Maya: Visual QuickStart Guide - Tapa blanda

Maya is the high-end tool responsible for bringing to life many of the 3Dhumans, animals, plants, cars, and machines you see in film, videos, andgames. This all-in-one modeling and rendering package is a favorite amonganimators, thanks to its extensive tool set, speed, and easy extensibility.Maya: Visual QuickStart Guide walks you through the program'selementary theory, interface, and features--there's no quicker, easier wayto get up and running with Maya. Maya: Visual QuickStart Guide's task-based format makes it both aneasy-to-follow introduction for beginners and an indispensablequick-reference guide for more seasoned users, who can use the page tabs toskip straight to specific topics. No wordy explanations here; each task isbroken down into simple, concise steps, accompanied by numerous screenshotsto keep you on track as you work. With Maya: Visual QuickStartGuide, you'll be producing professional-looking 3D models, texturedobjects, and animations in no time.

Danny Riddell has been training artists in Maya and other 3D programs for the last three years at the Ex'pression Center for New Media, where he recently worked as the Associate Director of the Digital Visual Media (3D animation) program, and Director of the Web Design and Development program. He has been using Maya since the day it was released and started teaching it to students not long thereafter. He now has his own animation company, the Riddell Design Group.