Essential Computer Animation fast

Introduction.
- What is computer animation?- Who should read this book?- The aims and objectives of this book.
- Assumptions made in this book.
- How to use this book.
- Computer animation.
- Introduction.
- Animation and Computers.
- Animation and the human visual system.
- Computer animation.
- 3D Computer graphics.
- Introduction.
- From computer graphics to computer animation.
- Principles of computer graphics.
- Cartesian co-ordinates.
- Modelling simple objects.
- Modelling curves.
- Surface patches.
- Procedural modelling.
- Perspective view.
- 3D clipping.
- Co-ordinate systems.
- Transformations.
- Rendering the image.
- Colour.
- Coloured objects.
- Light sources.
- Illumination models.
- Shading models.
- Rendering algorithms.
- Texture mapping.
- Bump mapping.
- Displacement mapping.
- Environment mapping.
- Shadows.
- Transparency.
- Radiosity.
- Ray tracing.
- Volumetric lighting.
- Shaders.
- The RenderMan shading language.
- Aliasing.
- Anti-aliasing.
- Conclusion.
- Computer animation techniques.
- Introduction.
- Interpolation.
- Function curves.
- Parameters.
- Channels.
- Keyframes.
- Inbetweening.
- Motion paths.
- Transformations.
- Hierarchical animation.
- Hierarchical geometry.
- Metamorphosis.
- Procedural animation.
- Forward kinematics.
- Inverse kinematics.
- Particle systems.
- Physical simulation.
- Rotoscoping.
- Constraints.
- Free-form deformation.
- Computer animation hardware.
- Introduction.
- Computers.
- Motion capture.
- Computer animation software.
- Introduction.
- Softimage.
- Alias/Wavefront.
- 3D Studio MAX.
- Lightwave.
- Other systems.
- Plugins.
- Post-production techniques.
- Introduction.
- Scanning.
- Compositing.
- Colour balance.
- Film.
- Video.
- Computer animation applications.
- Introduction.
- Television graphics.
- Computer games.
- Commercials.
- Multi-media.
- Legal.
- Computer aided design.
- Virtual