Tradigital Blender: A CG Animator's Guide to Applying the Classic Principles of Animation

ISBN-13: 9781138400658 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 308 str.

Roland Hess

Opis

Blender's free, open source license makes it ideal for complete beginners who want to try 3D with little investment. This work navigates you through Blender's character animation systems and controls, with a focus on each of the classical principles of animation like timing, anticipation, appeal, staging, exaggeration, squash and stretch and more.

Spis treści

Tradigital Blender Chapter 1: Overview Chapter 2: Blender's Animation Tools and Workspaces Chapter 3: Concept and planning, PRINCIPLES: APPEAL, SOLID DRAWING, STAGING, TIMING Chapter 4: Basic posing and key framing. PRINCIPLES: STRAIGHT AHEAD VS. POSE TO POSE, EXAGGERATION, SOLID DRAWING, TIMING, SQUASH AND STRETCH Chapter 5: Additional still poses. PRINCIPLES: ANTICIPATION, FOLLOW THROUGH Chapter 6: Interpolation. PRINCIPLES: TIMING, SLOW IN/OUT . Chapter 7: Fine tuning interpolated motion. PRINCIPLES: OVERLAP, ARCS Chapter 8: Bringing balance to the character. PRINCIPLES: SECONDARY MOTION Chapter 9: Specific Techniques. Chapter 10: Rendering and compilation

O autorze

Roland Hess is the leading expert on Blender. He is one of a handful of people who has been involved with Blender since its inception, and is a key voice in the community. Hess brings a unique perspective to Blender instruction that bridges the difficult gap between technical knowledge and artistic expression. Hess wrote Focal Press titles: Animating with Blender (2009) and Tradigital Blender (2011)