Video & Animation

Blender 2D Animation: The Complete Guide to the Grease Pencil, Second Edition describes how to access the Grease Pencil component in Blender and create 2D animation within the Blender 3D environment. It is assumed that the reader has no previous...

For more than two decades, players have led the zerg, protoss, and terrans into battle for galactic dominance in StarCraft, StarCraft II, and multiple campaign expansions. The Cinematic Art of StarCraft offers a detailed view into the history and...

The creations of female animation filmmakers are recognized all over the world while being, paradoxically, unknown to the general public. Women and Film Animation: A Feminist Corpus at the National Film Board of Canada 1939-1989 brings out of the shadows...

Digital 3D has become a core feature of the twenty-first-century visual landscape. Yet 3D cinema is a contradictory media form: producing spaces that are highly regimented and exhaustively detailed, it simultaneously relies upon distortions of vision and...

This volume is the most comprehensive reference work on visual communications to date. An international group of well-known experts in the field provide up-to-date and in-depth contributions on topics such as fundamental theory, international standards...

The analysis of QoE is not an easy task, especially for multimedia services, because all the factors (technical and non-technical) that directly or indirectly influence the user-perceived quality have to be considered. This book describes different...

Digital 3D has become a core feature of the twenty-first-century visual landscape. Yet 3D cinema is a contradictory media form: producing spaces that are highly regimented and exhaustively detailed, it simultaneously relies upon distortions of vision and...

Although virtual reality promises to immerse a person in another world, its true power lies in its ability to sever a person's spatial situatedness in this one. This is especially clear in Japan, where the VR headset has been embraced as a way to block...

Designing Gamified Systems is a fundamental guide for building essential skills in game and interaction design to revitalize and reimagine real world systems - from cities and corporations to schools and the military. Author Sari Gilbert develops a set...

This revised and updated edition of the standard introduction to computer animation reflects the latest developments in 3D computer animation. It clearly explains the basic concepts and techniques for all those who want to master the technology, while...

Description: This second edition of Force: Animal Drawing Animal locomotion and design concepts for animators offers readers an enlarged and enhanced selection of images that apply FORCE to animals. With larger images, readers can better appreciate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908175809Author Dopress BooksFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint CYPI PressPublisher CYPI Press

Want to use an Adobe tool to design animated web graphics that work on iPhone and iPad? You've come to the right book. Adobe Edge Animate Preview 7: The Missing Manual shows you how to build HTML5 graphics using simple visual tools, just as with familiar...

Want to create animated graphics for iPhone, iPad and the Web, using familiar Adobe features? You've come to the right guide. Adobe Edge Preview 5: The Missing Manual shows you how to build HTML5 and JavaScript graphics with Adobe multimedia tools. No...

Well before Ajax and Microsoft's Windows Presentation Foundation hit the scene, Macromedia offered the first method for building web pages with the responsiveness and functionality of desktop programs with its Flash-based "Rich Internet Applications"...

As the first book for intermediate and advanced users of Google SketchUp, this "Cookbook" goes beyond the basics to explore the complex features and tools that design professionals use. You'll get numerous step-by-step tutorials for solving common (and...

Introduces readers to the many overlooked and intriguing voices in the animation world.Includes a number of new writings about various animators, films, and trends outside of the mainstream arena.About the AuthorChris Robinson is a Canadian writer and...

Offers access to projects of some of the top professionals working in Real-Time Content Production today like engineering teams from "The Mandalorian" & League of Legends as well as video content designers for The Foo Fighters and Back to the Future, The...

Description:A Moving Subject offers a collection of essays from around the world. From Italy to the Middle East, from an analysis of A Night on Bald Mountain to African cinema animation, these essays help to paint the world of animation in a...

This book examines the life of the Australian artist Harry Reade (1927-1998) and his largely overlooked contribution to animation. It constitutes a biography of Reade, tracing his life from his birth to his period of involvement with animation between...

This book examines the life of the Australian artist Harry Reade (1927-1998) and his largely overlooked contribution to animation. It constitutes a biography of Reade, tracing his life from his birth to his period of involvement with animation between...

This book examines Zoombombing, the racist harassment and hate speech on Zoom.While most accounts refer to Zoombombing as simply a new style or practice of online trolling and harassment in the wake of increased videoconferencing since the outbreak of...

Features archival research, personal interviews, and published memoirs.Presents Khitruk's work and personality as an emblem of Russian animation during the Soviet eraCovers the animator's creative and skilled achievements through decades of traditional...

Drawn to Life is a two-volume collection of the legendary lectures of long-time Disney animator Walt Stanchfield. For over 20 years, Walt mentored a new generation of animators at the Walt Disney Studios and influenced such talented artists such as Tim...

Provides unique guidance on how to craft narrative for mobile and live games.Includes practical exercises to help readers apply the knowledge gained within to their own games and design processes.Covers both development and production processes for...

Written explicitly for aspiring and beginner QA testers, with concise and accessible advice and guidance.Combines proven and tested examples, tips, and tricks from experts currently working in the global games industry.Insight into different roles within...

Provides a framework for game pitch documents that can be used to answer a request for proposal (RFP), sell a game's vision to publishers or start a new game projectIncludes a wealth of author-created examples of outlined best practices, providing...

Based on the PocketGamer MasterClass Building a Pitch: From Concept to Document (2021), a decade's worth of industry experience and numerous industry-level pitches for a variety of organisations, including Mediatonic, Epic Games and GDC, this book will...

Features titles in the book are household names across the planet. Everyone knows Lord of the Rings. Everyone knows Marvel. Everyone knows Star Wars.Includes chapters alternate between professional war stories and personal chronicles. Readers can quickly...

This book provides a comprehensive examination of the use of MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MPEG-7, MPEG-21, and MPEG-A standards, providing a detailed reference to their application. In this book, the authors address five leading MPEG standards: MPEG-2, MPEG-4,...

One of the most stylistically original and provocative writers in animation returns with this informal sequel to his previous books on indie animation, Unsung Heroes of Animation and Animators Unearthed. In this collection, award-winning writer,...

Explores death as a narrative theme within cinema and animation Biographical insight into Dennis Tupicoff's works and how the subject of death impacted these completed award-winning films Special online access to Dennis Tupicoff's animated works ...

Divided into two sections that enable the reader to first focus on a more traditional approach to business planning and then to gain deeper insights into the process. For teaching a short 12-week course the first level will be sufficient, while for...

Divided into two sections that enable the reader to first focus on a more traditional approach to business planning and then to gain deeper insights into the process. For teaching a short 12-week course the first level will be sufficient, while for...

Written explicitly for aspiring and beginner community managers, with concise and accessible advice and guidance.Combines proven and tested examples, tips, and tricks from experts currently working in the global games industry.Covers timely topics like...

The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) began in 1976 and stands today as one of the oldest and largest animation events in the world. One of the unique features of the OIAF is the inclusion of commissioned writings that provide attendees with...

There is a lot one could say about animation in Europe, but above all, there is no consistent European animation. It is as disparate as the various countries involved. Audiences will certainly recognize American or Japanese animation, but in Europe, it...

There is a lot one could say about animation in Europe, but above all, there is no consistent European animation. It is as disparate as the various countries involved. Audiences will certainly recognize American or Japanese animation, but in Europe, it...

Description:A Moving Subject offers a collection of essays from around the world. From Italy to the Middle East, from an analysis of A Night on Bald Mountain to African cinema animation, these essays help to paint the world of animation in a...

3D Character Development Workshop is designed to fast-track comprehension of the concepts, tools, and methods of character rigging so that you can get past the technical hurdles and on to animating! This comprehensive guide is simple enough for...