3ds max 6 Animation: CG Filmmaking from Concept to Completion (Consumer) - Softcover

Fox, Barrett

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072228938 ISBN 13: 9780072228939

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2003

Synopsis

Bring your animation career to life with this one-of-a-kind guide illustrating in detail each step of production of a short film. Follow examples and situations proposed by the author designed to facilitate coverage of most aspects of CG animation, touching specifically on important areas such as contemporary character modeling, convincing body animation and dialog driven emotional facial animation. It also covers the creative areas of character design drawing, storyboards, and art direction.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Learn all the fundamentals of 3-D graphics and animation, including preproduction, modeling, texturing, animating, rigging, lighting, and rendering. This helpful resource provides detailed instruction on a broad range of disciplines and techniques used in the 3-D field. Follow a real-world example using the author’s short, character-based animation step-by-step through production. Learn to animate emotionally rich characters--a hot commodity in today’s marketplace as game and film producers are transitioning to increasingly complex animated characters. This remarkable book links together all the seemingly unrelated skills and techniques required in the exciting world of 3-D animating in a clear and easy-to-follow reference.

• Create your very own character-based CG animation
• Use contemporary techniques to create models that work for both real-time and rendered animation
• Schedule and plan like a producer, and design your animation like a director
• Create realistic, detailed, convincing body animation
• Learn dialog-driven emotional facial animation
• Create custom character controls for flexible character rigging without plug-ins
• Learn preproduction techniques including scriptwriting, art direction, and storyboarding
• Create animated effects with 3ds max 6's new Particle Flow
• Craft camera shots with cinematic lighting and render with Global Illumination and HDRI
• Learn a complete approach toward CG filmmaking with 3ds max 6 as the anchor

Barrett Fox has more than eight years of real-world animation production and seven years of experience teaching and writing about 3-D animation. He has written, produced, animated, and directed dozens of widely variegated 3-D animated projects.

About the Author:

Barrett Fox (San Francisco, CA) has more than 8 years of real-world animation production and 7 years of experience teaching and writing about 3D animation. His work has been published in such prominent trade publications as 3DGate, 3D magazine, Cadence magazine, and others. Fox’s animated films have been shown at the 2001 Webby Awards, broadcast on TechTV, and showcased on numerous Web forums and festivals. He has written, produced, animated, and directed dozens of widely variegated 3D animated projects.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0072228938
• ISBN 13: 9780072228939
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 480