Computer Animation

Algorithms and Techniques

3rd Edition - August 29, 2012

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Author: Rick Parent
Hardcover ISBN: 9780124158429
eBook ISBN: 9780124159730

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Driven by demand from the entertainment industry for better and more realistic animation, technology continues to evolve and improve. The algorithms and techniques behind this technology are the foundation of this comprehensive book, which is written to teach you the fundamentals of animation programming. In this third edition, the most current techniques are covered along with the theory and high-level computation that have earned the book a reputation as the best technically-oriented animation resource. Key topics such as fluids, hair, and crowd animation have been expanded, and extensive new coverage of clothes and cloth has been added. New material on simulation provides a more diverse look at this important area and more example animations and chapter projects and exercises are included. Additionally, spline coverage has been expanded and new video compression and formats (e.g., iTunes) are covered.

Key Features

Includes companion site with contemporary animation examples drawn from research and entertainment, sample animations, and example code
Describes the key mathematical and algorithmic foundations of animation that provide you with a deep understanding and control of technique
Expanded and new coverage of key topics including: fluids and clouds, cloth and clothes, hair, and crowd animation
Explains the algorithms used for path following, hierarchical kinematic modelling, rigid body dynamics, flocking behaviour, particle systems, collision detection, and more

Readership

Students studying computer animation in courses with an emphasis on understanding algorithms and programming. Technical directors, animators, artists, and game developers looking to understand the foundations of animation to improve studio work

Dedication

Preface

Overview

Organization of the Book

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Chapter 1. Introduction

1.1 Motion perception

1.2 The heritage of animation

1.3 Animation production

1.4 Computer animation production

1.5 A brief history of computer animation

1.6 Summary

References

Chapter 2. Technical Background

2.1 Spaces and transformations

2.2 Orientation representation

2.3 Summary

References

Chapter 3. Interpolating Values

3.1 Interpolation

3.2 Controlling the motion of a point along a curve

3.3 Interpolation of orientations

3.4 Working with paths

3.5 Chapter summary

References

Chapter 4. Interpolation-Based Animation

4.1 Key-frame systems

4.2 Animation languages

4.3 Deforming objects

4.4 Three-dimensional shape interpolation

4.5 Morphing (two-dimensional)

4.6 Chapter summary

References

Chapter 5. Kinematic Linkages

5.1 Hierarchical modeling

5.2 Forward kinematics

5.3 Inverse kinematics

5.4 Chapter summary

References

Chapter 6. Motion Capture

6.1 Motion capture technologies

6.2 Processing the images

6.3 Camera calibration

6.4 Three-dimensional position reconstruction

6.5 Fitting to the skeleton

6.6 Output from motion capture systems

6.7 Manipulating motion capture data

6.8 Chapter summary

References

Chapter 7. Physically Based Animation

7.1 Basic physics—a review

7.2 Spring animation examples

7.3 Particle systems

7.4 Rigid body simulation

7.5 Cloth

7.6 Enforcing soft and hard constraints

7.7 Chapter summary

References

Chapter 8. Fluids: Liquids and Gases

8.1 Specific fluid models

8.2 Computational fluid dynamics

8.3 Chapter summary

References

Chapter 9. Modeling and Animating Human Figures

9.1 Overview of virtual human representation

9.2 Reaching and grasping

9.3 Walking

9.4 Coverings

9.5 Chapter summary

References

Chapter 10. Facial Animation

10.1 The human face

10.2 Facial models

10.3 Animating the face

10.4 Lip-sync animation

10.5 Chapter summary

References

Chapter 11. Behavioral Animation

11.1 Primitive behaviors

11.2 Knowledge of the environment

11.3 Modeling intelligent behavior

11.4 Crowds

11.6 Chapter summary

References

Chapter 12. Special Models for Animation

12.1 Implicit surfaces

12.2 Plants

12.3 Subdivision surfaces

12.4 Chapter summary

References

APPENDIX A: Rendering Issues

APPENDIX B: Background Information and Techniques

B.1 Vectors and matrices

B.2 Geometric computations

B.3 Transformations

B.4 Denevit and Hartenberg representation for linked appendages

B.5 Interpolating and approximating curves

B.6 Randomness

B.7 Physics primer

B.8 Numerical integration techniques

B.9 Optimization

B.10 Standards for moving pictures

B.11 Camera calibration

Index

Product details

No. of pages: 542
Language: English
Published: August 29, 2012
Imprint: Morgan Kaufmann
Hardcover ISBN: 9780124158429
eBook ISBN: 9780124159730

About the Author

Rick Parent

Rick Parent is a Professor Emeritus in the Computer Science and Engineering Department of Ohio State University (OSU). As a graduate student, Rick worked at the Computer Graphics Research Group (CGRG) at OSU under the direction of Charles Csuri. In 1977, he received his Ph.D. from the Computer and Information Science (CIS) Department, majoring in Artificial Intelligence. For the next three years, he worked at CGRG first as a Research Associate, and then as Associate Director. In 1980 he co-founded and was President of The Computer Animation Company. In 1985, he joined the faculty of the CIS Department (now the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, or CSE) at Ohio State. Rick's research interests include various aspects of computer animation with special focus on animation of the human figure.

Affiliations and Expertise

Professor Emeritus, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Ohio State

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