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BL
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646665
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Manovich, Lev
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| Title & Author
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Software Takes Command : : Extending the Language of New Media /\ by Lev Manovich.
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| Series Statement
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International texts in critical media aesthetics ;; volume #5
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xi, 357 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm.
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| ISBN
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9781623567453 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 1623567459 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 9781623568177 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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: 162356817X (hardcover : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Inventing media software -- Alan Kay's universal media machine -- Understanding metamedia -- Hybridization and evolution -- Hybridization -- Soft evolution -- Software in action -- Media design.
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| Abstract
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"This new book from the celebrated author of The Language of New Media is the first to offer a rigorous theory of the technology we all use daily - software for media authoring, access, and sharing. What motivated developers in the 1960s and '70s to create the concepts and techniques that now underlie contemporary applications like Photoshop, Illustrator, and Final Cut? How do these tools shape the visual aesthetics of contemporary media and design? What happens to the idea of a 'medium' after previously media-specific tools have been simulated and extended into software? Lev Manovich answers these questions through detailed analysis of key media applications such as Photoshop and After Effects, popular web services such as Google Earth, and milestone projects in design, motion graphics, and interactive environments. Software Takes Command is a must for scholars, designers, technologists, and artists concerned with contemporary media and digital culture."--Back cover.
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Computer software-- Social aspects.
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Social media.
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Computers and civilization.
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Mass media-- Technological innovations.
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Computer graphics.
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| Dewey Classification
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006.7
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| LC Classification
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QA 76.9 .C66.M362 2013
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