• Author:
  • Alias Learning Tools
• Subject:
  Business Applications
• Published by:
  John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
• Published:
  26/08/2005
• Price:
  $105.00
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This exceptional, full-color Maya Press title - produced by Alias, the software's creators - is a comprehensive mid-cycle revision that uses the award-winning short film Blue as the basis for the book's all-new hands-on tutorials. Artists, students, educators, and hobbyists will appreciate this book's comprehensible coverage of 3D and Maya basics. Project-focused lessons use actual production files from the film Blue to teach you most of the tools available in Maya Complete. The companion DVD includes instructor-led tutorials, scene files, artist interviews, and Maya PLE. Also includes Alias's Sketchbook Pro Version 1.1.1, $129.99 value.

This official book is written by Alias, the creators of Maya.

Chapter 1. Introduction to Computer Graphics.

Chapter 2. The Maya Interface.

Chapter 3. Your First Maya Animation.

Chapter 4. Modeling with NURBS.

Chapter 5. Modeling with Polygons.

Chapter 6. Further Modeling Topics.

Chapter 7. Maya Shading and Texturing.

Chapter 8. Introduction to Animation.

Chapter 9. Further Animation Topics.

Chapter 10. Maya Lighting.

Chapter 11. Maya Rendering.

Chapter 12. Maya Dynamics.