Beginner's Guide to Animation: Everything you Need to Know to get Started

Beginner's Guide to Animation: Everything you Need to Know to get Started
by Mary Murphy

Beginner's Guide to Animation: Everything you Need to Know to get Started
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Author: Mary Murphy
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-10-14
ISBN: 0823099229
Number of pages: 128
Publisher: Watson-Guptill

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Book Review: Good book for beginners
Summary: 5 Stars

I bought this book for my 11 year old son who has been interested in Stop Motion Animation for quite some time. It was a good choice. This book answered his questions about software and cameras. It has very good advice for setting up a small animation studio (which we will be doing next week). It has chapters on a variety of animation techniques from traditional clay animation, to puppets, to sand. It gave him some ideas he wouldn't have thought up on his own.

I recommend this as a very good first book for a new animator.

Summary of Beginner's Guide to Animation: Everything you Need to Know to get Started

Got a digital camera, basic software, and a computer? You?re good to go!



? A complete toolbox for creating 2D and stop-motion movies


? Includes ready-to-scan templates plus tips, shortcuts, and more


? Great for YouTube fans and everyone who loves animated movies



To beginners, making an animated movie can seem like voodoo magic. And in fact, until recently, animation was expensive and time-consuming. But now, now, with the help of Beginner?s Guide to Animation, anyone can make animated movies, using a digital camera, basic software, and a computer. The book begins with an illustrated guide to setting up a simple animation studio at home, including a list of essential items. Then new animators hit the ground running with six innovative, instructive projects designed to develop technical skills and explore the potential of animation. A full collection of scannable templates make it even easier to get started and to finish up. Tips, tricks, and clear instructions on editing, scoring, even making your own show reels and shorts make this the complete one-volume guide to amazing friends and family?and everyone on YouTube!?with great I-made-it-myself animation.

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