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The Animators Survival Kit

The Animators Survival Kit

“Williams is miles ahead of anyone in the world of animation.”–The New York Times
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User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars it is great
honest and good shipping. I have the product in good condition..but it doesn’t arrive on time..

5 Stars Animator survival kit review
The book is great. It have a lot of info on how to animate correctly characters. This is a must for animators and newbie. There is some history and part of the story of the author on how he goes in this industry. Really interesting.

5 Stars the best
Hands down one of the best animation books out there. It’s a visual guide, history, and how to manual all rolled into one. I can’t think of many books that deal with classical animation that feel as complete and authoritative as this book is.

5 Stars All You Need To Know
This is a great book for every animator to keep on the shelf for reference.

5 Stars Great Book
The reviews for this book are overwhelmingly positive, and I don’t have too much to add to what has already been said. This is a great book on the techniques of animation. However, if you don’t know how to use your animation tools, this book won’t help you. If you are a computer animator, this means that you should already know the basics of your tools before tackling this book. If you are a traditional animator, you should already know how to draw before reading this book.

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CINEMA 4D The Artists Project Sourcebook Digital Media Academy Series

CINEMA 4D The Artists Project Sourcebook Digital Media Academy Series

“… full of creative detail without being stodgy, brimming with playful fun … I could not imagine a better teacher or a better way to learn this application.” -Tom Wolsky, South Coast Productions, author, Final Cut Pro 4 Editing Essentials –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 or a better way to learn this application.” -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 — Tom Wolsky, South Coast Productions, author Final Cut Pro 4 Editing Essentials

User Ratings and Reviews

3 Stars Madness for a beginner
Cinema 4D can be an extremely complex software with an even more complex user interface. The exercises in this book can be maddening. While the author goes into alot of detail describing what to do, she does not do a good job explaining whats being done. Sometimes instructions spins you around in circles. For example: “drag a tag for selection into the box for selection” is not English when you are trying navigate around an interface with several tags, selections, and numerous boxes. What the heck is she saying?

Overall the book has some great tutorials and gets one up to speed rather quickly on the very basics of C4D but there remains to be ALOT of work on finetuning the details and contents of each exercise. The author needs to really comb thru every exercise to make sure it is understandable to a beginner. The software alone is intimidating enough.

The DVD has a wealth of material and tutorials so I’m giving the review a 3 star.

4 Stars Great book for beginners
Decent for books for beginners, very clear instructions. I would absolutely recommend this book if you want to get around Cinema 4d quickly but the depth of what will learn is rather limited. As an experienced user of Cinema 4d, I have found there is no better to learn cinema 4d than having goals and projects to work on. Online forums are often miracles. This book will only give you the basics, through short tutorials.

You will not master cinema 4d with this book or even any book (as I expected to).

3 Stars Good, but not great
I have extensive knowledge in 2-D animation using Adobe After Effects, but I wanted to get a little more info on modeling and using 3-D animation. The book consists of several exercises that you can work along with. Most of the “tutorials” are strictly, “do this, then do that”, without much explanation as to “why” you’re doing this. I would have liked more explanation of what certain modifiers, tags, options, etc did so that I could better identify situations in the future when it might be useful. Instead, you really end up just going for the ride. For someone with animation experience you can gain some good insight into 3-D animation and this book is a decent starting off point. I would hardly consider it a one-stop source, but it was good enough to get me started.

5 Stars excellent support for Cinema 4D
This is probably the best source for self help with Cinema 4D. It is easy to follow, with minimal holes and very little left to the user to figure out on his own. Recommend.

5 Stars I need to Know Now
This book is clearly for anyone who is in need of a quick read with brilliant illustrations that will motivate you to great motion ghaphics.

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Jesus of Nazareth

Jesus of Nazareth

Beginning before the Nativity and extending through the Crucifixion and Resurrection Jesus Of Nazareth brings to life all the majesty and sweeping drama of the life of Jesus (portrayed here by Robert Powell) as told in the Gospels. A star studded international cast featuring Michael York Sir Laurence Olivier James Earl Jones Anne Bancroft Olivia Hussey Rod Steiger and Anthony Quinn adds depth and humanity to the roles of the saints sinners and ordinary people who walked in the footsteps of the Lord. The film provides the setting and background for the birth childhood baptism teaching and many miracles of the Messiah culminating in the Divine Resurrection. Directed by Oscar nominee Franco Zeffirelli and acclaimed by critics and religious leaders worldwide Jesus of Nazareth tells the greatest of all stories with tremendous emotion and splendor.System Requirements: Running Time 382 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: