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Book digiKam Recipes

    Book Details:
  • Author : Dmitri Popov
  • Publisher : tokyoma.de
  • Release : 2014-11-04
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 161 pages

Download or read book digiKam Recipes written by Dmitri Popov and published by tokyoma.de. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: digiKam is an immensely powerful photo management application, and mastering it requires time and effort. This book can help you to learn the ropes in the most efficient manner. Instead of going through each and every menu item and feature, the book provides a task-oriented description of digiKam's functionality that can help you to get the most out of this versatile tool. The book offers easy-to-follow instructions on how to organize and manage photos, process RAW files, edit images and apply various effects, export and publish photos, and much more.

Book Open Advice

    Book Details:
  • Author : Lydia Pintscher
  • Publisher : Lulu.com
  • Release : 2012-02-02
  • ISBN : 1105514935
  • Pages : 309 pages

Download or read book Open Advice written by Lydia Pintscher and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-02-02 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Free Software projects are changing the software landscape in impressive ways with dedicated users and innovative management. Each person contributes something to the movement in their own way and to their abilities and knowledge. This personal commitment and the power of collaboration over the internet is what makes Free Software great and what brought the authors of this book together. This book is the answer to "What would you have liked to know when you started contributing?". The authors give insights into the many different talents it takes to make a successful software project, coding of course but also design, translation, marketing and other skills. We are here to give you a head start if you are new. And if you have been contributing for a while already, we are here to give you some insight into other areas and projects. Join us for a fun ride through many different projects and areas of contribution.

Book The DAM Book

    Book Details:
  • Author : Peter Krogh
  • Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
  • Release : 2009-04-27
  • ISBN : 1449343716
  • Pages : 496 pages

Download or read book The DAM Book written by Peter Krogh and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2009-04-27 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the main concerns for digital photographers today is asset management: how to file, find, protect, and re-use their photos. The best solutions can be found in The DAM Book, our bestselling guide to managing digital images efficiently and effectively. Anyone who shoots, scans, or stores digital photographs is practicing digital asset management (DAM), but few people do it in a way that makes sense. In this second edition, photographer Peter Krogh -- the leading expert on DAM -- provides new tools and techniques to help professionals, amateurs, and students: Understand the image file lifecycle: from shooting to editing, output, and permanent storage Learn new ways to use metadata and key words to track photo files Create a digital archive and name files clearly Determine a strategy for backing up and validating image data Learn a catalog workflow strategy, using Adobe Bridge, Camera Raw, Adobe Lightroom, Microsoft Expression Media, and Photoshop CS4 together Migrate images from one file format to another, from one storage medium to another, and from film to digital Learn how to copyright images To identify and protect your images in the marketplace, having a solid asset management system is essential. The DAM Book offers the best approach.

Book Linux Photography

    Book Details:
  • Author : Dmitri Popov
  • Publisher : Tōkyō Made
  • Release : 2016-04-13
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 135 pages

Download or read book Linux Photography written by Dmitri Popov and published by Tōkyō Made. This book was released on 2016-04-13 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using Linux as a foundation or an important part of your photographic workflow opens a whole world of possibilities. Hosting web-based photography tools and applications, automating mundane tasks, extending your image processing toolset — you can enlist a Linux based system to a wide range of photography-related duties. The book offers advice on optimizing and improving Linux-based photographic workflow by automating tedious tasks as well as using lightweight and specialized tools. Here are just a few topics the book covers. Use Bash shell scripts to import photos and RAW files from a storage card or camera and automatically rename, geotag, and organize the transferred files. * Edit EXIF metadata and organize and photos with ExifTool. * Work with metadata using Exiv2. * Understand color management basics on Linux. * Apply color corrections using Hald CLUT. * Use Kopia to keep your photo library safe. * Set up a cloud backup solution with Rclone. * Find photos from the past with Girasole. * Show photos on a map with PinPinPin. * Turn a Raspberry Pi into a wireless camera server. * Build an Android-based photo backup and processing device. * Turn an iPad or an iPhone into a Linux-based photography companion. The scripts and tools covered in the book play an important part in the author's real-world photographic workflow.

