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Feng Shui - The Key Concepts    by George Birdsall
Price: $3.99 USD. 28310 words. Published on July 21, 2011. .

Feng Shui - The Key Concepts has sold over 50,000 paperback copies since first published in 1995. The easy to read book overviews all the ideas of feng shui, gives examples of how you can apply it successfully and tells stories about clients who have applied the concepts and found some wonderful "coincidental" changes happen in their lives. You can improve your wealth, relationship & and career.
Massachusetts Covered Bridges    by Harold Stiver
Price: $4.99 USD. 3630 words. Published on December 29, 2011. .

A Source book for Photographers and Explorers Descriptions to all of Massachusetts 11 Remaining Historic Covered Bridges, as well as photos. GPS Positions and written directions. Photo tips for each bridge. A short history of Covered Bridges in North America and a review of the various Truss Types.
Indiana's Covered Bridges    by Harold Stiver
Price: $7.99 USD. 17530 words. Published on August 28, 2012. .

A Source book for Photographers and Explorers. Descriptions to all of Indiana's Remaining Historic Covered Bridges, as well as over a hundred photographs of them. GPS Positions and written directions . Photo tips for each bridge. Step by Step Instructions for your own Self Guided Tour of historic Parke County, see a few or all 31 old Covered Bridges in an easy and fun way.
Chapter 17 - 3D Tracking (3ds Max 2010 Architectural Visualization)    by CGschool (Formerly 3DATS)
Price: $2.99 USD. 8390 words. Published on September 5, 2012. .

Camera matching is the process of accurately recreating a real world camera within a 3D program to match a source photograph or moving image sequence. It is a vital step in the process of creating photomontages.
Chapter 2 - Composition (3ds Max 2010 Architectural Visualization)    by CGschool (Formerly 3DATS)
Price: $2.99 USD. 12810 words. Published on September 25, 2012. .

The best works catch the viewer’s attention and draw them in. But what are the tools and techniques architectural artists can employ to do that? That is the essence of good composition, and what this chapter is about.
Chapter 3 - Advanced mental ray Shaders (3ds Max 2010 Architectural Visualization)    by CGschool (Formerly 3DATS)
Price: $2.99 USD. 7180 words. Published on September 25, 2012. .

In this chapter, I begin by pointing out some of the older material and giving you advice on what not to use anymore for both materials and shaders within mental ray.
Chapter 4 - Advanced Unwrapping (3ds Max 2010 Architectural Visualization)    by CGschool (Formerly 3DATS)
Price: $2.99 USD. 8560 words. Published on September 25, 2012. .

In this chapter, I will try to cover techniques that should save you time and effort when unwrapping your meshes, whether inorganic surfaces or organic, fluid forms. Further on, I will discuss more advanced concepts of UVW mapping and try to explain what those coordinates really are, how they are seen by the 3D software, and how you should approach them for best results.
Chapter 7 - Exposure Lighting Analysis Tools (3ds Max 2010 Architectural Visualization)    by CGschool (Formerly 3DATS)
Price: $2.99 USD. 10120 words. Published on September 25, 2012. .

Exposure Lighting Analysis tools can be used for simulating and analyzing physically based Sun, Sky, and artificial lighting in a 3D scene. Ideal for Architectural projects, these tools can help evaluate light intensity in your designs.
Chapter 8 - Render to Texture (3ds Max 2010 Architectural Visualization)    by CGschool (Formerly 3DATS)
Price: $2.99 USD. 15230 words. Published on September 25, 2012. .

One of the main techniques used to reduce rendering calculation time is to remove all light calculations from a scene. In real time 3D, it is done by pre-processing all lighting solutions prior to loading the 3D content. All these light calculations, complex or not, are put directly into the texture maps of the models. This process is called render to texture or texture baking.
Chapter 6 - Physically Based Materials (3ds Max 2010 Architectural Visualization)    by CGschool (Formerly 3DATS)
Price: $2.99 USD. 5200 words. Published on September 26, 2012. .

This chapter focuses on strategies of how to estimate characteristics of material samples with affordable hardware, such as digital cameras and light metering tools.