XSI Illuminated: Character

A comprehensive technical and artistic guide to creating character animation using Softimage|XSI. Author: Anthony Rossano List Price: $16.00 Our Price: $13.60 You Save: $2.40 (15%) Buy 10 or more copies and save 30%: Only $11.20 each! Product Details Dimensions: 8.5" x 10.875" Pages: 400 B+W ISBN: 0970753047 Binding: Paperback XSICharTeacherAide.PDF is the free instructor's supplement for XSI Illuminated: Character. In it you'll find a detailed sample curriculum you can cut up and rearrange any way you like, instructor notes, chapter overviews, tutorial outlines, quiz answers, and more! Download it now and open it with Adobe Acrobat Reader. (405 kilobytes) Download xsicharacter.zip, a WinZip (PC) archive containing all scenes, images, and other files associated with XSI Illuminated: Character. (35451 kilobytes)

An advanced yet understandable look at Softimage's elegant character animation system, XSI Illuminated is a perfect companion for working animators, students, and teachers alike. Complete coverage of: Planning for Animation Non-Linear Animation with the Mixer Serious Polygon Modeling Modeling with Subdivision Surfaces Deformations and Weight Maps Using Shape Trees for Facial Animation Shape Animation and Lip Sync Building Inverse Kinematic (IK) Skeletons Blending Forward Kinematics with IK Binding Skins to Inverse Kinematic Skeletons Enveloping and Weighting Custom Properties and Linked Parameters Human Character Modeling Strategies Creating Libraries of Actions Facial Animation Controllers Advanced Character Setup Expressions for Human Movement Emotions and Facial Musculature