The triumphal procession was a prominent and important iconographical tool used by Italian Renaissance rulers in an effort to create and enforce a powerful personal mythology. Independent rulers in fifteenth-century Italy used the motif of the Roman triumph or pompa triumphalis, for self-aggrandizement and personal expression. The image of the triumph, for them, became an immensely significant concetto used in the construction of their personal image.
The triumphal motif was personalized and used, often in a propagandistic fashion, to illustrate to the court and the public a ruler??™s individual admirable qualities. The iconographical construction of the triumphal motif remained virtually unchanged from its Roman prototype while its meaning and intention shifted radically depending upon who used it. Renaissance rulers engaged the motif in a variety of media and in both public and personal manifestations to exemplify and glorify their own personal identities.
The interest in triumphal arches, processions and imagery coincided with and was fostered by the revival of classical antiquity in all its forms which developed during the Renaissance. The triumphal arch and triumphal procession were recognized in the Renaissance as tangible and powerful bearers of meaning which immediately reflected the power and glory of classical antiquity. Furthermore, for Renaissance rulers, triumphal imagery represented a genre which was replete with connotations of power, victory, rulership, and splendor.

Mastering AutoCAD 2005 and AutoCAD LT 2005 is a fully updated edition of Omura's enduring masterpiece. Once again, he delivers the most comprehensive and comprehensible coverage for AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT users including information on the Sheet Set Manager, field command, table tool and the software's other productivity enhancers. If you've never used AutoCAD, the tutorial approach and step-by-step instruction will help you get started right away. If you're an AutoCAD veteran, in-depth explanations of AutoCAD's newest and most advanced features will help you become an AutoCAD expert. Whatever your experience, however you use AutoCAD, you'll refer to this indispensable resource again and again.
Coverage includes:
??” Finding your way around the AutoCAD interface ??” Creating and developing an AutoCAD drawing ??” Keeping track of your projects with the new sheet set manager ??” Importing spreadsheets and editing tables with the new Table tool ??” Updating text automatically with the new field command ??” Controlling your drawings' printed output ??” Discovering hidden features ??” Mastering the 3D modeling and rendering process ??” Customizing AutoCAD ??” Linking drawings to databases and spreadsheets ??” Managing custom symbols ??” Securing and authenticating your files ??” Aligning and coordinating Layout views ??” Using Publish to share files with non-AutoCAD users
??” Aligning and coordinating Layout views ??” Using Publish to share files with non-AutoCAD users

Perhaps the most important key to success for sellers on eBay is providing good photographs of their products. In eBay Photography the Smart Way, eBay expert Joseph Sinclair teams up with professional product photographer Stanley Livingston to give readers easy-to-follow instructions for taking better pictures, helping them show off their products to the greatest possible effect.
Paving the way for higher profits, the book shows how to:
* shop for and buy a digital camera
* shoot any kind of product
* photgraph and display entire product inventories
* create great thumbnails
* process photos with image editors
* use angles, lighting, studio props, and backgrounds
* organize process and work flow
On eBay, better pictures mean higher sales. eBay Photography the Smart Way reveals how to take great photos that give customers the confidence to buy online what they can't see in person.

This is the definitive guide to the new version of the world's top desktop digital video tool. It includes tutorials, tips, and tricks for editing digital video in Premiere -- as well as how to create special effects in Premiere and AfterEffects, Electrifier and other apps. Adobe Premiere 6 Bible demonstrates how to professionally integrate narration, music and/or sound effects with moving images; and shows you how to create digital video productions out of movies shot on a camcorder -- for home or business uses. Plus, you get a Mac/Windows CD-ROM loaded with video-based tutorials, a library of usable video clips and sample effects, useful video filters and utilities, and tryouts.

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Establishing a successful color management workflow that produces predictable results is an important ??“ yet tricky ??“ undertaking. Most photographers are all too familiar with the frustration of a print not matching the image on the monitor. In Color Confidence, digital imaging expert Tim Grey provides the crucial information you need to get the color you want, every time.
His results-oriented guide shows you how to manage color effectively across all devices. He demystifies complicated topics and takes you through each component of a color-managed workflow step-by-step. Designed for busy photographers, this full-color guide cuts through the theory, focusing on the practical information you need to make the best color decisions from capture to output.

It cuts to the chase with how to get great animal, wedding, nature, people etc,..shots. It explains in detail what settings you should use for each shot as well as what settings the pros use for all the great magazine photos. I flip through this book about every week just for a refresher. I also take this book along with me in my camera bag too.

Learn to remove wrinkles, unwanted backgrounds or color casts, image flaws or 10extra pounds so images look better than reality. Photoshop Restoration andRetouching, 2/E has been updated with new techniques, new projects, and new screenshots. It will take you through numerous step-by-step examples that highlight the tools and techniques used by professional digital artists to restore valuable antique images, retouch portraits and enhance glamour photography. This book features dozens of tutorials that will show users of all skill levels how to transform faded, damaged photographs intobeautiful images that are as clear and crisp as the day they were taken.

The smart way to learn Microsoft Office Visio 2007one step at a time! Work at your own pace through the easy numbered steps, practice files on CD, helpful hints, and troubleshooting tips to master the fundamentals of working with the latest version of Office Visio. Youll discover how to create and format shapes and diagrams, create project schedules with Gantt charts, create organization charts, and lay out office spaces. Youll also learn the basics of creating network diagrams, integrating data with your diagrams, and analyzing data with PivotDiagrams. Youll also master building your own templates as well as integrating Visio diagrams into other Office documents. With Step by Step, you can take just the lessons you need, or work from cover to cover. Either way, you drive the instruction!

Key Book Benefits:
-Describes how to navigate the new user interface
-Includes a quick reference card to new features in Visio 2007
-Lets you take just the lessons you need or work from cover to cover--you set the pace
-Includes coverage of all the fundamentals, including creating diagrams, business drawings, organization charts, and more
-Features easy-to-follow lessons and hands-on skill-building exercises
-Includes an easy-to-use companion CD with practice files and other resources

George Maestri broke new ground with his first book, , which quickly became a fixture on the recommended reading list of just about every contemporary digital animator. It demonstrated solid methods for building characters and preparing them for animation, and touched on animation itself, all the while staying away from hardware and software specifics. Maestri explained the "why" of doing something. It was up to you to know "how."
The second volume, Digital Character Animation 2: Advanced Techniques, delves deeper into the art of animation itself without losing its digital perspective and yet while still maintaining some distance from hardware platforms and software applications.
The book cuts right to the chase; there are no chapters on modeling, lighting, or rendering. Every chapter focuses on character motivation, character movement, framing a story, preparing a character for animation, and acting itself. As the animator, you are also an actor, and the more you know about acting, the better you can animate.
As if one section about motion isn't enough, there are separate sections on "human motion," "animal motion," and "anthropomorphic animation," each with some powerful visual examples and demonstrations on ancillary topics such as rigging the underlying skeletal structures and creating morph targets.
This book may not be the massive tome that something like is, but in its 200-plus pages is more information designed to help animators of any level take their careers up one notch. --Mike Caputo