Character Animation: A Tutorial Approach Sham Tickoo, Purdue University Calumet and  CADCIM Technologies, USA Published by CADCIM Technologies, USA ISBN: 978-1-936646-23-4 Paperback, 432 Pages

Please give us your email address and we will keep you informed about the material added to this web page mailto: sales@cadcim.com

Click to see Full Image

Character Animation: A Tutorial Approach textbook has been written to help the users learn the basic animation principles and techniques required to animate a character. You can animate characters using various software packages such as Maya, 3ds Max, and so on. In this textbook, the author has used Autodesk 3ds Max as the platform to animate a character. Various principles and techniques of animation have been explained through tutorials supported by relevant textual description. This makes the process of learning easy and interactive.

This textbook will help you unleash your creativity, thus enabling you to transform your imagination into reality with ease. The textbook caters to the needs of both novice and advanced users of the software. Written with the tutorial point-of-view and learn-by-doing theme, this textbook is ideally suited for learning at your convenience and pace.

�Following are some of the salient features of this book:

�    Consists of 11 chapters that are organized in a pedagogical sequence covering Types of animation, Principles of

 animation, Rigging, Walkcycle, Body mechanism, and Facial Expressions in Character Animation

�    The first page of every chapter summarizes the topics that will be covered in it

�    Comprehensive coverage on the concepts of Character Animation, usage of the command, and consists of hundreds

  of illustrations supporting the explanation

�    Real-world 3D models and examples focusing on industry experience

�    Step-by-step instructions that guide the user through the learning process

�    Detailed description of the usage of tools, toolbars, and shortcut menus required for animating a character

�    Additional information is provided throughout the book in the form of tips and notes

�    Self-Evaluation test, Review Questions, and Exercises are given at the end of each chapter so that the users can

assess their knowledge

Brief Table of Contents

Chapter 1:�� Introduction to Character Animation

Chapter 2:�� Introduction to Autodesk 3ds Max 2012

Chapter 3:�� Primitives

Chapter 4:�� Splines and Extended Splines

Chapter 5:�� Polygon Modelling

Chapter 6:�� Basics of Animation

Chapter 7:�� Principles of Animation

Chapter 8:�� Rigging

Chapter 9:� �The Walk Cycle

Chapter 10: �Body Mechanisms

Chapter 11:� Facial Expressions

Index

	Evaluation Chapters of Character Animation: A Tutorial Approach textbook (zipped pdf files)	c01_camax_2012_eval c02_camax_2012_eval c03_camax_2012_eval toc_camax_2012_eval
	Character Animation  (zipped files used in tutorials)	c03_camax_2012_prt c04_camax_2012_prt c05_camax_2012_prt c06_camax_2012_prt c09_camax_2012_prt
	Free Technical Support For free technical support, please email to	techsupport@cadcim.com
	Rendered Images (zipped tutorials files)	c03_camax_2012_rndr c04_camax_2012_rndr c05_camax_2012_rndr c06_camax_2012_rndr c07_camax_2012_rndr c09_camax_2012_rndr c10_camax_2012_rndr c11_camax_2012_rndr
	Tutorials (zipped tutorials files)	c03_camax_2012_tut c04_camax_2012_tut c05_camax_2012_tut c06_camax_2012_tut c07_camax_2012_tut c08_camax_2012_tut c09_camax_2012_tut c10_camax_2012_tut c11_camax_2012_tut
	Click here to order

If you find any problems in downloading the files or the contents, please contact us at techsupport@cadcim.com. Thank you.