|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
Frequently Bought Together
Product Details
|
Product Description
Product Description
If you want to do character facial modeling and animation at the high levels achieved in today’s films and games, Stop Staring: Facial Modeling and Animation Done Right, Third Edition, is for you. While thoroughly covering the basics such as squash and stretch, lip syncs, and much more, this new edition has been thoroughly updated to capture the very newest professional design techniques, as well as changes in software, including using Python to automate tasks.
- Shows you how to create facial animation for movies, games, and more
- Provides in-depth techniques and tips for everyone from students and beginners to high-level professional animators and directors currently in the field
- Features the author’s valuable insights from his own extensive experience in the field
- Covers the basics such as squash and stretch, color and shading, and lip syncs, as well as how to automate processes using Python
Breathe life into your creations with this important book, considered by many studio 3D artists to be the quintessential reference on facial animation.
From the Back Cover
Get in your character's face
How a head tilts, the timing of a blink, how the mouth shapes sounds—these and a host of other details add up to the creation of complex animated characters that can not only move, but also act. In this third edition of his acclaimed book, Jason Osipa teaches you his secrets for breathing life and drama into animated characters through the face.?
Digging even deeper into technical topics, this new edition explores today's latest animation and rigging trends and teaches you dazzling, professional techniques. Follow a detailed analysis of a wide variety of characters, understand the why and how of every pose and move, and take away insights from the author's years of experience in all kinds of 3D media.
Learn about visemes and lip sync techniques
Find out what eyes and brows communicate
Understand how fundamentals bridge across character styles
Explore the process of facial landmarking
Learn how squash and stretch and secondary controls are all the same thing
Create a library of expressions and shapes for your faces
Understand skeletal setup, weighting, and rigging in many different forms
Use Python scripts to automate tasks
Techniques described are applicable to any 3D software application. Maya 2011 is used in many of the examples in the book. A color insert showcases many techniques, including the impact of color and lighting.
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
|
There are no customer reviews yet on Amazon.ca
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
It should also be mentioned, that although the author claims not to be an "expert," I found his explanation on texturing to be very helpful and it came very handy for my intro to textures course.
Finally, there may be a few complaints about this book not going into specific detail about the tools in Maya 2011, but the truth is it does not have to; these steps can pretty much be done in any 3d package. The software has nothing to do with what this book is trying to teach modeling wise. Also downloading the zips (they must be extracted afterward) from the website is quick and painless; no CD required.
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
|
