Introducing Maya 6: 3D for Beginners
Editorial Reviews
Book Description
If you're just beginning to dive into the world of 3D, this is the book for you." --Animation Magazine Alias' Academy Award winning Maya 3D animation and effects software leads the industry in technological innovation. Film and video artists, computer game developers, and design professionals rely on Maya to create brilliant digital imagery, animation, and visual effects. Now you can enter this exciting, imaginative world and learn to build, render, and animate your own digital characters and scenes. Brought to you by Maya Press, a publishing partnership between Sybex and Alias, Introducing Maya 6: 3D for Beginners is the ideal initiation to 3D and Maya. Written explicitly for the Maya novice, the easy-to-grasp text offers a practical and fun approach to learning Maya's core features. Clear-cut, engaging lessons let you try out these features using working files provided on the CD. You'll also find an abundance of instructional and inspirational art on the CD and full-color insert. Enter a New Dimension * Get a solid grasp of the core Maya and 3D * Learn to navigate the new Maya 6 interface * Experiment with Maya modeling * Explore the basics of NURBS, polygons, and subdivision surfaces * Discover the nuances of shading and texturing * Try your hand at animation * Get a feel for Maya lighting, rendering, and dynamics * Find out how to use Maya and Photoshop in unison
From the Author
Learning 3D software like Maya is a difficult task, so Introducing Maya 6: 3D for Beginners is written to be a _primer_ for anyone young and old to begin learning 3D and Maya. Using explanations as well as examples and tutorials, this book is written to be a launching pad to explore Maya from. All the major facets of Maya are introduced and explored to give the reader a headstart; as a beginning point to help build a solid foundation to move on from. It is best used as the first step of learning tools, and as such is perfect for 3D teachers to build a course outline around.
I hope you will consider this book as a good place to *start* learning--or teaching--Maya and 3D.
Introducing Maya 6: 3D for Beginners
Introducing Maya 6: 3D for Beginners,Dariush Derakhshani,Dariush Derakhshani,Sybex,0782143539,Computer Animation,Computer Bks - Other Applications,Computer Books: General,Computer Graphics,Computer Graphics - Design,Computer Graphics - General,Computers,Maya (Computer file),Maya (Computer software),Three-dimensional display syst,Three-dimensional display systems,Computers / Computer Graphics / Design,Image processing: computer animation
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