Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Principles of Animation -- Introduction -- Timing -- Squash & Stretch -- Squash & Stretch: Method 1 (Scaling) -- Squash & Stretch: Method 2 (Cloth) -- Squash & Stretch: Method 3 (Deformation) -- Anticipation -- Overlapping Motion: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary -- Pose-To-Pose -- Summary -- 2 Advanced Poser Figure Posing -- Introduction -- Reference Photo Photography Issues -- Preparing Photos in Adobe Camera Raw for Use as Pose References -- Masking in Adobe Photoshop Using Fluid Mask -- Aligning Reference Photos and Poser Figures -- Posing to the Reference Photos -- Summary -- 3 Basic Poser Character Animation -- Introduction -- Making Characters Walk Using the Walk Designer -- Making Characters Walk on a Path with the Walk Designer -- Importing Motion Capture Data to Animate Characters -- Using the Animation Editor and Curve Palettes to Edit Animation -- Summary -- 4 Walking and Running -- Introduction -- Animating a Basic Walk Cycle -- Tweaking the Walk Cycle -- Variations of a Walk Cycle -- Animating a Happy Walk -- Animating a Run -- Transforming Walks and Runs -- Summary -- 5 Animating in Environments -- Introduction -- Walking Up Stairs -- Walking Down Stairs -- Object Avoidance -- Summary -- 6 Lifting and Throwing -- Introduction -- Lifting -- Throwing the Ball Overhand -- Adding the Ball to the Overhand Throw -- Throwing the Ball Underhand -- Adding the Ball to the Underhand Throw -- Summary -- 7 Animating to Reference Video -- Introduction -- What Is Reference Video? -- Camera -- Lighting -- Reference Video Versus Motion Capture -- Motion Capture -- Reference Video -- Encoding the Video (PC) -- Encoding the Video (Mac) -- Character Animation Applications -- Preparing the Live-Action Motion Actor -- Directing the Live-Action Motion Actor -- Processing the Imported Reference Video.

Animating to 2D Live-Action Reference Video -- Troubleshooting Video Importing -- Choosing Keyframes Based on Reference Video Action -- Using 3D Motion Reference Video -- Summary -- 8 Poser and Cinema 4D-Integrated Character Animation -- Why Integrate Poser with a 3D Host? -- Advanced Lighting -- Advanced Rendering -- Particle Systems -- Sophisticated Cloth -- Sophisticated Hair -- Extensibility -- PoserFusion Versus interPoser -- PoserFusion -- interPoser -- Cloned Simon: Using PoserFusion to Add Poser Character Animation to Cinema 4D -- Karate Simon: Using PoserFusion to Add Motion Captured Poser Figures -- Using interPoser to Bring Poser Figures into Cinema 4D and Add Hair -- Summary -- Appendix: Animation Principles Quick Reference -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.