Title:
Learning Autodesk Maya 8. Foundation
Author:
Guindon, Marc-André.
ISBN:
9781897177334
Publication Information:
[United States.] : Autodesk/Wiley, ©2006.
Physical Description:
627, [13] pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 DVD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
General Note:
Cover title.
"Official autodesk training guide"--Cover.
Contents:
Project 1 : Primitives ; Adding details ; Shaders and textures ; Animation basics ; Working with Maya ; Dependency graph -- Project 2 : Polygonal modeling ; Polygonal texturing ; Skeleton ; Skinning ; Blend shapes ; Inverse kinematics ; Rigging ; Animation -- Project 3 : NURBS modeling ; NURBS texturing ; Rigging ; More animation ; Trax ; Lights and effects ; Rendering -- Project 4 : SubD modeling ; Paint effects ; Deformers ; Motion paths ; Rigid bodies ; Particles ; MEL scripting -- Project 5 : Render layers ; Combustion ; Compositing.
Abstract:
DVD-ROM contains: Sketchbook Pro 1.1.1; learning Maya support files; instructor-led overviews and an excerpt from the Sony Pictures Animation Inc. feature film "Open season."