Book Picture Perfect Posing

Download or read book Picture Perfect Posing written by Roberto Valenzuela and published by New Riders. This book was released on 2014-02-26 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographer, author, and educator Roberto Valenzuela has a proven track record for teaching and explaining difficult concepts to photographers of all skill levels. His remarkable ability to break down complicated ideas into understandable, approachable elements that photographers can truly grasp–and then use their newfound knowledge to improve their photography–made his first book, Picture Perfect Practice, a breakout success. In Picture Perfect Posing, Roberto takes on the art of posing. For many photographers, after learning to compose an image and even light it properly, a portrait can still easily be a failure if the pose is not natural, elegant, and serving the needs of both the subject and the photographer. Instead of just showing page after page of poses–like most posing books on the market–Roberto actually breaks down the concept of posing by examining the anatomy, starting with the core foundation: the spinal chord and neck. Building from there, Roberto discusses every component of what makes poses work, as well as fail. How should the model hold her hands? Bend her elbows? Position her fingers? Should the model look toward or away from the camera, and why? It all depends on what the photographer wants for the shot, and Roberto discusses the entire process, from the intent of the photographer through the execution of the pose. For those who have been discouraged by an inability to pose their subjects, or who have simply not known where to start in order to "figure it out," Picture Perfect Posing is the essential resource they need to learn how posing truly works, and how they can learn to direct the exact pose they need for the shot they want.

Book The Digital Photography Book  Part 5

Download or read book The Digital Photography Book Part 5 written by Scott Kelby and published by Peachpit Press. This book was released on 2014-07-21 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scott Kelby, author of the top-selling digital photography book of all time, is back with an entirely new book in his popular series that picks up right where part 4 left off. It’s more of that “Ah ha—so that’s how they do it,” straight-to-the-point, skip-the-technojargon stuff you can really use today that made part 1 so successful. In parts 1 through 4 of this series, the most popular chapter in the book has always been the last chapter: “Photo Recipes to Help You Get ‘The Shot’.” In each of those chapters, Scott shows a final image and then describes how to get that type of shot. Here, in part 5, he gives you what you’ve been waiting for: an entire book of nothing but those amazing photo recipes. But, he took it up a big notch by adding a behind-the-scenes photo for every single recipe. Now you can see exactly how it was done, so you can get that exact same look every time. In these extra pages, each spread allows you to dig in a little deeper and really unlock the power of these recipes. Scott breaks each spread into four segments: (1) he explains exactly what you’re seeing behind the scenes, (2) he lists all of his camera settings, and lens and lighting info—it’s all there, (3) he gives you his thought process, so you learn exactly why he does it this way, and (4) he shares all the post-processing in Lightroom or Photoshop that goes on after the shoot (this is something other books leave out). Plus, the whole book is packed with tips and insights you won’t find anywhere else. This isn’t a book of theory, full of confusing jargon and detailed concepts. This is a book on which button to push, which settings to use, and exactly how and when to use them. With around 100 of the most popular photographic “tricks of the trade,” the entire book is designed to get you shooting like a pro starting today. You’re gonna love it.

Book Slackermedia

    Book Details:
  • Author : Seth Kenlon
  • Publisher : Lulu.com
  • Release : 2012-09-01
  • ISBN : 0984784225
  • Pages : 317 pages

Download or read book Slackermedia written by Seth Kenlon and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to build your own multimedia workstation, and how to use it! Slackermedia is a multimedia guidebook for people looking to get away from operating systems that tell them what they can or can't do in their art. But it doesn't stop there! In this volume, you'll find detailed guides on the most important multimedia applications on Linux today: the Kdenlive video editor and the Qtractor digital audio workstation. You'll also get tips and resources on other great multimedia applications of Linux, like Blender, Audacity, Jamin, CALF, LADSPA, GIMP, Inkscape, ffmpeg, sox, Qsynth, fluidsynth, soundfonts, Xsynth, whySynth, QJack Control, Font Matrix, and many many more. By the end of your journey with Slackermedia, you'll know everything you need to know to create original multimedia content and any kind of digital art on the powerful, free operating system of GNU Linux. So put your nerd glasses on, roll up your sleeves, and prepare yourself for creativity like you've never experienced.

