The Art of 3D Computer Animation and Effects
by Kerlow, Isaac V.Edition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-04-13
Publisher(s): Wiley
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Summary
The world of 3-D animation and imaging is rapidly expanding and changing. Since the publication of The Art of Computer Animation and Imaging, 3e in 2003, there have been major advancements in software, technique and hardware. This new edition is critical to the continued use of the Kerlow book in both academic and professional settings.
Author Biography
Isaac Kerlow is a director and animation expert with over ten years of production and executive experience at The Walt Disney Company in Los Angeles, California. He is the Founding Dean of the first professional film and animation school in Singapore at the Nanyang Technological University, and a longtime active member of SIGGRAPH and the Visual Effects Society.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | |
| Animation, Visual Effects, and Technology in Context | |
| Summary | |
| A Digital Creative Environment | |
| The Development of the Technology | |
| Visual Milestones: 1969-1989 | |
| Visual Milestones: 1990-Today | |
| Timeline Charts | |
| Key Terms | |
| Creative Development and the Digital Process | |
| Summary | |
| Storytelling | |
| Character Design | |
| Visual and Look Development | |
| Production Strategies | |
| The Digital Computer Animation Studio | |
| Creative and Production Teams | |
| The Production Process of Computer Animation | |
| Getting Started | |
| Key Terms | |
| Modeling | |
| Modeling Concepts | |
| Summary | |
| Space, Objects, and Structures | |
| Building with Numbers | |
| Vertices, Edges, and Facets | |
| Moving Things Around | |
| File Formats for Modeling | |
| Getting Ready | |
| Key Terms | |
| Modeling Techniques | |
| Summary | |
| Introduction | |
| Curved Lines | |
| Geometric Primitives | |
| Sweeping | |
| Free-Form Objects | |
| Basic Modeling Utilities | |
| Real-Time Polygonal Models | |
| Key Terms | |
| Advanced Modeling and Rigging Techniques | |
| Summary | |
| Free-form Curved Surfaces | |
| Subdivision Surfaces | |
| Logical Operators and Trimmed Surfaces | |
| Advanced Modeling Utilities | |
| Procedural Descriptions and Physical Simulations | |
| Photogrammetry and Image-Based Modeling | |
| Amination Rigging and Hierarchical Structures | |
| Getting Ready | |
| Key Terms | |
| Rendering | |
| Rendering Concepts | |
| Summary | |
| Lights, Camera, and Materials | |
| Color | |
| Steps in the Rendering Process | |
| Hidden Surface Removal | |
| Z-Buffer | |
| Ray Tracing | |
| Global Illumination and Radiosity | |
| Image-Based Rendering | |
| Non-Photorealistic Rendering | |
| Hardware Rendering | |
| File Formats for Rendered Images | |
| Getting Ready | |
| Key Terms | |
| The Camera | |
| Summary | |
| Types of Cameras | |
| The Pyramid of Vision | |
| Types of Camera Shots | |
| Types of Lenses | |
| Camera Animation | |
| Getting Ready | |
| Key Terms | |
| Lighting | |
| Summary | |
| Lighting Strategies and Mood | |
| Types of Light Sources | |
| Basic Components of a Light Source | |
| Lighting the Scene | |
| Basic Positions of Light Sources | |
| Getting Ready | |
| Key Terms | |
| Shading and Surface Characteristics | |
| Summary | |
| Surface Shading Techniques | |
| Surface Shaders and Multi-Pass Rendering | |
| Image Mapping | |
| Surface Reflectivity | |
| Surface Color | |
| Surface Texture | |
| Surface Transparency | |
| Environment-Dependent Shading | |
| Selected Rendering Hacks | |
| Getting Ready | |
| Key Terms | |
| Animation and Effects | |
| Principles of Animation | |
| Summary | |
| The Craft of Animation | |
| The Twelve Principles | |
| A Few More Principles | |
| Character Development | |
| Storyboarding | |
| Getting Ready | |
| Key Terms | |
| Computer Animation Techniques | |
| Summary | |
| Keyframe Interpolation and Parameter Curves | |
| Forward Kinetics and Model Animation | |
| Camera Animation | |
| Light Animation | |
| Hierarchical Character Animation | |
| Two- and Three-Dimensional Integration | |
| Animation File Formats | |
| Getting Ready | |
| Key Terms | |
| Advanced Computer Animation Techniques | |
| Summary | |
| Inverse Kinematics | |
| Performance Animation and Motion Capture | |
| Motion Dynamics and Fluid Simulations | |
| Procedural Animation | |
| Facial Animation | |
| Crowd Animation | |
| Location-Based and Interactive Entertainment | |
| Key Terms | |
| Visual Ef | |
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