The Official, Full-Color Guide to Developing Interactive Visualizations, Animations, and Renderings with Unreal Engine 4 Unreal Engine 4 (UE4) was created to develop video games, but it has gone viral among architecture, science, engineering, and medical visualization communities. UE4’s stunning visual quality, cutting-edge toolset, unbeatable price (free!), and unprecedented ease of use redefines the state of the art and has turned the gaming, film, and visualization industries on their heads. Unreal Engine 4 for Design Visualization delivers the knowledge visualization professionals need to leverage UE4’s immense power. World-class UE4 expert Tom Shannon introduces Unreal Engine 4’s components and technical concepts, mentoring you through the entire process of building outstanding visualization content–all with realistic, carefully documented, step-by-step sample projects. Shannon answers the questions most often asked about UE4 visualization, addressing issues ranging from data import and processing to lighting, advanced materials, and rendering. He reveals important ways in which UE4 works differently from traditional rendering systems, even when it uses similar terminology. Throughout, he writes from the perspective of visualization professionals in architecture, engineering, or science–not gaming. <ul>
<li>Understand UE4’s components and development environment</li> <li>Master UE4’s pipeline from source data to delivered application</li> <li>Recognize and adapt to the differences between UE4 and traditional visualization and rendering techniques</li> <li>Achieve staggering realism with UE4’s Physically Based Rendering (PBR) Materials, Lighting, and Post-Processing pipelines</li> <li>Create production-ready Materials with the interactive real-time Material Editor</li> <li>Quickly set up projects, import massive datasets, and populate worlds with accurate visualization data</li> <li>Develop bright, warm lighting for architectural visualizations</li> <li>Create pre-rendered animations with Sequencer</li> <li>Use Blueprints Visual Scripting to create complex interactions without writing a single line of code</li> <li>Work with (and around) UE4’s limitations and leveraging its advantages to achieve your vision</li> </ul>All UE4 project files and 3ds Max source files, plus additional resources and links, are available at the book's companion website.

Unreal Engine 4 for Design Visualization: Developing Stunning Interactive Visualizations, Animations, and Renderings (Game Design)

Computers & Technology

Shannon, Tom

Games & Strategy Guides

Addison-Wesley Professional

Invisible Crying Tree

In 1992, Christopher Morgan joined a prison penfriend scheme. He was allocated Tom Shannon, a murderer, serving a life sentence. Through the exchange of their letters, which were never intended for publication, two very different men became friends. This book tells the story of their friendship.

Children's Books

MORGAN, Christopher

Education & Reference

Transworld Publishers

KISS is still one of the hottest bands in the world today and the most collectible musical group, next to Elvis and the Beatles. This book, featuring 2,000 listings and 500 color photos of the band's merchandise, offers detailed listings for every U.S. recording, as well as a large number of foreign releases. There are also detailed listings of more than 250 licensed products produced from 1974-1998, from action figures, Beanies and die-cast cars, to Halloween costumes, posters and videos.

Goldmine Kiss Collectibles Price Guide

Arts & Photography

Music

Krause Pubns Inc

Thirty-plus years of pyrotechnics and psycho-circus showmanship have created a wild and devoted population of KISS fans. In Warman's style, this handy and spectacularly illustrated book gives members of the KISS Army a resource as devoted as they are.
Collectors will find a list of every U.S. KISS recording, including background and pricing, plus more than 400 color photos! Production details and values for thousands of licensed KISS collectibles including action figures, Beanies, costumes, die-cast cars, posters and much more is also featured!
As one of the leading collectibles on the market, behind the Beatles and Elvis, this must-have reference captures the raging hysteria of KISS like nothing else.
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<li>400 color photos show details of favorite collectibles</li>
<li>Contains band and recording history to give collectors a glimpse behind the make up</li>
<li>Affordable and portable size makes it a perfect give</li>
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Warman's Kiss Collectibles Field Guide: Values And Identification

Polperro Heritage Press

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