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"A leading data visualization expert explores the negative--and positive--influences that charts have on our perception of truth. We've all heard that a picture is worth a thousand words, but what if we don't understand what we're looking at? Social media has made charts, infographics, and diagrams ubiquitous--and easier to share than ever. While such visualizations can better inform us, they can also deceive by displaying incomplete or inaccurate...
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A recognized expert in teaching Microsoft PowerPoint skills demonstrates how to design presentations to meet the needs of every audience. The peskiest PowerPoint problems are investigated-saving to removable media, how to back save, fast saves and other presentation corruptors, the AutoFormat feature, video drivers, hardware acceleration, and missing slide content. Also detailed is how to use PowerPoint for informational kiosks, games, and web sites....
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Need to learn the fundamentals for MAXON's latest release for CINEMA 4D? This ebook will get you up and running in short order on one of the very best 3D programs on the market today! Contains links to over 7 hours of online video to help put you on your way to becoming a power user! This material will teach you all about the basics for CINEMA 4D with user tested projects. Learn about modeling, texturing, unwrapping, sculpting, lighting and animating...
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We take photos every day and we cannot deny that we love doing that. So if you are looking for a way to quickly edit your photos, synchronize it in the web and share it then you must try Photoshop Elements 13. Sounds intimidating? Haven't tried editing your photos? Then, read the tips and tricks described in this book to kick start your photo editing.
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Now in its 6th edition with version 9.0, my goals remain the same – to write this document through the eyes of the average user. Early on the average Tableau user can be overwhelmed by the array of features and functions that repeatedly use menus or right-click options to yet another set of choices. This manual is intended for new users who range from days to a few months. It was not written for those who seek Tableau Certification(s) or highly...
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Progressive web apps represent the next big digital opportunity: they look and feel like native apps, they work offline, and they're available to anyone-no app store required. But with that freedom and flexibility come challenging questions about how to create the most value for your users (and your bottom line). Jason Grigsby answers the what, why, and how of progressive web apps, from making the case in your organization to reaching your users in...
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Nell is a language for describing two dimensional vector drawings. We have been using versions of the language for several years to create illustrations for books, webpages and various art projects. It can even be used as a tool for physics and math simulations and experiments. We created the language because of our frustration with how tedious and time consuming it can be to create complex vector drawings. Why sit in front of a screen for hours clicking...
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PixInsight has taken the astro-imaging world by storm. As the first comprehensive postprocessing platform to be created by astro-imagers for astro-imagers, it has for many replaced other generic graphics editors as the software of choice. PixInsight has been embraced by professionals such as the James Webb (and Hubble) Space Telescope's science imager Joseph DePasquale and Calar Alto's Vicent Peris, as well as thousands of amateurs around the world....
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*UNOFFICIAL GUIDE* Do you want to dominate the game and your opponents? Do you struggle with making resources and cash? Do you want the best items? Would you like to know how to download and install the game? If so, we have got you covered. We will walk you through the game, provide professional strategies and tips, as well as all the secrets in the game. What You'll Discover Inside: - How to Download & Install the Game. - Professional Tips and Strategies....
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Learn coding from scratch in a highly engaging and visual manner using the vastly popular JavaScript with the programming library p5.js. The skills you will acquire from this book are highly transferable to a myriad of industries and can be used towards building web applications, programmable robots, or generative art.
You'll gain the proper context so that you can build a strong foundation for programming. This book won't hinder your momentum with...
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Create your first turn-based multiplayer game using GameMaker Studio 2's built-in networking functions as well as using a simple NodeJS server. This book introduces you to the complexities of network programming and communication, where the focus will be on building the game from the ground up. You will start with a brief introduction to GameMaker Studio 2 and GML coding before diving into the essential principles of game design.
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12) Going Offline
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Boldly take your website where it's never gone before: offline. Jeremy Keith introduces you to service workers (and the code behind them) to show you the latest strategies in offline pages. Learn the ins and outs of fetching and caching, enhance your website's performance, and create an ideal offline experience for every user, no matter their connection.
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Welcome to the 3D era! Well... sorta. Sega enjoyed quite a success with the Megadrive so there's no reason to force developers to write 3D games right now. Just in case developers want the extra dimension, Sega adapted some bits of the hardware to enable polygon drawing as well. Hopefully, the result didn't get out of hand! Architecture of Consoles: A Practical Analysis Looking at the evolution of video game consoles is fascinating. While conventional...
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In 2006, Sony unveiled the long-awaited 'next generation' video-game console, a shiny (albeit heavy) machine whose underlying hardware architecture continues the teachings of the Emotion Engine, that is, focus on vector processing to achieve power, even at the cost of complexity. Meanwhile, their new 'super processor', the Cell Broadband Engine, is conceived during a crisis of innovation and will have to keep up as trends for multimedia services evolve....
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From advanced selectors to generated content to web fonts, and from gradients, shadows, and rounded corners to elegant animations, CSS3 holds a universe of creative possibilities. No one can better guide you through these galaxies than Dan Cederholm. In this second edition, he tackles new properties and techniques, including micro layouts. Learn what works, how it works, and how to adapt for browsers where it doesn't.
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16) Practical SVG
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Harness the power and possibilities of crisp, performance-efficient SVG with Chris Coyier. From software basics to build tools to optimization, you'll learn techniques for a solid workflow. Go deeper: create icon systems, explore sizing and animation, and understand when and how to implement fallbacks. Get your images up to speed and look sharp!
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SVG is a language much like HTML that lets you build complex vector graphics for browsers and more. We'll discuss the difference between raster and vector graphic and how to add vectors to HTML pages. Then we'll go deep on many of the different elements SVG has and how they work, bringing all the ones we discuss together in a single project to create a portrait of Zombie Bob. If you want to learn to program in SVG this is a great, fun way to do...
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This is a step-by-step, hands-on guide that is filled with examples and screenshots of building a multiplayer virtual world. The virtual world is built gradually; each chapter in the book sequentially develops the virtual world. The author explains the fundamentals with examples from existing virtual worlds such as Club Penguin, Mole, Dofus, and World of Warcraft. If you are a Flash or an ActionScript developer who wants to build powerful and immersive...
19) Rockstar Agile
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"Rockstar Agile" is a guidebook on achieving elite software development through Agile methodologies. The book covers the definition, history, and benefits of Agile approaches, as well as the Agile Manifesto and Principles. It also provides an overview of common Agile methodologies and planning techniques. The book addresses Agile practices and tools, and common challenges of implementing Agile software development, along with best practices to overcome...
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MAXON CINEMA 4D R17 Studio: A Tutorial Approach is a tutorial-based textbook and aims at harnessing the power of MAXON CINEMA 4D R17 Studio for modelers, animators, and designers. The textbook caters to the needs of both the novice and the advance users of MAXON CINEMA 4D R17 Studio. Keeping in view the varied requirements of users, the textbook first introduces the basic features of CINEMA 4D R17 Studio and then progresses to cover the advanced techniques....
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