This text provides details on many of the new features of ElectricImage 2.9 which are tailored to the creation of good character animation including the use of Bones, Morphs, and the Function Curve Editor. Extensive tips and techniques are provided for the already established features such as Mr. Nitro, Invers Kinematics, and Effectors. Third party plug-ins are covered including, Smoke with TripleDToons' Power Particles and modelling with ZaxWerks' EPSInvigorator and VectorLathe. The CD includes the ElectricImage Project files used in the tuturials and all of the supporting files such as textures, movies and models. The CD-ROM files will work best with version 2.9.
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John Sledd is also the editor of the best-selling Ray Dream Handbook, second edition, and a freelance 3D illustrator working in the science fiction (and fact), fantasy, and cartoon genres.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Information, Clumsy Presentation,
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This review is from: The Electric Image Handbook with CDROM (Paperback)
It is an excellent resource if you have already mastered the basics of EI and are looking to take your skills to the next level. The tutorials are excellent. You just wouldn't know by looking at the book and browsing through it.The author really knows his business when it comes to EI. The book is unfortunately written in the same informal, folksy, slang-heavy style as so much other computer-graphics literature. It is also poorly organized. It really could've benefitted from the attentions of a good editor and a technical writer.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Very very helpful,
By a_masters "a_masters" (California, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Electric Image Handbook with CDROM (Paperback)
After reading the review that gave the book one star and called it "terrible", I was afraid of buying it. I decided to buy it anyway and I don't regret it. This is the first time I use EI and I found the book very helpful and very easy to understand. I actually thought this book would be easy to understand for very beginners (then again I have worked with other 3D apps, such as buggy-as-hell Strata Studio Pro, and have done some complex stuff, so I could be wrong.) I think the book is worth the money and highly recommend it.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Overall it becomes what every EI user expects,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Electric Image Handbook with CDROM (Paperback)
It's been a while now since I stoped trying to get EI oriented magazines to provide me with the knowledge needed to solve the get-arounds in EI...by far the most complete 3D package in the professional animation world. it is NOT for begginers tho, a vast animation and EI terminology is to be acquired before even considering taking the plunge on the advanced stuff in this book (which is the main benefit)...I'd say, if you've done a couple of things in EI, and have done past work over other minor apps...then by all means get this babe.
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