3D Animation Essentials (eBook)

Andy Beane is an animation artist who has been teaching and working professionally since 2002. He currently oversees the animation major at Ball State University and previously taught animation at the Art Institute of Orange County, California. His production experience includes a children's television show pilot with Xzault Studio, Korn's Coming Undone music video, and Barnyard from Paramount Pictures. He wrote curriculum for the Autodesk Animation Academy 2010 and is also a board member of the MG Collective, an Indiana-based motion graphics and animation community group. He has an MFA in computer animation from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.

Introduction xiii

Chapter 1 3D Animation Overview 1

Chapter 2 Getting to Know the Production Pipeline 21

Chapter 3 Understanding Digital Imaging and Video 55

Chapter 4 Exploring Animation, Story, and Pre-visualization83

Chapter 5 Understanding Modeling and Texturing 135

Chapter 6 Rigging and Animation 177

Chapter 7 Understanding Visual Effects, Lighting, and Rendering213

Chapter 8 Hardware and Software Tools of the Trade 249

Chapter 9 Industry Trends 275

Appendix A Answers to Review Questions 291

Appendix B Gaining Insight into 3D Animation Education 299

Appendix c Learning from Industry Pros 313

Index 327