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 enlarge | Authors: Harold Whitaker, John Halas
Publisher: Focal Press
Category: Book
List Price: $31.95
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Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 16029
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 148
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 7.4 x 0.4
ISBN: 0240517148
Dewey Decimal Number: 006
EAN: 9780240517148
ASIN: 0240517148
Publication Date: February 2002
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 Amazing animation book February 22, 2007
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book is an essential to have for any animator. It communicates very clearly the basic principles of animation which is vital for either 2D or 3D animation. If you want to be serious about this field you should buy this book. Also contains very good animated cycles and explains how they work. I actually bought it before it was in print in the USA and cost me a nice deal of money.
Must have November 9, 2006
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
I've been a professional animator for over 10 years and I cannot believe that I never had this book before now. I wish I had this to reference on several of my projects. Instead I pretty much re-invented the wheel. It not only shows visuals, but also explains the physics behind what is going on with the graphics. For instance, for a water splash, the author explains how the air affects the volume when an object plunges into water, etc. It really makes sense of what is going on so that the artist can recreate their own version without the need of copying.
frames per second August 31, 2006
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
When a god of anything tells you to do something, you do it. I'm an animator, or rather i hope to be one day, and as such I read everything I can in the hopes of becoming better at animation. So the moment I saw that John Lasseter recommended this book my first job was to get it.
its a fantastic book that goes into this secret art of timing. Timing shows weight, mood, and power. It can make or break an animation. The secrets inside are well worth the few pennies paid for. It's like finding a secret wizards book and learning his spells.
It is simply a must, have much like the Illusion of life. I only wish I had found it sooner!
 Good book to have, but WAY OVERPRICED... April 27, 2005
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
I'm downgrading this book partly because it's overpriced and frankly I wish the drawing style in it were different.
It's still a nice book to have and covers some specific timing and staging problems that a lot of other books don't, but it's not the end-all and be-all for animation timing that it gets hyped up to be.
I still don't understand why this book was out-of-print for so long in the US and why it's so ridiculously overpriced now. It's really a $15 or $20 book at most, but the publishers are charging $30!
 good old "Timing for Animation" March 6, 2005
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
I think it's a very good book for the beginner, because it explains some basic concepts very very well. (Best explanation of overlapping I've ever seen.) But there's not much to it beyond explaining these basics. The language is very clear though and it's an easy&fast reading.
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