Animation:Master: A Complete Guide

Description

Animation:Master is an affordable and powerful 3D program easy enough to be used by students, new 3D artists, and hobbyists the ins-and-outs of 3D, and powerful enough to be used by professional animators.Learning how to use the program is made easier with the completely updated Animation:Master 200X Handbook. This is the only book dedicated to Animation:Master and no win it’s fifth edition, it continues to be the best resource for all levels of A:Musers. Whether new to Animation:Master or to 3D,users learn the skills and fundamentals needed to master this incredibly powerful, low-cost program. In this edition, there is coverage of all the major new features through hands-on tutorials including Cloth, Hair Photon Mapping, Open EXR output with split light buffer elements, compositing, and expressions. The CD-ROM includes all of the tutorial files and figures from books. This is the one resource needed to go beyond the basics with Animation:Master 200X.

 

• Provides the only detailed guide to using the latest version of Animation:Master
• Gives new users a comprehensive reference and experienced users a re-introduction to the redesigned tools and techniques of the new AM
• Provides tutorials and coverage of the newest features, including Cloth,Hair Photon Mapping,Open EXR output with split light buffer elements, compositing, and expressions
• Teaches 3D concepts through new and updated tutorials and examples
• Includes a companion CD-ROM with all the figures from the book in full color and all the tutorial files needed to complete the projects in the book

Table of Contents

Part 1: Chapter 1: Interface; Chapter 2:Modeling Basics; Chapter 3: Bone Basics; Chapter 4: Action Basics; Part 2: Chapter 5: Character Modeling; Chapter 6: In-organci Modeling; Chapter 7: Constraints; Chapter 8: Relationships; Chapter 9: Expressions; Chapter 10: Animation; Chapter 11: Lighting; Chapter 12: Surfacing; Chapter 13: F/X; Chapter 14: Rendering and Compositing; Chapter 15: Spherical Jones Case Study; Chapter 16:Miscellany; Appendix A: Keyboard Shortcuts; Appendix B: Update For New CD; Glossary

描述

Animation:Master是一個價格實惠且功能強大的3D程式，適合學生、新手3D藝術家和愛好者使用。它易於上手，同時也足夠強大，可以被專業動畫師使用。全新更新的Animation:Master 200X手冊使學習如何使用該程式變得更加容易。這是唯一一本專門為Animation:Master而寫的書籍，現已推出第五版，仍然是所有A:M使用者的最佳資源。無論是對Animation:Master還是對3D新手，用戶都可以學習到掌握這個功能強大且價格低廉的程式所需的技能和基礎知識。本版中，通過實際操作教程，涵蓋了所有主要的新功能，包括布料、頭髮光子映射、帶有分割光線緩衝區元素的Open EXR輸出、合成和表達式。附帶的CD-ROM包含了書中的所有教程文件和圖片。這是一個必備資源，讓您在Animation:Master 200X的基礎上更上一層樓。

特點

- 提供了使用最新版本Animation:Master的唯一詳細指南
- 為新用戶提供全面的參考，為有經驗的用戶重新介紹重新設計的工具和技術
- 提供教程和最新功能的涵蓋，包括布料、頭髮光子映射、帶有分割光線緩衝區元素的Open EXR輸出、合成和表達式
- 通過新的和更新的教程和示例教授3D概念
- 附帶的CD-ROM包含了書中所有圖片的全彩色版本以及完成書中項目所需的所有教程文件

目錄

第一部分：第1章：介面；第2章：建模基礎；第3章：骨骼基礎；第4章：動作基礎
第二部分：第5章：角色建模；第6章：非有機建模；第7章：約束；第8章：關係；第9章：表達式；第10章：動畫；第11章：照明；第12章：表面處理；第13章：特效；第14章：渲染和合成；第15章：Spherical Jones案例研究；第16章：雜項；附錄A：鍵盤快捷鍵；附錄B：新CD更新；詞彙表