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Learn cutting-edge 3D animation techniques

Create breathtaking content for film, TV, games, print media, and the Web using Autodesk Maya and the detailed information contained in this comprehensive resource. Maya experts and special effects gurus Tom Meade and Shinsaku Arima cover every step in the Maya production workflow using easy-to-follow tutorials, real-world examples, and insider tips and tricks.

Maya 8: The Complete Reference shows you how to use the latest version of Maya to its full potential. You'll learn to integrate motion, create complex effects, manipulate lighting, render your final animation, and prepare for postproduction. 

  • Build 3D models using polygons, NURBS, and subdivision surfaces
  • Use displacement maps to enhance geometry
  • Create and skin skeletons
  • Connect the attributes of any nodes together
  • Build a control rig to manipulate skeletons
  • Create your own tools using MEL scripts
  • Master the Hypershade to control textures, cameras, and lights
  • Work with the Artisan tools, Paint Effects tools, and 3D Paint tools
  • Render your animation for postproduction

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A thorough update of our critically acclaimed Maya 6 book, complete with
spectacular new examples and tutorials on the new features in Maya 8, an
entirely redone flashy16-page color insert, and a DVD with sample movies
and video clips.
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This is written by the Maya experts who create special effects for today's blockbuster movies. Here is a thorough update of our critically acclaimed "Maya 6" book, complete with spectacular new examples and tutorials on the new features in "Maya 8". In this book, special-effects gurus explain how to use this state-of-the-art software to produce brilliant, believable content for film and TV, video games, Web design, and print. "Maya 8: The Complete Reference" explains the entire production pipeline from easy-to-follow tutorials that will help you master modeling, texturing, animation, rendering, postproduction, and much more.

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  • PublisherMcGraw-Hill Education TAB
  • Publication date2007
  • ISBN 10 0071485961
  • ISBN 13 9780071485968
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