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| A Note from the Series Editor | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Digital Pictures | |
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| Progression of Dimensions and Coordinate Systems | |
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| Digital Images | |
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| 2d Computer Imaging | |
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| 3d Computer Modeling | |
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| Anatomy of Time | |
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| Time | |
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| Representing Time in Words | |
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| Continuous and Discrete Time | |
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| Media: Recording Time-Based Events | |
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| Normalized and Center-Unity Time | |
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| Absolute and Relative Time | |
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| Nested, Local, and Global Time | |
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| Fundamental Temporal Operations | |
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| The Science of Moving Pictures | |
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| The Search for Terminology | |
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| Media | |
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| Fundamentals of Lensed Imaging | |
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| Recording and Playback | |
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| Continuous and Discrete Representation | |
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| Persistence of Vision | |
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| Stroboscope Principles | |
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| Aliasing and Anti-Aliasing | |
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| The Mechanics of Film | |
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| The Photographic Camera | |
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| Photographic (Film) Media | |
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| Cyclic Motion Picture Recording and Projection | |
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| Roll Media Recording and Projection | |
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| The Shuttle and Intermittent Movement of Media | |
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| Camera Movement | |
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| The Moving Picture Projector | |
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| System Resolution | |
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| The Electronics of Video | |
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| The Principles of Raster Scanning | |
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| Electronic Output Displays | |
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| Electronic Image Input Devices | |
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| Electronic Television Standards | |
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| Raster Images, Fields, Interlacing, and the Video Shutter | |
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| Video Waveform Structure | |
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| Video Time Code | |
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| Color | |
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| High-Definition Television | |
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| Video Formats, Recording Technologies, and Defining Characteristics | |
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| Digital Temporal Imaging | |
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| Digital Imaging | |
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| Digital Input and Output Devices | |
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| The Frame Buffer and Color Lookup Table | |
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| The Virtual Camera | |
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| Bandwidth | |
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| Formal Aspects of Digital Images | |
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| Pixel Aspect Ratio | |
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| Compression | |
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| Desktop and Streaming Video | |
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| Digital Media | |
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| Intermixing Media | |
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| Issues of Preference--Film versus Video | |
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| Conversions between Media | |
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| Production Flow | |
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| Animation Methods and Tools | |
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| Fields and Field Guides | |
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| Safeties | |
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| Registration Systems | |
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| The Animation Stand | |
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| Cutouts and the Slash System | |
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| Pan and Scan: Zooms, Pans, Spins | |
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| Scaling | |
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| Animating on Twos | |
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| Staggers | |
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| Color Table Animation | |
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| Scratchon | |
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| Shape Deformation | |
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| Morphing | |
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| Onionskinning | |
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| 3d Animation Methods | |
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| The Integration of Two and Three Dimensions in Computer Animation | |
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| The Cel System | |
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| Cel Animation | |
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| Action Technologies | |
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| Computer-Mediated Cel Animation | |
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| Cel Production | |
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| Motion Pathways, Key Frame Animation, and Easing | |
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| Some Basic Definitions | |
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| Motion Pathways | |
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| Straight-Ahead Animation | |
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| Key Frame Animation | |
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| Easing | |
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| Kinematic Motion and Mechanisms | |
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| Links, Joints, and Chains | |
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| The Kinematic Model | |
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| Forward Kinematics | |
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| Inverse Kinematics | |
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| Constraints | |
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| Dynamic and Behavioral Modeling | |
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| Force and Dynamics | |
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| The Basics of Force | |
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| Relevant Terms | |
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| Types of Force | |
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| Behavioral Systems | |
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| Dynamics and Computer Animation Programs | |
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| Digital Special Effects | |
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| Non-Real-Time Live Action | |
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| Optical Effects | |
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| The Optical Bench | |
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| Motion Control | |
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| Motion Graphics | |
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| Tracking Systems | |
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| Digital Effects | |
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| Animation Languages | |
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| The Language of Moving Pictures | |
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| The Languages of Computer Animation | |
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| The Production Process | |
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| Preproduction | |
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| Production | |
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| Postproduction | |
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| Production Staffing Model | |
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| Afterword | |
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| Recommended Reading | |
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| Index | |
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| Figure Credits | |
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| About the Authors | |