Maya 4.5 Tutorial and Selected Examples

Author: Gibbs
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: Welcome to read "Maya 4.5 Tutorial and Selected Examples"! If you are not familiar with Maya and its series books (formerly the "Maya from Beginner to Master" series), this book will guide you into the exciting and rich world of Maya 3D animation. If you already own the previous series of books, you might wonder what new features and improvements are included in the new version of Maya. Whether you are a Maya beginner (or even a 3D animation beginner), or have previously used Maya or other 3D software, this book will help you create better and more challenging images and animations than before. Whether you work through the examples step by step or just use this book as a reference, you will find many new techniques, shortcuts, and software features that can save you a lot of time and money. Maya is one of the best 3D animation production software in the world, especially suitable for character animation. This book introduces five themes of Maya—Maya Basics, Modeling, Animation, Rendering, and Advanced Techniques—through numerous examples. It is suitable for beginners, as well as a reference book for advanced Maya users.