Focusing on the artistic process beyond photography, this manual guides readers in using Photoshop to create unique wedding albums. It outlines steps for reviewing images, crafting storylines, and designing montages, with 10 projects of varying complexity. Detailed screenshots illustrate techniques, while strategies for album cover design are also provided. A companion website offers downloadable practice files for hands-on learning. This guide emphasizes the value of graphic design skills in enhancing a photo studio's marketability through sophisticated image manipulation.
Leet Noobs captures the journey of a group of gamers navigating the complexities of online gaming culture. The narrative explores themes of friendship, rivalry, and the impact of digital interactions on real-life relationships. Through humor and relatable experiences, it delves into the world of gaming, showcasing both the challenges and triumphs faced by its characters as they strive to improve their skills and find their place within the gaming community.
The first-ever English translation of the most important masterworks of Chen Style Taiji, as originally published by the renowned grandmaster Chen Zhaopi Chen Zhaopi (1893-1972) is universally recognized as a preeminant grandmaster of Chen Style taijiquan, an ancient martial art that is the foundation of all taijiquan schools. During his lifetime, Chen was lineage successor and teacher to Chen Village's current generation of senior masters, including Chen Xiaowang, Wang Xi'an, Chen Zhenglei, Zhu Tiancai, and the late Chen Qingzhou. This book is the first-ever English translation of key selections from his seminal 1935 publication, Chen Style Taijiquan Collected Masterworks. Gathered together are taijiquan's most important texts dating back to its earliest period of development. These include the writings of its putative creator, Chen Wangting, and its reorganizer, Chen Changxing, and the biographies of eminent family members such as Chen Zhongshen. Author and translator Mark Chen's commentary provides readers with the most complete picture of taijiquan's origins, evolution, and theory to date. Also included is a step-by-step, pictorial exposition of Chen taijiquan's "old frame" first form, demonstrated by Chen Zhaopi himself.
Chen Family (or Chen Style) Taiji is the ancestor of all Taiji systems. Unlike many of the easy, meditative Taiji forms practiced in the West, Chen Style Taiji is a highly evolved martial art. Newcomers to the art will find useful information on how to identify a qualified instructor, while the martial arts theorist will find a thorough discussion concerning the origins and evolution of Taiji.
