This guide to planning a career in computer graphics includes descriptions of more than 130 positions along with salary information, 100 interviews with real-life practitioners, and advice from more than 75 different practitioners from studios such as PIXAR Animation, Blue Sky, Will Vinton, PDI/ DreamWorks, and Disney Interactive. Daily duties, educational needs, salary, and resources for further inquiry into the areas of specialty are explained, and practitioners' general advice to beginners and advice on portfolio issues is also provided.

Careers in Computer Graphics & Animation (Gardner's Guide series)

Gardner PhD, Garth

Children's Books

Garth Gardner Company

Computer Graphics &amp; Animation: History, Careers, Expert Advice is an essential guide for aspiring computer graphics, animation, and new media practitioners. Readers can look forward to a detailed historic timeline that highlights some of the great moments and innovative people in computer animationÕs history. The author also provides current advice geared toward students and young professionals. This guide provides students with the practical advice necessary to becoming a computer graphics artist. Rounded out with interviews from pioneers and practitioners from PDI, ILM, Pixar, Rhythm and Hues as well as several other studios, this book makes a great guide for learners new and old.

Computer Graphics and Animation (Gardner's Guide series)

Business & Money

Job Hunting & Careers

This is the most comprehensive new media industry directory. Gardner's Guide to Multimedia and Animation Studios profiles hundreds of computer graphics, animation, multimedia companies in the USA and Canada. A valuable directory for professionals and students seeking to enter the New Media job market. Researched categories includes: areas of specialization; number of employees; description of company achievements, mailing address, phone and fax numbers, and web address. Indexed by the following categories: geographic location of studio; number of employees; area of specialization; in addition to the generic index. This book is your direct link to over 10,000 practitioners at hundreds of studios.

Gardner's Guide to Multimedia & Animation Studios (Gardner's Guide Series)

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Gardner's Storyboard Sketchbook is a 200 page 70lb quality drawing workbook for planning/designing an animated story or film. Contains storyboard templates, character drawing sheets, and storyboard example from Pacific Data Image, Academy of Art College and more. Provides an excellent way to organize a project. This book also contains camera and character motion keys that are standard to the industry.

Gardner's Storyboard Sketchbook: Story Planning and Character Design Workbook (Gardner's Guide series)

Graphic Design

Gardner's CG &amp; Animation Dictionary is the consummate guide to the language of the computer graphics and animation world. It contains short and quick definitions of production terms used by visual effects and animation professionals. Hundreds of terms and phrases are defined as well as acronyms and terms related to software packages. Ideal for students and working professionals, this reference is packed with technical, non-technical, career-related titles, and production language. Cel Animation, Clay Animation, Anime, CGI, and all other styles and techniques of animation are also defined along with common graphic design terms. This guide will keep novices and professionals up-to-date in this fast-moving world of Computer Graphics &amp; Animation.

Gardner's Computer Graphics & Animation Dictionary

With concise definitions of the most popular production terms and jargons used in the film, video, and television industries, this dictionary also includes some of the lesser-known terms. Entries relating to broadcast, motion picture, and video production as well as aesthetic techniques, professional titles, and production styles are also defined.

Gardner's Film, Video & TV Dictionary (Gardner's Guide series)

Humor & Entertainment

Movies

Hundreds of companies and studios that offers internships in new media—Computer graphics, animation, and multimedia—are listed in this guide. Profiles include general information about the company, internships available, benefits, and contact information, often with e-mail and Web addresses.

Gardner's Guide to Internships in New Media 2004: Computer Graphics, Animation and Multimedia (Gardner's Guide series)

Computers & Technology

Programming

Multimedia is an excellent career choice for today's job market. To succeed in this competitive, but well-paying industry, you’ll need a strong foundation—the right education. But where do you get that education? What are the critical factors to consider when evaluating a school? Should you attend a liberal arts university or an art college? This book provides the answers to these questions and more and tells you what you need to consider when choosing a multimedia school. Just as you wouldn’t buy the first car you stumbled upon no matter how much it cost, you shouldn’t just take the first school that accepts you. In this book, you’ll evaluate your personal strengths, degree options, career choices, and other specific criteria required to choose the best multimedia school. You’ll also learn how to prepare a portfolio, apply for scholarships, investigate expenses, and learn from the best in the multimedia field, including professors, designers, and business owners about what it takes to make it in this field.

Gardner's Guide to Selecting a Multimedia School (Gardner's Guide series)

Edwards, Christina

For the high school senior, college graduate, or anyone else who wants to pursue a career in the field of computer graphics and animation, this book is a guide for the colleges whose programs cater to the business of creating visual effects for feature films, video games, television commercials, or the Web.

Gardner's Guide to Colleges for Multimedia & Animation (Gardner's Guide series)

Reference

As the most comprehensive new media industry directory, this guide profiles hundreds of computer graphics, animation, and multimedia companies in the United States and Canada. Researched categories include areas of specialization, number of employees, description of company achievements, mailing addresses, phone and fax numbers, and Web addresses.

Gardner's Guide to Multimedia & Animation Studios: The Industry Directory (Gardner's Guide series)

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