Maya 4.5 Fundamentals
Maya 4.5 Fundamentals
ISBN: 0735713278
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 201
Pages: 201
Authors: Jim Lammers, Lee Gooding
- Main Page
- Table of content
- Copyright
- About the Authors
- About the Technical Reviewers
- Acknowledgments
- Tell Us What You Think
- Introduction
- A Brief History of How Maya Came to Be
- What Is Maya?
- Who Should Read This Book?
- How This Book Is Organized
- Conventions Used in This Book
- Movies on the CD-ROM: How to Play Them and Use Them
- Maya and Hardware
- What s New in Maya 4.5?
- About Maya Personal Learning Edition (PLE)
- Maya Complete Versus Maya Unlimited: What More Would You Get?
- Help Within Maya
- This Book s Web Site
- Reaching the Authors
- A Last Note
- Book Figures
- Book Figures
- Artist Renderings
- Part I: A Quick-Start Guide to Maya
- Chapter 1. Pre-Maya: A Primer
- In This Chapter
- Color Basics
- Image Composition
- Lighting 101
- Cameras and Perspective
- Directing 101
- Computer Graphics Primer
- Bibliography
- Summary
- Chapter 2. A Tour of Maya
- In This Chapter
- Maya Overview
- The Maya Interface
- The Hotbox
- Summary
- Chapter 3. Maya Interaction
- In This Chapter
- Creating Objects
- Selecting Objects
- Transforming Objects
- Duplicating Objects
- Deleting Objects
- Pivot Points
- Temporary Snapping
- Hierarchy
- Displaying Objects
- Summary
- Chapter 4. Diving In: Your First Animation
- In This Chapter
- Starting a New Project
- Creating Scene Elements for Your Project
- Adding More Animation to Your Scene
- Adding Materials and Lighting Your Scene
- Finishing the Scene
- Summary
- Part II: Maya Basics
- Chapter 5. NURBS Modeling Basics
- In This Chapter
- What Are NURBS?
- Marking Menus and the User Interface
- Creating the Old House
- Summary
- Chapter 6. More NURBS Modeling
- In This Chapter
- More NURBS
- Summary
- Chapter 7. Modeling with Polygons
- In This Chapter
- Character Modeling with Polygons
- Creating the Creature s Head
- Summary
- Chapter 8. Materials
- In This Chapter
- Materials Overview
- A Tour of Hypershade
- Basic Material Types
- Material Settings
- Adding Basic Materials to Your House
- Texture Mapping
- 3D Paint
- Adding Texture Mapping to Base Materials
- Bump Mapping
- Summary
- Chapter 9. Lighting
- In This Chapter
- Why Is Lighting Important?
- Available Light Types in Maya
- Shadows in Maya
- Common Light Attributes
- Summary
- Chapter 10. Animation Basics
- In This Chapter
- The Animation Tools and Interface
- Types of Animation
- Using the Graph Editor
- Playblasting Your Animation
- Summary
- Chapter 11. Character Animation
- In This Chapter
- What Is Character Animation?
- Creating Skeletons
- Inverse Kinematics
- Skinning
- Animating Your Character
- Building Repetitive Motion with Trax
- Blend Shape Animation
- Summary
- Chapter 12. Cameras and Rendering
- In This Chapter
- Cameras
- Previewing with Playblast
- Rendering an Animation
- Setup for Rendering
- Summary
- Part III: Going Further with Maya
- Chapter 13. Paint Effects
- In This Chapter
- Paint Effects Overview
- Working with Strokes
- Summary
- Chapter 14. Particle Systems and Dynamics
- In This Chapter
- Rigid-Body Dynamics
- Particles
- Soft-Body Dynamics
- Summary
- Chapter 15. Your Next Steps: Efficiency and Artistry
- In This Chapter
- Why Is It Taking So Long to Render?
- Batch Rendering in Maya
- Workflow Enhancements
- Compositing
- Installing Third-Party Plug-ins, Materials, and Scripts
- Creating Your Own Material Libraries
- Parting Thoughts
- Summary
- Part IV: Appendices
- Appendix A. Maya Headstart for Max Users
- Differences in Viewport Navigation
- Differences in the Control Interface
- Differences in Viewport Mode and Layout
- Differences in Working with Objects
- Differences in Creating and Editing Models
- Differences in Scene Organization
- Differences in Modeling Aids
- Differences in Lighting
- Differences in Materials
- Differences in Creating Animation
- Differences in Previewing and Rendering
- Post Effects
- Environmental Effects
- Scripting
- Particles and Dynamics
- ImportExport from Maya to Max
- Appendix B. Maya Headstart for LightWave Users
- Global Differences
- Differences in Viewport Navigation
- Differences in Control Interface
- Differences in Creating and Editing Models
- Differences in Lighting
- Differences in Materials
- Differences in Creating Animation
- Differences in Previewing and Rendering
- Post Effects
- ImportExport from LightWave to Maya
- Index
- Index SYMBOL
- Index A
- Index B
- Index C
- Index D
- Index E
- Index F
- Index G
- Index H
- Index I
- Index J
- Index K
- Index L
- Index M
- Index N
- Index O
- Index P
- Index Q
- Index R
- Index S
- Index T
- Index U
- Index V
- Index W
- Index X
- Index Y
Maya 4.5 Fundamentals
ISBN: 0735713278
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 201
Pages: 201
Authors: Jim Lammers, Lee Gooding