The Spirit of Maya: Character Animation Art

Author: Song Yuyuan
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Publish Date: 2004-11-01
Features: This book is a specialized guide on Maya animation production, animation movement principles, and CG creative philosophy, primarily advocating the spirit of Maya and its animation art concepts. It systematically explains the new features of Maya 6, Maya modeling, animation movement principles, and character animation, presenting knowledge points in a scientific manner. In the chapters related to modeling, the author comprehensively explains the principles and techniques of modeling for heads, hands, feet, human bodies, and cars, laying a foundation for the character creation that follows. In the chapters on materials, readers will learn about the types of Maya materials and various advanced material techniques. In the character section, the author elaborates on Maya's bone system, skinning system, weighting, and even animation control using expressions. The book analyzes several representative short films and concludes with a complete and practical animation example for readers. The accompanying CD-ROM contains the source files and material files of the book's examples. This book is suitable for beginners and intermediate users learning Maya and action creation, as well as animation production professionals and students majoring in animation at higher art institutions nationwide.