Caligari Truespace 2 Bible Book

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments

Part One: So You Want to Work in 3D
Chapter 1: trueSpace 2: From Beginner to Broadcast Pro
Chapter 2: Animation Jump-Start
Chapter 3: A Brief Course in Animation Story Concepts

Part Two: You can Build Absolutely Anything in trueSpace2
Chapter 4: The X, Y, and Zs of the trueSpace2 Interface
Chapter 5: The Universe from Scratch
Chapter 6: There's Magic in Your Tools
Chapter 7: Sculpture in Space
Chapter 8: Objects Hierarchies

Part Three: The Art of Surface Design
Chapter 9: Foreign Objects in Your System
Chapter 10: Even More Neat Tools
Chapter 11: Surface Is a Verb -- in trueSpace2
Chapter 12: Shader Techniques
Chapter 13: Images That Go Bump in the Light
Chapter 14: Animated Materials

Part Four: Setting the Cosmos...er Stage
Chapter 15: The Art of Production Design
Chapter 16: The Magic of Great Lighting
Chapter 17: Creating Atmospheric Effects

Part Five: Action!
Chapter 18: The Tools of Motion
Chapter 19: Relational Animation: Hierarchies
Chapter 20: The Animation Project Window
Chapter 21: Keyframe Techniques
Chapter 22: Choreographing Movement
Chapter 23: Organic Motion
Chapter 24: Character Animation
Chapter 25: Camera Work
Chapter 26: Hollywood-Style Special Effects
Chapter 27: Rendering Your Animation

Part Six: Post-Production, the Professional Touch
Chapter 28: Silence is Deafening: Creating a Winning Sound Track
Chapter 29: Plug-in Filter Effects
Chapter 30: Post-Production Software
Chapter 31: Post-Production Techniques

Part Seven: Now Do Something with It!
Chapter 32: Building a Professional Demo Reel
Chapter 33: Creating a 3D Web Site with VRML
Chapter 34: Using Fountain

Part Eight: Career Opportunities in 3D Animation
Chapter 35: How to Find a Job in the 3D Industry
Chapter 36: Animation Resources on the World Wide Web
Chapter 37: Starting Your Own Digital Animation Studio
Chapter 38: The Future of Digital Animation

Appendixes
Appendix A: What's on the CD-ROM
Appendix B: trueSpace 2 Tips and Techniques
Appendix C: The Dynamics of Character Development
Appendix D: Media Resources and Organizations
Appendix E: trueSpace2 File Formats

Index
License Agreement