GDI+ both wraps arcane API calls and extends them for much easier use. Programmers no longer have to make do with the familiar but simplistic VB 6.0 drawing model, nor do they have to dig down into the GDI API in order to get any real work done. In GDI+, Microsoft has come up with a complete, but still extensible, set of classes for all of the...

Get tips and advice for taking better pictures with your digital camera from expert photographer Ken Milburn. Discover all the cool things you can do--like making panoramas, short movies, rapid shot sequences for Web animations, instant greeting cards (both in print and for the Web), restoring and retouching photos--and much more.
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A clear and authoritative introduction to the different traditions of meditation by an authority in the field. Meditation is an extraordinarily powerful tool for physical and mental relaxation as well as for personal and spiritual growth. It has been practiced for thousands of years and today it continues to have serious relevance for an...

Welcome to MCAD/MCSD Training Kit—Developing Windows-Based Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual C# .NET. By completing the lessons and associated exercises in this course, you will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to develop Windows-based solutions using Visual Basic .NET or Visual C# .NET....

The idea of writing this book came to us one afternoon when we were discussing building mobile applications. We marveled about the lack of reference materials and books that would go beyond WAP and single channel wireless publishing. Jeremy Judson of McGraw-Hill/ Osborne encouraged us to share what we know best: how to build mobile...

Meeting the growing demands for speed and quality in rendering computer graphics images requires new techniques. Practical parallel rendering provides one of the most practical solutions. This book addresses the basic issues of rendering within a parallel or distributed computing environment, and considers the strengths and weaknesses of...

Instrument Engineers' Handbook, Third Edition: Volume Three: Process Software and Digital Networks provides an in-depth, state-of-the-art review of existing and evolving digital communications and control systems. While the book highlights the transportation of digital information by buses and networks, the total coverage doesn't stop...