Introducing Maya 6 : 3d for beginners / Dariush Derakhshani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Derakhshani, Dariush.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer animation.

Three-dimensional display systems.

Maya (Computer file).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (390 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Maya Press : Sybex, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""If you're just beginning to dive into the world of 3D, this is the book for you.""-Animation Magazine Alias' Academy Award winning Maya 3D animation and effects software leads the industry in technological innovation. Film and video artists, computer game developers, and design professionals rely on Maya to create brilliant digital imagery, animation, and visual effects. Now you can enter this exciting, imaginative world and learn to build, render, and animate your own digital characters and scenes. Brought to you by Maya Press, a publishing partnership between Sybex and Alias

Contents:

Introducing Maya 6: 3D for Beginners; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Foreword; Contents at a Glance; Contents; Introduction; What You Will Learn from This Book; Who Should Read This Book; How to Use This Book; How This Book Is Organized; Hardware and Software Considerations; The Book's CD; Contact the Author; Chapter 1: Introduction to Computer Graphics and 3D; Embrace the Art; CG; The Stages of Production; The CG Production Workflow; Core Concepts; Basic Film Concepts; Summary; Chapter 2: The Maya Interface; Navigating in Maya; A Screen Roadmap; Panels and Frequently Used Windows

Maya Object Structure Summary; Chapter 3: Your First Maya Animation; Project Overview: The Solar System; The Preproduction Process: Planning; Creating a Project; The Production Process: Creating and Animating the Objects; Using the Outliner; Summary; Chapter 4: Modeling with NURBS; Planning Your Model; Modeling with NURBS; Creating an Axe Using NURBS; Editing NURBS Surfaces; Using Artisan to Sculpt NURBS; Modeling Suggestions; Summary; Chapter 5: Modeling with Polygons; Polygon Basics; Converting NURBS to Polygons; Poly Editing Tools; Putting the Tools to Use: Making a Simple Hand

Creating Areas of Detail on a Poly Mesh ( Surface)The Sculpt Polygons Tool; Modeling Complex Objects: The Polygon Catapult; Suggestions for Modeling Polygons; Summary; Chapter 6: Further Modeling Topics; Modeling with Deformers: The Lattice; Subdivision Surfaces; Creating a Starfish; Building a Teakettle; Summary; Chapter 7: Maya Shading and Texturing; Shader Types; Shader Attributes; Texturing the Axe; Textures and Surfaces; UVs, Polygons, and Images: Color My Pear; Summary; Chapter 8: Introduction to Animation; Keyframe Animation-Bouncing a Ball; Throwing an Axe; Object Replacement

Animating the Catapult Summary; Chapter 9: Further Animation Practices; Skeletons and Kinematics; Skeletons: The Hand; Inverse Kinematics; Basic Relationships: Constraints; Basic Relationships: Set Driven Keys; Summary; Chapter 10: Maya Lighting; Basic Lighting Concepts; Maya Lights; Adding Shadows; Lighting Effects; Tips for Using and Animating Lights; Summary; Chapter 11: Maya Rendering; The Rendering Setup; Previewing Your Render: The Render View Window; Reflections and Refractions; Using Cameras; Motion Blur; Batch Rendering; Rendering the Wine Bottle; Summary; Chapter 12: Maya Dynamics

An Overview of Dynamics Rigid and Soft Dynamic Bodies; Animating with Dynamics: The Pool Table; Particle Dynamics; Emitting Particles; Animating a Particle Effect: Steam; Introduction to Paint Effects; Summary; Where Do You Go from Here?; Index; Beginners' Gallery

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-280-64978-X

9786610649785

0-470-11323-5

OCLC:

228145013