Understanding 3D Animation Using Maya

TRAMA

Many animators and designers would like to supplement their Maya learning with a less-technical, more helpful book. This self-study manual is both a general guide for understanding 3-D computer graphics and a specific guide for learning the fundamentals of Maya: workspace, modeling, animation, shading, lighting, and rendering. Understanding 3-D Animation Using Maya covers these fundamentals in each chapter so that readers gain increasingly detailed knowledge. After an initial 'concepts' section launches each chapter, hands-on tutorials are provided, as well as a chapter project that progressively adds newly learned material and culminates in the final animated short. This is the first book on Maya that teaches the subject using a sensible, proven methodology for both novices and intermediate users. Topics and features: - Proven method that emphasizes preliminaries to every chapter- Integrates the "why" concepts of 3-D simultaneously with the "how-to" techniques- Skills reinforced with tutorials and chapter projects- Real-world experience distilled into helpful hints and step-by-step guides for common tasks

SOMMARIO

Essential Skills.- Refinements.- Intermediate Skills.- Adding Character.- Wiring Things Up.- Bringing It All Together.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780387001760
• Dimensioni: 244 x 170 mm
• Formato: Brossura
• Illustration Notes: XVIII, 313 p.
• Pagine Arabe: 313
• Pagine Romane: xviii