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Author Crook, Ian, author

Title Motion graphics : principles and practices from the ground up / Ian Crook and Peter Beare
Published London, UK ; New York, NY USA : Fairchild Books, [2016]

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 MELB  777.7 Cro/Mgp  DUE 17-04-24
Description 200 pages ; 27 cm
Contents Machine generated contents note Who Is This Book For? -- What Is Motion Graphics? -- What Is the Difference Between Motion Graphics and Animation? -- What Is the Difference Between Motion Graphics and Visual Effects? -- ch. One Concepts: Tools -- Camera -- Video Image Formats -- Video Compression and Codecs -- Still Image Formats -- Software -- Image Creation -- Image Manipulation -- Traditional Art Materials -- Alternative Tools -- Case Study: Momoco -- Exercise: The Cinemagraph -- ch. Two Concepts: The Image -- Pixel -- Design Elements -- Tone -- Color -- Rasters and Vectors -- Text and Type -- Design Principles -- ch. Three Concepts: Space -- Aspect Ratio -- Describing Objects in Space -- 2D Motion -- 2.5 Dimensions -- 3D CGI -- Stereoscopic 3D -- Immersive and Augmented Environments -- Case Study: Make Productions -- ch. Four Concepts: Time -- Frames -- Frame-rate -- Frame-by-Frame Animation -- Tweening -- Stop-motion -- Time Slice -- Motion in Time and Space -- Exercise: Planning an Animation -- ch. Five Putting The Pieces Together -- Compositing -- Transparency -- Mattes -- Keying -- Blending Modes -- Color Adjustment -- Sound -- Case Study: Max Jauga -- ch. Six Recording And Recreating Motion -- Rotoscoping -- Motion Tracking -- Match Moving -- Motion or Performance Capture -- Exercise: Rotoscoping -- ch. Seven Process: Planning -- Message and Audience -- Sketchbooks -- Collecting Inspiration -- Design Process -- Production Pipeline -- ch. Eight Process: Production -- Shooting Video -- Media Management -- Prototyping -- Working with Others -- Copyright -- Case Study: Tendril
Summary A globe spins and zooms into a war torn country.Now, more than ever, we are surrounded by these motion graphics on our TV and cinema screens, on our smart phones in a form of computers animation, graphic design, film production, or visual effects. Crook and Beare provide key concepts and techniques that will help develop and produce own creative projects
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Also issued online
Subject Computer animation
Multimedia systems
Computer animation.
Multimedia systems.
Author Beare, Peter, 1970-, author
LC no. 2014046639
ISBN 9781472569004
1472569008
9781472569011
1472569016