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Title:

Maya 6 revealed

Personal Author:

Murdock, Kelly L.

Publication Information:

Boston, MA : Thomson Course Technology, 2004

ISBN:

9781592003655

Subject Term:

Computer graphics

Digital art

Computer animation

Three-dimensional display systems

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Library	Item Barcode	Call Number	Material Type	Item Category 1	Status
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This text shows readers how to use this popular 3D modeling, animation and rendering package. 3D graphics such as those created using Maya have appeared in movies, television and games and as the demand for these types of images increase, so will the number of 3D artists wishing to learn these skills.

Author Notes

Kelly L. Murdock has a background in engineering, specializing in computer graphics

Chapter A Learning the Maya Interface	p. 3
Introduction	p. 4
Lesson 1 Work with Menus	p. 6
Lesson 2 Use the Status Line Icon Buttons	p. 10
Lesson 3 Access the Shelf	p. 15
Lesson 4 Explore the Channel Box and Later Editor	p. 18
Lesson 5 Identifying the Animation Controls, the Command Line, and the Help Line	p. 21
Lesson 6 Use the Tool Box and Quick Layout Buttons	p. 25
Lesson 7 Discover the Secret Menus	p. 30
Skills Review	p. 33
Chapter B Controlling the View Panel and Working with Objects	p. 35
Introduction	p. 36
Lesson 1 Change the View	p. 39
Lesson 2 Change Display Options	p. 45
Lesson 3 Select Objects and Components	p. 50
Lesson 4 Transform, Group, and Parent Objects	p. 55
Lesson 5 Snap and Align Objects	p. 60
Lesson 6 Understand Nodes and Attributes	p. 66
Skills Review	p. 71
Chapter C Drawing and Editing Curves	p. 73
Introduction	p. 74
Lesson 1 Create Curves	p. 76
Lesson 2 Edit Curve Details	p. 82
Lesson 3 Modify Curves	p. 89
Lesson 4 Apply Curve Operators	p. 92
Lesson 5 Create Simple Surfaces from Curves	p. 98
Lesson 6 Create Text	p. 105
Skills Review	p. 108
Chapter D Working with NURBS Surfaces	p. 111
Introduction	p. 112
Lesson 1 Learn the NURBS Primitives	p. 114
Lesson 2 Edit NURBS Surfaces	p. 119
Lesson 3 Apply Surface Operators	p. 126
Lesson 4 Trim NURBS Surfaces	p. 134
Lesson 5 Use Boolean Tools	p. 139
Lesson 6 Stitch Surfaces Together	p. 143
Skills Review	p. 146
Chapter E Creating and Editing Polygon Objects	p. 149
Introduction	p. 150
Lesson 1 Create Polygon Objects	p. 152
Lesson 2 Edit Polygons	p. 159
Lesson 3 Use Polygon Operations	p. 166
Lesson 4 Smooth Polygon Edges	p. 174
Lesson 5 Use Polygon Booleans	p. 180
Lesson 6 Triangulate Polygons	p. 183
Lesson 7 Create Holes in Polygons	p. 186
Skills Review	p. 190
Chapter F Working with Subdivision Surfaces	p. 193
Introduction	p. 194
Lesson 1 Create Subdivision Surfaces	p. 196
Lesson 2 Edit Subdivision Surfaces	p. 201
Lesson 3 Simplify Surfaces	p. 206
Lesson 4 Convert Objects	p. 209
Skills Review	p. 213
Chapter G Assigning Materials and Textures	p. 215
Introduction	p. 216
Lesson 1 Apply Materials	p. 218
Lesson 2 Use the Hypershade	p. 223
Lesson 3 Work with Materials	p. 229
Lesson 4 Work with Textures	p. 236
Lesson 5 Position Textures	p. 241
Lesson 6 Use Utilities Nodes	p. 246
Lesson 7 Paint in 3D	p. 249
Skills Review	p. 252
Chapter H Adding Paint Effects	p. 255
Introduction	p. 256
Lesson 1 Use the Preset Brushes	p. 258
Lesson 2 Create Custom Brushes	p. 263
Lesson 3 Paint in 2D	p. 270
Lesson 4 Paint on 3D Objects	p. 275
Lesson 5 Edit Paint Effects	p. 279
Skills Review	p. 282
Chapter I Using Cameras and Lights	p. 285
Introduction	p. 286
Lesson 1 Work with Cameras	p. 288
Lesson 2 Create a Background	p. 294
Lesson 3 Create and Position Lights	p. 298
Lesson 4 Change Light Settings	p. 302
Lesson 5 Create Light Effects	p. 306
Skills Review	p. 310
Chapter J Animating With Keyframes	p. 313
Introduction	p. 314
Lesson 1 Set Keyframes	p. 316
Lesson 2 View an Animation	p. 321
Lesson 3 Animate Using Motion Paths	p. 325
Lesson 4 Edit Animation Curves	p. 330
Lesson 5 Control Animation Timing	p. 336
Skills Review	p. 339
Chapter K Working with Characters	p. 341
Introduction	p. 342
Lesson 1 Build a Skeleton	p. 344
Lesson 2 Edit Joint Attributes	p. 349
Lesson 3 Add Inverse Kinematics	p. 354
Lesson 4 Skin a Character	p. 358
Lesson 5 Edit a Skin	p. 363
Skills Review	p. 367
Chapter L Animating with Dynamics	p. 369
Introduction	p. 370
Lesson 1 Use Particles	p. 372
Lesson 2 Create an Emitter	p. 379
Lesson 3 Create Fields and Goals	p. 384
Lesson 4 Manage Particle Collisions	p. 388
Lesson 5 Constrain Motion	p. 393
Lesson 6 Create Effects	p. 397
Skills Review	p. 403
Chapter M Rendering a Scene	p. 405
Introduction	p. 406
Lesson 1 Configure the Render Process	p. 408
Lesson 2 Use Special Rendering Features	p. 410
Lesson 3 Use the Render View Window	p. 414
Lesson 4 Create a Final Render	p. 418
Lesson 5 Render with Maya Vector and Mental Ray	p. 420
Skills Review	p. 423
Chapter N Using MEL Scripting	p. 425
Introduction	p. 426
Lesson 1 Use the Command Line	p. 428
Lesson 2 Use the Script Editor	p. 432
Skills Review	p. 436
Index	p. 437

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