Download or read book The Animation Primer written by Dan McLaughlin and published by Focal Press. This book was released on 2001-09-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide provides the student and beginner with the most elemental, essential set of skills required of all animators, regardless of the media they are using: the creation and development of the animated story itself. The book's purpose is to teach all aspects of quality animation, and it follows principles which are basic to all three areas of animation: traditional, computer and interactive. By the end of the book, readers will have enough information to create an animated film.