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How to Cheat in Maya 2012: Tools and Techniques for Character Animation

by Eric Luhta

The Maya guide for animators, How to Cheat in Maya 2012 presents everything you need to know about character animation in Maya. Fully updated for the latest revision of Maya, this book provides you with complete,...

Gun Digest Glock Exploded Gun Drawing

by Harold Murtz

From Gun Digest Book of Exploded Gun Drawings, you get an exploded view of your Glock with numbered and labeled parts to assist you in disassembling and reassembling.

Above the Din of War: Afghans Speak About Their Lives, Their Country, and Their Future-and Why America Should Listen

by Peter Eichstaedt

What will happen when international forces finally vacate Afghanistan? The answer to that question is unknown, but if there is any hope for Afghanistan, veteran journalist Peter Eichstaedt asserts, it is with...

The illustrator's survival guide

by Amélia Giroux-Gagné & Nicolas Trost

Since its inception in 1983, Illustration Quebec (Quebec Association of illustrators) has developed numerous promotional tools for illustrators. It has also created documents regarding copyrights, contracts,...

The Art of Duelling

by A Traveller

THE ART OF DUELLING By "A Traveller." AN OBSCURE PRESS CLASSIC REPRINT. This rare little book was first published in 1836. Only a handful of the original editions remain, and are now extremely costly. OBSCURE...

Cinema as Weather: Stylistic Screens and Atmospheric Change

by Kristi McKim

How do cinematic portrayals of the weather reflect and affect our experience of the world? While weatherly predictability and surprise can impact our daily experience, the history of cinema attests to the stylistic...

Designing for the Museum Visitor Experience

by Tiina Roppola

Exhibition environments are enticingly complex spaces: as facilitators of experience; as free-choice learning contexts; as theaters of drama; as encyclopedic warehouses of cultural and natural heritage; as two-,...

Rig it Right! Maya Animation Rigging Concepts

by Tina O'Hailey

Rigging a character can be a complicated undertaking. Move from a bi-pedal character to a quad- or poly-pedal and, well, things just got real. Where do you begin?

Unlike all of those button-pushing manuals out...

Acting and Performance for Animation

by Derek Hayes

Character animation involves more than the principles of animation and the mechanics of motion. Unique, believeable characters that think, feel and captivate your audience are ones that involve emotion, performance,...

Architectural Rendering with 3ds Max and V-Ray: Photorealistic Visualization

by Markus Kuhlo

Create high-quality photorealistic renders of architectural visualizations using 3ds Max and Vray with the project-based tutorials in this book. Learn how to combine lighting and rendering options to end-up...

Tradigital Blender: A CG Animator's Guide to Applying the Classical Principles of Animation

by Roland Hess

Expand your animation toolkit with foundational animation techniques, software expertise, professional best-practices, proven and time-tested work flows. Roland Hess, a leading Blender artist and instructor,...

BLADE's Guide to Making Knives

by Joe Kertzman

Learn the Secrets of Knifemaking From the Masters of the Trade

With an all-star cast of renowned knifemakers, BLADE's Guide To Making Knives 2nd Edition brings you the most up-to-date, inside information available...

Animating with Flash 8: Creative Animation Techniques

by Alex Michael

Whether you are a designer who hasn't yet used Flash, a professional animator who wants to create digital animation for the first time, or a Flash user who hasn't yet made the most of the animation features...

Producing Animation

by Catherine Winder & Zahra Dowlatabadi

Drawing heavily from the authors' twenty years of combined experience, Producing Animation offers a clear overview of this exciting industry and a comprehensive guide to the process of developing a project from...

Producing Independent 2D Character Animation: Making & Selling A Short Film

by Mark A. Simon

PRODUCING INDEPENDENT 2D CHARACTER ANIMATION takes an in-depth look at the artistry and production process of cel animation in a friendly, how-to manner that makes the sometimes tedious process of animation...

Don't Call the Thrift Shop: What to Do With a Lifetime of Well-Loved Possessions

by Susannah Ryder

What do you do with a lifetime of well-loved possessions when Mom moves to the retirement home, or there's a death in the family, or you are ready to move to a smaller home? Is that old chest a valuable antique...

The Story of Western Furniture

by Phyllis Bennett Oates

" A well organised survey of a facinating subject." David Pearce, RIBA Journal

Deconstructing the Elements with 3ds max 6: Create natural fire, earth, air and water without plug-ins

by Pete Draper

Master professional techniques in 3ds max with expert guidance from this unique book and DVD-ROM package!

A must have guide for those with 3ds max experience who want to get more out of the base kit this versatile...

Designing Sound for Animation

by Robin Beauchamp

This nuts-and-bolts guide to sound design for animated films explains audio software, free downloads, how sound works, the power of sound when wielded by an animation filmmaker, and provides varieties of examples...

Essential CG Lighting Techniques with 3ds Max

by Darren Brooker

Lighting is the one thing that makes or breaks any CG environment. This inspirational book and DVD give you everything you need to create convincing CG lightin; from the concepts and theoretical aspects to the...