Tradigital 3ds Max: A CG Animator's Guide to Applying the Classic Principles of Animation

Finally bridge the gap between software-specific instruction and the world of classical animation with this easy to utilize, one-of-a-kind reference guide. With great relevance for today's digital workflows, Richard Lapidus presents innovative 3ds Max controls to the classical principles of animation like squash and stretch, anticipation, staging and more. Move beyond these fundamental techniques and explore both the emotion and technical sides of animation with character appeal and rigging. Features a robust companion web sites that include demonstrations, project files, links to further resources, available at www.tradigital3dsmax.com. 
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Trusted 3ds Max authority, Richard Lapidus has 15 years of experience teaching this subject to Fortune 500 companies as a Certified Instructor, and entry-level students as a Tenured Professor.</li>
<li>The "Tradigital" promise of offering specific tool-set instruction and connecting it with the classical principles of animation that all great animators need to know.</li>
<li>Faced with so many tools, students spend most of their time learning how to model, yet never actually learn what it means to breathe life into their work. This book shows how to enhance the process of animation using traditional techniques which have captivated viewers of animation for decades. </li>
<li>Animators will learn how to: make the camera an integral participant in the scene, use overlapping motion to create more realistic animation, use the graphic editors to examine timing and enhance the flow of your projects. </li>
<li>Several obstacle files will be provided with practical solutions, so that animators can learn what NOT to do.</li>
<li>Ready-made models will be provided so that animators can practice techniques as they follow the clear tutorials presented.</li>
<li>Companion web site offers: all tutorials/projects, plus camtasia created flash videos showing necessary click-throughs.</li>
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Computers & Technology

Lapidus, Richard

Games & Strategy Guides

Routledge

Book by Michael M. Hickey, Banks, Leo W., Lapidus, Richard

The Death Of Warren Baxter Earp, A Closer Look

Politics & Social Sciences

Banks, Leo W.

Michael M. Hickey

Social Sciences

Talei Pub

Finally bridge the gap between software-specific instruction and the world of classical animation with this easy to utilize, one-of-a-kind reference guide. With great relevance for today's digital workflows, Richard Lapidus presents innovative 3ds Max controls to the classical principles of animation like squash and stretch, anticipation, staging and more. Move beyond these fundamental techniques and explore both the emotion and technical sides of animation with character appeal and rigging. Features a robust companion web sites that include demonstrations, project files, links to further resources, available at http://www.focalpress.com/cw/lapidus-9780240817309/.

Describes the adventures of William R. Tettenborn, or Russian Bill, who comes to Tombstone, Arizona, in 1881 with grandiose stories and works to become an outlaw with Curly Bill.

The Legend of Russian Bill

Literature & Fiction

United States

Five Star Publishing

In 1880 an unusually tall and handsome man rides into Tombstone on a pure white horse. He has long yellow hair and mustache and is dressed in white buckskin clothes with fringes. He claims he was a nobleman in Russia and that his mother is royalty. He tells of hunts with Buffalo Bill, of meeting with President Grant and shaking hands with important generals like Sherman and Custer. He claims to have killed four men and shows the notches on his guns. He tells of his mission to find Curly Bill Brocius so he can join his band of outlaws. People listen to the wild stories because he buys them drinks. Privately they think he is a liar and a braggart.

The Legend of Russian Bill: Based on the Real-Life Story of William R. Tettenborn (Wheeler Publishing Large Print Western)

Wheeler Publishing Large Print

On his first snake hunting trip to southeastern Arizona, the author was taunted and belittled by the owner of a small café because he expressed a fear of insects. The author extracted revenge by releasing a large rattlesnake in the crowded eatery. That's where the fun begins in this humorous accounting of the true-life trials and tribulations of two unlikely friends, Richard Lapidus and Buz Lunsford, as they traveled hundreds of miles each summer to spend a few days and nights hunting for snakes, and found themselves in the middle of situations (sometimes dangerous--always funny), mainly around the Chiricahua National Monument and Highway 666. More than snakes were encountered on the summer trips, however; and, through humorous short stories, other desert creatures are discussed, including bats, arachnids, lizards, frogs, toads, turtles, birds, skunks, insects, spiders, rabbits, coatimundis, rangers, law enforcement officials and other unusual two and four-legged critters. As Master of Ceremonies of the Warren Earp Days and Western Book Exposition in 2002, Richard Lapidus stood before the large group and told the story of his first snake hunting trip to that very city of Willcox, Arizona. There was so much laughter and good cheer that Richard was overwhelmed. He later dusted off his notes, and with the assistance of many people, assembled the stories in this collection.

Snake Hunting on the Devil's Highway: Humorous Tales from the Glory Days of Snake Hunting

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Dog Ear Pub Llc

If you enjoyed Snake Hunting on the Devil's Highway, you will love Fun with Snakes!Take a journey with two old school herpers, Richard Lapidus and Buz Lunsford, as they experience a variety of highly unusual, sometimes dangerous, almost always humorous reptile adventures. ◙ After a woman suffers a serious bite, Buz and Richard are called to rescue The Meanest Python.◙ During the Vietnam War, Buz was known as the go-to guy for reptiles. Snakes in the Grass chronicles two extraordinary snake encounters, one of which was recorded in Stars and Stripes.◙ In Bisbee: Copper Pits and Pit Vipers, Buz and Richard try to rescue a rattlesnake which is being persecuted by a crowd of bikers, hippies and tourists at the Circle K.◙ In A Mysterious Disappearance,  Buz shows Richard an historic site in Cochise County, Arizona. Buz disappears and Richard assumes that he was abducted by space aliens in broad daylight.◙ Richard and Buz are asked to bring a large snake to a film shoot. They discover in The Most Fun that the film shoot is for a scene in an underground movie, where a pretty girl is to dance around in the woods with a big snake, naked.◙ Richard was instructed to not bring a snake to Buz's hospital room under any circumstances. Does he listen? No, and the results are nearly disastrous in Therapy Snake Makes Hospital Appearance.Don't miss these and 17 other stories that two friends who share the love of reptiles and amphibians experienced during "The Glory Days of Snake Hunting."

Fun With Snakes: Quirky Stories and Anecdotes of Snakes, Extraterrestrials and Lots of Other Interesting Creatures

Goose Flats Publishing

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Tradigital 3ds Max: A CG Animator's Guide to Applying the Classic Principles of Animation

The Death Of Warren Baxter Earp, A Closer Look

Tradigital 3ds Max: A CG Animator's Guide to Applying the Classic Principles of Animation

The Legend of Russian Bill

The Legend of Russian Bill: Based on the Real-Life Story of William R. Tettenborn (Wheeler Publishing Large Print Western)

Snake Hunting on the Devil's Highway: Humorous Tales from the Glory Days of Snake Hunting

Fun With Snakes: Quirky Stories and Anecdotes of Snakes, Extraterrestrials and Lots of Other Interesting Creatures