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Secrets of the Pros

John L. Kundert-Gibbs

366 pages, parution le 05/08/2002

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Résumé

In this unique full-color book, a cadre of professionals led by Maya expert and best-selling author, John Kundert-Gibbs, team up to share what they've learned using Maya in the CG trenches.
Contributing authors include veterans of such high-profiles projects as The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Star Wars: Episode I, The Perfect Storm, as well as animations featured at SIGGRAPH.
Whether you're new to the field or already have solid 3D experience, Maya: Secrets of the Pros offers insights and step-by-step instructions designed to help you build and sharpen a range of critical skills, including:

Preparation techniques for modeling and animation
Improving motion capture and lip synching
Creating crowd scenes from a small number of base models
Controlling dynamics in plot-driven sequences
Developing massively complex particle systems for film effects, such as those in The Perfect Storm
Modeling subdivision surfaces
Creating a GUI animation set-up for animators
Using effective natural lighting
Writing software for a multi-platform renderfarm

Contents

Part One: Beginnings: Modeling
Chapter One: Accelerating the Preproduction Process
Chapter Two: Modeling a SubDivision Surface Horse
Chapter Three: Organix—Modeling by Procedural Means
Part Two: Putting Things in Motion: Animation
Chapter Four: Animation and Motion Capture—Working Together
Chapter Five: Lip-Synching Real-World Projects
Part Three: The Numbers Game: Dealing with Complex Systems
Chapter Six: Creating Crowd Scenes from a Small Number of Base Models
Chapter Seven: Taming Chaos: Controlling Dynamics for Use in Plot-Driven Sequences
Chapter Eight: Complex Particle Systems
Chapter Nine: Creating a Graphic User Interface Animation Setup for Animators
Part Four: Endings: Surfacing and Rendering
Chapter Ten: Effective Natural Lighting
Chapter Eleven: Distributed Rendering

L'avis du libraire Eyrolles

Pour artistes 3D inspirés et ceux aspirants. A travers des travaux pratiques très complets et complexes, vous apprenez les secrets des professionnels.

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L'auteur - John L. Kundert-Gibbs

John L. Kundert-Gibbs

is director of the Multimedia Arts & Sciences Major at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. Author of dozens of publications in the fields of computer graphics and dramatic literature, he has designed electronic media for live theatrical productions, and worked as an animator and compositor.

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Sybex
Auteur(s)	John L. Kundert-Gibbs
Parution	05/08/2002
Nb. de pages	366
Format	20,3 x 25,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1110g
Intérieur	Quadri
EAN13	9780782140552
ISBN13	978-0-7821-4055-2