Computer Facial Animation
Language: English
Published by Peters, AK, Limited, 1996
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365pp, Clean, a bit of dust on top of spine. Contents: Introduction; Anatomy of the Face, Head and Neck; Modeling Faces; Facial Animation; Facial Image Synthesis; Direct Parameterized Face Models; Skin and Muscle-Based Facial Animation; Speech Synchronized Animation; Performance Animation; Modeling and Animating Hair; Appendix A, A Face Model; Appendix B, Simple Parameterized Face Program; Bibliography, Index. From the publisher 'The expanding development and use of computer-based visualization techniques and three-dimensional character animation in fields as diverse as entertainment and medicine have placed such topics at the forefront of computer related subjects. This comprehensive work by Parke and Waters, which includes many prevalent techniques in computer animation, discusses in particular the current state-of-the-art in face creation and the manipulation of facial attributes using the computer. A visual cornucopia of images, diagrams, and color plates, this book places facial animation in an historical framework and then looks ahead at its promising future in industry, research, and education.' A fascinating and comprehensive technical treatment.…
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- Title
- Computer Facial Animation
- Author
- Frederick I. Parke, Keith Waters
- Publisher
- Peters, AK, Limited
- Publication year
- 1996
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1568810148
- ISBN 13
- 9781568810140
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Seller catalogs
- Animation, Computer Animation
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About the Author
Keith Waters received his PhD in 1988 from Middlesex University, London. Prior to joining France Telecom as director of research, he was the Senior Technology Officer of LifeF/X, developing commercial real-time facial animation. From 1989 to 2000 Dr. Waters was a senior member of the research staff at the Cambridge Research Lab (CRL) formerly Digital Equipment and later Compaq where he worked on the commercialization of DECface and then FaceWorks. While at CRL, he published many pioneering papers on facial animation, particularly on muscle and skin dynamics for face animation, as well as real-time visual text-to-speech. In 1989 and 1990 he was a principal contributor to the SIGGRAPH tutorials on the State of the Art in Facial Animation.
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