Softimage ]XSI 5 Revealed: The Official Guide [With CDROM] by Rossano, Anthony
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller notes
- Binding
- Paperback
- Book Title
- Softimage ]XSI 5 Revealed
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- Yes
- ISBN
- 1592005810
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Course Technology
ISBN-10
1592005810
ISBN-13
9781592005819
eBay Product ID (ePID)
43543771
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Publication Name
Softimage Xsi 5 : the Official Guide
Language
English
Subject
Computer Graphics
Publication Year
2005
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Computers
Series
Revealed Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
24.1 Oz
Item Length
7.3 in
Item Width
9.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2004-114490
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
1. The XSI Interface and Basic Foundation Concepts2. Basic Terminology & Modeling3. Organization, Hierarchy, and Groups4. Simple Polygon Modeling5. Basic Animation and Keyframing6. Materials, Lighting, and Rendering7. Path Animation8. Building Sets and Models9. Working with Layers10. Deformations, and the Generic Attribute Painter11. The Animation Editor12. Working With Images13. Simulations and Dynamics
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
006.696
Table Of Content
1. The XSI Interface and Basic Foundation Concepts 2. Basic Terminology & Modeling 3. Organization, Hierarchy, and Groups 4. Simple Polygon Modeling 5. Basic Animation and Keyframing 6. Materials, Lighting, and Rendering 7. Path Animation 8. Building Sets and Models 9. Working with Layers 10. Deformations, and the Generic Attribute Painter 11. The Animation Editor 12. Working With Images 13. Simulations and Dynamics
Synopsis
Welcome to the world of 3D animation with SOFTIMAGE]XSI 5! Covering everything from modeling to animating, rendering, compositing, and even grooming hair, this official guide is designed to make the complexities of the XSI features accessible to beginning animators. After initial discussion of the fundamental concepts of 3D applications, youll quickly move on to more advanced topics that allow you to take advantage of each amazing feature of XSI 5. Full of tutorials designed to allow you to test each new skill, this book is your hands-on guide to the amazing possibilities of 3D animation with XSI 5., SOFTIMAGE XSI Revealed provides a thorough introduction to XSI for the serious 3D animation student. Softimage-XSI offers an awesome rendering system. This book shows readers how they can take advantage of it. It teaches beginning students everything they need to know to render out exceptional frames. It also provides comprehensive information about textures--how they are projected onto models, and how to use them to modulate bump, transparency, reflectivity and other surface properties. Readers will explore lighting and will use caustics, global illumination, and final gathering to add realism and subtle beauty to scenes. They will also learn how the pros use motion blur and field rendering to put the finished touches on animation for TV and film. From using the RenderTree to create a believable metal material, to complex effects using output shaders, this book is a must for all students serious about understanding the formidable rendering power of SOFTIMAGE XSI., SOFTIMAGE XSI Revealed provides a thorough introduction to XSI for the serious 3D animation student. Softimage XSI offers an awesome rendering system. This book shows readers how they can take advantage of it. It teaches beginning students everything they need to know to render out exceptional frames. It also provides comprehensive information about textures--how they are projected onto models, and how to use them to modulate bump, transparency, reflectivity and other surface properties. Readers will explore lighting and will use caustics, global illumination, and final gathering to add realism and subtle beauty to scenes. They will also learn how the pros use motion blur and field rendering to put the finished touches on animation for TV and film. From using the RenderTree to create a believable metal material, to complex effects using output shaders, this book is a must for all students serious about understanding the formidable rendering power of SOFTIMAGE XSI., Welcome to the world of 3D animation with SOFTIMAGE XSI 5! Covering everything from modeling to animating, rendering, compositing, and even grooming hair, this official guide is designed to make the complexities of the XSI features accessible to beginning animators. After initial discussion of the fundamental concepts of 3D applications, you'll quickly move on to more advanced topics that allow you to take advantage of each amazing feature of XSI 5. Full of tutorials designed to allow you to test each new skill, this book is your hands-on guide to the amazing possibilities of 3D animation with XSI 5.
LC Classification Number
TR897.7.R669687 2006
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