| View Larger Image | Stop Staring: Facial Modeling and Animation Done Right | Paperbackby Jason Osipa (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Sybex | | Edition: | 2nd Edition | | Page Count: | 480 Pages | | Publication Date: | May 07, 2007 | | Sales Rank: | 99,283th |
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product Description
Breathe life into your creations With detailed examples, high-quality professional images, and a touch of humor, this is the fully revised and updated second edition of Jason Osipa's best-selling book on facial animation. You'll learn the basics of design, modeling, rigging, and animation-while mastering exciting new techniques for stretch-and-squash deformation, advanced blend extraction, and the latest software tools. Walk through the author's detailed analysis of sample animations and discover how to add nuance and sophistication to your designs. Full of insights drawn from years of professional experience, this book provides the focused and practical information you need to create believable facial animations. Learn visimes and lip sync techniques Construct a mouth and mouth keys Explore the process of facial landmarking Master the cartoon techniques of squash and stretch Harness the latest advanced blend extraction tools Create interfaces for your faces Understand skeletal setup, weighting, and rigging Control faces with the book's powerful rig and learn how skin moves to make various shapes and expressions Master powerful stretch-and-squash (and squoosh!) techniques Featured on the CD Fine-tune your facial animations with the techniques demonstrated on the companion CD. Content includes tutorial files, lip sync samples, models, textures, and more. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file. |
Amazon.com Review
Lips, brows, frown lines--they’re all in motion in an expressive face. Stop Staring analyzes facial structures and movements and shows animators how to enliven the faces of their characters. The author, whose own handsome head (in modeled form) graces the cover, is an experienced animator currently working on The Sims. He writes with a dry wit and a confidence born from experience. The book is friendly but also loaded with content and precise in its directions. "I am by no means God’s gift to animation, but I do pretty well at making a talking head look like a living one, not just a set of gums flapping." This is not a how-to manual, but a richly detailed guide to achieving the right movements for a given situation and emotion. The companion CD includes all the pieces readers will need in order to work along with the text: models (both realistic and stylized ’toon characters), lip-synching samples, finished Quicktime movies, and even a copy of Maya Personal LE. (More info and some movies can be found at jasonosipa.com.) Readers move from "Getting to Know the Face," to synching audio, working on the mouth, eyes, and brows, and rigging. Osipa has created a methodology for facial animation that gets results and makes the process fun. The book can be used as a step-by-step guide for learning new skills or finessing techniques, or as a reference book for troubleshooting specific expressions (for example, "happy eyes," "frustration," and "sneers" are all in the index). Although the projects are presented using Maya, the concepts involved pertain to animation in general. There are lots of production tips and, in Chapter 13, case studies using five scripted scenes. Readers can even begin with this last chapter, watching the movies (they’re funny!) and enjoying Osipa’s debates as he works through animating his face telling a lame bartender joke or a sassy ‘toon gal weighing the pros and cons of pink and blue bows. This hip writer knows what he’s talking about, even when it’s his own animated mug that’s doing the talking! --Angelynn Grant |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 46 reviews)
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Late is better than never by A. Fatka  5 Stars
November 24, 2009
I purchased this book ages ago now... but I thought I should give it a quick review...
This book completely changed they way I look at head modeling, facial animation, and lip sync.
I highly recommend this book to anyone even slightly interested in learning more about any of these topics and looking to create an edge in their skill set... I consider this book a 'killer app' of sorts.
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Super! by L Boy (Atlanta, GA) 5 Stars
October 14, 2009
An advanced crash course in facial modeling an animation. Of course there is a million ways to do one thing.
This book gives you a great balance of technique and tried and truly production tested solutions for limp syncing and animation.
I recommend.
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Very Helpful Information by Marshall Peterman 5 Stars
April 24, 2009
This book gives you a new way of working around lipsync. If you have been syncing for sometime and its the part of animation you have trouble with, or if it takes a large portion of your time this book is something you should consider. I previously was going about animation of lipsync in a way, that wasn't particularly wrong, but was much slower, and less efficent, and all and all produced poorer results. I highly recommend this book.
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An Excellent Reference by Heruy R. Ejigu (California (The Golden State)) 5 Stars
April 16, 2009
I didn't know such a detailed book exist. Jason covered in detail every part of the elements that make facial expressions. Now my characters can express feelings. I stongly recommend this book to beginners, intermediate or advanced users.
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Great Book! by Nerma (California)  4 Stars
February 20, 2009
I have to say that this was just a fantastic book and I was able to reference it quite a bit when working on a film and getting my first facial animation task. I think if I had any complaint its that it feels like there should be MORE; its just a great start and wish there was at least one more follow up volume.
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