NEW: The Animate! CD-ROMs are now all on sale! Animate! With Cristin McKee is a new multi-disc series on 3D character animation--a complete course for beginning to advanced-intermediate animators. In these discs, Anzovin Studio animator Cristin McKee takes you step-by-step through the fundamental principles, while also calling attention to many beginners' mistakes and explaining how to avoid them. Many shots are animated "live" to give viewers a detailed look at the animation process. "Right" and "wrong" examples are analyzed in depth to help you distinguish between good and poor animation. Detailed lesson plans supplement the training materials, making Animate! With Cristin McKee an excellent text for any animation curriculum. Vol 1 topics: Getting Started * Keyframes * Squash & Stretch * Anticipation * Follow Through * Overlapping Action * Secondary Action * Animating a Simple Character. Vol 2 topics: Arcs * IK vs FK * Timing * Silhouette * Pose * Holds * Exaggeration * Revisions Vol 3 topics: Weight * Walk Cycle * Straight Ahead Walk * Run * Jump * Personality * Thought * Acting * Planning, and Animating a Dialogue Shot * Revisions The 3-disc set contains approximately 5.5 hours of hi-res video. Models, project files, tip sheets, transcribed lessons, and sample movies, among other extras, are included on each disc. Animate! With Cristin McKee is designed to be software agnostic. You should be able to follow along easily in any software package. Examples are shown in Hash’s Animation:Master. Included project files are formatted for Animation:Master. Cristin has worked on many high-profile projects, including “Halo 2”, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” (the game), “GI Joe: Valor vs. Venom”, “John McCain: Faith of My Fathers”, and Anzovin Studio's short film “Duel”. _____________________________________________ "I was at a dead-end. Lost interest in animation until after midway through your CD. I now have found a new spark and the passion is back!" --Larry B "I have been working through your Animate! CDs and it is the best training material I have found so far" --Paula Waslen "You laid out the information well, and your content, examples and delivery were great." --Mark Strohbehn "Cristin, you're a natural born teacher and I'm really getting a lot out of your CDs. Thank you for doing such a good job..." --Cal Johnson "She went above and beyond in covering each principle of animation... new or seasoned animators should have this in their library!" --Somboun Read more reviews on Cristin McKee's Animate! series site Links, bonus material, and more CD-ROM--not downloadable. Choose ground shipping for domestic or air shipping for international. ANIM!V1 $30.00Sale price: CD-ROM--not downloadable. Choose ground shipping for domestic or air shipping for international. ANIM!V2 $30.00Sale price: CD-ROM--not downloadable. Choose ground shipping for domestic or air shipping for international. ANIM!V3 $30.00Sale price: All three volumes at a reduced price. CD-ROM--not downloadable. Choose ground shipping for domestic or air shipping for international. ANIM!ALL $90.00Sale price: Contains 3-vol Animate! with Cristin McKee and 2-vol Animate a Face with Animation Mentor Justin Barrett. Five discs, about 9 hours of video instruction. Note: This product is a CD-ROM set and is not downloadable. CHANB $120.00Sale price: Short sample movie of Cristin discussing animation principles. Short sample movie of Cristin discussing posing principles.