The Animation:Master Handbook

This second edition provides the information needed to harness the power of Animation:Master. All of the new features and interface updates are covered. Building on the ideas and techniques found in the first edition, many new tutorials, examples, and chapters have been added. This reference works with v6 and v7 and provides an extensive guide to using Animation:Master, covering everything from storytelling, modelling, texturing, animating, and rendering, to adding constraints and effects. The book provides: new tutorials covering organic and mechanical modelling; advanced material on types of angles used by AM; new constraint tutorials with more complex examples; a variety of new animation tutorials including Pose Sliders and audio features; and a new chapter on Effects. The CD runs on both PC and Mac and includes many of the models shown in the tutorials as a learning tool, along with a variety of image maps, patch color information, and several example animations. It also provide a demonstration of Animation:Master 98.