This essential, hands-on guide is filled with examples of what a composition should look like and example of poorly designed layouts. Spot potential problems before they cost time and money, and adapt creative solutions for your own projects with this invaluable resource for beginner and intermediate artists. With Beauty and the Beast examples and Simpson character layouts, readers will learn how to develop character layout and background layout as well as strengthen composition styles wit...

Whether you’ve always wanted to try Evernote or have only dabbled with it in the past, you can take your professional life to the next level by making this tool one of your go-to systems for staying organized. Evernote can help you become more focused and effective on the job-and get ahead in your career. This short, practical book shows you how.In Work Smarter with Evernote, social media expert Alexandra Samuel demonstrates the most effective ways to use ...

These tutorials are designed to introduce first-time users to AutoCAD 2010. The tutorials show the reader a step-by-step process for drawing a floor plan in AutoCAD software. The book AutoCAD 2010 Tutorial Series: Draw and Modify Tools provides more information on the AutoCAD draw and modify tools and would serve as an excellent introduction to this book.

The ultimate insider guide to creating stock shots that sell from a veteran iStockphoto inspectorAn iStockphoto inspector since 2002, author Rob Sylvan has spent nearly a decade as part of the team that decides which photos get sold on one of the largest, most popular microstock sites in existence. He’s also made tens of thousands of dollars off of his own microstock photography. As a result, no one knows better than he does what it takes to get your photo...

Would you like to learn how to write, shoot, produce, edit and direct professional digital videos? This handbook does just that: From the first idea - to a Hollywood style movie! Our worldwide digital explosion requires a new kind of How To books. Why? Most photographers are not just still-photographers anymore. Journalists, reporters, editors, camera operators, photographers depend on digital video knowledge. Nowadays, advertising, marketing, public relations and Internet communications p...

Whether you are already a seasoned director or simply a film fan, this comprehensive guide features everything you need to know to make a digital film: from the basics of capturing footage and planning a shoot, to the more advanced aspects of editing and post-production.Clear, step-by-step instruction on the technical aspects of filming with HD and DSLR cameras - including the latest advice on equipment, accessories, and software - are set alongside tips on the creative aspects - s...

*Evernote is a note-taking, archiving, and document management software that is designed for personal and professional use. This e-Book is a comprehensive guide regarding the uses and benefits of this service in everyday personal and professional life of individuals. With the help of this e-Book, you can understand how to use Evernote to its maximum capacity, using all its functions efficiently.

Create audio podcasts to help make your words and ideas come to life for your students. And you won't need a fancy studio to do it -- your PC or Mac will do just fine! Learn how to create compelling audio content, and then record, edit, and package this content in an easily accessible podcast. Your students will be able to download your audio to their MP3 players, or listen from their computers.

The first step to making a great video podcast is making a great video – one that works great on the small screen! Get some tips on how to make your ideas come to life in this beginners guide to planning and shooting your own video or video podcast. Also includes tips for purchasing a video camera, or getting the best quality you can from what you already own.

Before and After magazine's focus on clarity, simplicity, and elegance has won it legions of fans--fans who will welcome this second volume of the definitive Before and After Page Design by John McWade. Truly an icon of the graphic design community, his insistence on approaching design not as mere decoration but as an essential form of communication is vividly apparent in this cohesive primer on page design and layout. And you could not hope for a better, more qualified t...

Marketing experts predict that by 2009, nearly 90% of all cell phones will contain a camera, as manufacturers race to create cheaper, easier-to-use models with more sophisticated cameras, more pixels, flash units and even multiple lenses. Already revolutionizing audiovisual communication, it's a trend that will only grow more explosively—and who better than National Geographic to create a how-to book aimed directly at the millions who carry a camera phone everywhere and want to make the mo...

Discover how to create professional-quality digital videos--faster than you can say "lights, camera, action"Digital video cameras are everywhere--even on our phones! But cameras don't make great movies; filmmakers do. Written by a seasoned pro with 40 years of teaching experience, Digital Filmmaking for Beginners is your fully illustrated introduction to all technical aspects of digital filmmaking.Featuring clear, concise instruction--accompanied by online video ...