Ptolomea is a town that exists temporarily in this world. It is a town of ghosts who, in an act of revenge, will admit six more occupants before it disappears, leaving no trace of its existence. This is a story of greed, arrogance, murder, and revenge, a short story in the tradition of the Twilight Zone or old horror comics.

This book is an example-based guide that will help you create professional grade paintings using Sketchbook Pro. As you progress from one chapter to another, you will learn how to virtually draw visually stunning paintings that are digitally drawn but look exactly like orthodox artwork.If you have had prior experience in developing digital artwork and are looking to add to your knowledge, Sketchbook Pro Digital Painting Essentials is a guide that will help you seamlessly translate what you...

What's New in Windows 8.1 For Dummies Pocket Edition provides a brief, inexpensive, and focused guide for Windows 8 users upgrading to 8.1. Chapters include:It's all about you: An exploration of the customization features, from flexible sizing on icons to shared wallpaper to boot options.We can build it better: Review of the updates to applications with special emphasis on communications and media appsShiny ...

This book falls into four chapters and each chapter has its mian focus.The first chapter gives a general introduction of setting system of ipad, especially setting system lock. Follow the instruction of this book; you will make your ipad safer.The second chapter teaches you how to customize your own ipad, such as wallpaper, sounds and language, date and time as well. You can customize your own ipad as your own requirement, making it more personalized.The third chapter ...

This guide is designed for formatting eBooks using Open Office Writer version 3.0 and greater. The basic principles in this guide should work equally well with any word processor. These step-by-step instructions are easy to follow and help authors correctly format their documents in eBook format.

A designer in New York creates a beautiful design but when she prints it the colors become muddy. An art director in Seattle sends a file to the print shop, and they call him to say the job won’t print. The editor of a college paper can’t figure out why all the pictures in the paper are jagged. And a freelance designer is Chicago needs to bid on her first print job. Linescreen, DPI, CMYK, RIPs, bleeds, spots, and spreads: Why didn’t they teach this stuff in design school?Sandee Coh...

CSS animations open up a whole new way to look at and use CSS to bring motion to the web in creative ways. This Pocket Guide is designed to help you jump into using CSS animations in your own projects, providing a strong foundation on which to start experimenting and creating. In this book Val covers the basics of CSS animations, walking you through a series of examples, and discussing practical considerations for dealing with browsers and fallbacks. You'll have everything you need to star...

This book is written for students and engineers who are interested to learn AutoCAD P&ID 2014 for creating Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID's). This book provides a step-by-step approach for learning AutoCAD P&ID 2014. The topics include Creating a basic P&ID, Connecting P&ID's, Editing the drawing, Creating custom symbols, Managing Project Data, Generating reports, and Adding and defining new classes.Tutorial 1 takes you through the creation of your first Piping and Instr...

If you want to create professional Interiors and Covers for your Print-On-Demand fiction books with easy to follow steps using the open source software Scribus, then this is the book for you.The knowledge and skills you will learn in the exercises will enable you to present your readers with a professional layout every novel.This book covers:• How to create reusable templates• How to import text from Word documents• How to create paragraph and character...

Composites and further special effects is an excerpt from Creative Photography Ideas Using Photoshop which presents 75 comprehensive workshops that have been specifically designed for photographers; each offers a clever and creative technique that can be immediately applied.Composites and further special effects workshops focus specifically on creating composites; from dropping in a sky to producing sunbeams, using multiple files, blending mode, refine ed...

Type Rules!, Fourth Edition is an up-to-date, thorough introduction to the principles and practices of typography. From the fundamentals to cutting-edge applications, this edition has everything today's serious designer needs to use type effectively. Dozens of exercises reinforce authoritative coverage on such topics as how to select the appropriate type for the job, how to set type like a pro, and how to design a typeface, as well as how to fully harness the power of major design...

THE KEY TO SUCCESSFUL PRINT PRODUCTION is an understanding of the entire workflow, from scanning and file creation through prepress and print production. Fully updated by author and publishing consultant Brian Lawler, The Official Adobe Print Publishing Guide, Second Edition, brings together the collective knowledge and wisdom of the experts at Adobe Systems in a simple, elegant presentation of the fundamental concepts and issues related to producing high-quality printed o...