Save $70 on the Garmin Rino 520HCx Two-Way Radio GPS

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GARMIN Rino 520HCX Two Way Radio and GPS. Know exactly where you are at all times with Rino 520HCx and the precision of high sensitivity GPS. This waterproof FRS/GMRS radio plus GPS navigator sports 5 watts of transmit power, a microSD card slot and brilliant color display along with a high sensitivity GPS receiver so you will never be lost again. With its high sensitivity GPS receiver, Rino 520HCx locates your position quickly and precisely and maintains its GPS location even in heavy cover and deep canyons. The advantage is clear whether you are in deep woods or just near tall buildings and trees, you can count on Rino 520HCx to help you find your way when you need it the most. Like the rest of the Rino series, Rino 520HCx offers a unique Position Reporting feature. Position Reporting lets you send your exact location to other Rino users in your group so that everyone can see your position on the map page. And, because Rino is a standard FRS/GMRS radio, you can use it to communicate with any other conventional FRS/GMRS radio around. Rino 520HCx boasts a whopping 5 watts of transmit power, GMRS, which lets you contact others from up to 14 miles away, line of sight. In Canada, you can transmit at 2 watts over GMRS with a range of up to 8 miles.

Product Details

• Size: One Size
• Color: Silver/ Grey
• Brand: Garmin
• Model: 010-00564-00
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.80" h x 7.50" w x 2.30" l, .64 pounds

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• High-Sensitivity, WAAS-Enabled GPS Receiver
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• Features A 1.7-InchH X 1.3-InchW Screen With 256-Level Color Tft
• 5W Of Transmit Power Using Gmrs Frequency Up To 14-Mile Range
• 0.5W Of Transmit Power Using Frs Frequency Up To 2-Mile Range

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Advanced RenderMan: Creating CGI for Motion Pictures (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics)

Advanced RenderMan: Creating CGI for Motion Pictures (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics)
by Anthony A. Apodaca, Larry Gritz
(9)

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Advanced RenderMan: Creating CGI for Motion Pictures is precisely what you and other RenderMan users are dying for. Written by the world's foremost RenderMan experts, it offers thoroughly updated coverage of the standard while moving beyond the scope of the original RenderMan Companion to provide in-depth information on dozens of advanced topics. Both a reference and a tutorial, this book will quickly prove indispensable, whether you're a technical director, graphics programmer, modeler, animator, or hobbyist.

Explore the Power of RenderMan
* Use the entire range of geometric primitives supported by RenderMan.
* Understand how and when to use procedural primitives and level of detail.
* Master every nuance of the Shading Language.
* Write detailed procedural shaders using texture, displacement, pattern generation, and custom reflection models.
* Write shaders for special effects relating to volumes, custom lighting, and non-photorealistic media.
* Use antialiasing to ensure that your shaders are free of artifacts.
* Minimize the expense of rendering scenes by optimizing input.

Other Features from Advanced RenderMan
* Offers expert advice and instruction applicable to any RenderMan-compliant renderer.
* Filled with technical illustrations and many full-color representations of effects supported by the RenderMan standard.
* Includes a chapter reviewing key math and computer graphics concepts.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #149113 in Books
• Published on: 1999-12-22
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.71" h x 7.89" w x 9.70" l, 2.11 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 560 pages

Using FREE Scribus Software to Create Professional Presentations: Book Covers, Magazine Covers, Graphic Designs, Posters, Newsletters, Renderings, and More (Full Color Edition)

Using FREE Scribus Software to Create Professional Presentations: Book Covers, Magazine Covers, Graphic Designs, Posters, Newsletters, Renderings, and More (Full Color Edition)
by Alice Chen, Gang Chen
(12)

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About 80% of people have the desire to write a book at some point. With the advance of computer and printing technology, this dream can become a reality. One important factor of publishing a book is to create a professional looking book cover. This book uses book cover design as a case study to teach you how to use FREE Scribus software (instead of expensive professional software like InDesign, Photoshop, and QuarkXpress) to create professional presentations. With fewer words and many full color screenshots, we walk you step by step through the entire process. No prior experience is needed.

You will learn how to:
1. Download all the FREE software needed.
2. Put the cover template in correct formats.
3. Set up the sheet correctly using units, colors (RGB or CMYK), layers, the imported cover template, sizes, guides, bleed area, and safety margin.
4. Add the background color for the cover with a shape or image frame.
5. Add the cover image and author's photo, as well as how to handle a fully bleed image.
6. Add the titles and text accurately, including information on selecting or changing the text color, using the text box, centering the text, aligning different text boxes, and rotating the text.
7. Add the barcode by extracting the barcode from an EPS file and moving all the barcode elements together or by adding the barcode as a JPEG image file.
8. Use Scribus software to create professional presentations such as book covers, magazine covers, graphic designs, posters, newsletters, renderings, and more.

See links below for our sample book cover designs using Scribus:
JasmineJi.webs.com/
GreenExamEducation.com/

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #117699 in Books
• Published on: 2012-02-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .18" h x 11.00" w x 8.50" l, .41 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 70 pages

The RenderMan Shading Language Guide

The RenderMan Shading Language Guide
by Don" Rudy Cortes, Saty Raghavachary
(11)

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Discover how to achieve the stunning imagery and dazzling effects that wow audiences in animated and live action motion pictures. "The RenderMan Shading Language Guide" shows you how to master this powerful rendering program, used by filmmakers in conjunction with 2D and 3D painting, modeling, and animation software to transport audiences to faraway lands and awe them with fantastic creatures. A comprehensive guide to the RenderMan Shading Language (RSL), the book teaches experienced 3D animators and artists fundamentals through advanced RSL and image synthesis concepts. Beginning with an introduction to RSL, you'll learn about the shader writing process and how to set up a proper shader developing environment. After that you'll try your hand at some simple shading methods such as light and volume shaders. Once you have the basics down, you'll move on to more advanced shading skills including raytracing, global illumination, pattern anti-aliasing, and DSO shadeops. The book presents over 80 complete shaders and teaches good coding style and techniques. "The RenderMan Shading Language Guide" presents the skills you need to become proficient with RSL so that you can use them to create amazing special effects for use in movies, video games, and more.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #153693 in Books
• Published on: 2007-12-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.58" h x 7.39" w x 9.10" l, 3.83 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 656 pages

Non-Photorealistic Rendering

Non-Photorealistic Rendering
by Bruce Gooch, Amy Gooch
(3)

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The ubiquity of computer-generated imagery around us, in movies, advertising or on the Internet is already being taken for granted and what impresses most people is the photorealistic quality of the images. Pictures, as we have often been told, are worth a thousand words and the information transported by an image can take many different forms. Many computer graphics researchers are exploring non-photorealistic rendering techniques as an alternative to realistic rendering. Defined by what it is not, non-photorealistic rendering brings art and science together, concentrating less on the process and more on the communication content of an image. Techniques that have long been used by artists can be applied to computer graphics to emphasize subtle attributes and to omit extraneous information. This book provides an overview of the published research on non-photorealistic rendering in order to categorize and distill the current research into a body of usable techniques. A summary of some of the algorithms as well as pseudo-code for producing some of the images is included.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #127022 in Books
• Published on: 2001-07-18
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .1 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 254 pages

Advanced Animation and Rendering Techniques

Advanced Animation and Rendering Techniques
by Alan Watt, M. Watt
(10)

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Dealing with state-of-the-art techniques in rendering and animation, this text provides a unique synthesis of advanced techniques not previously available in one coherent source.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1110185 in Books
• Published on: 1992-11-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 472 pages