Animation

With advances in technology and more affordable equipment and software, computer animation has become increasingly accessible to non-professionals. Computer animation programs available for the Macintosh and Windows PC currently include everything from two-dimensional characters that move in predefined ways to three-dimensional animation (including 3D drawing and rendering). Virtual-reality input is used for commercial production, but is not yet available on the Macintosh or Windows PC.

URLs:

ACM/SIGGRAPH

ACM Special Interest Group on Graphics.

GWEB

An electronic trade journal for computer animators.

Graphics viewers, editors, utilities and info

A comprehensive list of links to graphics-related sites on the Internet.

USENET FAQs: Graphics

Answers to Frequently Asked Questions on graphics-related newsgroups.

Viewpoint Datalabs

A large 3D repository, including a wide variety of free 3D objects and models.

Yahoo! Computers and Internet: Graphics: Animation

Print Resources:

• 3D Computer Animation, John Vince, Addison-Wesley, 1992.
• Advanced Animation and Rendering Techniques," Alan Watt and Mark Watt, Addison-Wesley, 1992.