Moving Innovation – A History of Computer Animation - Hardcover

Sito, Tom

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0262019094 ISBN 13: 9780262019095

Publisher: MIT Press, 2013

Synopsis

Moving Innovation Computer graphics (or CG) has changed the way we experience the art of moving images. Computer graphics is the difference between Steamboat Willie and Buzz Lightyear, between ping pong and PONG. It began in 1963 when an MIT graduate student named Ivan Sutherland created the first true computer animation program. Instead of presenting a series of numbers, Sutherland's Sketchpad program drew lines t... Full description

About this title

Review

"It isn't often that I read a text book that is a real page turner, but Tom Sito's new book "Moving Innovation, A History of Computer Animation" is definitely a must-read." -- Nancy Denney-Phelps, "Sprockets"

It isn't often that I read a text book that is a real page turner, but Tom Sito's new book "Moving Innovation, A History of Computer Animation" is definitely a must-read.--Nancy Denney-Phelps "Sprockets "

Tom Sito's new book is "the" definitive take on computer animation history and CG's rapid rise.--Fred Patten "Animation World Network "

The book is very pleasant to read, beautifully written, punctuated with savory stories, and illustrated with a remarkable collection of archive images. I can recommend this as a first-class piece of literature for computer or cinema enthusiasts, as well as for anyone who loves reading a good story.--Svetlana Segarceanu "Computing Reviews "

It isn't often that I read a text book that is a real page turner, but Tom Sito's new book Moving Innovation, A History of Computer Animation is definitely a must-read.

--Nancy Denney-Phelps "Sprockets "

Tom Sito's new book is the definitive take on computer animation history and CG's rapid rise.

--Fred Patten "Animation World Network "

The book is very pleasant to read, beautifully written, punctuated with savory stories, and illustrated with a remarkable collection of archive images. I can recommend this as a first-class piece of literature for computer or cinema enthusiasts, as well as for anyone who loves reading a good story.

--Svetlana Segarceanu "Computing Reviews "

About the Author

Tom Sito has been a professional animator since 1975. He was one of the key players in Disney's animation revival of the 1980s and 1990s and he helped set up the Dreamworks Animation Unit in 1995. He is the author of Drawing the Line: The Untold Story of the Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson and Professor of Cinema Practice in the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California.

Edition details

• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0262019094
• ISBN 13: 9780262019095
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 336