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Experience XSI 4: The Official Softimage Guide to Character Creation
Take an exclusive look into how the design process of characters for motion pictures has changed through the application of XSI. Author Aaron Sims of Stan Winston Studios talks about his current short movie project Tethered Islands and how he creates his alien world using XSI. The co-author and character animation expert, Michael Isner, at Softimage
discusses the groundbreaking technology and the powerful tool set that XSI delivers. This book also covers new technology in crowd animation. You'll learn everything needed to create a detailed animated character that can then be composited into a live action scene using the XSI compositor. Well-known 3D artist Sims includes his own incredible characters to inspire the reader while clearly demonstrating the techniques applied in their creation.
Features
See how an industry pro creates designs in XSI for the motion picture industry
Groundbreaking new approaches currently in development in XSI are discussed
Learn from one of the original developers of XSI and current Animation Lead at Softimage
Learn character and creature animation from practical, real-world projects
Includes hundreds of incredible, original 3D images in full color
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