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Astronomical Cybersketching Observational Drawing with PDAs and Tablet PCs

:	Peter Grego
:	Astronomical Cybersketching Observational Drawing with PDAs and Tablet PCs
:	Springer-Verlag
:	9780387853512
:	1
:	CHF 31.30
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:	Astronomie
:	English

:	222
:	Wasserzeichen
:	PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
:	PDF

SketchingtheSkies Suddenly and without warning, a new star appeared in the night sky, and everyone in the community was alarmed. Nobody could remember having seen its like before. Dazzling to look at, this unexpected intruder in the heavenly vault gave off a light that almost rivaled that of the full Moon, drowning out the familiar patterns of stars with its glare. The new star's steady white light penetrated deep into the sacred cave, illuminating an age-old patchwork of intricately drawn pictographs; some of these depicted terrestrial objects and events, from mundane sketches of bison to vast and sweeping panoramic images of wild galloping horses. Other scenes showed celestial phenomena, such as the phases of the Moon and prominent asterisms, or star patterns. The next morning, accompanied by solemn chanting in which the entire c- munity participated, an elderly shaman entered the sacred cave by the light of a fiery brand and selected a suitable area upon which to depict the new star. Once the artwork was finished, the shaman reappeared at the cave entrance; he held out his arms wide to the slowly brightening morning skies and announced that the pow- ful magic of the new star had been captured and could now be used to ensure the continuing prosperity of his tribe.

Peter Grego has recently written The Moon and How to Observe it for Springer. He has eight other published astronomy books to his credit. And is working on Mercury and Venus and How to Observe Them for Springer. Living in the UK, he is a well-known writer and practical amateur astronomer. He has contributed to many other books, and has more than 100 published articles to his credit. He is the Lunar Topographic Co-ordinator and Editor of the BAA Lunar Section journal, The New Moon.

	Patrick Moore s Practical Astronomy Series	2
	AstronomicalCybersketching	3
	Acknowledgements	6
	Contents	7
	About the Author	8
	Introduction	9
	Sketching the Skies	9
	Why Draw?	11
	Technological Aids	13
	Part 1: Hardware: Past, Present, and Future	15
	From Carefully Tooled Gears to Totally Cool Gear	16
	The Antikythera Mechanism	18
	Deus Ex Machina	19
	Lookers and Optick Tubes	21
	The Clockwork Universe	24
	Making a Difference	25
	Computers with Punch	26
	Electronic Brains	27
	The Birth of Computer Graphics	30
	Memories of the Space Age	34
	Integrated Advances	35
	Moore s Law	37
	Computers Get Personal	38
	Apple Ladles on the Sauce	42
	The Windows of Change	46
	Desktop Essentials	47
	Specs Appeal	47
	Consider the Aged	48
	Bettering RAM	49
	Going for a Drive	50
	The Mouse Squeaks Up	51
	Graphics Tablets	54
	Digital Notepads	57
	Getting the Picture	58
	View Tubes	58
	Crystal Clarity	62
	Dazzling Displays	63
	Passive Resistance	65
	LCDs Get Active	65
	Problem Pixels	66
	Different Aspects	66
	Printing and Scanning	67
	Printworks	68
	Scanners	70
	A Few Scanning Tips	72
	Digital Imaging - A Useful Cybersketching Tool	73
	Digicams	74
	Mobile Phone and PDA Cameras	76
	Digital SLRs	78
	Camcorders	78
	Webcams	80
	The Power of the Portable	83
	Power in Your Lap	83
	Touchscreens	86
	Doing It with Stylus	88
	Tablet PCs	90
	Some Tablet Comparisons	92
	Handheld Cyberware	97
	Palms	98
	WinCE	100
	The Outer Limits	107
	Portable Data Storage	108
	Floppy Disks	108
	CD/DVD Storage	109
	Flash Memory on the Cards	110
	Part 2: Software and How to Use It	119
	Electronic Skies	120
	Planetaria	121
	Celestial Tourism	122
	Databases and Other Reference Works	122
	Peripheral Software and Utilities	123
	Astronomy Programs for Planning and Researching Observations	123
	PDA Program Installation in Vista	142
	In Graphic Realms	143
	Vectors and Bitmaps	143
	Color Depth	144
	Color Perception	146
	Image Formats	148
	Some Commonly Used Graphic Formats	149
	Graphics Programs for Cybersketching	151
	Screen Capture	159
	Basic Drawing Tools	160
	Paint Tool	161
	Filters	164
	Blurring and Sharpening	167
	Fills	171
	Working in Layers	171
	Resampling and Resizing	172
	End Game	173
	Vector Graphics	173
	Cybersketching Challenges	175
	Observational Field Drawings	175
	PDA Cybersketching	178
	Making Freehand Field Cybersketches of Lunar Features on a PDA	179
	Saving Cybersketches to PDA	182
	Making Freehand Field Cybersketches of Deep Sky Objects on a PDA	183
	Basic Freehand DSO Cybersketches	184
	Jupiter on a PDA	189
	Colored Double Stars on a PDA	191
	Observational Cybersketching on a Tablet PC/UMPC	191
	Observational Drawing Aided by Digital Images	197
	Simultaneous Cybersketching	198
	Sketching from Live or Recorded Images	198
	Live Deep Sky Sketching Using a Video Camera	198
	Using Digital Image Templates to Make Lunar Observational Drawings	201
	Observational Lunar Sketches Based on a Near-Live Digital Image Template	202
	Digitally Revitalizing Conventional Observational Drawings	209
	Halftoning	209
	Glossary	212
	Index	218