Enter a whole new dimension with Introducing Maya 2008, your guide to the newest version of Autodesk's Academy-Award winning Maya 3D animation and effects software. Learn to build, render, and animate your own digital models and scenes like the pros with this step-by-step guide. Beginning with the basics, expert author Dariush Derakhshani explains Maya's core tools then moves on to provide straightforward and practical advice on the newest features of Autodesk Maya 2008. You'll get a solid grasp of core 3D and CG concepts while exploring the basics of NURBS, polygons, and subdivision surfaces. Coverage also includes shading and texturing, rigging for automated animation, creating more natural lighting with mental ray soft shadow maps, and using Maya's Render Layers and an Ambient Occlusion pass for greater reality. You'll be inspired by the full-color insert featuring Maya designs created by beginning users and creating awesome animations of your own in no time with this bestselling reference to Maya 2008.

Penetration testing a network requires a delicate balance of art and science. A penetration tester must be creative enough to think outside of the box to determine the best attack vector into his own network, and also be expert in using the literally hundreds of tools required to execute the plan. This second volume adds over 300 new pen testing applications to the pen tester's toolkit. It includes the latest information on Snort, Nessus, Wireshark, Metasploit, Kismet and all of the other major Open Source platforms. It also includes "BackTrack2" on CD, a set of pen testing tools that complements those found on the "Auditor" CD that comes with Volume 1.

The authors of the book are expert penetration testers who have developed many of the leading pen testing tools such as the Metasploit framework. The authors allow the reader inside their heads to unravel the mysteries of things like cross scripting attacks, fuzzing tools, Google hacks, and more.

Covers Metasploit Release 3
Includes BackTrack2 Toolkit
Implements the Snort 2.6, Wireshark, and Nessus

Âíèìàíèå! Ó âàñ íåò ïðàâ äëÿ ïðîñìîòðà ñêðûòîãî òåêñòà.

IDA Pro is a Windows or Linux hosted multi-processor disassembler and debugger that offers so many features it is hard to describe them all. IDA Pro has become the de-facto standard for the analysis of hostile code, vulnerability research and COTS validation.

Âíèìàíèå! Ó âàñ íåò ïðàâ äëÿ ïðîñìîòðà ñêðûòîãî òåêñòà.

Review
"This is the first serious attempt to create a comprehensive reference for all game AI practices, terminology, and know-how. Works like this are badly needed by the maturing video games industry. Systematic yet accessible, it is a must-have for any student or professional." -Marcin Chady, Ph.D., Radical Entertainment

Book Description
Creating robust artificial intelligence is one of the greatest challenges for game developers. The commercial success of a game is often dependent upon the quality of the AI, yet the engineering of AI is often begun late in the development process and is frequently misunderstood. In this book, Ian Millington brings extensive professional experience to the problem of improving the quality of AI in games. A game developer since 1987, he was founder of Mindlathe Ltd., at the time the largest specialist AI company in gaming. Ian shows how to think about AI as an integral part of game play. He describes numerous examples from real games and explores the underlying ideas through detailed case studies. He goes further to introduce many techniques little used by developers today. The books CD-ROM contains a library of C++ source code and demonstration programs, and provides access to a website with a complete commercial source code library of AI algorithms and techniques.

* A comprehensive, professional tutorial and reference to implement true AI in games.
* Walks through the entire development process from beginning to end.
* Includes over 100 pseudo code examples of techniques used in commercial games, case studies for all major genres, a CD-ROM and companion website with extensive C++ source code implementations for Windows, and source code libraries for Linux and OS X available through the website.

3D Canvas is a real-time 3D modeling and animation tool that incorporates an intuitive drag-and-drop approach to 3D modeling.

Complex models can be constructed from simple 3D primitives, or created using 3D Canvas' Object Building Tools. Modeling tools are provided to deform, sculpt, and paint 3D objects.

Creating an animated scene is as simple as positioning the objects within your scene for each point in time in your animation. 3D Canvas will ensure that the resulting animation runs smoothly. Your animation can be stepped through a frame at a time, viewed in real-time, or recorded to a Video (AVI) file so that you can distribute your creation.

Tool roll-up groups allow you to customize the 3D Canvas interface so that only those items you use most frequently are visible. And if you need access to a less frequently used feature, the tool roll-up is always one click away.

The standard version of 3D Canvas is a fully functional product provided as freeware. Upgrades are available for those who require additional features either for game development or for rendering photo-realistic images.

Âíèìàíèå! Ó âàñ íåò ïðàâ äëÿ ïðîñìîòðà ñêðûòîãî òåêñòà.

Introduction to Game Programming with C++ is an exciting book for readers with no previous experience in game development. Starting from the basics of C++ and ending with the intracies of real-time 3D graphics, this book explores the interesting world of game making. It explains how to program, explores the meaning of object-oriented programming, and examines game algorithms, 2D and 3D games, sound and music, and how to create game installers. Overall, this book will introduce you to the world of game development and get you started on the right path to making games that sell.

Your one-stop guide to beginning game programming! Over 700 pages and CD-Rom.

You're interested in programming games but you don't know where to begin. Beginner's Guide to DarkBASIC Game Programming is here to help. You'll be programming games in no time - and with DarkBASIC, you'll be amazed at how little code you have to write! DarkBASIC features more than a thousand commands geared towards game development, giving you a powerful tool as you put your newfound skills into practise.

You'll get coverage of both DarkBASIC and DarkBASIC Professional, as well as the complete DarkBASIC Language Reference on CD. This completely self-contained book is designed to give you all of the skills you need to begin an amazing journey into the world of game development.