Digital Photography for 3D Imaging and Animation
Chapter One
Photography
and 3D
It wasn't too long ago that film, television,
computers, and animation were completely
separate entities. Each of these is an art form
in its own right. Today, as you look to professional
production companies, or even the home
computer, all of these entities are wrapped up
into one, thanks to the advances in computer
technology.
Early Imaging
People have been trying to understand and record light for more than 2000 years. As
early as the fourth and fifth centuries B.C., Greek and Chinese philosophers discussed
the basic principles of optics. Today we still apply the principles they learned.
In the early ninth century, the Muslim astronomer and mathematician Ibn
Alhaytham invented the camera. In fact, the word camera as we know it comes from
the Arabic word kamra, which translates to the word room. After being adopted into
Latin, the word became camera and then camera obscura, which means dark room.
A camera works on two basic principles, ... read full excerpt from Digital Photography for 3D Imaging and Animation ebook
