Photoshop is the foundation of every digital career. Many users think they know it, but in truth they have gaping holes in their training. This book covers what a professional truly needs to know about Photoshop. For students this book offers a chance to explore the program interactively. For professionals it provides a chance to add to their skill base. The book cuts though the clutter and is unique, focusing not just on digital photography, but also the Web, graphic design, and video.
The journals of a true NASA Arctic expedition unveils the adventure of a six-man crew’s aboard an experimental vehicle designed to prepare the first human exploration of Mars. A voyage of fears and survival, hopes and dreams, through the beauties and the deadly dangers of two worlds: the High Arctic and Mars, a planet that might hide the secret of our origins.
Even in a bad economy, companies have job openings they can’t fill. Considering the millions of people who are out of work or unhappily employed, how can that be? What are job seekers doing to turn off employers? And what is it that employers want but aren’t finding? Leading career expert and syndicated columnist Andrea Kay asked employers one simple question: Why didn’t you hire the last 10 people you interviewed? What it came down to, every time, wasn’t a matter of skills or experience, but how applicants seemed based on what they said or did. From lack of preparation, to pushiness, to a subtly defensive attitude, it’s the simple behaviors prospective employees exhibit before, during, and after interviews that stand between them and job offers.
Airbrushing is a versatile and exciting art that has been used for more than 150 years, and is now finding ever more applications. This beautiful book on how to use an airbrush looks at the fundamentals of how to get started, advises on maintenance of the tool, and then gives step-by-step examples of a range of projects. With troubleshooting tips throughout, it enables you to get the most from your airbrush and create beautiful pieces with a professional finish. It covers technical illustration, watercolor landscapes, portraits, painting scale models, cake decorating, t-shirts and leather, and custom painting vehicles.
3D World magazine is the world’s biggest-selling monthly title for the 3D artist covering all aspects of the CG creation, inclduing animation, visual effects, vidoegames and architectural visualisation, and includes expert training in apps such as 3ds max, Maya, Cinema 4D, ZBrush, LightWave, Vue, Photoshop and After Effects. Every issue the magazine features an artist showcase, making of features and reviews of new products.
For more than 10 years–most recently as the newest trainer on the hit television show The Biggest Loser and now inspiring its huge online community–fitness expert Jessie Pavelka gets results by keeping it simple. Pavelka knows health is all about living well, so he makes it easy to get with the program! For the first time, The Program brings together Pavelka’s most effective tips, techniques, and no-fail workouts in book form. “Challenge yourself,” Pavelka says. “Simply commit to making one change every day.” The Program is organized by Pavelka’s four pillars and his belief that making small changes in these areas leads to amazing benefits.
Growing up in a small town, Charlie, Alex and Nick weren’t the most popular kids around after they formed “The Elite Monster Unit”. Chasing notorious, mythical legends and ghosts was exciting to them, not “cool” to the other kids around. So they lived their lives on the outside of the “in” crowd. Making matters worse was Charlie’s obvious crush on Brandy, one of the most popular kids in school and sister to one of the biggest bullies around. Trying to impress Brandy, Charlie accepts a dare from her brother Nick that says he and his friends must spend Halloween night in a house long rumored to be haunted.What seems to be an easy challenge quickly turns out to be a night of frights as Charlie, Nick and Alex find themselves in the fight of their lives trying to out smart (and outrun) their new nemesis, a ghost dog named Salty, who does whatever he can to make this the worst night of their lives…
.net is the world’s best-selling magazine for web designers and developers. Every issue boasts more than 30 pages of tutorials, covering topics such as CSS, PHP, Flash, JavaScript and web graphics.
Tantra is a vital path toward full interior development through sex, love, and meditation. Its origin dates back to ancestral India, and from there has enlightened many generations of lovers who have penetrated the secret that leads to ultimate happiness.
Overview: Delicious all-rounders from the pan and waffle iron! Crispy, golden brown, and delightfully sweet – who can resist waffles and crêpes?! Hardly surprising – they’re not only fast to make but also amazingly versatile. You can have them with chocolate, fruits or cream, rolled, folded or piled up high, for breakfast, coffee or for a child’s birthday – you’ll find the right recipe for every occasion in this lovingly created book. We’ve even got some bright ideas of what to put on them: there’s an extra chapter with jam and compote recipes.
After receiving a warning not to come to their family lake house in Maine, siblings Lyla and Ed stage an intervention for their brother, Martin. When they arrive, they find that he has descended into apparent paranoid psychosis and claims to have trapped a monster in the basement.
