Computer Animation: Algorithms and Techniques (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics) Second Edition

Parent Ph.D., Rick

ISBN 10: 0125320000 / ISBN 13: 9780125320009

Editore: Elsevier/2008Morgan Kaufmann, 2008

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As new copy. (see picture) 593 pages including index.

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• Titolo: Computer Animation: Algorithms and Techniques (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics) Second Edition
• Editore: Elsevier/2008Morgan Kaufmann
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0125320000
• ISBN 13: 9780125320009
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Edizione: 2nd Edition
• Condizione: As New
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: No Jacket

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Riassunto

Driven by the demands of research and the entertainment industry, the techniques of animation are pushed to render increasingly complex objects with ever-greater life-like appearance and motion. This rapid progression of knowledge and technique impacts professional developers, as well as students. Developers must maintain their understanding of conceptual foundations, while their animation tools become ever more complex and specialized. The second edition of Rick Parent's Computer Animation is an excellent resource for the designers who must meet this challenge. The first edition established its reputation as the best technically oriented animation text. This new edition focuses on the many recent developments in animation technology, including fluid animation, human figure animation, and soft body animation. The new edition revises and expands coverage of topics such as quaternions, natural phenomenon, facial animation, and inverse kinematics. The book includes up-to-date discussions of Maya scripting and the Maya C++ API, programming on real-time 3D graphics hardware, collision detection, motion capture, and motion capture data processing.

* The leading text for animation courses that have a technical focus
* Includes companion site with contemporary animation examples drawn from research and entertainment, sample animations, and example code
* Decribes the key mathematical and algorithmic foundations of animation that provide the animator with a deep understanding and control of technique

Informazioni sull?autore

Rick Parent is a Professor Emeritus in the Computer Science and Engineering Department of Ohio State University (OSU). As a graduate student, Rick worked at the Computer Graphics Research Group (CGRG) at OSU under the direction of Charles Csuri. In 1977, he received his Ph.D. from the Computer and Information Science (CIS) Department, majoring in Artificial Intelligence. For the next three years, he worked at CGRG first as a Research Associate, and then as Associate Director. In 1980 he co-founded and was President of The Computer Animation Company. In 1985, he joined the faculty of the CIS Department (now the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, or CSE) at Ohio State. Rick's research interests include various aspects of computer animation with special focus on animation of the human figure.