Tradigital 3ds Max: A CG Animator's Guide to Applying the Classic Principles of Animation

Finally bridge the gap between software-specific instruction and the world of classical animation with this easy to utilize, one-of-a-kind reference guide. With great relevance for today's digital workflows, Richard Lapidus presents innovative 3ds Max controls to the classical principles of animation like squash and stretch, anticipation, staging and more. Move beyond these fundamental techniques and explore both the emotion and technical sides of animation with character appeal and rigging. Features a robust companion web sites that include demonstrations, project files, links to further resources, available at www.tradigital3dsmax.com. 
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Trusted 3ds Max authority, Richard Lapidus has 15 years of experience teaching this subject to Fortune 500 companies as a Certified Instructor, and entry-level students as a Tenured Professor.</li>
<li>The "Tradigital" promise of offering specific tool-set instruction and connecting it with the classical principles of animation that all great animators need to know.</li>
<li>Faced with so many tools, students spend most of their time learning how to model, yet never actually learn what it means to breathe life into their work. This book shows how to enhance the process of animation using traditional techniques which have captivated viewers of animation for decades. </li>
<li>Animators will learn how to: make the camera an integral participant in the scene, use overlapping motion to create more realistic animation, use the graphic editors to examine timing and enhance the flow of your projects. </li>
<li>Several obstacle files will be provided with practical solutions, so that animators can learn what NOT to do.</li>
<li>Ready-made models will be provided so that animators can practice techniques as they follow the clear tutorials presented.</li>
<li>Companion web site offers: all tutorials/projects, plus camtasia created flash videos showing necessary click-throughs.</li>
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Computers & Technology

Lapidus, Richard

Games & Strategy Guides

Routledge

Book by Michael M. Hickey, Banks, Leo W., Lapidus, Richard

The Death Of Warren Baxter Earp, A Closer Look

Politics & Social Sciences

Banks, Leo W.

Michael M. Hickey

Social Sciences

Talei Pub

Finally bridge the gap between software-specific instruction and the world of classical animation with this easy to utilize, one-of-a-kind reference guide. With great relevance for today's digital workflows, Richard Lapidus presents innovative 3ds Max controls to the classical principles of animation like squash and stretch, anticipation, staging and more. Move beyond these fundamental techniques and explore both the emotion and technical sides of animation with character appeal and rigging. Features a robust companion web sites that include demonstrations, project files, links to further resources, available at http://www.focalpress.com/cw/lapidus-9780240817309/.

On his first snake hunting trip to southeastern Arizona, the author was taunted and belittled by the owner of a small café because he expressed a fear of insects. The author extracted revenge by releasing a large rattlesnake in the crowded eatery. That's where the fun begins in this humorous accounting of the true-life trials and tribulations of two unlikely friends, Richard Lapidus and Buz Lunsford, as they traveled hundreds of miles each summer to spend a few days and nights hunting for snakes, and found themselves in the middle of situations (sometimes dangerous--always funny), mainly around the Chiricahua National Monument and Highway 666. More than snakes were encountered on the summer trips, however; and, through humorous short stories, other desert creatures are discussed, including bats, arachnids, lizards, frogs, toads, turtles, birds, skunks, insects, spiders, rabbits, coatimundis, rangers, law enforcement officials and other unusual two and four-legged critters. As Master of Ceremonies of the Warren Earp Days and Western Book Exposition in 2002, Richard Lapidus stood before the large group and told the story of his first snake hunting trip to that very city of Willcox, Arizona. There was so much laughter and good cheer that Richard was overwhelmed. He later dusted off his notes, and with the assistance of many people, assembled the stories in this collection.

Snake Hunting on the Devil's Highway: Humorous Tales from the Glory Days of Snake Hunting

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Dog Ear Pub Llc

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