Computer animation : algorithms and techniques /

Whether you're a programmer developing new animation functionality or an animator trying to get the most out of your current animation software, Computer Animation: Algorithms and Techniques will help work more efficiently and achieve better results. For programmers, this book provides a solid...

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Main Authors: Parent, Rick
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Published: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers,
Publisher Address: San Francisco :
Publication Dates: 2002.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: The Morgan Kaufmann series in computer graphics and geometric modeling
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781558605794
Summary: Whether you're a programmer developing new animation functionality or an animator trying to get the most out of your current animation software, Computer Animation: Algorithms and Techniques will help work more efficiently and achieve better results. For programmers, this book provides a solid theoretical orientation and extensive practical instruction-information you can put to work in any development or customization project. For animators, it provides crystal-clear guidance on determining which of your concepts can be realized using commercially available products, which demand custom pro
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xxii, 527 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 0585455511
9780585455518
9781558605794
1558605797
Index Number: TR897
CLC: TP391.41
Contents: Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Introduction -- Chapter 2 -- Technical Background -- Chapter 3 -- Interpolation and Basic Techniques -- Chapter 4 -- Advanced Algorithms -- Chapter 5 -- Natural Phenomena -- Chapter 6 -- Modeling and Animating Articulated Figures -- Appendix A -- Rendering Issues -- Appendix B -- Background Information and Techniques -- Index -- About the Author.