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Get Animated!: Creating Professional Cartoon Animation on Your Home Computer
Includes bonus DVD! Turn great ideas into great animation . . . at home! Create great animation, get discovered on YouTube, get your own TV series, make lots of money . . . see how easy it is? Well, the part about creating great animation really is that easy, with the help of Get Animated! Creating Professional Animation on Your Home Computer. This entertaining illustrated guide shows budding animators exactly how to create studio-grade results without spending a fortune on software and special equipment. First there’s detailed info on choosing and using software tools. Then there’s full step-by-step directions on all aspects of animation production: writing the script, storyboarding, designing the artwork, creating characters, making characters move, animating sequences, lip-syncing, preparing high-quality output, editing, and sound. Move over, Matt Groening—now there’s Get Animated!
160 pages, Paperback
First published March 31, 2009
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January 7, 2010
When I first looked at this book, I didn't think it had much to offer, but on second look, this is an excellent resource for someone like me with little background in animation. It's a good starting place for home-produced animation.
It describes in understandable terms the technical differences between film, NTSC, PAL, HD, and other motion formats. It also explains industry terms, pros and cons of industrial and free software, how several different types of animation work (whether stop-motion, hand-drawn, or Flash), how to compose your shots, how to set up audio, and the pick-up patterns for microphone types.
The sidebars include excellent resource information.
The accompanying DVD has tutorials that complement the book really well. I especially enjoyed watching the stop-motion tutorial: the book had a good explanation, but some of what I couldn't imagine with still images (e.g., how to get rabbit ears out of a mold, how to sculpt a new mouth from the same mold) became much more clear when I saw the video.
It describes in understandable terms the technical differences between film, NTSC, PAL, HD, and other motion formats. It also explains industry terms, pros and cons of industrial and free software, how several different types of animation work (whether stop-motion, hand-drawn, or Flash), how to compose your shots, how to set up audio, and the pick-up patterns for microphone types.
The sidebars include excellent resource information.
The accompanying DVD has tutorials that complement the book really well. I especially enjoyed watching the stop-motion tutorial: the book had a good explanation, but some of what I couldn't imagine with still images (e.g., how to get rabbit ears out of a mold, how to sculpt a new mouth from the same mold) became much more clear when I saw the video.
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