Explains basic concepts and defines terms of computer graphics, and discusses tools of the trade such as hardware, software, and peripheral devices. DLC: Computer graphics.
Isaac Kerlow is creator that pioneered the use of visual digital technology.
Isaac started his career as an artist in New York City, and freelanced as animator and designer for the early videogame industry. In the late 1990s he was in charge of the art production group at Disney Interactive, and later led the integration of digital technology throughout the art production pipeline at The Walt Disney Company.
Isaac is the author of several books, including the successful "The Art of 3D Computer Animation and Effects," now in its 4th edition and translated to Mandarin, Russian, Japanese and Korean.
Isaac has been involved with education on-and-off, starting in the 1980s the first BFA/MFA Computer Animation program in the USA at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, and in 2006 the first professional art/animation/film school in Singapore, at the Nanyang Technological University. Isaac is chairing the SIGGRAPH 2010 Computer Animation Festival/Electronic Theater.
