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LightWave 3D 8 Character Animation | 
 enlarge | Author: Timothy Albee
Publisher: Wordware Publishing, Inc.
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 72812
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 496
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 1.1
ISBN: 1556220995
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.696
EAN: 9781556220999
ASIN: 1556220995
Publication Date: November 25, 2004
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Product Description
Updating what has been called one of the best books onanimation by top Disney animators, this new book includes even more pre-rigged models, discussion of the new animation tools found in LightWave 3D 8, and the fastest way to do dialogue and facial performance.
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 Disappointing. September 23, 2006
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book is 482 pages long, and the second half of it is not Lightwave-(or even 3D)-specific: general concepts of animation like follow-through, squash-and-stretch, etc. Everything in this section has been said before, and more eloquently, in many other books on the topic of animation.
The first half (which IS Lightwave-specific) is a step-by-step tutorial for building a rather esoteric IK rig for a humanoid character. I didn't find it helpful--nothing in the exercises seems designed to expand the reader's understanding, it's just a recipe for reconstructing Albee's rig. I suspect any reader without a previous understanding of how bones work in Lightwave will be completely frustrated.
If you're a beginner looking for a technical resource to animating in Lightwave, this is definitely *not* it. Any potential buyers should browse through a copy before buying this.
 Great Book February 19, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is very good for learning animation, regardless of the software package you use. The one think I must say is that its hard to just jump to a chapter and start from where you want. From chapter 9 on is what interested me the most, the book didn't make it easy to just pick up from there and run. Well written, and great to practice from.
 Buy this book. Trust me. April 30, 2005
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Finally, a comprehensive book on the art of character animation that goes beyond "push this button, now push that one".
With a background of traditional animation (like Brad "incredibles" Byrd and John "Pixar Honcho" Lassiter), Timothy Albee focuses on how to use the tools within Lightwave to create characters with personality. And it's the character's personality that makes an animation memorable. This is the best book on Character animtion using lightwave that I've seen, and a great resource for learning about the art of animation regardless of your tools of choice.
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