Creating a 3D Animated CGI Short: The Making of the Autiton Archives Fault Effect - Pilot Webisode (Paperback)

Creating a 3D Animated CGI Short presents an insightful behind-the-scenes tour of the entire production process for 3D artists, animators, and independent filmmakers who are interested in creating their own CGI shorts as well as for those who are simply fans and enthusiasts of CGI films in general. This book presents detailed examples of every step of the production process; from initial concept through character design, set design, modeling, texturing, lighting, camera animation, character animation, lip sync, rendering, post-production, compositing, and all the way to film festival submissions and online web distribution. It truly has something for everyone interested in CGI films. Using readily available off-the-shelf hardware and software such as modo, LightWave 3D, FPrime, HD Instance, Peak, Shake, iMovie, iDVD, GarageBand and more, Creating a 3D Animated CGI Short shows how to produce a complete 3D animated CGI Short, including how to fund the production by taking on paid freelance projects along the way. Where other filmmaking books typically describe industry standard methodologies that are most effective for larger productions, this book shows how to drastically simplify and condense those processes and focus only on the essential elements that will enable a single artist or filmmaker to complete a CGI short on their own.

《創作一部3D動畫CGI短片》是一本深入探討整個3D藝術家、動畫師和獨立電影製片人製作過程的幕後導覽，適合有興趣創作自己的CGI短片或對CGI電影有興趣的粉絲和愛好者。本書詳細介紹了製作過程的每一個步驟，從最初的概念到角色設計、場景設計、建模、貼圖、燈光、攝影機動畫、角色動畫、口型同步、渲染、後期製作、合成，一直到電影節投稿和網絡發行。對於對CGI電影感興趣的人來說，這本書真的是一本不可或缺的資源。

《創作一部3D動畫CGI短片》使用了現成的硬體和軟體，如modo、LightWave 3D、FPrime、HD Instance、Peak、Shake、iMovie、iDVD、GarageBand等，展示了如何製作一部完整的3D動畫CGI短片，包括如何通過接受有償自由職業項目來籌措製作資金。與其他電影製作書籍通常描述適用於大型製作的行業標準方法不同，本書展示了如何大幅簡化和壓縮這些過程，僅關注能讓單一藝術家或電影製片人獨立完成CGI短片的基本要素。