3ds max 6 Animation: CG Filmmaking from Concept to Completion

Description:

Bring your animation career to life with this one-of-a-kind guide illustrating in detail each step of production of a short film. Follow examples and situations proposed by the author designed to facilitate coverage of most aspects of CG animation, touching specifically on important areas such as contemporary character modeling, convincing body animation and dialog driven emotional facial animation. It also covers the creative areas of character design drawing, storyboards, and art direction.

Table of Contents:

Part I: The Preproduction Phase
    1: Story Ideas: Finding a Concept Worth Animating
    2: Production: 3ds max and the Animation Pipeline
    3: Scriptwriting: Story and Character Through Dialogue
    4: Art Direction: Designing the Animation
    5: Storyboarding: Cinematic Planning

   Part II: The First Production Phase: Building
    6: Sound: Your Film’s Sonic Identity
    7: Modeling Character Heads: The Digital Sculptor I
    8: Modeling Character Heads: The Digital Sculptor II
    9: Texture Mapping and Finishing Characters: Costumes and Makeup
    10: Rigging: Preparing the Characters for Animation
    11: Set Modeling: Creating the Environment

   Part III: The Second Production Phase: Animating
    12: Layout: Preparing the max Scene
    13: Body Animation: Character Motion Through Keyframing
    14: Facial Animation: Keyframing Expressions
    15: Secondary Animation and Effects: Bringing the Background to Life

   Part IV: The Postproduction Phase
    16: Lighting and Rendering: Crafting an Atmosphere
    17: Compositing and Video Editing: Finishing Touches