State-of-the-art in Computer Animation
Proceedings of Computer Animation ’89
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Prof. Daniel Thalmann
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Motion Control in 3D Animation
Most authors [Magnenat-Thalmann and Thalmann 1985b] distinguish between two types of three-dimensional computer animation: keyframe animation and algorithmic animation.
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Conventional Animation
Animation can be defined in different ways. For John Halas [1968], one of the world’s most famous animators, “movement is the essence of animation.” A similar approach defines animation as “art in movement.” S...
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The Development of Computer Animation in Various Organizations
During the period 1963–1967, a dozen computer films were made at Bell Telephone Laboratories. Apart from Ken Knowlton [1964,1965], the most important computer animators at Bell Labs were:
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Case Studies of Computer-generated Films
The film Dream Flight, directed by both authors and Philippe Bergeron, was the first widely known fictional 3D animated film made using a computer. The film was a great success: it won the first prize at the Comp...
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Object Modeling in 3D Animation
While computer-assisted animation is a highly valuable and interesting process, computer-modeled animation is even more fascinating. Here the computer becomes more than a support, playing a basic role in the c...
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Hidden Surfaces, Reflectance, and Shading
A three-dimensional line drawing is generally rather unrealistic, except in a few cases (see the Eiffel Tower in Fig. 8.1). To achieve realism in a computer-generated image, lines which could not really be see...
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Human Modeling and Animation
As stated by Norman Badler [1982], one of the best-known specialists in this area, modeling realistic human forms remains one of the most difficult and challenging problems.
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Transparency, Texture, Shadows, and Anti-aliasing
Ray tracing is an old technique, based on the numerical simulation of geometric optics. Intuitively, it can be seen that light rays could be traced from a light source along their paths until they reach the ob...
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Object-oriented and Actor Languages and Systems
As indicated in Chap. 6, modeled computer animation involves three main activities:
Object modeling
Motion specification and...
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