Maya 4.5 Fundamentals
Maya 4.5 Fundamentals
ISBN: 0735713278
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 198
Pages: 198
Authors: Jim Lammers, Lee Gooding
- Maya 5 Fundamentals
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- About the Authors
- About the Technical Reviewers
- Acknowledgments
- Individual Acknowledgments, Garry Lewis
- Individual Acknowledgments, Jim Lammers
- 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
- About Maya Personal Learning Edition (PLE)
- Maya Complete Versus Maya Unlimited: What More Would You Get?
- Help Within Maya
- This Book s Web Site and Author Contact Information
- A Last Note
- 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
- Computer Graphics Primer
- Going Further
- 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
- Summary
- Part II: Maya Basics
- Chapter 5. Modeling with Polygons
- In This Chapter
- Customizing the Interface and Loading Hotkeys
- Sculpting with Polygons
- Building a Lobby Entrance Interior
- Summary
- Chapter 6. Polygon Character and Subdivision Surfaces Modeling
- In This Chapter
- Modeling a Human Head
- Summary
- Chapter 7. More Subdivision Surfaces Modeling
- In This Chapter
- Summary
- Chapter 8. Modeling with NURBS
- In This Chapter
- What Are NURBS?
- Summary
- Chapter 9. Materials
- In This Chapter
- Materials Overview
- A Tour of Hypershade
- Basic Material Types
- Material Settings
- Adding Basic Materials to Your Office Lobby
- Texture Mapping
- 3D Paint: Interactive Texturing
- Bump Mapping
- Summary
- Chapter 10. Lighting
- In This Chapter
- Why Is Lighting Important?
- Available Light Types in Maya
- Shadows in Maya
- Common Light Attributes
- Summary
- Chapter 11. Animation Basics
- In This Chapter
- The Animation Tools and Interface
- Types of Animation
- Using the Graph Editor
- Playblasting Your Animation
- Summary
- Chapter 12. 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 13. Cameras and Rendering
- In This Chapter
- Cameras
- Previewing with Playblast
- Rendering an Animation
- Part III: Going Further with Maya
- Chapter 14. Paint Effects
- In This Chapter
- Paint Effects Overview
- Working with Strokes
- Summary
- Chapter 15. Particle Systems and Dynamics
- In This Chapter
- Rigid-Body Dynamics
- Particles
- Soft-Body Dynamics
- Summary
- Chapter 16. 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
- On Techniques
- On Starting a Career in Animation
- Summary
- Part IV: Appendixes
- 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 the 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
- Colophon
- Book Images
- Artist Renderings
- 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: 2006
Pages: 198
Pages: 198
Authors: Jim Lammers, Lee Gooding