A compilation of key chapters from the top MK computer animation books available today - in the areas of motion capture, facial features, solid spaces, fluids, gases, biology, point-based graphics, and Maya. The chapters provide CG Animators with an excellent sampling of essential techniques that every 3D artist needs to create stunning and versatile images. Animators will be able to master myriad modeling, rendering, and texturing procedures with advice from MK's best and brightest authors. Divided into five parts (Introduction to Computer Animation and Technical Background, Motion Capture Techniques, Animating Substances, Alternate Methods, and Animating with MEL for MAYA), each one focusing on specific substances, tools, topics, and languages, this is a MUST-HAVE book for artists interested in proficiency with the top technology available today! Whether you're a programmer developing new animation functionality or an animator trying to get the most out of your current animation software, Computer Animation Complete: will help you work more efficiently and achieve better results. For programmers, this book provides a solid theoretical orientation and extensive practical instruction information you can put to work in any development or customization project. For animators, it provides crystal-clear guidance on determining which of your concepts can be realized using commercially available products, which demand custom programming, and what development strategies are likely to bring you the greatest success.

Computer Animation Complete: All-in-One: Learn Motion Capture, Characteristic, Point-Based, and Maya Winning Techniques

Computers & Technology

Ebert, David S.

Musgrave, F. Kenton

Peachey, Darwyn

Perlin, Ken

Worley, Steve

Gould, David

Gross, Markus

Kazmier, Chris

Lumsden, Charles John

Keiser, Richard

Menache, Alberto

Müller, Matthias

Pauly, Mark V.

Pfister, Hanspeter

Sharpe, Jason

Wilkins, Mark R.

Wicke, Martin

Woolridge, Nicholas

Parent Ph.D., Rick

Computer Science

Morgan Kaufmann

This volume contains the proceedings of the 9th IEEE Visualization Conference, held in 1999. The topics covered include: large-scale data set visualization; mesh compression; isosurfaces, glyphs and volumes; virtual reality; rendering techniques; and features, images and metrics.

Visualization '99 Proceedings: October 24-29, 1999 San Francisco, California (IEEE Conference on Visualization Proceedings)

IEEE Conference on Visualization (10th : 1999 San Francisco, Calif.)

Hamann, Bernd

SIGGRAPH (Conference)

Programming

IEEE

The third edition of this classic tutorial and reference on procedural texturing and modeling is thoroughly updated to meet the needs of today's 3D graphics professionals and students. New for this edition are chapters devoted to real-time issues, cellular texturing, geometric instancing, hardware acceleration, futuristic environments, and virtual universes. In addition, the familiar authoritative chapters on which readers have come to rely contain all-new material covering L-systems, particle systems, scene graphs, spot geometry, bump mapping, cloud modeling, and noise improvements. There are many new spectacular color images to enjoy, especially in this edition's full-color format. As in the previous editions, the authors, who are the creators of the methods they discuss, provide extensive, practical explanations of widely accepted techniques as well as insights into designing new ones. New to the third edition are chapters by two well-known contributors: Bill Mark of NVIDIA and John Hart of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on state-of-the-art topics not covered in former editions. An accompanying Web site (www.texturingandmodeling.com) contains all of the book's sample code in C code segments (all updated to the ANSI C Standard) or in RenderMan shading language, plus files of many magnificent full-color illustrations. No other book on the market contains the breadth of theoretical and practical information necessary for applying procedural methods. More than ever, Texturing &amp; Modeling remains the chosen resource for professionals and advanced students in computer graphics and animation. *New chapters on: procedural real-time shading by Bill Mark, procedural geometric instancing and real-time solid texturing by John Hart, hardware acceleration strategies by David Ebert, cellular texturing by Steven Worley, and procedural planets and virtual universes by Ken Musgrave. *New material on Perlin Noise by Ken Perlin. *Printed in full color throughout. *Companion Web site contains revised sample code and dozens of images.

Texturing & Modeling: A Procedural Approach (MORGAN KAUFMANN SERIES IN COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND GEOMETRIC MODELING)

Arts & Photography

Worley, Steven

Graphic Design

Morgan Kaufmann Pub

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