Maya MEL Animation Programming: From Beginner to Master

Author: Luo Han
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: Maya is an extremely popular 3D animation software in the current era, and MEL is the ultimate technology that Maya enthusiasts crave. Mastering MEL represents a comprehensive leap in Maya skills. The author has been specializing in Maya at the forefront for many years, accumulating extensive practical experience. The book is divided into 13 chapters. Chapter 1 is an introduction to Maya, primarily aimed at beginners, with three classic examples that allow readers to quickly grasp all the function settings of Maya. Chapters 2–10 are the MEL section, mainly targeting intermediate to advanced Maya users, explaining the syntax structure and various function commands of MEL in a step-by-step manner. Chapters 11–13 are the practical application section, using impressive examples to guide readers in systematically applying MEL to achieve high-level production effects. The greatest feature of this book is to abandon extensive cumbersome text explanations and use graphics to illustrate steps. Each diagram is designed to be full-screen, with step-by-step flow lines and operation items clearly marked, making it concise and intuitive, allowing readers to escape the suffering of textual explanations. This book is aimed at all Maya enthusiasts and hobbyists who want to learn about Maya, use it, and ultimately become Maya designers. It can also serve as a training textbook for universities, colleges, vocational schools, and social training classes. The accompanying CD-ROM contains selected examples from the book.