Get Animated!: Creating Professional Cartoon Animation On your Home Computer (Book & CD Rom) [Paperback]

Tim Maloney (Author)

Book Description

Series: Book & CD Rom | Publication Date: March 31, 2009

Includes bonus DVD! Turn great ideas into great animation . . . at home! Create great animation, get discovered on YouTube, get your own TV series, make lots of money . . . see how easy it is? Well, the part about creating great animation really is that easy, with the help of Get Animated! Creating Professional Animation on Your Home Computer. This entertaining illustrated guide shows budding animators exactly how to create studio-grade results without spending a fortune on software and special equipment. First there’s detailed info on choosing and using software tools. Then there’s full step-by-step directions on all aspects of animation production: writing the script, storyboarding, designing the artwork, creating characters, making characters move, animating sequences, lip-syncing, preparing high-quality output, editing, and sound. Move over, Matt Groening—now there’s Get Animated!

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About the Author

Tim Maloney has been a professional animator for more than 15 years. Formerly the animation director for Mrs. Munger's Class and Cernterville for Disney's One Saturday Morning.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Watson-Guptill; Pap/DVD Or edition (March 31, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0823099210
• ISBN-13: 978-0823099214
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 0.5 x 11 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #757,323 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great Primer/Tune up, April 16, 2009

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Tim Lasiuta "Comic Fan 42" (Red Deer, Alberta) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Get Animated!: Creating Professional Cartoon Animation On your Home Computer (Book & CD Rom) (Paperback)

What an absolutely amazing book!

Tim Maloney, professional animator, takes readers who are basicaly familiar with computer animation from concept to completion. His vast experience shines through in his treatments of writing, storyboarding, recording, layout, character design, timing, animation, editing, desing, and finishing.

This is so cool, as his text follows the steps clearly. The bonus DVD gives links to animation programs and helpful examples.

Perfect for the budding animator.

Tim Lasiuta

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get Animated!, May 30, 2009

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This review is from: Get Animated!: Creating Professional Cartoon Animation On your Home Computer (Book & CD Rom) (Paperback)

The book covers not only what one would need to know about animation, but also provides information on the basic rules of art that one would find in any good art instruction book. This combination, as well as readability and style, is what makes this a dynamite book and a great tool for the at home animator.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars POS book, old ideas and not very well written, November 21, 2011

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Samuel J. Stokes "Thermodynamic guy" (Dana Point, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Get Animated!: Creating Professional Cartoon Animation On your Home Computer (Book & CD Rom) (Paperback)

As with many animation books this one is written in sort of a airy manner and not well connected. If you read this book, and think it will be helpful, will I hope you got it as a library book or you will have wasted your money.

Sadly, the author could have done a better job, but didn't.