Arts Books

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41. How to Cheat in Adobe Flash CS6

    The Art of Design and Animation

    By Chris Georgenes

    Editor's note, 1/15/2013: We have discovered an error with the Table of Contents and are currently working on correcting it. If you find an error in your book, please visit the companion site http://www.focalpress.com/books/details/9780240522500/ for the correct version. Whether you are...

    Published November 20th 2012 by Focal Press
42. Retromania

    The Funkiest Cameras of Photography's Golden Age

    By Lawrence Harvey

    From start to finish, the 20th Century was the century of “the people’s camera”—and of photography evolving from rich man’s hobby to universal delight. Nothing shows this better than the innovative designs of the cameras that—historically – brought photography to the masses. The Lomography...

    Published November 20th 2012 by Focal Press
43. Image Studies

    Theory and Practice

    By Sunil Manghani

    Image Studies offers an engaging introduction to visual and image studies. In order to better understand images and visual culture the book seeks to bridge between theory and practice; asking the reader to think critically about images and image practices, but also simultaneously to make images and...

    Published November 18th 2012 by Routledge
44. Color and the Moving Image

    History, Theory, Aesthetics, Archive

    Edited by Simon Brown, Sarah Street, Liz Watkins

    Series: AFI Film Readers

    This new AFI Film Reader is the first comprehensive collection of original essays on the use of color in film. Contributors from diverse film studies backgrounds consider the importance of color throughout the history of the medium, assessing not only the theoretical implications of color on the...

    Published November 18th 2012 by Routledge
45. The Properties Director’s Handbook

    Managing a Prop Shop for Theatre

    By Sandra Strawn

    You may be familiar with how to hang lights, build scenery, or run a high school/college/community theatre, but few are familiar with the nitty-gritty details of being a properties director or prop master. There has an utter lack of information on this topic in the market.until now. Sandy Strawn...

    Published November 18th 2012 by Focal Press
46. New Games

    Postmodernism After Contemporary Art

    By Pamela M. Lee

    Series: Theories of Modernism and Postmodernism in the Visual Arts

    Pamela M. Lee’s New Games revisits postmodernism in light of art history's more recent embrace of "the contemporary." What can the theories and practices associated with postmodernism tell us about the obsession with the contemporary in both the academy and the art world? In looking at work by Dara...

    Published November 15th 2012 by Routledge
47. The Media, Animal Conservation and Environmental Education

    Edited by John Blewitt

    Natural History filmmaking has a long history but the generic boundaries between it and environmental and conservation filmmaking are blurred. Nature, environment and animal imagery has been a mainstay of television, campaigning organisations and conservation bodies from Greenpeace to the Sierra...

    Published November 15th 2012 by Routledge
48. Pushing Pixels

    Secret Weapons for the Modern Flash Animator

    By Chris Georgenes

    You've got the cheats, tutorials, and how-tos. What else do you need? Go above and beyond those stop-gaps and step-by-steps with Pushing Pixels, the real-world guide to developing dynamic and fun content from conception to deployment. Whether you are animating for a short, a fun cartoon, or a...

    Published November 15th 2012 by Focal Press
49. Digital Wildlife Photography

    By John and Barbara Gerlach

    Using a combination of artistic approach and impeccable technique, professional photographers John and Barbara Gerlach guide you through the field as you photograph intriguing and captivating subjects out in the wild. Learn how to integrate equipment with technique to capture superb wildlife images...

    Published November 14th 2012 by Focal Press
50. Language in Public Spaces in Japan

    Edited by Nanette Gottlieb

    This book throws light on ideologies, practices and sociocultural developments currently shaping language use in Japan by departing from the more common investigation of language in private contexts and examining aspects of the language found in a range of significant public spaces, from the...

    Published November 14th 2012 by Routledge