Introducing Maya 6 : 3d for beginners /
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Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Francisco :
Maya Press : Sybex,
©2004.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introducing Maya 6: 3D for Beginners; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Foreword; Contents at a Glance; Contents; Introduction; What You Will Learn from This Book; Who Should Read This Book; How to Use This Book; How This Book Is Organized; Hardware and Software Considerations; The Book's CD; Contact the Author; Chapter 1: Introduction to Computer Graphics and 3D; Embrace the Art; CG; The Stages of Production; The CG Production Workflow; Core Concepts; Basic Film Concepts; Summary; Chapter 2: The Maya Interface; Navigating in Maya; A Screen Roadmap; Panels and Frequently Used Windows
- Maya Object StructureSummary; Chapter 3: Your First Maya Animation; Project Overview: The Solar System; The Preproduction Process: Planning; Creating a Project; The Production Process: Creating and Animating the Objects; Using the Outliner; Summary; Chapter 4: Modeling with NURBS; Planning Your Model; Modeling with NURBS; Creating an Axe Using NURBS; Editing NURBS Surfaces; Using Artisan to Sculpt NURBS; Modeling Suggestions; Summary; Chapter 5: Modeling with Polygons; Polygon Basics; Converting NURBS to Polygons; Poly Editing Tools; Putting the Tools to Use: Making a Simple Hand
- Creating Areas of Detail on a Poly Mesh (Surface)The Sculpt Polygons Tool; Modeling Complex Objects: The Polygon Catapult; Suggestions for Modeling Polygons; Summary; Chapter 6: Further Modeling Topics; Modeling with Deformers: The Lattice; Subdivision Surfaces; Creating a Starfish; Building a Teakettle; Summary; Chapter 7: Maya Shading and Texturing; Shader Types; Shader Attributes; Texturing the Axe; Textures and Surfaces; UVs, Polygons, and Images: Color My Pear; Summary; Chapter 8: Introduction to Animation; Keyframe Animation-Bouncing a Ball; Throwing an Axe; Object Replacement
- Animating the CatapultSummary; Chapter 9: Further Animation Practices; Skeletons and Kinematics; Skeletons: The Hand; Inverse Kinematics; Basic Relationships: Constraints; Basic Relationships: Set Driven Keys; Summary; Chapter 10: Maya Lighting; Basic Lighting Concepts; Maya Lights; Adding Shadows; Lighting Effects; Tips for Using and Animating Lights; Summary; Chapter 11: Maya Rendering; The Rendering Setup; Previewing Your Render: The Render View Window; Reflections and Refractions; Using Cameras; Motion Blur; Batch Rendering; Rendering the Wine Bottle; Summary; Chapter 12: Maya Dynamics
- An Overview of DynamicsRigid and Soft Dynamic Bodies; Animating with Dynamics: The Pool Table; Particle Dynamics; Emitting Particles; Animating a Particle Effect: Steam; Introduction to Paint Effects; Summary; Where Do You Go from Here?; Index; Beginners' Gallery