Desktop Publishing Books

the autocad professional Api Toolkit by Kurt Hampe

how to draw in tho dimension

General information for Rel 13. Good for beginners.

I was really impressed with this how-to program book. I highly recommend it to anyone learning Autodesk 3Ds Max. It is thick, but it shows you pictures as well as text, so for those visual learners, it is a nice reference.

I've been in printing for a while -- let's just say I know how to strip color negs by hand, and leave it at that. I now, of course, prepare all my files for print electronically. The thing that bugs me about most electronic publishing documentation is that the writer always assumes that the reader knows stuff that he doesn't! The reader comes away with incomplete advice and information that he can't possibly apply successfully to his daily work. Taz Tally explains EVERYTHING, but I don't think you'll find many readers saying, "Ya, ya, ya..." Even an electronically-experienced reader can benefit. Sometimes Tally's explanations are just a bit differnt from those of other writers, or he includes just a bit more information...and suddenly you notice the light is dawning and things are falling together!

I love this book so much i take it to bed with m

An exceptional tabletop book highlighting some of the most exciting and up-and-coming CG companies and schools in the industry. The wide variety of content illustrated is methodically broken up in well designed chapters covering commercials, films, television, games, and student work. Descriptions of how images are created demonstrates matter of factly that its not the meat of the machinery or the software tool but the artist in motion that makes an exceptional animation.

This book is compiled from postings and writings on the Desktop Publishing Forum on Compuserve back in the late 1980s. While it's out of date and out of print now, the solid information in it on typography, composition, and design make it worth trying to find a used copy from one of ...out-of-print sources. Don Arnoldy, Brad Walrod, and Thom Hartmann did a brilliant job with this book!

Great book, if you need a good reference on C & Unix, this is it.

Carl Machover is one of the pioneers of computer graphics and CAD/CAM. It this book, he pulls together chapters on a wide range of CAD subjects, with something for just about anyone interested in the field.

Give this book to a neophyte, and they'll learn more about CAD/CAM in a week than most folks who've worked in the field have learned in years.

Want to be a CAD/CAM guru someday? Buy this book today