Tabla de Contenidos: “…Deleting Alpha Channels -- Basic Channel Stunts -- Selecting Objects with Channels -- Creating a Silhouette Effect -- Lightening and Darkening Channels -- Combining Channels -- Sharpening Individual Channels -- Part Two: Editing Images -- Chapter 6: Cropping, Resizing, and Rotating -- Cropping Images -- The Rule of Thirds -- Creative Cropping -- The Crop Tool -- Cropping with Selection Tools -- Trimming Photos Down to Size -- Cropping and Straightening Photos -- Cropping and Straightening in Camera Raw -- Resizing Images -- Pixels and Resolution -- The Mighty Image Size Dialog Box -- Resizing Images for Print -- Resizing for Email and the Web -- Resizing Web Images for Print -- Resizing Images for Presentations -- Resizing Smart Objects -- Automated Resizing with the Image Processor -- Resizing the Canvas -- Content-Aware Scaling -- Rotating and Distorting -- Simple Rotations -- The Transformers -- Chapter 7: Combining Images -- Cut It Out -- Pasting into a Selection -- Sky Swapping -- Fading Images Together -- Soft Erasers -- Soft Brushes and Layer Masks -- Gradient Masks -- Layer Blend Modes -- Normal and Dissolve Blend Modes -- Darken Blend Modes -- Lighten Blend Modes -- Lighting (Contrast) Blend Modes -- Comparative Blend Modes -- Composite Blend Modes -- Hiding Backgrounds with Blending Sliders -- Auto-Aligning Layers and Photomerge -- Building Panoramas with Photomerge -- Auto-Blending Layers -- Cloning Between Documents -- Combining Vectors and Rasters -- Mapping One Image onto Another -- Chapter 8: Draining, Changing, and Adding Color -- Draining Color -- Black &amp -- White Adjustment Layers -- Gradient Map Adjustment Layers -- The Lightness Channel -- Going Grayscale in Camera Raw -- Partial-Color Effect -- Fading Color to Black and White -- High-Contrast Black and White -- The High-Key Effect -- Delicious Duotones -- Changing Color…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 4: Bayesian Networks and Hidden Markov Models -- Conditional probabilities and Bayes' theorem -- Bayesian networks -- Sampling from a Bayesian network -- Direct sampling -- Example of direct sampling -- A gentle introduction to Markov chains -- Gibbs sampling -- Metropolis-Hastings sampling -- Example of Metropolis-Hastings sampling -- Sampling example using PyMC3 -- Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) -- Forward-backward algorithm -- Forward phase -- Backward phase -- HMM parameter estimation -- Example of HMM training with hmmlearn -- Viterbi algorithm -- Finding the most likely hidden state sequence with hmmlearn -- Summary -- Chapter 5: EM Algorithm and Applications -- MLE and MAP learning -- EM algorithm -- An example of parameter estimation -- Gaussian mixture -- An example of Gaussian Mixtures using Scikit-Learn -- Factor analysis -- An example of factor analysis with Scikit-Learn -- Principal Component Analysis -- An example of PCA with Scikit-Learn -- Independent component analysis -- An example of FastICA with Scikit-Learn -- Addendum to HMMs -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Hebbian Learning and Self-Organizing Maps -- Hebb's rule -- Analysis of the covariance rule -- Example of covariance rule application -- Weight vector stabilization and Oja's rule -- Sanger's network -- Example of Sanger's network -- Rubner-Tavan's network -- Example of Rubner-Tavan's network -- Self-organizing maps -- Example of SOM -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Clustering Algorithms -- k-Nearest Neighbors -- KD Trees -- Ball Trees -- Example of KNN with Scikit-Learn -- K-means -- K-means++ -- Example of K-means with Scikit-Learn -- Evaluation metrics -- Homogeneity score -- Completeness score -- Adjusted Rand Index -- Silhouette score -- Fuzzy C-means -- Example of fuzzy C-means with Scikit-Fuzzy -- Spectral clustering -- Example of spectral clustering with Scikit-Learn -- Summary…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Considering Alternate Aspect Ratios -- Creating Panorama Photos -- Horizontal panorama photos -- Vertical panorama photos -- Part 2 Having Fun with the Fundamentals of Photographic Genres -- Chapter 5 Capturing the Perfect Landscape Photograph -- Camera Considerations: Levels and Exposure -- Levelling your camera -- Controlling exposure -- Lighting Considerations -- Photograph during the magic hours -- Timing the magic hours -- Gear Considerations -- Steadying your Android camera with a tripod -- Choosing a lens (for multi-lens Android cameras) -- Photography Tips for Your Next Outing -- Applying the Rule of Thirds for better compositions -- Framing an "L" shaped composition -- Positioning a primary and secondary subject -- Chapter 6 Shooting Sports Photography -- Camera Considerations: Using Burst Mode to Capture Motion -- Gear Considerations -- A tough smartphone protective case -- A smartphone screen protector -- Battery packs or battery cases -- Touch-sensitive gloves in cold weather -- Lighting Considerations -- Photographing into the setting sun -- Capturing team sports with the sun behind you -- Using the setting sun for portraits -- Incorporating cool and warm color tones -- Choosing high contrast lighting -- Photography Tips for Dynamic Sports Photos -- Using your Portrait mode -- Allowing the subject to enter the composition -- Choosing curved backgrounds -- Framing your athletes -- Creating negative space -- Chapter 7 Saving Memories through Family and Individual Portraiture -- Camera Considerations: Portrait Mode and Lenses -- Knowing when to use Portrait mode -- Understanding lens compression -- Gear Considerations: Editing Tools for Better Compositions -- Lighting Considerations -- Avoiding certain types of interior lighting -- Dealing with interior backlighting -- Creating silhouettes for artistic family portraits…”

