Abstract The history of digital image compositing—other than simple digital implementation of known film art—is essentially the history of the alpha channel. Distinctions are drawn between digital printing and digital compositing‚ between matte creation and matte usage‚ and between (binary) masking and (subtle) matting. The history of the integral alpha channel and premultiplied alpha ideas are presented and their importance in the development of digital compositing in its current modern form is made clear
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In numerous movies and stories you’ve seen‚ have you ever heard any of the characters say the cafeteria food has a rich‚ savory‚ and an appetizing look? Probably not. Cafeteria food lacks good quality and taste‚ and is probably one of the reasons why countless students don’t eat during lunch. Students always discuss what if they could change three things in their school’s lunch menu. They would probably have chocolate ice-cream‚ fried chicken or cake every day for lunch if they were given that option
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"Rituals and ceremonies help define a culture. Without them‚ societies or groups of people have a diminished sense of who they are." The rituals and ceremonies that one finds in many societies today are largely relics of the past. They were born at a time when humans were still struggling to understand the awesome powers of nature‚ and thus‚ feared them. At first‚ they were no more than simple pagan rites that were performed to appease the sun god or the rain god. Later on‚ these rituals and ceremonies
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. DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS BIBLIOGRAPHIC REVIEW António Abílio da Silva Couto‚ nº 5195 Cidália Martins Domingues‚ nº 5115 Joaquim Luís Sousa Pereira‚ nº 5194 Paula Marisa da Silva Lima Ferreira‚ nº 5100 Paulo José Branco‚ nº 5198 This work was oriented by Dr. Francisco Coelho ABSTRACT: Deciding for a distribution channel is probably one of the most important actions a marketer has to take in his career. In this work we identified the main distribution channels‚ the external factors that should
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ISSN 2079-8407 Performance Analysis of Cooperative Communication Protocols 1 Rahat Ali Khan‚ 2 Muhammad Abdul Aleem‚ 1 Asad Ali Shaikh Institute of Information and Communication Technology‚ University of Sindh Jamshoro Sindh Pakistan Post code: 76080 2 College of Engineering‚ PAFKIET Karachi Corresponding Author: 1 rahataliikhan@yahoo.com 1 ABSTRACT With the rapid growth of multimedia services‚ future generations of cellular communications require higher data rates and a more reliable transmission
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novel that you have read‚ do you like the ending of the story. Give reasons for your answer. The novel that I have read is Catch Us If You Can. I like the ending because Rory is finally reunited with his father whom he has never met and Granda is also reunited with his long lost son. Rory would now have a chance to get to know his father as well as have a father figure in his life. Now‚ he has someone to rely on and go to for advice. Having a father would also mean that Rory can relinquish
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NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION IN ARABS CULTURE The Arab world is a term to define all of the Arabic-speaking countries stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Arabian Sea in the east‚ and from the Mediterranean Sea in the north to the Horn of Africa and the Indian Ocean in the southeast. It consists of 22 countries and territories with a combined population of some 325 million people spanning two continents. The Arabic language forms a unifying feature of the Arab World. Though different
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discusses how the study of stylistics/language in literature can help improve one’s English language. (1500-2000 words) To answer the question of how stylistics improves one’s English language is to understand the question itself. The word ‘improves’ in the question entails that the person or student already has at least a basic knowledge and understanding of the English Language and he/she wants to make that knowledge better. There are many disciplines that learners of the English language can venture
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TMA 1 DB123 You and your money. Part A a) In the 2000 column the cells add up to 100% because the sample of the survey is the total of people participating on the survey. b) For the year of 1998 the total adds up to 99% the reason for this it could be because the enquired population didn’t have the same number used an the following years. c) The total of the percentage of children living in families with at least 2 children are of 74% ‚ including the 58% of children living with married/cohabitating
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Case 2.1 The Forecast Is Sunny for the Weather Channel! 1. The Weather Channel Web site is very comprehensive and useful. Not only does it supply you with current weather conditions around the globe‚ it also provides you with many other useful services. As would be expected‚ the most prominent features available are weather conditions. You can learn about breaking weather conditions anywhere in the world. By entering your zip code it can give you the weather report for that specific area. Included
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