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Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro X

mrblue — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:45:58 +0000

Completely revised for Final Cut Pro X and featuring compelling new footage, this best-selling, Apple-certified guide provides a strong foundation in all aspects of video editing. Renowned author Diana Weynand starts with basic video editing techniques and takes readers all the way through Final Cut Pro’s powerful features.

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A Creative Approach to Music Fundamentals, 10th Edition

mrblue — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:02:32 +0000

This textbook approaches the subject matter by weaving into and through the fundamentals of music in an organic fashion, introducing topics the way one might do in explaining music verbally. I like the way William Duckworth talks directly to the student in a conversational tone throughout the text.

Moving Images: Making Movies, Understanding Media

mrblue — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:54:22 +0000

Moving Images is the first comprehensive media studies and motion picture production textbook of its kind. Offering a series of thematically-driven units that provide opportunities for collaborative learning, enhancement of creativity, and development of higher order thinking, this book is designed to get your students excited about making movies.

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Multimedia Systems: Algorithms, Standards, and Industry Practices

mrblue — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:52:27 +0000

MULTIMEDIA: ALGORITHMS, STANDARDS, AND INDUSTRY PRACTICES brings together the different aspects of a modern multimedia pipeline from content creation, compression, distribution and digital rights management. Drawing on their experience in industry, Havaldar and Medioni discuss the issues involved in engineering an end-to-end multimedia pipeline and give plenty of real-world

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Vacuum Deposition onto Webs, Films and Foils, 2nd Edition

mrblue — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:12:11 +0000

Roll-to-roll vacuum deposition is the technology that applies an even coating to a flexible material that can be held on a roll and provides a much faster and cheaper method of bulk coating than deposition onto single pieces or non-flexible surfaces, such as glass. This technology has been

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Cinematography: Theory and Practice, 2nd Edition: Image Making for Cinematographers and Directors

mrblue — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:39:57 +0000

There’s more to being a DP than holding a light meter! With this book as your guide, you are on your way to learning not only about the equipment and technology, but also about the concepts and thought processes that will enable you to shoot professionally, efficiently, and

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Standard Codecs (Iet Telecommunications Series), 3rd Edition

mrblue — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:37:20 +0000

A fully revised and substantially updated 2nd edition of the best-selling title: ‘An Introduction to Standard Codecs’, (IEE 1999, best book of the year 2000 by IEE) this book discusses the growth of digital television technology and the revolution in image and video compression (such as JPEG2000, broadcast

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DAFX: Digital Audio Effects, 2nd Edition

mrblue — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 02:52:18 +0000

The rapid development in various fields of Digital Audio Effects, or DAFX, has led to new algorithms and this second edition of the popular book, DAFX: Digital Audio Effects has been updated throughout to reflect progress in the field. It maintains a unique approach to DAFX with a

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The Animator’s Survival Kit, Expanded Edition: A Manual of Methods, Principles and Formulas for Classical, Computer, Games, Stop Motion and Internet Animators, 2nd Edition

mrblue — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 06:10:28 +0000

The definitive book on animation, from the Academy Award-winning animator behind Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Animation is one of the hottest areas of filmmaking today–and the master animator who bridges the old generation and the new is Richard Williams. During his fifty years in the business, Williams has been

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Digital Media Processing: DSP Algorithms Using C

mrblue — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 14:31:11 +0000

Multimedia processing demands efficient programming in order to optimize functionality. Data, image, audio, and video processing, some or all of which are present in all electronic devices today, are complex programming environments. Optimized algorithms (step-by-step directions) are difficult to create but can make all the difference when developing

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