Photonic Crystals: Towards Nanoscale Photonic Devices

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Just like the periodical crystalline potential in solid-state crystals determines their properties for the conduction of electrons, the periodical structuring of photonic crystals leads to envisioning the possibility of achieving a control of the photon flux in dielectric and metallic materials.

The use of photonic crystals as a cage for storing, filtering or guiding light at the wavelength scale thus paves the way to the realisation of optical and optoelectronic devices with ultimate properties and dimensions. This should contribute toward meeting the demands for a greater miniaturisation that the processing of an ever increasing number of data requires.

Photonic Crystals intends to provide students and researchers from different fields with the theoretical background needed for modelling photonic crystals and their optical properties, while at the same time presenting the large variety of devices, from optics to microwaves, where photonic crystals have found applications. As such, it aims at building bridges between optics, electromagnetism and solid-state physics.

This book was written by six specialists of nanophotonics, and was coordinated by Jean-Michel Lourtioz, head of the Institut d’Électronique Fondamentale in Orsay and coordinator of the French Research Network in Nanophotonics.

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The Essential Guide to Flash CS4 with ActionScript

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For any professional designer or developer working in the world of web technologies or multimedia, Flash is the must-have application, and knowing how to use it effectively is vital. Add in ActionScript 3.0, and Flash becomes an even more powerful tool for the development of high-performance web applications.

The Essential Guide to Flash CS4 with ActionScript introduces and explores the possibilities available to you through using Flash CS4. You will learn the aspects basics of Flash’s working environment and, using a step-by-step approach, work through the features of Flash and ActionScript needed to quickly achieve results. From navigating the interface to using graphic tools to write scripts and troubleshoot, you’ll master all of the of deploying highly interactive applications with rich audio, video, and animation.

Written for the beginning-to-intermediate Flash user, this book uses complete examples that highlight best practices that you can apply to your daily work as a developer or designer in today’s rich media world.

• Learn to create and manage assets in Flash using the graphics tools and the library.
• Acquire a comprehensive understanding of animation using the new Motion Editor and inverse kinematics tools.
• Discover the dynamic world of ActionScript development including classes, events, and XML.
• Learn to use and customize Flash’s UI components.
• Become familiar with audio and video assets including preparation and integration.
• Debug, publish, and deploy Flash applications for the Web with Flash Player and the desktop using the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR).

Summary of Contents

• Part One: Basics
  • Chapter 1: How It All Began
  • Chapter 2: The New Interface of Flash CS4
  • Chapter 3: Drawing with Flash’s Vector Tools
  • Chapter 4: External Assets and Symbol Management
  • Chapter 5: Working with Blends, Filters, and 3D Transformations
• Part Two: Animation
  • Chapter 6: Basic Animation in Flash
  • Chapter 7: Playing with Dolls: Introducing Flash IK
• Part Three: ActionScript
  • Chapter 8: The Programming Primer: A Flash Designer’s Intro to ActionScript 3.0
  • Chapter 9: The Building Blocks of Interactivity
  • Chapter 10: Learning the Display Model and Bringing It All Together
  • Chapter 11: Managing External Assets and Communication
  • Chapter 12: XML: The Best Way In and Out of Flash
• Part Four: Additional User Interfaces
  • Chapter 13: Working with Text and Strings
  • Chapter 14: Using Components
• Part Five: Enhanced Media Development
  • Chapter 15: Using the Adobe Media Encoder—A Crash Course
  • Chapter 16: Working with Audio in Flash
  • Chapter 17: Working with Video in Flash
• Part Six: Preparing Your Project for Deployment
  • Chapter 18: Publishing, Exporting, and Debugging Your Flash Project
  • Chapter 19: Building AIR Applications with Flash CS4

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Programming Role Playing Games with DirectX

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No game draws a player into its world in quite the same way as a role-playing game does. In role-playing games, players break through the barrier that exists between their actions and the fantastic world that they’re navigating through and instead become an inhabitant of that world. Get ready to put your creative ideas in motion and try your hand at creating your own role-playing game! “Programming Role Playing Games with DirectX, 2nd Edition” will show you how to do it as you create cool graphics and combat engines, handle players in your game, use scripts and items, and make your game multiplayer-capable.

This book breaks a role-playing game down into its essential components, examining the details of each and showing you how to use them in your game project. Learn how to draw with DirectX Graphics, play audio with DirectX Audio, network with DirectPlay,and process input with DirectInput. By the time you finish, you’ll possess the skills you need to create a complete role-playing game.

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THE FOCAL EASY GUIDE TO MACROMEDIA FLASH 8

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Get up and running fast with Macromedia Flash 8 with this unique introductory guide!

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Designing Online Learning with Flash

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There is a need for a book that provides a model of learning that is appropriate for online learning as well as teaches the user how to create potent Flash applications to deliver online learning content.