Animating Facial Features & Expressions, Second Edition (Charles River Media Graphics) [Paperback]

David Kalwick (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 3, 2006 | ISBN-10: 1584504749 | ISBN-13: 978-1584504740 | Edition: 2

This completely updated edition is written to teach 3D artists, designers, and animators how to add realism to their character's expressions. It begins by covering the anatomy of the human head, facial features, and facial muscles and progresses to cover recreating the human face and muscle structure in 3D and making it move in a realistic, believable fashion. It is filled with detailed instruction for lip synching and creating visual expressions for speech and sound under a variety of conditions (sad, happy, stuttering, etc.). It provides visual reference charts of morph targets for weighted human expressions, typical human phonemes, cartoon expressions, facial expressions, and just-for-fun cartoon expressions. This edition includes two new chapters covering 3ds Max and Maya. All of these techniques can also be applied to your own aliens, animals, creatures, and other animated creations. If you want your characters to have truly realistic facial expressions, you'll learn everything you need to know in this indispensable resource.

Product Details

• Paperback: 391 pages
• Publisher: Charles River Media; 2 edition (May 3, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1584504749
• ISBN-13: 978-1584504740
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,546,982 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This review is from: Animating Facial Features & Expressions, Second Edition (Charles River Media Graphics) (Paperback)

David Kalwick's Animating Facial Features & Expressions 2nd Edition completely updates the prior title on the topic to include the latest tools and resources. It's written for 3D artists and designers with an entire focus on one of the most difficult aspects of programming effectively: animating expressions. With two new chapters on using 2DS Max and Maya and new coverage of other hot programs, developers are assured of the latest techniques and tricks.