Ian Cairns, Editor, MAYA Association
"...offers you hands-on experience with key tools and techniques found in MAYA."
Book Description
Alias|Wavefront's Maya is the Academy Award winning, premier tool for 3D modeling, animation, and rendering, used by top film houses such as Industrial, Light & Magic, Pixar, and Disney to create 3D animation and special effects. This practical, full-color Maya Press title -- produced by the software's creators -- is the first Maya 5 book available. Artists, students, educators, and hobbyists will appreciate this book's comprehensible coverage of 3D and Maya basics. A tested tutorial, Learning Maya 5: Foundation includes more than 20 project-focused lessons that afford hands-on experience with Maya's key tools. The DVD includes component files plus Beginning Maya ($29.99 US value), a 60-minute introduction to Maya 5, designed to get users up-to-speed quickly on Maya fundamentals. This multi-region DVD offers language tracks in English, French, German, Japanese and Korean.