| Learning Autodesk Maya 2008: Foundation |
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 Updated: 04/01/08
Maya Versions: Maya 2008
Languages:
English
Pages: 632 Pages
Price: $69.99
Viewed: 10872
Publisher: Sybex Author: Autodesk Maya Press
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DETAILS:
Unlock the Power of Maya
Get hands-on experience with the innovative
tools and powerful techniques available in Autodesk Maya 2008, one of the
world's most powerful 3D animation and effects software products, using
all new project-based lessons. Learn key Maya tools and techniques while
you model, animate, render and add dynamic effects to your creations. Further,
you'll gain a sense of the entire production process as you work on creating
and animating charcters from the Sony Pictures Animation feature film,
Surf's Up. You'll even learn about compositing your characters into
alternate environments in a bonus chapter on Autodesk Combustion software.
Based entirely on easy-to-follow step-by-step lessons and including helpful
demos on DVD, this book will help you develop your 3D skills. With
this book, you will:
- Explore the Maya user interface (UI)
- Learn to work in 3D space
- Build characters and props with polygons
- Create organic structures with NURBS
- Set keyframes and motion paths
- Learn to use Trax non-linear animation
- Apply forward and inverse kinematics
- Deform surfaces
- Set cameras and lights
- Create and apply shaders and textures
- Discover rendering techniques
- Explore particles and dynamics
- Begin to use MEL (Maya Embedded Language)
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