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This guide to planning a career in computer graphics includes descriptions of more than 130 positions along with salary information, 100 interviews with real-life practitioners, and advice from more than 75 different practitioners from studios such as PIXAR Animation, Blue Sky, Will Vinton, PDI / DreamWorks, and Disney Interactive. Daily duties, educational needs, salary, and resources for further inquiry into the areas of speciality are explained, and practitioners' general advice to beginners and advice on portfolio issues is also provided.

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This book ably fills a void that faces ambitious would-be animators. They know there's a lot more to animation than lines on paper ... but what? [ Careers in Computer Graphics and Animation ] details the broad scope of the complex animation process. Perplexed by the mass of names and jobs in the credits of the movies? This book sorts them out. --Tom Franks, About.com

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Garth Gardner, PhD, is a publisher, director, and consultant at GGC, Inc., a computer graphics, publishing, and consulting firm. He is a former professor at George Mason University and University of the District of Columbia as well as the publisher of more than 30 books on computer graphics and animation. He lives in Washington, DC.

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