Book The Debian Administrator s Handbook

Download or read book The Debian Administrator s Handbook written by Raphaël Hertzog and published by Freexian. This book was released on 2015-10-21 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Debian GNU/Linux, a very popular non-commercial Linux distribution, is known for its reliability and richness. Built and maintained by an impressive network of thousands of developers throughout the world, the Debian project is cemented by its social contract. This foundation text defines the project's objective: fulfilling the needs of users with a 100% free operating system. The success of Debian and of its ecosystem of derivative distributions (with Ubuntu at the forefront) means that an increasing number of administrators are exposed to Debian's technologies. This Debian Administrator's Handbook, which has been entirely updated for Debian 8 “Jessie”, builds on the success of its 6 previous editions. Accessible to all, this book teaches the essentials to anyone who wants to become an effective and independent Debian GNU/Linux administrator. It covers all the topics that a competent Linux administrator should master, from installation to updating the system, creating packages and compiling the kernel, but also monitoring, backup and migration, without forgetting advanced topics such as setting up SELinux or AppArmor to secure services, automated installations, or virtualization with Xen, KVM or LXC. This book is not only designed for professional system administrators. Anyone who uses Debian or Ubuntu on their own computer is de facto an administrator and will find tremendous value in knowing more about how their system works. Being able to understand and resolve problems will save you invaluable time. Learn more about the book on its official website: debian-handbook.info

Book Man in Adaptation

Download or read book Man in Adaptation written by William Petersen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-04-13 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Underlying the anthropological study of man is the principle that there is a reality to which man must adapt if he is to survive. Reproduce, and to perpetuate himself. Populations must adapt to the realities of the physical world and maintain a proper "fit" between their biological makeup and the pressures of the various niches of the world in which they seek to live. Social groups-where culture is found-must develop adaptive mechanisms in the organization of their social relations if there is to be order, regularity, and predictability in patterns of cooperation and competition and if they are to survive as viable units. This three-volume set of readings presents an introduction to anthropology that is unified and made systematic by focus on adaptations that have accompanied the evolution of man, from non-human primate to inhabitant of vast urban areas in modern industrial societies. Man in Adaptation: The Cultural Present introduces Cultural Anthropoloty also from the point of view of adaptation and provides coherence for the study of human societies from man's social beginnings to the present. The book deals sequentially with the more and more complex technologies and political and social structures that have enabled different societies to make effective use of the energy potentials in their habitats. This and the two companion volumes are the first attempt to unify the disparate subject matter of anthropology within a single and powerful explanatory framework. They incorporate the work of the most renowned anthropological experts on man, and they illuminate clearly one of the most important concepts around which one can build an investigation of the nature and scope of anthropology itself. For these reasons, they are recognized as indispensable reading for every professional anthropologist and as perhaps the best available means of introducing new students to the field.

Book OSC Update

    Book Details:
  • Author : United States. Department of Justice. Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1994
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 4 pages

Download or read book OSC Update written by United States. Department of Justice. Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book OpenCV with Python Blueprints

Download or read book OpenCV with Python Blueprints written by Michael Beyeler and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2015-10-19 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Design and develop advanced computer vision projects using OpenCV with Python About This Book Program advanced computer vision applications in Python using different features of the OpenCV library Practical end-to-end project covering an important computer vision problem All projects in the book include a step-by-step guide to create computer vision applications Who This Book Is For This book is for intermediate users of OpenCV who aim to master their skills by developing advanced practical applications. Readers are expected to be familiar with OpenCV's concepts and Python libraries. Basic knowledge of Python programming is expected and assumed. What You Will Learn Generate real-time visual effects using different filters and image manipulation techniques such as dodging and burning Recognize hand gestures in real time and perform hand-shape analysis based on the output of a Microsoft Kinect sensor Learn feature extraction and feature matching for tracking arbitrary objects of interest Reconstruct a 3D real-world scene from 2D camera motion and common camera reprojection techniques Track visually salient objects by searching for and focusing on important regions of an image Detect faces using a cascade classifier and recognize emotional expressions in human faces using multi-layer peceptrons (MLPs) Recognize street signs using a multi-class adaptation of support vector machines (SVMs) Strengthen your OpenCV2 skills and learn how to use new OpenCV3 features In Detail OpenCV is a native cross platform C++ Library for computer vision, machine learning, and image processing. It is increasingly being adopted in Python for development. OpenCV has C++/C, Python, and Java interfaces with support for Windows, Linux, Mac, iOS, and Android. Developers using OpenCV build applications to process visual data; this can include live streaming data from a device like a camera, such as photographs or videos. OpenCV offers extensive libraries with over 500 functions This book demonstrates how to develop a series of intermediate to advanced projects using OpenCV and Python, rather than teaching the core concepts of OpenCV in theoretical lessons. Instead, the working projects developed in this book teach the reader how to apply their theoretical knowledge to topics such as image manipulation, augmented reality, object tracking, 3D scene reconstruction, statistical learning, and object categorization. By the end of this book, readers will be OpenCV experts whose newly gained experience allows them to develop their own advanced computer vision applications. Style and approach This book covers independent hands-on projects that teach important computer vision concepts like image processing and machine learning for OpenCV with multiple examples.

