The Best Computer Graphics Books 2024

1. Adobe Photoshop Classroom In A Book by Adobe

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2. Introducing Maya 7: 3D for Beginners [With CD-ROM]

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If you're just beginning to dive into the world of 3D, this is the book for you." -Animation Magazine Alias' Academy Award(r) winning Maya(r) 3D animation and effects software is the first choice of film and video artists, computer game developers, and design professionals throughout the world. Now you can gain access to this brilliant tool and discover how to build, render, and animate your own digital characters and scenes with Maya. Brought to you by Maya Press, a publishing partnership between Sybex and Alias, Introducing Maya(r) 7 is the ideal initiation to 3D and Maya. This revision of the best-selling Maya book starts with the already proven concepts and foundation and builds anew from the ground up, combining straightforward text with practical examples to make it fun and easy to learn Maya's core features. Clear-cut, engaging lessons let you experiment with these features using the wealth of files provided on the CD. You'll also find an abundance of instructional and inspirational art on the CD and in the full-color insert. Enter a New Dimension * Get a solid grasp of the core Maya and 3D concepts * Learn to navigate the Maya 7 interface * Experiment with Maya modeling by creating a hand, an axe, and a locomotive * Explore the basics of NURBS, polygons, and subdivision surfaces * Discover the nuances of shading and texturing * Try your hand at animation * Rig a locomotive model for automated animation * Get a feel for Maya lighting, rendering, and dynamics * Find out how to use Maya and Photoshop in unison to texture your scene The enclosed CD features images, movies, and scene files that let you view material from the book right on your own computer. It also includes Maya Personal Learning Edition software, plus a searchable glossary of Key Terms.

3. Special Edition Using: Special Edition Using Adobe Creative Suite 2 (Paperback)

Serves as a reference guide to Adobe CS2. This work includes material that covers the new product release, and also covers how to use the individual products and how to integrate them so that you can use the Suite in an effective manner. It provides coverage of: Photoshop; Illustrator; InDesign; GoLive; Acrobat; Designer; Version Cue; and others.

Get acquainted with Adobe CS2 with the help of the ultimate comprehensive reference guide, "Special Edition Using Adobe Creative Suite 2." Not only does it include material that covers the new product release, the author and team of contributors also covers how to use the individual products and how to integrate them so that you can use the Suite in an effective manner. The entire Suite is covered, including tools that aren't as well-documented. You'll find coverage of: PhotoshopIllustratorInDesignGoLiveAcrobatDesignerVersion CueBridgeStock Photo With "Special Edition Using Adobe Creative Suite 2," you will easily master Adobe Creative Suite 2.

4. First Steps in Digital Design : Use Your Computer to Create Great Letterheads and Logos, Invitations and Cards, Brochures and Flyers, Web Sites and Multimedia

The first in a new series of digitally focused titles, First Steps in Digital Design is an accessible, highly illustrated and non-technical manual, which encourages readers to participate and maximize their untapped creative potential. Concentrating on the computer in the average home, the book explains how to buy and link up equipment, how the technology works, and guides the reader through simple projects with a grounding in basic principles and essential knowledge. Projects include: invitations, business cards, letterheads, posters, journals, scrapbooks, CD and DVD covers and designs for the presentation of family photo albums.

The first in a new series of digitally focused titles, First Steps in Digital Design is an accessible, highly illustrated and non-technical manual, which encourages readers to participate and maximize their untapped creative potential. Concentrating on the computer in the average home, the book explains how to buy and link up equipment, how the technology works, and guides the reader through simple projects with a grounding in basic principles and essential knowledge. Projects include: invitations, business cards, letterheads, posters, journals, scrapbooks, CD and DVD covers and designs for the presentation of family photo albums.

