Senin, 30 September 2013

Wow! eBook: Unity 4.x Cookbook - 5 new eBooks


Wow! eBook: Unity 4.x Cookbook - 5 new eBooks

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Unity 4.x Cookbook

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 09:30 AM PDT

Book Description

Covering the latest version (Unity 4) of this established game engine, the Unity 4.x Cookbook explores a wide range of 3D, animation, multimedia, and scripting game features.

The power of Unity 4 is demonstrated through the 10 chapters covering many of this game engine's features.

“Unity 4.x Cookbook” helps you learn how to make the most of the powerful but easy-to-use Unity 4 game engine.

Every Unity game developer is different. Some come from a multimedia background, some are new to game development, and some are transferring from other engines. Whatever your background, with the breadth and depth of topics covered you should find new features and techniques to enhance your next game.

This book offers detailed, easy-to-follow, step-by-step recipes helping you master a wide range of Unity game features.

Chapters are provided focusing on the basics; audio, cameras, images, materials and animations, GUIs, external resources and devices, directional and artificial intelligence character control, and performance optimization.

“Unity 4.x Cookbook” provides a collection of ideas and resources that should offer new and useful techniques for every Unity game developer to enhance their next game.

What you will learn from this book

  • Enhance your character`s animation in real time using Unity`s new Mecanim system
  • Measure and control time, including pausing the game, displaying clocks and countdown timers, and even implementing "bullet time" effects
  • Work with cameras, images, and the Shuriken practical system, to create mini-maps, control zooming, and depth of field, and switch between cameras
  • Define materials for reflections, transparency, specular and self-illumination of materials, and cloudy outdoor effects
  • Use artificial intelligence techniques to make non-player character objects seek, follow, flee each other, or follow a waypoint sequence, and even flock together like a herd of animals
  • Make your game communicate with Microsoft Kinect cameras, for control of game characters, and even to record your own motion capture
  • Improve GUIS with real-time radars, custom mouse cursors, analogue and digital clocks, color section dialogs, mouse over material highlighting, graphical power-bars, and a flexible inventory class
  • Save and load text, XML, or media assets from local or remote sources, and communicate with websites and their databases to create online scoreboards

Approach
Cookbook.

Who this book is for
From beginners to advanced users, from artists to coders, this book is for you and everyone in your team!

This book is for anyone who wants to explore a wide range of Unity scripting and multimedia features and to find ready to use solutions to many game features. Programmers can explore multimedia features, and multimedia developers can try their hand at scripting.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 386 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (June 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849690421
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849690423
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HLSL Development Cookbook

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 09:26 AM PDT

Book Description

3D graphics are becoming increasingly more realistic and sophisticated as the power of modern hardware improves. The High Level Shader Language (HLSL) allows you to harness the power of shaders within DirectX 11, so that you can push the boundaries of 3D rendering like never before.

HLSL Development Cookbook will provide you with a series of essential recipes to help you make the most out of different rendering techniques used within games and simulations using the DirectX 11 API.

This book is specifically designed to help build your understanding via practical example. This essential Cookbook has coverage ranging from industry-standard lighting techniques to more specialist post-processing implementations such as bloom and tone mapping. Explained in a clear yet concise manner, each recipe is also accompanied by superb examples with full documentation so that you can harness the power of HLSL for your own individual requirements.

What you will learn from this book

  • Learn about different light sources in both forward and deferred implementations
  • Take your dynamic lighting to the next level with shadow map support
  • Discover a range of post processing effects like bloom and tone mapping
  • Implement 3D elements such as decals, rain, and more
  • Harness various screen space techniques that help augment the visual quality of your work

Approach
Written in an engaging yet practical manner, HLSL Development Cookbook allows you to pick the recipes you need as and when they are required.

Who this book is for
If you have some basic Direct3D knowledge and want to give your work some additional visual impact by utilizing advanced rendering techniques, then this book is for you. It is also ideal for those seeking to make the transition from DirectX 9 to DirectX 11, and those who want to implement powerful shaders with the High Level Shader Language (HLSL).

Book Details

  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (June 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849694206
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849694209
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Corona SDK Application Design

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 09:22 AM PDT

Book Description

Corona SDK is a software development kit, which allows programmers to build mobile applications on iOS and Android devices. It is used by developers to build, both business and gaming apps at record speeds.

“Corona SDK Application Design” will show you the power behind Corona SDK and how to make best use of its features to create your own apps. Learn to create apps using your unique ideas quickly and easily.’

You will start with a quick introduction to Corona SDK and the Lua programming language. Follow examples for creating a business as well as a gaming app to help you learn how to utilize Corona's built-in features effectively to develop professional-looking apps with excellent functionality. Soon you will be confident enough to create your own apps and publish them on popular app stores. Towards the end of the book the author shares some of his own tried and tested marketing techniques to help you get your app seen and downloaded by as many people as possible.

