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Summary: technical aspects of traditional hand drawn animation
Review: The Animation Book seems geared for professional animation students or the serious amateur, not the casual viewer of Saturday morning fare. The book explores many techniques such as flip books, cutouts, clay, drawing directly on film, and a host of "experimental" gadgets. However, the emphasis is on cel animation, and, in particular, the equipment required to produce it. I especially enjoyed Laybourne's suggestions for homemade animation stands, and inexpensive choices for cameras, editing equipment, and production planning. The author devotes almost no space to artistic concerns but there are plenty of other books for that. Much of the content of this book has been made obsolete by computer graphics which plays an ever-increasing role in the industry. However, if you would like to take a stab at making your own cartoons the old fashioned way, this book will provide much of the technical information you will need.
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Summary: Excellent for all levels.
Review: The Animation Book was an extremely informative book that tells you straight-forward what you want to know. It is great for novices, intermediates, or advanced. Some supplies are supplied to help you, and a list of additional resources is included
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Summary: Broadly Scoped book
Review: The aspect of this book that i enjoyed the most was it's breadth. It discussed the basics of a variety of different animation techniques, providing enough detail to try each one. The descriptions of the equipment and techniques involved are also very helpful. I liked the case study format, i found it to be a good way to see the different techniques and the different styles of animation they can create.
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Summary: great all around animation book
Review: The aspect of this book that i enjoyed the most was it's breadth. It discussed the basics of a variety of different animation techniques, providing enough detail to try each one. The descriptions of the equipment and techniques involved are also very helpful. I liked the case study format, i found it to be a good way to see the different techniques and the different styles of animation they can create.
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Summary: A great starting place for the independent animator.
Review: This book is a great guide to the starting animator, covering all aspects of animation with some general information of everything. This new digital edition is more comprehensive than the first edition because it explains how to use the computer as a tool for animation in both the 2D and 3D formats.
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Summary: For people who want to learn animation at home
Review: This book is exactly what I was looking for! I have always admired cartoons, and now as an adult of 28, I want to explore how I can create animation. This book goes through everything, from using pressure sensitive tablets for the first time, making homemade camera stands, using computer programs, and digital cams. It has lessons for drawing and exploring different medias, traditional and computer. The author really encourages you to explore, and you don't even have to be a great artist! If you are thinking about going into animation, this book is really for you! All the fun without the commitment and money to go to school.
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Summary: this book is good...
Review: This book is just packed with iformaiton and is easy to read, well it was for me and i'm just a student. It goes through the basics of every kind of animation out there and turned out to be really usefull for all sorts of things.
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Summary: Really Really Basic
Review: This book is probably alright, if you don't know anything about animation. It's a survey book, explaining the very basic concepts that make up different types of animation. It's not very useful beyond that.
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Summary: GREAT INTRODUCTION TO ANIMATION TECHNIQUES
Review: This is a great book for both students of animation and anyone out there who just wants to know more about that thing called animation. Laybourne is very easy to read and goes step-by-step through various animation processes in such an accessible way that its almost entertaining.
If you have a serious interest or just a passing interest, this is a great book!
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Summary: The definitive animation book
Review: This is not just a minor update to Kit's 1979 classic, this is practically a whole new book, nothing currently published even comes close to vast range of animation information offered here.
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