Learning Maya 7 The modeling & animation handbook

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Published: Toronto, Ont. Alias 2005
Series:Alias / Learning tools
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Item Description:Requirements to use: Maya Complete 7 or Maya Personal Learning Edition, DVD drive, prerequisite: Learning Maya 7. Foundation
DVD-ROM bonus features: lesson support files, instructor-led overviews/guide for projects in book, interview with Cathy McGinnis (Alias instructor), excerpt from Sony Pictures Imageworks' short The ChubbChubbs!, Turbo Squid 3D models
What you will learn: Model organic characters with polygons and NURBS, Model in-organic props with Subdivision Surfaces, Understand skeletons, Create joint orientation, Work with inverse kinematics, Setup an arm, a spine and a bi-ped's lower body, Work with blend shapes, Skin your character, Create constraints, Create a walk cycle, Animate your character, Gain a better understanding of production pipelines by importing your character into Alias MotionBuilder
"Based on the Academy Award winning animated short The ChubbChubbs! from Sony Pictures Imageworks"--Cover
Physical Description:741, [4] p. col. ill. 23 cm. 1 DVD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
ISBN:1894893875 (pbk.)