Mastering Autodesk Maya 2015: Autodesk Official Press

Todd Palamar

ISBN 10: 1118862511 / ISBN 13: 9781118862513

Published by Sybex Inc, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Mastering Autodesk Maya 2015: Autodesk ...

Publisher: Sybex Inc

Publication Date: 2014

Binding: Softcover

Condition: New

Edition: International Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

Expand your skills with complete Maya mastery

Mastering Autodesk Maya is the ultimate guide to the popular 3D animation software. Author Todd Palamar draws on his extensive professional animation experience to help readers take their Maya skills to the next level. Written for those who already know the basics of this enormous program, the book covers advanced topics and professional techniques for modeling, animation, texturing, and visual effects.

Fully updated to reflect Maya's latest features, the book takes a hands-on approach to instruction, providing readers with a diverse set of tutorials designed by real-world professionals to showcase 3D animation and visual techniques used in industry settings. Complete and comprehensive, the book makes an excellent desk reference for the working animator, and is an ideal resource for those seeking Maya certification. The unique combination of challenging material and practical instruction make this one-of-a-kind guide the ultimate Maya handbook. Topics include:

• Animation using inverse kinematics, keyframes, and deformers
• Hard surface and organic modeling
• Proper rigging techniques, and working with Maya Muscle
• Xgen, Paint Effects, and rendering with mental ray
• Texture mapping, compositing, nParticles, and more
• Virtual filmmaking and scene management

The most complex skills are useless if they can't be applied, so the book emphasizes the practical, day-to-day uses of each skill, and discusses which solutions best fit which scenario. For the computer animation professional seeking a more in-depth mastery of this popular animation program, Mastering Autodesk Maya is an excellent investment in the future of your career.

About the Author:

Todd Palamar began his career creating traditional special effects for low-budget horror movies and quickly gravitated to computer animation. After working on numerous straight-to-video movies, he entered the video game industry. Todd has extensive freelance experience, including dozens of military and game-style simulations, corporate commercials, and theme park rides. In addition, he has written several Maya books, including Maya Studio Projects: Photorealistic Characters and several editions of Mastering Autodesk Maya.