3D Art Essentials

INDEX

2D shapes, 2–12, 152–3, 161–2, 167–8, 198–9, 212–14, 219, 221, 227, 253

3D artists

careers, 253–60

demands, 11–12

3D graphics, clay/mud analogy, 13

3D packages, 13, 14–15, 17–18, 21–44, 63, 93–4, 134, 207–8, 211, 213–14, 243–6, 247–52

see also tools

crashes, 17–18, 248

list, 247–52

requirements, 13, 14

scripting, 243–6

tests, 14

3D printers, history of computers, 11–12

3D shapes, history of computers, 2–12

3DS Max, 249, 252

3DS Max Design, 249

64 bit processors, 248

A4 format, 220

The Abyss (1989 movie), 7

action units (AUs)

see also facial animation

definition, 116–18

actors, 115–16, 119–22

addingedge loops, concepts, 30–1, 41–44, 66–70

AddSphere, 244–5

Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), history of computers, 5

aesthetic considerations, ...