Book Description
Check out this first official book on Maya 6, produced by Alias, the creators of Maya. In a premium package with full-color from cover to cover, you get a completely practical guide with tested tutorials. The 20 project-focused lessons inside offer you hands-on experience with Maya's key tools. Plus the companion DVD is packed with tutorial support files and movies, as well as four hours of instructor-led overviews by an Alias Certified Instructor. If you're an artist, student, educator, or hobbyist, you'll appreciate this book's comprehensible coverage of 3D and Maya basics.
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Learning Maya 6 | Foundation is your key to learning Maya quickly and easily. Join the tens of thousands of other users who have proved their Maya skills by creating the Bouncing Ball, Jack-in-the-box, Primitive Man, Spaceships and, most importantly, Salty the Seal. Get hands-on experience with Maya's key tools and techniques through project-based lessons while you learn to model, animate, render, and add dynamic effects to your creations. With Learning Maya 6 | Foundation you'll model with NURBs and Polygons, animate, texture map, add visual effects and render your scenes. We've also added instructor-led chapter overviews, presented by an Alias Certified Instructor to further demonstrate the concepts covered in the book. Get up to speed in Maya 6.0 with Learning Maya 6.0 | Foundation.
With this book you will:
Become familiar with the Maya User Interface
Work in 3D space
Model with NURBS (Spline)
Model with Polygons
Set Keyframes and Motion Paths
Learn to use Trax Non-linear animation
Apply Forward and Inverse Kinematics
Deform surfaces
Set cameras and lights
Create Shaders and Textures
Discover rendering techniques
Explore particles and Dynamics
Begin to use MEL (Maya Embedded Language)
"I've been teaching Learning Maya | Foundation to my students for years and wouldn't consider a substitute. This tool is ideal for you if you are new to Maya." Peter Weishar, Dean of Film and Digital Media, Savannah College of Art and Design
What you need to use this book: A working knowledge of 3D space. Learning Maya Beginner’s Guide or Art of Maya are excellent resources to learn about 3D space; Maya Complete 6, Maya Unlimited 6, or Maya Personal Learning Edition; DVD-ROM Drive