“…Approximately one hundred examples will be on view, including signature designs such as the bumster trouser, the kimono jacket, and the Origami frock coat, as well as pieces reflecting the exaggerated silhouettes of the 1860s, 1880s, 1890s, and 1950s that he crafted into contemporary silhouettes transmitting romantic narratives. …”

“…Bright watercolor-and-salt techniques provide a winning background to the hand-cut silhouettes of the characters. The lively, humorous story about Coyote and his friends is complemented perfectly by later pages written by Northwestern Shoshone elders on the historical background and cultural heritage of the Shoshone nation…”

“…Les pouvoirs de l’écriture chez Colette, c’est l’art « décrétal » de susciter la présence dans les portraits, de ressusciter les souvenirs d’enfance et leur charge de « sauvageries », mais aussi de créer ou recréer des silhouettes délibérément fictives – Claudine, Gigi, Don Juan – alliant charme et scandale. …”

“…This book showcases new work from over 35 of today’s most forward-thinking textile designers, featuring surface designs, highly-structured textures, and striking silhouettes. Each will be presented through inspirational text and striking visual spreads to include design sketches, work-in-progress photographs, and digital drawings alongside images of cutting-edge furniture, interior textiles, and fashion. …”

“…This study proposes that - rather than trying to discern the normative value of Afropolitanism as an identificatory concept, politics, ethics or aesthetics - Afropolitanism may be best approached as a distinct historical and cultural moment, that is, a certain historical constellation that allows us to glimpse the shifting and multiple silhouettes which Africa, as signifier, as real and imagined locus, embodies in the globalized, yet predominantly Western, cultural landscape of the 21st century. …”

“…The designs of the buildings are like oversized sound boxes, with dancing silhouettes and collapsing lines that are always rushing and echoing. …”

“…These activities focus on themes such as: • Street portraits • Gesture • Shadows • Silhouettes • Rim light • Humor • Abstract • Tension • Motion • Reflections • Leading lines • Creative framing • Juxtapositions • Double exposures • And much, much more! …”

“…It is with one eye in the present, another in the future, and always identifying silhouettes and shadows of the past that The Ripple Effect surveys several expressive cultures and literary manifestations of Brazil, analyzing the historical, cultural, religious, and interactive space that they occupy as artifacts of the country's national identity. …”

“…Through a wide range of evidence, including canonical and obscure novels, newspapers, periodicals, scientific and medical treatises, and plays as well as conduct manuals, portraits, silhouettes, and engravings, Discerning Characters charts the transition from the eighteenth century's emphasis on performance and manners to the search for a more reliable form of corporeal legibility in the wake of the Revolution. …”

“…Using Exposure Compensation to Get the Shot 37. Capturing Great Silhouettes 39. Focus Modes and Focus Points Written in a friendly and approachable manner and illustrated with examples that drive home each lesson, The Enthusiast’s Guide to Exposure is designed to be effective and efficient, friendly and fun. …”

“…Using Exposure Compensation to Get the Shot 37. Capturing Great Silhouettes 39. Focus Modes and Focus Points Written in a friendly and approachable manner and illustrated with examples that drive home each lesson, The Enthusiast’s Guide to Exposure is designed to be effective and efficient, friendly and fun. …”

“…Il regroupe un ensemble de réflexions inquiètes de découvrir, du « labyrinthe enchanté » à « l’exaltation du quotidien », les thèmes, les figures et les formes énonciatives de l’enchantement. On y trouvera les silhouettes du roman arthurien et de Don Quichotte ; on y entendra les musiques de Rousseau et de Chateaubriand, ouvrant le spectacle de deux siècles qui n’en finit pas de dérouler, allegro vivace ou andante, à travers cris et chuchotements, le grand opéra de la modernité…”

“…Sans doute les femmes ont-elles été inévitablement intégrées à ce paysage de la galanterie mais c’est plutôt comme silhouettes interchangeables, aux traits confus, qu’elles s’y installent. …”

“…Le poète et essayiste Henri Thuile (1885-1960) compte parmi les silhouettes les plus discrètes, mais également les plus influentes, de l'Égypte littéraire du début du xxe siècle : sa demeure du Mex, dans les faubourgs d'Alexandrie, fut pendant près de vingt ans le point de ralliement d'auteurs de toutes les origines. …”