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Tutorials at Lizard Lounge Graphics : Reference Material

Here are some links to books that I have in my library that you can get from Amazon.com. Maybe you too will find some inspiration from these volumes as I have. You may notice that most of these are not directly related to the creation of computer graphics, but are instead part of where I draw my ideas from. That and looking out the window, or in a cup of tea, or the bubbles rising in a fizzy drink. Enjoy!

Categories include:

Film Production
Computer Graphics
General Reference
Personal Enjoyment

Film Production

Digital Filmmaking 101 by Dale Newton	Independent Feature Film Production by Gregory Goodell	Producing, Financing, and Distributing Film by Donald C. Farber, Paul A. Baumgarten, Mark Fleischer	Film Budgeting by Ralph S. Singleton	Digital Moviemaking, 3nd Edition by Scott Billups
Film Directing by Steven Katz	Film Production Management 101 by Deborah S. Patz	Lighting for Digital Video & Television, Second Edition by John Jackman	Producing Great Sound for Digital Video by Jay Rose	Audio Postproduction for Digital Video by Jay Rose
American Cinematographer Video Manual 3RD Edition by Michael Grotticelli (Editor)	Set Lighting Technician's Handbook by Harry Bo

Computer Graphics

The Art and Science of Digital Compositing 2nd Ed.(The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics) by Ron Brinkmann	MEL Scripting for Maya Animators (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics) by Mark R. Wilkins, Chris Kazmier	Complete Maya Programming by David Gould	Maya 6 Killer Tips (Killer Tips) by Eric Hanson, Kenneth Ibrahim, Alex Nijmeh	Stop Staring by Jason Osipa
Jim Blinn's Corner (Jim Blinn's Corner Series) by Jim Blinn	Jim Blinn's Corner Notation, Notation, Notation (Jim Blinn's Corner Series) by Jim Blinn	Jim Blinn Corner Dirty Pixels (Jim Blinn's Corner Series) by Jim Blinn	Matchmoving by Tim Dobbert	Adobe Photoshop for VFX Artists (Paperback) by Lopsie Schwartz
Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects, Vol. 1: The Essentials (3rd Edition, Version 6.5) (Paperback) by Trish Meyer, Chris Meyer	After Effects in Production: A Companion for Creating Motion Graphics (Paperback) by Trish Meyer, Chris Meyer

General Reference

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