What you will learn from this book

  • Learn the basics of Lua to start developing apps
  • Create a business application for a local business
  • Develop a fun puzzle game suitable for kids and adults
  • Use Corona's exclusive Storyboard feature
  • Make your game available to the public

Approach
A step by step tutorial that focuses on everything from setup to deployment of basic apps.

Who this book is for
Have you ever wanted to create your own app? Then this book is for you. You will learn how to create apps using Corona SDK and how to publish your app so others can get a glimpse of your creation. This book is aimed at both Android and iOS app developers. The reader must have basic knowledge of app development.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 98 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (June 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849697361
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849697361
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Atlassian Confluence 5 Essentials

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 09:15 AM PDT

Book Description

Every idea, concept, and project needs documentation, which is traditionally kept in a variety of documents on different devices. Confluence 5 centralizes that documentation and provides it in one single location, available from almost any device and location.

Atlassian Confluence 5 Essentials is a practical, hands-on guide explaining not only how to install and administrate Confluence, but also everything you need to create, share, and collaborate on your documentation. This book will give you everything you need to get started with Confluence.

Before you can start creating content, Confluence needs to be available. That is exactly where we start with this book; installing Confluence. Through a number of clear, practical exercises you will go from installation and administration, to creating content and involving your teammates.

This book will teach you how to quickly create compelling content. You will learn how to involve your teammates in the process, using the Confluence workbox and share features. You will learn how Confluence can be customized with regards to look and feel, extra functionality, and integration with other tools, so that there is nothing in your way when you want to introduce Confluence 5 within your organisation.

If you need to develop better collaboration on mission critical projects, then this book is for you!

What you will learn from this book

  • Install and configure Confluence 5 correctly and efficiently
  • Control access to Confluence, securing your company's valuable information and keeping it private
  • Create compelling and engaging content that's well organized and easy to find
  • Share content effectively between and across teams for better collaboration
  • Use tasks and mentions to involve other people in Confluence and your process
  • Best practices for installing, configuring, running, and extending Confluence
  • Customize Confluence to make it look and feel a part of your organisation
  • Extend Confluence with add-ons to add extra functionality and integration

Approach
Atlassian Confluence 5 Essentials is written in a friendly, tutorial style packed full of practical information to help get you started with Confluence and collaborating on projects more efficiently.

Who this book is for
If you just started with Confluence, as a user or administrator, this book will give you a running start and teach you everything you need to know. This book will also appeal to veteran users as it will give you new insights and tricks for how to use Confluence even more efficiently. All you need to get started with this book is some basic knowledge on how to use an Internet browser. As an administrator, you will need some basic knowledge about your organization's standard operating environment to install Confluence.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 334 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (June 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849689520
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849689526
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Getting Started with Amazon Redshift

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 09:06 AM PDT

Book Description

Amazon Redshift is a fast, fully managed, petabyte-scale data warehouse service. It provides an excellent approach to analyzing all your data using your existing business intelligence tools.

Getting Started with Amazon Redshift is an easy-to-read, descriptive guide that breaks down the complex topics of data warehousing and Amazon Redshift. You will learn the fundamentals of Redshift technology and how to implement your own Redshift cluster, through practical, real-world examples. This exciting new technology is a powerful tool in your arsenal of data management and this book is a must-have to implement and manage your next enterprise Data Warehouse.

Packed with detailed descriptions, diagrams, and explanations, Getting Started with Amazon Redshift will bring you along, regardless of your current level of understanding, to a point where you will feel comfortable with running your own Redshift cluster. The author’s own experiences will give you an understanding of what you will need to consider when working with your own data. You will also learn about how compression has been implemented and what that means relative to a column store database structure. As you progress, you will gain an understanding of monitoring techniques, performance considerations, and what it will take to successfully run your Amazon Redshift cluster on a day-to-day basis. There truly is something in this book for everyone who is interested in learning about this technology.

What you will learn from this book

  • Provision your own Redshift cluster
  • Connect third party tools and software to your Redshift cluster
  • Load data using Redshift’s copy tools and manage your data files
  • Manage queries through the implementation of Workload Management
  • Gain an understanding of the underlying architecture, everything from a detailed view of compression, to column store block-level storage
  • Resize your cluster and use Redshift scalability to expand and grow with ease as your data storage needs grow

Approach
Getting Started With Amazon Redshift is a step-by-step, practical guide to the world of Redshift. Learn to load, manage, and query data on Redshift.

Who this book is for
This book is for CIOs, enterprise architects, developers, and anyone else who needs to get familiar with RedShift. The CIO will gain an understanding of what their technical staff is working on; the technical implementation personnel will get an in-depth view of the technology, and what it will take to implement their own solutions.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 154 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (June 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1782178082
  • ISBN-13: 978-1782178088
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