Synopses & Reviews
Maya 4 is one of the world's most powerful, high-end 3D animation and visual effects software programs available. It is used in film, video, broadcast, and game development. With Maya you can create humans in 3D, animate animals, plant trees, construct cars, and simulate machines. It's an all-in-one program that includes modeling, rendering, and animating 3D. It's fast, has an extensive tool set, and is easily extensible. Maya: Visual QuickStart Guide introduces beginner-to-intermediate Maya users to the elementary theory, interface, and powerful features of Maya. This task-based book includes many easy-to-follow, step-by-step examples of simple and more complex Maya techniques. Upon completion of this book, readers will feel comfortable with Maya's interface and features and be able to produce 3D models, texture objects, create animations, and render images.
Synopsis
This is an affordable, straightforward, task-based guide to learning Maya, the powerful animation and rendering software. It covers all the major computing platforms for Maya, Unix, Windows, Linux, NT, and Mac OS X.