The Complete Idiot's Guide to Web Animation [Paperback]

Marc Campbell (Author)

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Series: The Complete Idiot's Guide | Publication Date: November 5, 2002

This guide introduces the reader to concepts and techniques in computer animation for the Internet. The book starts out with background information about the field, contrasts computer animation with traditional animation, and emphasizes that the Web is the publishing medium of choice for most computer animation today. The Complete Idiot's Guide(R) to Web Animation also includes learning to make animated GIFs, from banner ads to email attachments; building an animation project while mastering timelines and keyframes, and how to integrate the finished product into a Web site; learning basic principles of 3D animation, and a section on advanced 3D animation.

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About the Author

Marc Campbell has been doodling on computers and publishing computer art on the Web for nearly ten years. His big break in computer illustration came in 1997 when after working in a computer graphics firm, he was chosen to lead a design team at DC Comics. In this role he helped create and maintain official DC Comic Web sites, including the official Mad Magazine Web site. Since, Marc has taught Web design and computer graphics at the Millennium Institute of Computers and has worked with SE Technologies as Creative Director of Web site design, animation and graphic enhancement. Marc is the author of Alpha's The Complete Idiot's GuideA (R) to Computer Illustration, due in bookstores in June 2002.

Product Details

Paperback: 360 pages
Publisher: Alpha (November 5, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0028644204
ISBN-13: 978-0028644202
Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,496,546 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Inside This Book (learn more)

First Sentence:
For all its sophistication, computer animation is essentially a simple procedure. Read the first page

Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
default frame delay, hidden toolset, projector file, external media files, text cast member, embedded movie, projector window, text sprite, ink mode, motion tween, motion guide layer, bone animation, drag the playback head, text equivalence, library panel, shape tween, cast window, click the color square, animation symbol, web animation, layers panel, tween instances, shape hint, property inspector, first keyframe

Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Animation Advice, Flash Player, Astro Ape, Shop Talk, The Least You Need, Bouncing Red Ball, Macromedia Flash, Test Movie, Publish Settings, Shockwave Player, Duplicate Frame, Export Movie, Behavior Channel, Macromedia Fireworks, Macromedia Director, Background Transparent, Create Projector, Free Transform, Play Sound, Sound Beep, Sound Properties, Automatic Model Rotation, Alpha Books, Create Face, Create Vertex

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