Creating striking graphics with Maya and Photoshop / Daniel Gray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gray, Daniel, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer drawing.

Computer graphics.

Adobe Photoshop.

Maya (Computer file).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, Calif. ; London : SYBEX, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Add Another Dimension to Your Portfolio-And Move to the Top of Your Craft Professional artists who strive to bring a new look to their illustrations are using Alias' premier 3D software in tandem with Adobe's prominent digital imaging program to create cutting-edge graphics. Now, with Maya 6, this remarkable combo is even better integrated than before. Creating Striking Graphics with Maya and Photoshop-brought to you from Maya Press, a publishing partnership between Sybex and Alias-is a dazzling introduction to the vibrant world of 3D and Maya. Graphics wiz Daniel Gray

Contents:

Creating Striking Graphics with Maya and Photoshop; Acknowledgments; Letter from the Publisher; Foreword; About the Authors; Contents; Introduction; Hardware and Software Considerations; Part I: Maya and Photoshop: A Beautiful Friendship; Chapter 1: Drawing a New Course in a 3D World; Let's Work Together; Maya and Photoshop Walk into a Bar...; The Learning Curve; Looking Forward; Chapter 2: The Maya-Photoshop Connection; Beyond 2D; Learning Essential 3D Concepts; Maya's Interface; Maya Geometry; Maya and Photoshop Interaction; Next Step

Chapter 3: Introduction to Maya: Texturing with PhotoshopMapping Exercise: Simple Image Maps; Wine Bottle Part Deux; Further Practice; Part II: Striking Graphics for Various Markets; Chapter 4: Dazzling Illustration; Meats's Road to 3D; The Evolution of Mother Nature; On Learning Maya; Chapter 5: Classic Cartoon Sensibility in a 3D World; The 2D/3D Connection; The TELETOON Bumpers; Chapter 6: Comic Strips in 3D; When I Grow Up, I Want to Be a Cartoonist; Creating "Syntax Errors"; On Learning Maya; ""Syntax Errors"" Gallery; Chapter 7: Creating Realistic Animals: Bringing Dinosaurs to Life

Creating the Orodromeus for Dinosaur PlanetOn Photoshop and Maya; Chapter 8: The New Tradition-Adding 3D to Graphic Illustrations; Classical Beginnings; The Alanis Morissette Project; The Time DNA Cover; Little Blue Pills; Giants of Media; Maya in Perspective; Chapter 9: Re-creating Egyptian Antiquities; A Worldwide Effort; Modeling the Giza Plateau; Reconstructing King Tutankhamun's Tomb; The Temple of Luxor; On Photoshop; On Learning Maya; Chapter 10: Digitizing Dream Rides; Building the Digital Garage; Digitizing Cars; The EleMENTAL Woodie; Meshwerks Game Ventures

Chapter 11: Mirko Ilic: A Body of Work in 3DA Time-Tested Methodology; On Producing with Maya; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-36530-4

9786612365300

0-470-11315-4

OCLC:

81655870