Photoshop for the Web, Second Edition shows you how to use the latest version of Photoshop to create Web graphics that look great and download blazingly fast.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to workflow management, the management of business processes with information technology. By defining, analysing and redesigning an organisation's resources and operations, workflow management systems ensure that the right information reaches the right person or computer application at the right time. The book provides a basic overview of workflow terminology and organisation, as well as detailed coverage of workflow modelling with Petri nets. Because Petri nets make definitions easier for non-experts to understand, they facilitate communication between designers and users. The book includes a chapter of case studies, review exercises and a glossary.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to workflow management, the management of business processes with information technology. By defining, analysing and redesigning an organisation's resources and operations, workflow management systems ensure that the right information reaches the right person or computer application at the right time. The book provides a basic overview of workflow terminology and organisation, as well as detailed coverage of workflow modelling with Petri nets. Because Petri nets make definitions easier for non-experts to understand, they facilitate communication between designers and users. The book includes a chapter of case studies, review exercises and a glossary.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

• Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Programming Model The SIMT Core: Instruction and Register Data Flow Memory System Crosscutting Research on GPU Computing Architectures Bibliography Authors' Biographies.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

Originally developed to support video games, graphics processor units (GPUs) are now increasingly used for general-purpose (non-graphics) applications ranging from machine learning to mining of cryptographic currencies. GPUs can achieve improved performance and efficiency versus central processing units (CPUs) by dedicating a larger fraction of hardware resources to computation. In addition, their general-purpose programmability makes contemporary GPUs appealing to software developers in comparison to domain-specific accelerators. This book provides an introduction to those interested in studying the architecture of GPUs that support general-purpose computing. It collects together information currently only found among a wide range of disparate sources. The authors led development of the GPGPU-Sim simulator widely used in academic research on GPU architectures. The first chapter of this book describes the basic hardware structure of GPUs and provides a brief overview of their history. Chapter 2 provides a summary of GPU programming models relevant to the rest of the book. Chapter 3 explores the architecture of GPU compute cores. Chapter 4 explores the architecture of the GPU memory system. After describing the architecture of existing systems, Chapters \ref{ch03} and \ref{ch04} provide an overview of related research. Chapter 5 summarizes cross-cutting research impacting both the compute core and memory system. This book should provide a valuable resource for those wishing to understand the architecture of graphics processor units (GPUs) used for acceleration of general-purpose applications and to those who want to obtain an introduction to the rapidly growing body of research exploring how to improve the architecture of these GPUs.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

• Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Programming Model The SIMT Core: Instruction and Register Data Flow Memory System Crosscutting Research on GPU Computing Architectures Bibliography Authors' Biographies.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

Originally developed to support video games, graphics processor units (GPUs) are now increasingly used for general-purpose (non-graphics) applications ranging from machine learning to mining of cryptographic currencies. GPUs can achieve improved performance and efficiency versus central processing units (CPUs) by dedicating a larger fraction of hardware resources to computation. In addition, their general-purpose programmability makes contemporary GPUs appealing to software developers in comparison to domain-specific accelerators. This book provides an introduction to those interested in studying the architecture of GPUs that support general-purpose computing. It collects together information currently only found among a wide range of disparate sources. The authors led development of the GPGPU-Sim simulator widely used in academic research on GPU architectures. The first chapter of this book describes the basic hardware structure of GPUs and provides a brief overview of their history. Chapter 2 provides a summary of GPU programming models relevant to the rest of the book. Chapter 3 explores the architecture of GPU compute cores. Chapter 4 explores the architecture of the GPU memory system. After describing the architecture of existing systems, Chapters \ref{ch03} and \ref{ch04} provide an overview of related research. Chapter 5 summarizes cross-cutting research impacting both the compute core and memory system. This book should provide a valuable resource for those wishing to understand the architecture of graphics processor units (GPUs) used for acceleration of general-purpose applications and to those who want to obtain an introduction to the rapidly growing body of research exploring how to improve the architecture of these GPUs.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

Presents the lives and accomplishments of ten African-Americans who excelled in such fields as engineering, fire fighting, agriculture, and medicine.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

A fascinating account of Portland's 1905 World's Fair that captures the optimism and ambition of Portland's early entrepreneurs and politicians.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

• Introduction.
• Chapter 1: AutoCAD Productivity. Design Standards. AutoCAD Best Practices. Feature Review (All Releases).
• Chapter 2: Managing Your System. Managing Files. Managing AutoCAD. Directories. Why DOS Isn't Dead Yet. External Commands and Command Aliases.
• Chapter 3: Customizing the AutoCAD Interface. Tool Palettes (All Releases). The Customizable User Interface (CUI). Linetypes (All Releases).
• Chapter 4: Applying Graphics Standards. Dimensions. Dimensioning Rules. Text Styles. Linetypes and Weights. Applying Standards.
• Chapter 5: Symbols, Tables, and Fields. Blocks. Dynamic Blocks. Symbol Libraries. Assigning and Extracting Attributes. XRefs: External References. Fields and Tables.
• Chapter 6: Plotting. Model Space, Paper Space, and Layouts. What to Put Where. Plotting a Layout. AutoCAD Graphics in Other Applications.
• Chapter 7: AutoCAD Scripts. Characteristics of Scripts. Writing and Running Scripts. Updating Thousands of Drawings.
• Chapter 8: AutoLISP by Example: Getting Started. Background. Writing AutoLISP Programs. AutoLISP Examples. Automatic Loading.
• Chapter 9: AutoLISP by Example: Getting Better. Debugging Techniques. Error Handling. Annotation. Selection Sets and Entity Manipulation. IF Function. Repeat Function. WHILE Function. COND, INITGET, GETKWORD. Text and String Manipulation. Getting to DOS with AutoLISP.
• Chapter 10: 3D For Everyone. Overview. Managing Coordinate Systems. Creating a Model. Using Existing 2D Geometry. Final Suggestions.
• Chapter 11: AutoCAD Puzzlers. The Puzzlers. The Solutions. Index.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

"I've been using AutoCAD for 22 years and have written a hundred books on the subject. I reviewed many CAD books back in the days when book reviews were common in CAD publications; some were innovative, others were just sad. But for nearly a decade, it's been mostly silence on the book review front. Then earlier in the summer, a book arrived in the mail from Sybex: AutoCAD Secrets Every User Should Know by Dan Abbott. Reading it, I got excited: here's a book for every AutoCAD user, even old-timers like me." - Ralph Grabowski, Editor, upFront.eZine.com: The Business of CAD Learn the "why" behind the "how" in this one-of-a-kind reference packed with tips and techniques from award-winning AutoCAD expert Dan Abbott. This info-packed guide reveals some of the best kept AutoCAD secrets on technical standards, AutoLISP programming, DOS functions, scripts, 3D, and everything in between. Based on his popular "Things Every AutoCAD User Should Know" session at Autodesk University and other industry events, Dan gives you the answers to frequently asked AutoCAD questions in his direct and entertaining style while using real-world case studies to put your skills into practice. Read it cover to cover or dive right in to the sections you need most, then get ready to improve your productivity, save more time, and become an AutoCAD all-star.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

• Railway analogies
• the pain of everything
• Popper's worlds
• Durrenmatt's absent lemur
• the universe within
• world 3
• from Akasha to Zanadu
• towards the world brain
• outsiders and infopaths
• conclusions - some implications for the information age.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

This book takes a very broad view of information, and considers it as a phenomenon in its own right, rather than the technology for handling it. It is very much concerned with the meaning of information, and what we as individuals do with it.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)