(Ebook) The art and science of computer animation 1st Edition by Stuart Mealing ISBN 1871516714 9781871516715

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ISBN 10: 1871516714
ISBN 13: 9781871516715
Author: Stuart Mealing

(Ebook) The art and science of computer animation 1st Edition Table of contents:

PART ONE

1. THE NATURE OF ANIMATION
    1.1 Frame rates
    1.2 Animation devices
    1.3 Storyboards
    1.4 Traditional methods
     1.4.1 Model animation
    1.5 Keyframing
    1.6 The role of computers
    1.7 Manipulation by computer
    1.8 Paint systems
    1.9 Other roles for the computer
    1.10 Three dimensions
    1.11 Kinematics/dynamics
    1.12 Rule‑based systems
    1.13 Artificial intelligence

2. APPLICATIONS OF COMPUTER ANIMATION
    2.1 TV graphics
    2.2 Scientific visualization
    2.3 Simulation
    2.4 Flight simulators
    2.5 Military
    2.6 Space
    2.7 Architecture
    2.8 Archaeology
    2.9 Medical
    2.10 Film
    2.11 Special effects
    2.12 Advertising
    2.13 Corporate video
    2.14 Education
    2.15 Games
    2.16 Art
    2.17 Multimedia

3. BASICS OF COMPUTER GRAPHICS
    3.1 Pixels
    3.2 Coordinates
    3.3 Raster/vector
    3.4 Transformations
    3.5 Modeling
    3.6 Hidden surfaces
    3.7 Rendering
    3.8 Textures
    3.9 Artifacts
    3.10 Hardware
    3.11 Expense

4. MOVEMENT CONTROL
    4.1 Paths
     4.1.1 Curved paths
    4.2 Kinematics
    4.3 Parametrics
    4.4 Dynamics
    4.5 Inverse control
    4.6 Hybrid control
    4.7 Control level
    4.8 Metamorphosis
    4.9 Displacement animation
    4.10 Rotation
    4.11 Motion blur

5. THE HUMAN/COMPUTER INTERFACE
    5.1 Requirements
    5.2 Input devices (keyboard, mouse, tracker ball, joystick, digitizing pad, etc.)
    5.3 Feedback
    5.4 The screen environment
    5.5 The 3‑D environment
    5.6 HCI for animators

6. HARDWARE CONSIDERATIONS
    6.1 Bits and chips
    6.2 Architecture
    6.3 Memory
    6.4 Types of computer
    6.5 Display
    6.6 Frame buffers
    6.7 Saving the image (hard copy, film, video)
    6.8 Image input devices
    6.9 Standards
    6.10 Hardware for animation

7. SOFTWARE
    7.1 Choice
    7.2 Examples (modeling, rendering, choreography, 2‑D)
    7.3 Customized software
    7.4 Compatibility and standards (PostScript, RenderMan)
    7.5 Device control & multimedia

8. LANGUAGE CONSIDERATIONS
    8.1 Language types (low-level/high-level, interpreted/compiled, procedural/declarative, object‑oriented, parallel)
    8.2 Relevant languages (Algol, Assembler, BASIC, C, C++, FORTH, FORTRAN, LISP, Logo, Occam, Pascal, Prolog, SmallTalk, pseudocode, etc.)
    8.3 Choice of language

PART TWO

9. STATE‑OF‑THE‑ART: SIMULATION

10. STATE‑OF‑THE‑ART: SOFT MODELLING

11. STATE‑OF‑THE‑ART: BEHAVIOURAL ANIMATION

12. STATE‑OF‑THE‑ART: SYNTHETIC HUMANS

13. THE FUTURE TODAY

APPENDICES
 A. Book recommendations
 B. Dynamics formulae
 C. "Pencil test"

GLOSSARY OF TERMS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

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