Book Computable Calculus

    Book Details:
  • Author : Oliver Aberth
  • Publisher : Academic Press
  • Release : 2001-06-04
  • ISBN : 9780120417520
  • Pages : 212 pages

Download or read book Computable Calculus written by Oliver Aberth and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2001-06-04 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Computable Calculus treats the fundamental topic of calculus in a novel way that is more in tune with today's computer age. Comprising 11 chapters and an accompanying CD-ROM, the book presents mathematical analysis that has been created to deal with constructively defined concepts. The book's "show your work" approach makes it easier to understand the pitfalls of various computations and, more importantly, how to avoid these pitfalls. The accompanying CD-ROM has self-contained programs that interact with the text, providing for easy grasp of the new concepts and enabling readers to write their own demonstration programs. Contains software on CD ROM: The accompanying software demonstrates, through simulation and exercises, how each concept of calculus can be associated with a program for the 'ideal computer' Using this software readers will be able to write their own demonstration programs

Book Common Music

    Book Details:
  • Author : Heinrich Konrad Taube
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1990
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 14 pages

Download or read book Common Music written by Heinrich Konrad Taube and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Compositional Data Analysis

Download or read book Compositional Data Analysis written by Vera Pawlowsky-Glahn and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-09-19 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is difficult to imagine that the statistical analysis of compositional data has been a major issue of concern for more than 100 years. It is even more difficult to realize that so many statisticians and users of statistics are unaware of the particular problems affecting compositional data, as well as their solutions. The issue of ``spurious correlation'', as the situation was phrased by Karl Pearson back in 1897, affects all data that measures parts of some whole, such as percentages, proportions, ppm and ppb. Such measurements are present in all fields of science, ranging from geology, biology, environmental sciences, forensic sciences, medicine and hydrology. This book presents the history and development of compositional data analysis along with Aitchison's log-ratio approach. Compositional Data Analysis describes the state of the art both in theoretical fields as well as applications in the different fields of science. Key Features: Reflects the state-of-the-art in compositional data analysis. Gives an overview of the historical development of compositional data analysis, as well as basic concepts and procedures. Looks at advances in algebra and calculus on the simplex. Presents applications in different fields of science, including, genomics, ecology, biology, geochemistry, planetology, chemistry and economics. Explores connections to correspondence analysis and the Dirichlet distribution. Presents a summary of three available software packages for compositional data analysis. Supported by an accompanying website featuring R code. Applied scientists working on compositional data analysis in any field of science, both in academia and professionals will benefit from this book, along with graduate students in any field of science working with compositional data.

Book Baking

    Book Details:
  • Author : Arnold Zabert
  • Publisher : HP Books
  • Release : 1987
  • ISBN : 9780895864994
  • Pages : 284 pages

Download or read book Baking written by Arnold Zabert and published by HP Books. This book was released on 1987 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book How to Be a Programmer

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robert L. Read
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2016-04-01
  • ISBN : 9781367936843
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book How to Be a Programmer written by Robert L. Read and published by . This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide on how to be a Programmer - originally published by Robert L Read https://braydie.gitbooks.io/how-to-be-a-programmer/content/