Programming dynamic character animation

Title:

Personal Author:

Paull, David Bradford

Publication Information:

Hingham, MA : Charles River Media, 2002

Physical Description:

1v + 1 CD-ROM (CP 2197)

ISBN:

9781584500575

Subject Term:

Computer animation

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This addition to the Advances in Computer Graphics and Game Development series provides guidance for intermediate and advanced programmers looking to add photorealistic animation to their multimedia/entertainment renderings and animation source code. Using the popular applications 3D Studio Max and Milkshape Modeler, detailed tutorials teach programmers how to create 2,4,6, and 8 legged creatures that can walk and interact within a virtual environment that appears solid and real.

Introduction	p. xiii
About the Cover	p. xvii
Chapter 1 Overview	p. 1
App.cpp	p. 5
Modeler.cpp	p. 5
Project Hierarchy	p. 6
Render Interface Functions	p. 9
Wrapper Interface Functions	p. 13
Conclusion	p. 15
Chapter 2 The Rendering Engine	p. 17
Linked Lists	p. 17
Loading and Saving Linked List Nodes	p. 22
Camera	p. 22
Vertex and Triangle Picking	p. 26
3D Vertex Format	p. 28
Rendering Flags	p. 29
Rendering Text	p. 31
Rendering Text Fields	p. 34
Conclusion	p. 36
Chapter 3 The API Wrappers	p. 39
Camera	p. 41
Vertex Format	p. 42
Mesh Rendering Options	p. 46
Conclusion	p. 47
Chapter 4 Follow the Debugger Through the Rendering Pipeline	p. 49
InitRender()	p. 51
MenuFunction_Scene_OpenScene()	p. 52
CreateRender()	p. 53
CreateRender()with Direct3D Selected	p. 53
CreateRender() with OpenGL Selected	p. 55
UpdateRender()	p. 57
UpdateRender() With Direct3D Selected	p. 58
UpdateRender() With OpenGL Selected	p. 61
Conclusion	p. 64
Chapter 5 User Interface Menus	p. 65
Application	p. 73
Scenes	p. 74
Objects	p. 76
Meshes	p. 78
Skeleton	p. 81
Conclusion	p. 84
Chapter 6 Points, Vectors, and Matrices	p. 85
Points	p. 85
Point Translation	p. 86
Point Scaling	p. 86
Point Rotation	p. 87
Vectors	p. 87
Vector Addition	p. 88
Vector Subtraction	p. 89
Vector Multiplication: The Dot Product	p. 89
Vector Multiplication: The Cross Product	p. 90
Vector Length	p. 91
Normalizing a Vector	p. 93
Random Vectors	p. 94
Vector Rotation	p. 95
Matrices	p. 96
Identity Matrix	p. 97
Create a Rotation Matrix for Rotation Around the X Axis	p. 98
Create a Rotation Matrix for Rotation Around the Y Axis	p. 99
Create a Rotation Matrix for Rotation Around the Z Axis	p. 100
Create a Rotation Matrix for Rotation Around Any Axis	p. 101
Point Matrix Multiplication	p. 103
Vector Matrix Multiplication	p. 105
Matrix Multiplication	p. 106
Scaling a Matrix	p. 107
Matrix Inverse	p. 108
Rotating a Matrix to Face the Camera	p. 111
Rotating a Matrix to Face the Camera on One Axis	p. 113
Rotating a Matrix to Face the Camera on All Axes	p. 115
Matrix Slerp	p. 117
Creating a View Matrix	p. 119
Creating a Projection Matrix	p. 121
Creating an Orthographic Projection Matrix	p. 123
Rotating Objects Using Virtual Trackball	p. 124
Conclusion	p. 129
Chapter 7 Quaternions	p. 131
Converting a Matrix to a Quaternion	p. 137
Converting a Quaternion to a Matrix	p. 138
Quaternion Slerp	p. 140
Multiplying Quaternions	p. 142
Conclusion	p. 143
Chapter 8 Key Frame Animation	p. 145
The Mesh	p. 148
The Skeleton	p. 150
Animating Time	p. 157
Skeletal Animation	p. 158
Blending Between Key Frame Rotations	p. 159
Reconnecting the Skeleton's Bones	p. 159
Character Skinning	p. 164
Conclusion	p. 168
Chapter 9 Miscellaneous Programming Tricks and Tools	p. 169
Macros	p. 169
Bit Mask Flags	p. 172
Loading 3ds max .ase Files	p. 175
Globals.h	p. 178
Debugger Tricks	p. 178
Conclusion	p. 186
Chapter 10 Future Advances	p. 187
The Modeler	p. 187
Model Creation Using Primitives	p. 189
Model Creation Using Vertex Placement	p. 190
Model Creation Using Clipping	p. 191
Mapping Coordinates for Texturing	p. 192
3D Painting	p. 193
Temporal Antialiasing	p. 194
Conclusion	p. 195
Chapter 11 MilkShape 3D Humanoid Model	p. 197
Getting Started	p. 197
Creating the Upper Body	p. 200
Creating a Leg	p. 215
Creating a Foot	p. 221
Mirroring the Leg and Foot	p. 227
Creating Arms	p. 232
Creating the Head	p. 243
Texturing the Model	p. 251
Creating a Template	p. 254
Painting the Template	p. 258
Importing into MilkShape	p. 260
Conclusion	p. 266
Glossary	p. 267
References	p. 275
Web	p. 275
Books	p. 275
Magazines	p. 275
About the CD-ROM	p. 277
Index	p. 279

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