Chopine, Ami <br/><br/>
3D art essentials  the fundamentals of 3D modeling, texturing, and animation /  [[Book] :] 
Ami Chopine. 
 - Oxford, UK ;  Burlington, MA :  Focal Press,  2011. 
 - xiii, 274 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> "GeekAtPlay Studio"--Cover.  Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-262) and index. 
<br/><br/> History of Computer Graphics and Special Effects.  Getting Started and Getting Finished.  Polygons: How 2D Becomes 3D.  NURBS: The Spliny Truth.  Subdivision Surfaces: The Marriage of Polygons and NURBS.  Deforming: It's A Good Thing.  Rigging.  Animation: It's Alive!  Dynamics: Let's Get Physical.  How the Pixel Gets Its Color.  More Than Just Color.  Light Effects.  Lighting The Way .  Working The Camera.  Environments.  Rendering.  Procedures and Graphs.  Scripting.  What Tools to Use.  Making a Career out of 3D. 
<br/><br/> Looks at the principles of 3D art and offers instructions on creating a variety of 3D graphics and animation. 
<br/><br/> All age. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780240814711 (pbk.) 0240814711 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Computer graphics.<br/>Computer animation.<br/>Three-dimensional display systems.<br/>Computer graphics.<br/>Computer animation.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>006.696 006.696 006.6 006.6 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label> / CA