3D Animation

FEATURES

• Comprehensive Coverage of 3D Graphics Fundamentals Needed for Animation
  
• Exercises are Included Throughout To Challenge and Expand Skills
  
• Detailed Tutorials Cover Modeling, Texturing, Rendering, Lighting, Animation, and Special Effects
  
• Color Gallery Displays the Work of Talented Students and Artists
  
• Covers Cross-Platform Issues Explains How to Apply Techniques to a Variety of Software Applications
  

• Demo version of Maxon&Mac226;s Cinema4D XLv6(Win and Mac)
  
• Complete version of Strata Studio 3D(Win and Mac)
  
• All Book Images in Full Color.
  
• Tutorial Support Files
  

• Windows 98/NT/2000; Pentium Processor+, CD-ROM Drive; Hard drive with 32MB RAM and 20MB Free space.
  
• Macintosh Mac oS 7.61+, PowerPC +; CD-ROM Drive; Hard drive with 32 MB RAM and 20MB Free space.
  

Through a variety of practical tutorials, you will learn everything from understanding 3D to modeling, rendering, texturing, lighting, and animation. The tutorials use a variety of projects and programs to illustrate the techniques. Maxon Cinema4D XL v6, Strata StudioPro 3D, and NewTek LightWave v6 are the primary programs used, but the techniques covered can be easily applied to other professional-quality programs including Animation:Master, 3D Studio Max, Maya, or SoftImage. So even if you are not using one of the three primary programs covered, you will be able to apply the skills you learn to your program of choice.