Introducing Maya 6

3D for Beginners

Dariush Derakhshani

368 pages, parution le 01/07/2004

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Résumé

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

L'auteur - Dariush Derakhshani

Dariush Derakhshani is an award-winning animator currently working on national TV commercials and music videos and teaching Maya and animation classes in Los Angeles. He has won the Bronze Plaque from the Columbus Film Festival and shares accolades from the London International Advertising Festival and the AICP. Dariush, a contributing author to Sybex's Maya® 5 Savvy and Maya: Secrets of the Pros, received a masters degree in Animation from USC Film School.

Sommaire

Introduction to Computer Graphics and 3D
The Maya Interface
Your First Maya Animation
Modeling with NURBS
Modeling with Polygons
Further Modeling Topics
Maya Shading and Texturing
Introduction to Animation
Further Animation Practices
Maya Lighting
Maya Rendering
Maya Dynamics

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Sybex, Autodesk - Maya Press
Auteur(s)	Dariush Derakhshani
Parution	01/07/2004
Nb. de pages	368
Format	19 x 23
Couverture	Broché
Poids	810g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780782143539