Timing is Everything

John Lasseter says in his introduction to this edition of TIMING FOR ANIMATION, that anyone with computer software can do animation, "but to get an object to have a sense of weight, size, scale, motion and humor has to do with how you move an object." The computer can't give you the since of timing you need to do that. You have to learn it and this thin book (only 157 pages including the index) will show you how to do that.

There are no frills here. This book isn't written like a text book, though I imagine it could be used as one. This book isn't boring, it isn't stuffed with examples to fill up extra pages, but it has enough so that you'll understand that as it says on the back cover, "Timing shows weight, mood and power and can make or break an animation." In animation, timing is everything. Walt Disney knew that. So did those guys who made all the Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck cartoons. Again, Timing is everything.

Other Reviews

• Timing is Everything
• Fully revised and updated....Still a solid reference book for animators
• I may never watch cartoons the same way again.
• Great primer on understanding timing for animation!