Learn From the Maya Experts Who Create Special Effects for Today’s Blockbuster Movies Discover how to use Maya to produce brilliant, believable content for film and TV, video games, Web design, and print. Maya instructors and special effects gurus Meade and Arima will show you everything you need to know to master Maya. Learn the entire production pipeline from easy-to-follow tutorials that will help you master modeling, texturing, animation, rendering, post-production, and much more. <ul>
<li>Quickly understand core concepts of 3D production, and navigate the Maya interface </li>
<li>Create movement with path, nonlinear, or procedural animation, and use dynamics to run simulations of natural phenomena to create animation </li>
<li>Add realism with texturing, lighting, and rendering </li>
<li>Build controls to help you easily maneuver skeletons </li>
<li>Model hard surfaces and organic forms with NURBS, polygons, and subdivision surfaces </li>
<li>Apply post-production compositing applications such as After Effects, Combustion, and Shake </li>
</ul>
CD-ROM includes usable sample files that enhance the book’s tutorials Tom Meade is a full-time Maya Instructor at The Academy of Art University in San Francisco. He has created 3D illustrations for Wired magazine and worked on numerous interactive CD-ROM games. For the past three years Meade has worked at 3D/FX training firm dvGarage, building video-based training products for the 3D market. Shinsaku Arima is a Maya instructor and Visual FX artist. As a Trainer and Technical Director with ESC Entertainment, he did FX work on The Matrix: Revolutions. As FX Technical Director at The Orphanage, he has worked on The Day After Tomorrow and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. Alex Lindsay has worked in computer graphics for nearly 20 years. He did FX work on Star Wars: Episode I (at JAK Films and Industrial Light and Magic). Currently he is the Chief Architect of the Pixel Corps, a guild of media artists.

Maya 6: The Complete Reference

Computers & Technology

Meade,Tom

Arima,Shinsaku

Programming

McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media

A complete guide to getting started with Sofitmage|XSI. A comprehensive and understandable examination of Avid|Softimage's elegant new computer animation system, XSI Illuminated is a perfect companion for working animators, students, and teachers alike. Complete coverage of:XSI Interface ConceptsOrganization: Hierarchy and GroupsBuilding Sets and ModelsWorking with LayersKeyframe AnimationPath AnimationThe Animation EditorDeformations and the Generic Attribute PainterMaterials, Lighting and Rendering

XSI Illuminated : Foundation

Rossano, Anthony

Web Development & Design

Elfin Cove Pr

A comprehensive and understandable examination of Avid|Softimage's elegant new computer animation system, XSI Illuminated: Foundation is a perfect companion for working animators, students, and teachers alike. 
New for Version 4 of Softimage|XSI, 'XSI Foundation' is a complete learning tool for people picking up Softimage XSI for the first time. ‘XSI Foundation' now covers the new Texture Layer Editor, the Texture UV Editor, and the Compositor, in addition to a complete coverage of Polygon and NURBS modeling, animation tools and detailed information on Materials, Lighting and Rendering. This new, fourth version of the Mesmer Press book also contains numerous new tutorials, including ‘UV Mapping Dice’, ‘Rendering with Layered Shaders’, ‘Using the Compositor’ and more. Complete coverage of: 
The XSI Interface and Workflow Organization: Hierarchy and Groups Building Sets and Models Working with the Operator Stack Serious Polygon Modeling Techniques Building with Subdivision Surfaces NURBS Surface Modeling Speeding Work with Layers All About Curves and Snapping Tools Keyframe Animation Technique Path Animation Deformations and Weightmaps Using the Paint Tool with Weightmaps Materials (Shaders) in the RenderTree Lighting, and Rendering with mental ray Refining with the Animation Editor Viewing Your Renders with the Flipbook 
New book sections include: 
Images, Sources and Clips Using XSI with PhotoShop Texture Projections The Texture Layer Editor Polygon UV Editing Compositing layers with XSI

XSI Illuminated: Foundation 2

Mesmer Inc

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