Recommended Reading

Articles:

Animation World Magazine: "The 3D CGI Production Process" by Catherine Winder and Zahra Dowlatabadi.
http://mag.awn.com/index.php3?ltype=pageone&article_no=1005

Millimeter Magazine: "End of an Era - Remembering Robert Abel" by Ellen Wolff.
http://industryclick.com/magazinearticle.asp?releaseid=9399&
magazinearticleid=129662&siteid=15&magazineid=124

VFXPro.com: "Computer Graphics Pioneer Robert Abel" by Ellen Wolff.
http://www.vfxpro.com/article/mainv/0,7220,30125,00.html

NOVA Online: "Titanic and Beyond: Wizard of Ahs Q&A" by Nova Editors.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/specialfx2/wizards.html

PBS FRONTLINE: "The Monster that Ate Hollywood"
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/hollywood/
 

Periodicals:

VFX & Animation:

Animation
Cinefex
Computer Graphics World
Film & Video
Millimeter
Post

Industry:

AdWeek
Advertising Age
Boards
Creativity
Hollywood Reporter
Shoot
Variety

Books:

Computer Generated Imagery (CGI):

"Principals of Digital Image Synthesis (Vols 1&2)" by Andrew Glassner, (Morgan Kaufmann).

"The Image Processing Handbook" by John C. Russ, (CRC Press/IEEE Press).

"Computer Graphics Principals and Practice" by Foley, van Dam, Feiner, Hughes, (Addison Wesley).

"CGI Programming 101" by Jacqueline D. Hamilton.

Animation:

"Advanced Animation and Rendering Techniques" by Alan and Mark Watt, (Addison Wesley).

"Timing For Animation" by John Halas.

"The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation" by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston et. al.

"Digital Character Animation" by Paul Maestri.

"The Animators Handbook" by Tony White.

"Cartoon Animation" by Preston Blair.

"Mastering 3D Animation" by Peter Ratner.

Modeling:

"3D Human Modeling and Animation" by Peter Ratner.

"Inspired Modeling and Texture Mapping" by Tom Capizzi, (Premiere Press, available July 2002).

Lighting:

"Digital Texturing & Painting" by Owen Demers, Editors Christine Urszenyi and George Maestri.

Visual Effects (VFX):

"Visual Effects in A Digital World: A Comprehensive Glossary of over 7,000 Visual Effects Terms," by Karen E. Goulekas.

"Digital Compositing In Depth: The Only Guide to Post Production for Visual Effects in Film," by Doug Kelly.

"The Art of Visual Effects: Interviews on the Tools of the Trade" by Pauline B. Rogers.

"Visual Effects Cinematography" by Zoran Perisic.

"The ASC Treasury Of Visual Effects," George E. Turner, editor.

Computer Culture:

"The Soul of a New Machine" by Tracy Kidder.

Design:

"Build the Perfect Beast : The Quest to Design the Coolest Car Ever Made" by Mark Christensen. (The story of R&H Designer Nick Pugh's quest to build the personal concept car XENO III.)