Scott Charles Anderson

Scott Charles Anderson
Born	Frankfurt, Germany
Nationality	American
Education	Sonoma State University
Occupation	Programmer, writer, illustrator
Known for	Fantavision, LEGO Island, BigFix, Human Embryonic Stem Cells,[1] Morphing Magic[2]

Scott Charles Anderson is an American software programmer, author^[1][2] and illustrator.^[3] He had early involvement with personal computers, founding one of the first PC-only software companies, Sonoma Softworks, in 1979,^[4] and has been involved with writing educational, entertainment and business software ever since. He is the son of William Charles Anderson.

Anderson is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation.^[5][6] Fantavision, intended for scientists, educators and artists to create animated content, was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another, effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames. A similar approach was later used by Adobe Flash. Brøderbund Software, Inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986. In 1993, Anderson open-sourced the C-code behind tweening, warping and morphing in a book published by SAMS in 1993 under the name of Morphing Magic.^[2] Anderson later became the Producer and Co-creator of LEGO Island, the first software program offered by LEGO, published by Mindscape in 1997.

Software

BigFix, Interface Designer and Co-creator, published by BigFix, Inc., 1999.

LEGO Island, Producer and Co-creator, published by Mindscape, 1997.^[7] The first software program offered by LEGO, it won of numerous awards with over three million copies sold to date Lego Island#Awards. Translated into French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese and Danish LEGO Island#cite note-Moby Games Page for Lego Island-6.

Fantavision, Author, the first commercial tweening and morphing program, for the Apple IIe, published by Broderbund, 1986. Conversions were produced for the Amiga and PC in 1987.^[8]

Books

Morphing Magic,^[2] Author, a book/disk about the history and concepts behind morphing, including morphing software for the PC, published by SAMS, the computer division of Prentice-Hall, 1993. The book has been translated into Japanese, German, French, Polish and Portuguese.^[2]

Human Embryonic Stem Cells: An Introduction to the Science and Therapeutic Potential^[1] co-authored with Ann Kiessling, it is the first textbook on the controversial topic.

Publications

• Creation of male/female embryos shows need for federal oversight, article for Chicago Tribune, July 2003.

• Of Pharmers and Chimeras Spiked Online, August 2002.

• Playing God Salon.com, June 2002.

• Dissecting a Digital Camcorder Videomaker Magazine, October 2002.

• The Hype Surrounding Stem Cells Diabetes Health, May 2002.

• Author You Own Director's Cut on DVD Videomaker Magazine, April 2002.

• Computer Editing: Introduction to Computer Animation Videomaker Magazine, February 2002.

• Keying DV Without Getting the Blue-screen Blues Videomaker Magazine, November 2001.

• Talk to Me! Making Animals Talk for TV Videomaker Magazine, October 2001.

• Magic Morphing: Setting Freeze Frames into Motion Videomaker Magazine, June 2001.

• Hollywood's Dark Secret! Videomaker Magazine, April 2001.

• Bit by Bit – Digital Takes Over Videomaker Magazine, September 1999.

• Hollywood's Secrets Revealed Videomaker Magazine, October 1998.

• Digital Video and Firewire Made Simple Videomaker Magazine, May 1998.

• Digital Video 101 Videomaker Magazine, July 1997.

• Desktop Video: Bundles of Joy Videomaker Magazine, January 1997.

• Image Stabilization Videomaker Magazine, October 1996.

• Desktop Video: The Mac Platform Videomaker Magazine, February 1996.

• Singing the NTSC Red-green-blues Videomaker Magazine, October 1995.

• PCs Open Up Animation Secrets for Everyone Videomaker Magazine, August 1995.

• Desktop Video: Logging Tapes Videomaker Magazine, June 1995.

• Desktop Video: Tips for Terrific Titles Videomaker Magazine, May 1995.

• Desktop Video: Linear vs. Nonlinear Video Videomaker Magazine, April 1995.

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