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The Computer Animator's Technical Handbook (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics)

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Neve buy anything with "handbook" in the title. My mistake.This book is nothing more than a glossary of terms with pretty pictures. Offering v.little practical information. The online table of contents seems promising. Alsolisting the page numbers would have revealed the true nature of this "book".
Might be of interest to Complete novices with cash to spear.
But i doubt it.

You get more indepth information reading the help files in a 3d program. Save your money. Also, someone reviewed it twice and gave it 5 stars, How bogus. Price for the book is ridiculous.

BAD.

The book is basically a dictionary of terms in the computer graphic field. All most the whole book contain very simple ideas and concept I knew already.

Also Lynn Pocock doesn't even do computer graphic work professionally. I have yet to see any computer animation works by the writer.

SAVE YOUR MONEY.

The book offers a very broad and seemingly unrelated range of information. You read, familiarize yourself with the theory of what is done in the field and afterwards it is very easy to apply the quite interesting information in this book. Inevitably, you would require some more practical (not necessarily detailed) information pertaining to more advanced projects. In this case you will at least know what you are looking for and manage the time and project in a more professional manner.

The book offers a very broad and seemingly unrelated range of information. You read, familiarize yourself with the theory of what is done in the field and afterwards it is very easy to apply the quite interesting information gotten from this book. Inevitably, you would require some more practical (not necessarily detailed) information pertaining to more advanced projects. In this case you will at least know what you are looking for and manage the time and project in a more professional manner.

I have already consulted this book for several pieces of hard to find information. Also, the section on video made me understand it truly for the first time!