| Preface |
| About the CD-ROM |
| Beginning Modeling Techniques / Chapter 1： |
| Modeling Simple Objects with Splines/NURBS |
| Modeling a Knife |
| Troubleshooting |
| Modeling a Spoon |
| Modeling a Spatula |
| Modeling a Frying Pan |
| Modeling a Palette Knife |
| Modeling Simple Objects with Subdivision Surfaces |
| Modeling a Hammer |
| Modeling an Armchair |
| Intermediate Modeling Techniques / Chapter 2： |
| Creating a Cartoon Cow with Subdivision Modeling |
| The Cow Head |
| The Cow Body |
| Creating a Cartoon Chicken with Patch Spline/NURBS Modeling |
| Making the 3-D Template with Box Modeling |
| Patch Modeling the Chicken |
| Anatomy of the Human Figure / Chapter 3： |
| Proportion |
| The Skeleton |
| The Skull |
| The Skeleton of the Torso |
| The Bones of the Arm |
| The Bones of the Leg |
| The Muscles |
| The Muscles of the Head |
| The Muscles of the Neck |
| The Muscles of the Torso |
| The Muscles of the Arm |
| The Muscles of the Leg |
| Advanced Modeling Techniques, Part 1 / Chapter 4： |
| Patch Modeling the Head with Splines/NURBS |
| Advantages of Patch Modeling |
| Rules for Patch Modeling |
| Preparation for Modeling |
| Splines/NURBS Patch Modeling Procedure |
| The Female Head |
| The Male Head |
| Subdivision Modeling the Head with Polygons |
| Advanced Modeling Techniques, Part 2 / Chapter 5： |
| Modeling the Torso with Splines/NURBS |
| The Female Torso |
| The Male Torso |
| Subdivision Modeling the Torso with Polygons |
| Helpful Hints for Modeling Details |
| Completing the Subdivision Torso |
| Advanced Modeling Techniques, Part 3 / Chapter 6： |
| Modeling the Arm and Hand with Splines/NURBS |
| The Female Arm |
| The Hand |
| The Male Arm |
| Modeling the Arm and Hand with Subdivision Surface Polygons |
| Advanced Modeling Techniques, Part 4 / Chapter 7： |
| Modeling the Leg with Splines/NURBS |
| The Female Leg |
| The Male Leg |
| Converting a Spline/NURBS Model for Subdivision Surface Rendering |
| Modeling the Leg with Subdivision Surface Polygons |
| Advanced Modeling Techniques, Part 5 / Chapter 8： |
| The Eye |
| The Eyelashes |
| The Eyebrows |
| The Inside of the Mouth |
| The Teeth |
| The Gums |
| The Tongue |
| The Hair |
| Helmet Hair / Method 1： |
| Using a Hair Generator / Method 2： |
| Hair Generator Settings |
| Soft-Body Dynamics |
| Surface Settings |
| Setting Up the Human Model for Animation / Chapter 9： |
| Setting Up a Skeleton |
| Making a Skeleton |
| Assigning Weight Maps |
| Adjusting Weight Maps |
| Setting Up an Inverse Kinematics Skeleton |
| Setting Up Facial Expressions |
| Muscle Groups of the Face |
| Expressing Emotion |
| Creating Morph Targets for the Face |
| Cheeks |
| Eyebrows |
| Eyes |
| Jaw |
| Mouth |
| Neck |
| Nose |
| Speech |
| Surfacing and Lighting Details / Chapter 10： |
| Surfacing Details |
| Various Image-Mapping Methods |
| Procedural Textures |
| Surface Factors |
| Surfacing a Human Character |
| Texturing the Eyes |
| The Cornea |
| The Eyeball |
| The Iris |
| The Lens |
| Texturing the Body |
| Texturing the Face |
| UV-Mapping a Face in Sections |
| UV-Mapping an Entire Face |
| Using a Texture Guide |
| Working with a 3-D Paint Program |
| Lighting the Human Model |
| Types of Lights |
| Ambient |
| Key Light |
| Fill Light |
| Rim or Back Light |
| Kicker Light |
| Top Light |
| Special Lights |
| Bounce Lights |
| Contact Lights |
| Gobos or Cucaloris Lights |
| Fundamentals of Human Animation / Chapter 11： |
| Some Animation Pointers |
| Animating in Stages |
| Dialogue |
| Dialogue Essentials |
| Ways of Making Them Talk |
| Using an Exposure Sheet |
| Importing Audio into the Animation Program |
| Importing Video into the Animation Program |
| Completing the Dialogue |
| Storyboarding |
| Rotoscoping |
| The Graph Editor |
| Cleaning Up an Animation with the Graph Editor |
| Animating Within the Graph Editor |
| Using the Graph Editor for Cycling Actions |
| Walking |
| Running |
| Human Animation Principles / Chapter 12： |
| The 12 Principles of Animation |
| Squash and Stretch (Weight and Recoil) / 1.： |
| Methods for Creating Squash and Stretch |
| Soft Body Dynamics |
| Manual Adjustments |
| Anticipation / 2.： |
| Staging |
| Straight-Ahead versus Pose-to-Pose Action / 4.： |
| Follow-through and Overlapping action / 5.： |
| Slow In and Slow Out / 6.： |
| Arcs / 7.： |
| Secondary Actions / 8.： |
| Timing / 9.： |
| Exaggeration / 10.： |
| Solid Drawing / 11.： |
| Appeal / 12.： |
| The Elements of Animation |
| Pacing and Impact |
| Action Reaction |
| Rhythm and Lines of Action / 3.： |
| Paths of Action |
| Spatial Relationships |
| Accents |
| Cycles |
| Postures |
| The Take |
| Emotions |
| Balance/Imbalance |
| Weight, Mass, and Gravity |
| Conclusion |
| Lesson Plans |
| Animation 1 Lesson Plans |
| Animation 2 Lesson Plans |
| Animation 3 Lesson Plans |
| Bibliography |
| Index |
| About the Author |
| Preface |
| About the CD-ROM |
| Beginning Modeling Techniques / Chapter 1： |
| Modeling Simple Objects with Splines/NURBS |
| Modeling a Knife |
| Troubleshooting |
