3d Art Essentials - The Fundamentals of 3d Modeling and Animation

Looks at the principles of 3D art and offers instructions on creating a variety of 3D graphics and animation.

List of contents

Chapter 1 A History of Computer Graphics and Special Effects; Chapter 2 Getting Started And Getting Finished; Chapter 3 Polygons: How 2D Becomes 3D; Chapter 4 Nurbs: The Spliny Truth; Chapter 5 Subdivision Surfaces: The Marriage of Polygons and Nurbs; Chapter 6 Deforming: It's a Good Thing; Chapter 7 Rigging; Chapter 8 Animation: It's Alive!; Chapter 9 Dynamics: Let's Get Physical; Chapter 10 How the Pixel Gets its Color; Chapter 11 More than Just Color; Chapter 12 Light Effects; Chapter 13 Lighting the Way; Chapter 14 Working the Camera; Chapter 15 Environments; Chapter 16 Rendering; Chapter 17 Procedures and Graphs; Chapter 18 Scripting; Chapter 19 What Tools to Use; Chapter 20 Making a Career Out of 3D;

Product details

• Authors: Ami Chopine, Chopine Ami
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.05.2011
• EAN: 9780240814711
• ISBN: 978-0-240-81471-1
• Dimensions: 190 mm x 235 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Guides; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Application software; 3D graphics & modelling, COMPUTERS / Design, Graphics & Media / Graphics Tools, 3D graphics and modelling