Mastering Maya® 8.5
by John Kundert-Gibbs; Mick Larkins; Dariush Derakhshani; Eric KunzendorfFormat: eBook
Pub. Date: 2007-07-01
Publisher(s): Sybex
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Summary
Take your Maya skills to new levels with the sophisticated coverage in this authoritative Autodesk Maya Press reference and tutorial. From key basics through advanced techniques, a team of Maya experts provides you with the very latest professional-level instruction on Maya Complete and Maya Unlimited through tutorials and hands-on practice. Whether a novice or an advanced user of Maya, you'll find everything from key basics through advanced techniques. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | |
| The Maya Interface | |
| Quick Start: Creating an Animation in Maya 8.5 | |
| Polygonal Modeling | |
| NURBS Modeling | |
| Subdivision Surfaces | |
| Blend Shapes: Advanced Modeling | |
| Basic Animation | |
| Character Setup and Rigging | |
| Character Animation | |
| Nonlinear Animation | |
| Lighting for Animation | |
| Shading and Texturing for Animation | |
| Rendering Basics | |
| Advanced Rendering with mental ray | |
| Toon Shading | |
| Maya Embedded Language (MEL) | |
| Paint Effects | |
| Rigid Body Animation | |
| Using Particles | |
| Fluid Effects | |
| Maya Hair | |
| Maya Fur | |
| Cloth Simulation with nCloth | |
| Index | |
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