Media Release -- The Cartoon Art Museum Bookstore welcomes Tim Maloney, author of Get Animated! Creating Professional Cartoon Animation on Your Home Computer for a booksigning on Sunday, July 19, 2009, from 1pm to 3pm.
About Get Animated!
Never before have there been so many amazing tools with which to create high-quality professional animation. Thanks to today's computer programs - many freely available on the internet - the computer sitting on your desk likely has all you need to produce theatrical-quality cartoons. Get Animated! is the entertaining and informative guide to help budding animators unlock all this potential and create studio-grade results with out spending a fortune on software and special equipment.
Professional animator Tim Maloney offers expert advice on every step of the process – from thinking of an idea, choosing and using software, and putting on the finishing touches. Hundreds of illustrations make even the most complicated notions fun. The step-by-step directions demystify: writing the script, storyboarding, designing the artwork, creating the characters, making characters move, animating sequences, lip-syncing preparing high-quality output, editing, and sound. Plus, there is a bonus Tutorial DVD included, packed with useful open-source software, links to animation sites, and – best of all – cartoon animation that explains concepts from the book. With a copy of Get Animated! and the possibilities already available in their home computer, aspiring animators are fully empowered to create top-notch cartoons that will rival any mega studio creation.
About the Author:
Tim Maloney has been a professional animator for more than 15 years. Formerly the animation director for Mrs. Munger's Class and Centerville for Disney's One Saturday Morning, he has lectured widely and is an assistant professor in the radio/television/film department at California State University at Fullerton. He lives in Los Angeles.
