Professional Short Films with Autodesk 3ds Max
Chris Neuhahn, Josh Book - Collection Graphics series
Résumé
Animated short films are a unique form of storytelling that allows you to bring your characters and ideas to life. If you've ever considered telling your own visual story but haven't been sure of how to get started, you've come to the right place. Written by experienced animators and producers, this book provides practical and insightful ideas into how to use Autodesk® 3ds Max® for your own short fi lm productions.
It is about using the tools in 3ds Max to create short films that are on par with feature films. It teaches 3ds Max users everything about animated fi lm creation from coming up with a story, storyboards, character rigging, and animation to lighting, lip syncing, facial animation, and editing. The book provides a unique look at film production through the use of an actual film, Vacant Planet: A Curious Bit of Scrap as a case study. This case study is evaluated through a series of tutorials in you will create using methods similar scenes to those found in Vacant Planet. Using the insights and techniques highlighted in the case study, along with the files on the companion DVD-ROM, you will work through the entire process and be ready to turn your own stories into animated tales.
The book does assume prior 3ds Max knowledge and is written for users who want to turn their skills toward creating short films. This is a must-have book for 3ds max users, film artists, and character animators who want to use Max's animation power to the fullest!
Key Features
- Details the entire process of creating a short fi lm from story inception to using 3ds Max to produce the film
- Provides the only complete guide to detailed animated fi lm production with 3ds Max
- Uses a real film series, Vacant Planet, to instruct through tutorials and case studies
- Includes color inserts illustrating the techniques covered
- Includes a DVD-ROM with the entire short Vacant Planet: A Curious Bit of Scrap, and the sample animations from the book. It also includes all of the tutorial fi les, a fully set up character that readers can animate with right away, and clips of original dialogue to animate to
L'auteur - Chris Neuhahn
Chris Neuhahn (Los Feliz, CA) is most well known for his solo effort on A Curious Bit of Scrap, part of the Vacant Planet series (www.vacantplanet.com). Although he keeps getting roped into TD work he is primarily a character animator. Over the years he has worked on television shows and cinematics for popular games. In the past three years his expertise in 3ds Max has been crucial to the completion of every project he's been on. He is currently trying to bring Vacant Planet to your living room.
L'auteur - Josh Book
Josh Book (Burbank, CA) is an animator who has worked as a character animator, FX animator, director, and lead artist for over 10 years in almost every visual entertainment medium, including feature films, television, commercials, and games. Known equally for his ideas and visualization as well as his animation abilities, he has been brought in early on pilots for MTV and HBO, and for development work on several feature films. His work can be viewed at www.JoshBook.com.
Sommaire
- Story And Storyboards
- Character Development And Modeling (Designing) For Animation
- Character Rigging
- More Rigging And Skinning
- Character Animation I
- Character Animation II
- Character Animation III
- Lip Sync And Facial Animation
- A Curious Bit Of Scrap Case Study: Taking A Shot From Beginning To End
- About The Dvd-Rom
Caractéristiques techniques
| PAPIER | |
| Éditeur(s) | Charles River Media, Thomson |
| Auteur(s) | Chris Neuhahn, Josh Book |
| Collection | Graphics series |
| Parution | 07/12/2005 |
| Nb. de pages | 380 |
| Format | 19 x 23,5 |
| Couverture | Broché |
| Poids | 936g |
| Intérieur | Noir et Blanc |
| EAN13 | 9781584504153 |
| ISBN13 | 978-1-58450-415-3 |
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