Digital character development : theory and practice / by Rob O'Neill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Neill, Rob, author

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Video games--Design.

Video games.

Video games--Programming.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 pages) : illustrations, tables

Edition:

2nd edition.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2023.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2015.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Digital characters are a driving force in the entertainment industry today. Every animated film and video game production spends a large percentage of its resources and time on advancing the quality of the digital characters inhabiting the world being created. This book presents the theory and practice behind the creation of digital characters for film and games using software-agnostic descriptions that apply to any animation application. It provides insight from a real production environment and the requirements that such an environment imposes.

Contents:

part I An Introduction to Digital Characters

chapter 1 Overview

chapter 2 Contemporary Issues Related to Digital Characters

chapter 3 Interview: Josh Carey, Rigging Supervisor, Reel FX Creative Studio

chapter 4 History of Digital Characters

chapter 5 Interview: Tim McLaughlin, Associate Professor and Department Head, Department of Visualization, College of Architecture, Texas A&M University

chapter 6 Character Technology and Code

chapter 7 Interview: Daniel Dawson, Lead Character Technical Director, DreamWorks Animation

part II Character Technology

chapter 8 Introduction to Character Technology

chapter 9 Interview: Wade Ryer, Character Technical Director

chapter 10 Anatomy for Character Setup

chapter 11 Interview: Lee Wolland, Character Technical Director, Consultant

chapter 12 Motion Systems

chapter 13 Interview: Cara Malek, Character Technology Supervisor, DreamWorks Animation

chapter 14 Deformation Systems

chapter 15 Interview: Robert Helms, Lead Character Technical Director, DreamWorks Animation

chapter 16 Face Setup

chapter 17 Interview: Nico Scapel, Creative Director, Faceshift

chapter 18 Rig Synthesis

chapter 19 Interview: Stephen Mann, CG Supervisor, Shade VFX

chapter 20 Rig Construction

part III Animation Technology

chapter 21 Introduction to Animation Technology

chapter 22 Interview: Javier Solsona, Senior Character Technical Director, Sony Imageworks

chapter 23 Traditional Animation Techniques

chapter 24 Interview: Stephen Candell, Lead Character Technical Director, DreamWorks Animation

chapter 25 Motion Capture

chapter 26 Interview: Brad Clark, Character Technical Director, Consultant

chapter 27 Procedural Animation

chapter 28 Interview: Terran Boylan, Lead Character Technical Director, DreamWorks Animation

chapter 29 Case Studies in Character Interactivity

chapter 30 Interview: David Hunt-Bosch, Rigging Tech Art Lead, Bungie

part IV Conclusions

chapter 31 The Frontiers of Digital Character Development

chapter 32 Interview: Ken Perlin, Professor, Media Research Laboratory, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University

chapter 33 Conclusions.

Notes:

"An A K Peters Book."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781040073742

1040073743

9780429160127

0429160127

9781482250787

1482250780

9781482250770

1482250772

OCLC:

930260314