CINEMA 4D : The Artist's Project Sourcebook (Digital Media Academy Series)
- Book Review,
by Anne Powers
Tom Wolsky, South Coast Productions, author Final Cut Pro 4 Editing Essentials
... full of creative detail without being stodgy, brimming with playful fun ... I could not imagine a better teacher
Book Description
Cinema 4D is a 3-D modeling and animation application widely used to produce anything from simple logos to complex visualizations regularly seen in broadcast animation and motion-picture special effects. Cinema 4D: The Artist's Project Sourcebook delivers the instruction and coursework required of an academically complete textbook. Packed with inventive approaches for using and combining tools and materials as well as a DVD featuring libraries, materials, model ideas, and animation examples, this volume thoroughly instructs the beginner and inspires seasoned users toward advancing their skills. It also features engaging practical lessons that can be used as curricula in the classroom or serve as educational tools for the self-learner. Through fun and rewarding projects, students gradually gain confidence in navigating the complexity of 3-D modeling and animation.
About the Author
Anne Powers is a an award winning fine artist and teacher with a BFA in Fine Art/Painting, an MA in Art Education, and an MFA in Graphic Design with a concentration on Electronic Media. Among her honors, she won Best in Show in the 1996 MacXibition, a national competition sponsored by NYC Mac Users, MacWorld and Apple Computer for her animation, An Interactive Guide to Self Sabotage. Recently retired from thirty years of college teaching, Anne has taught many applications for Illustration and 3D. Since the release of CINEMA 4D in the United States she has focused most of her energies on its possibilities. For the past three years, Anne has taught CINEMA 4D in the New Media Academy and Digital Media Academy at Stanford University.
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