Intermediate Level Users.
Includes CD-ROM.
FormZ is an essential tool for visual effects artists, and with this hands-on book you will be able to explore its power and functionality in depth. This robust modeler has a full range of surface and solid modeling capabilities, and its superior speed and versatility rival high-end SGI modeling packages. With the tutorials and examples covered in this book, you will learn how to maximise formZ for the creation of exciting and innovative digital effects and animations.
Features of the book include:
- Detailed coverage of production workflow from sketching and storyboarding to editing and media output
- Special topics from animatics and volumetrics to layering
- Strategies and geometry management
- Explanation of how to integrate formZ with animation environments: 3D StudioMax, Cinema4D XL, ElectricImage, and Lightwave 3D
- Comprehensive coverage of complex surface construction and character modeling
- CD-ROM with demos of autodessys' formZ, RenderZone, and RadioZity 3.0; mini manual for the Demo; demos of other related animation programs into which formZ models may be imported; plus files for the tutorials covered in the book - runs on Windows 95 and Macintosh 7.0 and higher
