• Computer graphics explained for the end user:
  
  
  • Kerlow, Isaac Victor, The Art of 3-D Computer Animation and Imaging, Van Nostrand Rheinhold, 1996.
    ISBN 0-442-01896-7
    Call number: T385.K45 1996
    
    
  • Lathrop, Olin, The Way Computer Graphics Works, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997.
    ISBN 0-471-13040-0
    Call number: T385.L382 1997
    
    
  • Vince, John, Essential Computer Animation: How to Understand the Techniques and Potential of Computer Animation, Springer, 1999.
    ISBN 1-85233-141-0
    Call number: TR897.7 V56 1999
    
    

• Traditional animation techniques:
  
  
  • Blair, Preston, Cartoon Animation, Walter Foster Publishing, Inc., 1994.
    ISBN 1-56010-084-2
    
    
  • Thomas, Frank and Ollie Johnston, The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation, Hyperion, 1995.
    ISBN 0-7868-6070-7
    Call number: NC1766.U52D58 1995
    
    This is a revised edition of Disney Animation, the Illusion of Life by the same authors, which is now out of print but available at the Arts Service Desk in 4th Floor East Pattee.
    
    

• For the more technically inclined:
  
  
  • Foley, James D., Andries van Dam, Steven K. Feiner, John F. Hughes and Richard L. Phillips, Introduction to Computer Graphics, Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 1994.
    ISBN 0-201-60921-5
    Call number: T385.I538 1994
    
    
  • Watt, Alan H. and Mark Watt, Advanced Animation and Rendering Techniques: Theory and Practice, Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 1992.
    ISBN 0-201-54412-1
    Call number: T385.W378 1992
    
    

• WWW resources
  
  
  • Animation Magazine is an on-line magazine focusing on the animation industry.
    
    
    • http://www.animag.com or http://www.animationdaily.com
      
      
      
  • VXFPro is an on-line magazine focusing on the visual effects industry.
    
    
    • http://www.vfxpro.com
      
      
      
  • Highend.com has some tutorials, shaders, scripts, etc., for Alias/Wavefront Poweranimator, Alias/Wavefront MAYA, and Softimage, as well some performance comparison information for several graphics systems running a suite of animation tests.
    
    
    • http://www.highend.com
      
      
      
  • Blue Moon Rendering Tools (BMRT) and Renderman information
    
    
    • http://www.bmrt.org
      
      
      

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