Understanding 3D Animation Using Maya

John Edgar Park

ISBN 10: 038700176X / ISBN 13: 9780387001760

Published by Springer New York, Springer US, 2004

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Many animators and designers would like to supplement their Maya learning with a less-technical, more helpful book. This self-study manual is both a general guide for understanding 3-D computer graphics and a specific guide for learning the fundamentals of Maya: workspace, modeling, animation, shading, lighting, and rendering. Understanding 3-D Animation Using Maya covers these fundamentals in each chapter so that readers gain increasingly detailed knowledge. After an initial 'concepts' section launches each chapter, hands-on tutorials are provided, as well as a chapter project that progressively adds newly learned material and culminates in the final animated short. This is the first book on Maya that teaches the subject using a sensible, proven methodology for both novices and intermediate users. Topics and features: - Proven method that emphasizes preliminaries to every chapter- Integrates the 'why' concepts of 3-D simultaneously with the 'how-to' techniques- Skills reinforced with tutorials and chapter projects- Real-world experience distilled into helpful hints and step-by-step guides for common tasks.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Understanding 3D Animation Using Maya
• Publisher: Springer New York, Springer US
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 038700176X
• ISBN 13: 9780387001760
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 244W x 170H x 22D millimeters 244 millimeters width by 170 millimeters height by 22 millimeters depth
• Weight: 666 grams

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Synopsis

Understanding 3-D Animation Using Maya is both a general guide for understanding 3-D computer graphics as well as a specific guide for learning the fundamentals of Maya: workspace, modeling, animation, shading, lighting, and rendering. Each chapter first presents an initial concept, which details a proven method, before providing hands-on tutorials and projects. This approach details how and why animation techniques work and explains how to use Maya for creating sophisticated, state-of-the-art animations. The author distills real-world experience into helpful hints and step-by-step guides for common tasks. Animators, game developers, effects animators, and computer graphics artists will all find the book an essential tool and resource.

Synopsis

Many animators and designers would like to supplement their Maya learning with a less-technical, more helpful book. This self-study manual is both a general guide for understanding 3-D computer graphics and a specific guide for learning the fundamentals of Maya: workspace, modeling, animation, shading, lighting, and rendering. Understanding 3-D Animation Using Maya covers these fundamentals in each chapter so that readers gain increasingly detailed knowledge. After an initial 'concepts' section launches each chapter, hands-on tutorials are provided, as well as a chapter project that progressively adds newly learned material and culminates in the final animated short. This is the first book on Maya that teaches the subject using a sensible, proven methodology for both novices and intermediate users. Topics and features: - Proven method that emphasizes preliminaries to every chapter- Integrates the "why" concepts of 3-D simultaneously with the "how-to" techniques- Skills reinforced with tutorials and chapter projects- Real-world experience distilled into helpful hints and step-by-step guides for common tasks- CD-ROM with practice animations, case studies and additional methods