5. Type Specific : Designing Custom Fonts for Function and Identity (Hardcover)

Type Specific shows designers how typefaces designed for a specific purpose succeed by exploring each of the features that must be considered. These include letterforms, counterspaces, cross sections, ascenders/descenders, and junctions and how they work, in both print and screen, across a range of applications: posters, directories, newspapers and magazines, CD covers, packaging, signage, and film titles-including The Kitchen's organic paintbrush front for the promotion of Levi's Vintage Clothing and Saturday's elegant stencil-style face for the Chen Pascual identity. The whole gamut from free-from to precision is explored. Type Specific shows designers how typefaces designed for a specific purpose succeed by exploring each of the features that must be considered. These include letterforms, counterspaces, cross sections, ascenders/descenders and junctions and how they work, in both print and screen, across a range of applications: posters, directories, newspapers and magazines, CD covers, packaging, signage and film titles - including The Kitchen's organic paintbrush front for the promotion of Levi's Vintage Clothing and Saturday's elegant stencil-style face for the Chen Pascual identity. The whole gamut from free-from to precision is explored.

Type Specific shows designers how typefaces designed for a specific purpose succeed by exploring each of the features that must be considered. These include letterforms, counterspaces, cross sections, ascenders/descenders, and junctions and how they work, in both print and screen, across a range of applications: posters, directories, newspapers and magazines, CD covers, packaging, signage, and film titles-including The Kitchen'Dts organic paintbrush front for the promotion of Levi'Dts Vintage Clothing and Saturday'Dts elegant stencil-style face for the Chen Pascual identity. The whole gamut from free-from to precision is explored.

6. Introducing Character Animation with Blender [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. Introducing Character Animation with Blender, 2nd Edition is written in a friendly but professional tone, with clear descriptions and numerous illustrative screenshots. Throughout the book, tutorials focus on how to accomplish actual animation goals, while illustrating the necessary technical methods along the way. These are reinforced by clear descriptions of how each specific aspect of Blender works and fits together with the rest of the package. By following all the tutorials, the reader will gain all the skills necessary to build and animate a well-modeled, fully-rigged character of their own. The character built over the course of the tutorials is included as a .blend file on the companion website, for the reader to experiment with and learn from. Introducing Character Animation with Blender, 2nd Edition is inspiring as well as educational. A color insert includes sample characters and frames from animations by many of the Blender community's most talented artists, which help to illustrate the impressive potential of the software.

Introducing Character Animation with Blender [Paperback - Used]

7. PhotoShop 7.0 Screen Printing (Wordware Applications Library) [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. This book describes step-by-step everything you need to know about four-color seperations, using specialty films and vellums, and printing with Post-Script printers.

PhotoShop 7.0 Screen Printing (Wordware Applications Library), Used [Paperback]

8. Graphics and Animation BASICS (BASICS Series), Used [Spiral-bound]

This new text from our BASICS series provides comprehensive coverage of many graphics, animation, and video concepts. An excellent foundation for any graphics and animation curriculum.

Graphics and Animation BASICS (BASICS Series), Used [Spiral-bound]

9. Photoshop Elements Solutions (With CD-ROM), Used [Paperback]

Photoshop Elements is Adobe's image-editing software. It provides the tools for creating professional-quality digital images for print and the Web. This text covers frequently encountered problems in working with digital imaging. Topics include: improving portraits, landscapes, real estate, and product shots; creating panoramas; working with type; and making the best prints.

Photoshop Elements Solutions : The Art of Digital Photography, Used [Paperback]

10. Computer Graphics and Animation : History, Careers, Expert Advice, Used [Paperback]

This is an essential guide for aspiring computer graphics, animation, and new media practitioners. Readers can look forward to a detailed historic timeline that highlights some of the great moments and innovative people in computer animation's history. The author also provides current advice geared toward students and young professionals. This guide provides students with the practical advice necessary to becoming a computer graphics artist. Rounded out with interviews from pioneers and practitioners from PDI, ILM, Pixar, Rhythm and Hues as well as several other studios, this book makes a great guide for learners new and old.

Computer Graphics and Animation : History, Careers, Expert Advice, Used [Paperback]