The Focal easy guide to Maya 5 : for new users and professionals

Summary: * Companion website provides new updates and tutorials for version 6!If you are an artist who's new to Alias's Maya, or are moving over to use this powerful, oscar-winning animation and effects software from another 3D package, you will find this book invaluable. It provides you with all you need to know to get up and running with this difficult software, fast! Focusing only on the key things you need to know when starting out it doesn't overload you, so speeds up your learning process. Highly illustrated in color throughout this book benefits from a clear, concise, jargon free style. Written b.

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ISBN: 9780240519524
ISBN: 1136145028
ISBN: 9781136145025
ISBN: 1136144978
ISBN: 9781136144974
ISBN: 9780240519524
ISBN: 0240519523
ISBN: 113614501X
ISBN: 9781136145018
ISBN: 9780080477824
ISBN: 0080477828
ISBN: 9781417558575
ISBN: 1417558571
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 228 pages) : illustrations (some color)
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Publisher: Oxford ; Burlington, MA : Focal, 2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (page 223) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; System Specs; Common Hotkeys; Chapter 1: Maya Basics; Chapter 2: Modeling; Chapter 3: Materials and Textures; Chapter 4: Lighting; Chapter 5: Animation; Chapter 6: Dynamics; Chapter 7: Rendering; Chapter 8: Paint Effects; Chapter 9: MEL Scripting; Chapter 10: Advanced Topics; Resources; Index.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.