Title:
Learning Maya 7. Foundation
Series:
Learning tools
Publication Information:
Toronto, ONT : Alias, 2005
Physical Description:
1v + 1 DVD-ROM
ISBN:
9781894893749
General Note:
Accompanied by digital video disc : CP 7948
Added Corporate Author:
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Summary
Summary
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.
Author Notes
This official book is written by Alias, the creators of Maya.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | |
| Introduction: Understanding Maya | p. 15 |
| Project01 | |
| Lesson 01 Create a room | p. 41 |
| Lesson 02 Making a solar system | p. 65 |
| Lesson 03 Shaders and textures | p. 83 |
| Lesson 04 Lights and effects | p. 101 |
| Lesson 05 Particles | p. 115 |
| Lesson 06 Adding details | p. 135 |
| Lesson 07 Working with Maya | p. 149 |
| Lesson 08 The Dependency Graph | p. 187 |
| Project 02 | |
| Lesson 09 Polygonal orb | p. 215 |
| Lesson 10 Texturing the Orb | p. 235 |
| Lesson 11 Rendering features | p. 251 |
| Lesson 12 Set up and animation | p. 263 |
| Lesson 13 Orb animation | p. 281 |
| Lesson 14 Rigid bodies | p. 295 |
| Project 03 | |
| Lesson 15 NURBS modeling | p. 309 |
| Lesson 16 NURBS texturing | p. 335 |
| Lesson 17 Maya render types | p. 353 |
| Lesson 18 Skeleton | p. 361 |
| Lesson 19 Skinning | p. 379 |
| Lesson 20 IK handles | p. 399 |
| Lesson 21 Rigging | p. 417 |
| Lesson 22 Animation | p. 433 |
| Lesson 23 The Trax Editor | p. 465 |
| Project 04 | |
| Lesson 24 Organic modeling | p. 489 |
| Lesson 25 Deformers | p. 501 |
| Lesson 26 Paint Effects | p. 519 |
| Lesson 27 Subdivision surfaces | p. 537 |
| Lesson 28 More rigging | p. 561 |
| Lesson 29 Blinking using MEL | p. 579 |
| Project 05 | |
| Lesson 30 Intro: Alias SketchBook Pro | p. 607 |
| Lesson 31 Brushes & character design | p. 615 |
| Lesson 32 Flexibility with layers, storyboard & annotation | p. 629 |
| Lesson 33 Painting a texture map | p. 641 |
