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