Maya 5 killer tips

Eric Hanson

208 pages, parution le 11/12/2003

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Résumé

Ready to learn from a seasoned visual effects veteran? Then sit down and pay attention! In Maya 5 Killer Tips, effects wizard Eric Hanson lets the genie out of the bottle, revealing all of the Maya tricks, techniques, and shortcuts he's employed to create visual marvels for films like The Day After Tomorrow, Cast Away, Fifth Element, and more.

By focusing on concise tips, informative nuggets, and seasoned productivity secrets that are rarely found in other volumes, this book takes you straight to the heart of the matter: the productivity enhancers that you usually only acquire after working with a program in an intensive professional environment.

In this case, Eric reveals many of these road-tested Maya secrets: efficient modeling with NURBS and polygons; creating rich rendering results with shader networks; conveying professional camera techniques; using particle systems, dynamics; and more.

Along the way he explores Maya 5's new features as well, including improved rendering and character setup options.

Deciphering the Hieroglyphics: Unearthing the Secrets of the Maya
Taming the Beast Customizing Your Interface
The Glamorous World of Modeling Work Smarter, Not Harder
Embracing the Revolution Lighting Your Way
Rags to Rendering: Getting a Grip on Shading
From Home Movies to Hollywood: Camerawork Basics
Building Character (Animation That Is) More Than Skin-Deep
Dangerous Effects Animation Things You Can Do at Home
Getting Under the Hood Mud Wrestling with MEL
Real World Production Methods Otherwise Known as Stress

L'auteur - Eric Hanson

Eric Hanson is a visual effects designer who creates digital backgrounds and effects for feature films. As a senior artist with visual effects houses Digital Domain, Sony Imageworks, Dream Quest Images, Walt Disney Feature Animation, and SimEx Digital Studios, he has worked on "Spiderman," "Cast Away, Hollow Man, Mission to Mars, Bicentennial Man, Fantasia 2000, and Atlantis. Eric has taught courses on 3D techniques at SGIs Silicon Studio, Gnomon School of Visual Effects, is currently leading a curriculum on visual effects at USCs School of Cinema-TV, and speaks in the US and Japan. Eric is currently contributing to an upcoming summer blockbuster at Digital Domain.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	New Riders
Auteur(s)	Eric Hanson
Parution	11/12/2003
Nb. de pages	208
Format	18,5 x 23
Couverture	Broché
Poids	490g
Intérieur	Quadri
EAN13	9780735713734
ISBN13	978-0-7357-1373-4