GIMP is a free, Photoshop-like image manipulation program, and as its use grows, so does the demand for detailed instruction on how to get the very most out of it. GIMP Bible is the most comprehensive and current independent GIMP reference...

I’m delighted that Cengage Learning invited me to write this third edition of Digital Painting Fundamentals with Corel Painter. The earlier books, for versions X (pronounced “ten”) and 11 (pronounced “eleven”) were greeted with very positive responses from users and critics, not just my friends and...

You say you want a revolution? Well, sometimes the smallest things can create the biggest changes. OpenGL ES originated that way—in a modest 3Dlabs project in 2001 that sought to define a standardized subset of OpenGL for a range of embedded systems. It soon became clear that there was a widespread industry desire for a small...

On March 10, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful telephone call. As with many things, the test was purely accidental. Graham spilled acid on his leg, and Watson, his assistant, heard his call for help through the telephone. So, what has changed over the last 129 years? It would be easier to discuss what hasn’t...

Image synthesis, or rendering, is a field of transformation: it changes geometry and physics into meaningful images. Because the most popular algorithms frequently change, it is increasingly important for researchers and implementors to have a basic understanding of the principles of image synthesis. Focusing on theory, Andrew...

This book provides an in-depth look at how to build web-based applications (web apps) for Google TV, a new platform that integrates the open web with traditional TV. This powerful and versatile new platform includes Google Chrome, a modern web browser that enables developers to deliver rich and sophisticated web apps to Google TV...

Not that many years ago, wedding photographers were known as “weekend warriors; they were wedding photographers on wedding days and worked at other full-time jobs the rest of the week. The status of the wedding photographer— both among other photographers and the public at large—was very low. They were often...

The idea of writing this book, Peer to Peer: Collaboration and Sharing over the Internet, seemed in several ways a natural and complementary progression from the previous one, The Wiki Way (Addison-Wesley, 2001). Subtitled Quick...

IT administration starts with network administration in most organizations. If the computers can’t communicate on the network,...

Currently the mobile wireless technology is experiencing rapid growth. However the major challenge for deployment of this technology with its special characteristics is securing the existing and future vulnerabilities. Major security and privacy issues for standard wireless networks include the authentication of wireless clients and...

Just so you’re clear: it was not my idea to give a talk to Microsoft Research. I had learned embarrassingly little about computer science in my 18 years of life, and the last thing I wanted to do is to have that exposed in front of a bunch of genius PhDs in MSR. But my manager thought it’d be a great...

A recent CBS poll revealed that, as a result of corporate scandals at Enron, WorldCom, Adelphia Communications, and others, a whopping two-thirds of Americans believe that corporate executives are dishonest. This overall assessment is even worse now than during the last financial crises, the savings and loan debacle of the 1980s....