Introducing Autodesk Maya 2012 [electronic resource] / Dariush Derakhshani.
By: Derakhshani, Dariush.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
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BookSeries: Autodesk official training guide: ; Serious skills: Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind. : Wiley Pub., Inc., c2011Description: xxii, 618 p., [7] p. of plates : ill. (some col.).Subject(s): Maya (Computer file) | Computer animation | Computer graphics | Three-dimensional display systemsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 006.6/96 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes index.
1. Introduction to computer graphics and 3D -- 2. Jumping In headfirst, with both feet -- 3. The Maya 2012 interface -- 4. Beginning polygonal modeling -- 5. Modeling with NURBS, subdivisions, and deformers -- 6. Practical experience -- 7. Maya shading and texturing -- 8. Introduction to animation -- 9. More Animation! -- 10. Maya lighting -- 11. Maya rendering -- 12. Maya dynamics and effects.
"Introducing Autodesk Maya 2012 is the ideal primer to getting started with Maya. Learn the Maya interface and the basics of modeling, rigging, animating, texturing, lighting, rendering, visualization, and visual effects. The expository text is reinforced with fun and challenging step-by-step tutorials, including creating a solar system, an alien hand, a steam locomotive, a toy wagon, and other projects that help you learn the ins and outs of this complex software. Professional visual effects artist and instructor Dariush Derakhshani leads readers through the nuances of the complex software without over-explaining or over-simplifying. The tutorials offer realistic, professional challenges for those new to 3D, and to those coming from another 3D application. Introducing Autodesk Maya 2012 is the perfect guide to get you up and running in the world's most popular professional 3D software application"-- Provided by publisher.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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