Maya 2

Character Animation

Sherry Sheridan, Nathan Vogel

470 pages, parution le 10/10/1999

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Résumé

So what's the buzz all about and what's this book going to deliver? Maya is an elegant piece of software engineering. It combines a best-of-breed feature set (what the program can do) with exceptional computing power (how fast it can do it), wrapped in a design that-unlike other competitive programs-actually frees the designer to worry only about the creative process. Maya 2 Character Animation covers the advanced animation features of Maya and is a real-world tutorial for the serious user. The book shows you how to create a variety of characters and creatures, from walking humans (actually one of the most difficult tasks to do realistically) to snakes, dragons, and flying birds. Conceptualization and character design based on Maya's strengths are also covered. Information presented in this book will cover areas that the doc set left unclear, or will add much-needed information not found anywhere else.

Table of contents

Introduction
Part 1: Creating Storiesfor 3D Animation: 1: Creating Story Concepts for 3D Animation; 2: Designing Characters; 3: Designing Storyboards for Animation
Part II: Creating Basic Characters: 4: Modeling an Organic Humanoid Hand with NURBS; 5: Modeling an Organic Humanoid with NURBS; 6: Modeling an Organic Dragon with NURBS; 7: Texture Mapping Organic NURBS Characters; 8: Digital Lighting in Maya
Part III: Animating Characters in Maya: 9: Setting Up Your 3D Characters for Animation; 10: Animating Characters and Keyframing; 11: Facial Animation; Index

L'auteur - Sherry Sheridan

Sherri Sheridan

is the creative director and co-founder of Minds Eye Media in San Francisco. She is currently working on a series of original 2D and 3D animations for the Web, film, and TV Her most recent projects include the animated Web show "Goth Grrls", the independent feature film The Sundial Solution, the upcoming children's HDTV show Sassafrass the Psychic Warrior, and a series of 3D meditation videos due out soon. She is an award-winning animator who received the "Best Music Video" award at the 1998 World Animation Celebration for "Beyond:' by the recording artist Young American Primitive (Geffen Records). Sherri teaches part-time at the Academy of Art College and conducts international Animated Story Concept Development workshops between her other projects.

L'auteur - Nathan Vogel

Nathan Vogel

, 3D Special Effects Director at Minds Eye Media in San Francisco (www. mindseyemedia. com), is a certified Alias I Wavefront Maya character animation instructor. His latest projects include releasing a set of Maya training videos, producing a 3D-fantasy game using Maya with RenderMan, and creating several original 3D-animated TV and film projects. An award-winning animator, Nathan recently received the 1998 World Animation Celebration Best Animated Music Video award.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	New Riders
Auteur(s)	Sherry Sheridan, Nathan Vogel
Parution	10/10/1999
Nb. de pages	470
Format	20,3 x 25,4
Poids	1211g
Intérieur	Quadri
EAN13	9780735708662