The Computer Animator's Technical Handbook

Pocock, Lynn. Rosebush, Judson

ISBN 10: 0125588216 / ISBN 13: 9780125588218

Published by Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, San Francisco, 2002

About this Item

Quarto blue color illus. xiv, 464 pages: illustrations (some color); 26 cm. Inscribed by L. Pocock Morgan Kaufmann series in computer graphics and geometric modeling; Variation: Morgan Kaufmann series in computer graphics and geometric modeling. Digital pictures -- Anatomy of time -- The science of moving pictures -- The mechanics of film -- The electronics of video -- Digital temporal imaging -- Intermixing media -- Animation methods and tools -- The cel system -- Motion pathways, key frame animation, and easing -- Kinematic motion and mechanisms -- Dynamic and behavioral modeling -- digital special effects -- Animation languages -- The production process.Computer animation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Conception technique. Slight moisture damage upper corner, affect approximatley first half of pages' outer right corner; otherwise clean and tight. Very good+.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Computer Animator's Technical Handbook
• Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, San Francisco
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0125588216
• ISBN 13: 9780125588218
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: [1st presumed].
• Condition: Very good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Film, Television & Theater

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Synopsis

This is a complete, in-depth reference that will be of enormous value to anyone in the computer animation field-from students to established professionals to the many traditional animators who find themselves drawn to the computer-based world. The Computer Animator's Technical Handbook distinguishes itself by giving full attention to the motion that defines animation (as opposed to the modeling that produces the still image) and the often-neglected production processes that make it possible. The work of two widely recognized computer animation experts, this book is destined to become the standard reference for professionals throughout the industry and a popular text in classrooms.

About the Author

Lynn Pocock is an artist and an Associate Professor of Fine Arts and Coordinator of Computer Graphics at New York Institute of Technology. Her art and research have been published in scholarly journals such as Leonardo and The Art Journal. Pocock has been exhibited internationally, including at the New York Film and Video Expo, the London International Film Festival, and SIGGRAPH's Animation Theater and Art Show. She is Vice Chair of the NYC SIGGRAPH Board of Directors and the Conference Chair of the SIGGRAPH 2001 conference in Los Angeles. Judson Rosebush is a director and producer of multimedia products and computer animation, an author, artist and media theorist. He completed his first computer animations in 1970 and founded Digital Effects Inc. in 1978, the first digital computer animation company in New York City. Rosebush is the co-author of Computer Graphics for Designers and Artists, published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., and co-author of Electronic Publishing on CD-ROM, published by O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. He has exhibited his computer generated drawings and films in numerous museum shows, and the drawings have been reproduced in hundreds of magazines and books, prompting speaking engagements as a national ACM lecturer.