The Autodesk Maya 7.0, a powerful 3D animation and modeling software, offers advanced capabilities for creating digital content. This generation of Maya excels in character modeling with rigging and posing tools, spectacular clothing simulation, and realistic fur or long hair simulation. Its integration with Adobe products like Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash, coupled with fast data transfer, streamlines workflows. The software is designed to support users from beginner to advanced levels, facilitating the creation of visually stunning 2D toon looks and complex 3D assets.
This Visual QuickStart Guide for Autodesk Maya 7.0 provides comprehensive instruction for users on Windows and Macintosh platforms. It covers essential aspects of the software, employing a task-based learning methodology with abundant visual aids and practical tips and tricks. The manual is structured to assist users in mastering Maya's features, from fundamental operations to advanced techniques, ensuring efficient and effective utilization of its creative potential for digital media and animation projects.
Adding tools that allow users to realize the 2D Toon look of comic books, cartoons, manga and anime; create spectacular clothing, fur or long hair for characters; and move data quickly back and forth between Maya and Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator, an already cool program just got even cooler. Here to take budding animators and modelers from 0 to 60 fast in Maya 7 is the eagerly anticipated update to everybody's favorite Maya tome: Maya 7: Visual QuickStart Guide! In these pages, best-selling authors Danny Riddell and Steve Anzovin use a combination of task-based instruction and strong visual aids to take readers step by step through all of Maya's essentials: unsurpassed character rigging and posing, integration with essential production tolls such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash and more. Both beginning users, who want a thorough introduction to the topic, and more advanced users, who are looking for a convenient reference, will find what they need here in straightforward language and through readily accessible examples, peppered with tons of timesaving tips and tricks. By the end of the volume, users will be creating their own alternate universes in Maya 7!
Author: Riddell, Danny
Author: Robinson, Morgan
Author: Stein, Nathaniel
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Illustration: n
Language: ENG
Title: Maya 7 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide
Pages: 00560 (Encrypted EPUB) / 00000 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2006-04-12
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780321348999
Category: Computers : Digital Media - Video & Animation
Adding tools that allow users to realize the 2D Toon look of comic books, cartoons, manga and anime; create spectacular clothing, fur or long hair for characters; and move data quickly back and forth between Maya and Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator, an already cool program just got even cooler. Here to take budding animators and modelers from 0 to 60 fast in Maya 7 is the eagerly anticipated update to everybody's favorite Maya tome: Maya 7: Visual QuickStart Guide! In these pages, best-selling authors Danny Riddell and Steve Anzovin use a combination of task-based instruction and strong visual aids to take readers step by step through all of Maya's essentials: unsurpassed character rigging and posing, integration with essential production tolls such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash and more. Both beginning users, who want a thorough introduction to the topic, and more advanced users, who are looking for a convenient reference, will find what they need here in straightforward language and through readily accessible examples, peppered with tons of timesaving tips and tricks. By the end of the volume, users will be creating their own alternate universes in Maya 7!
Author: Riddell, Danny
Author: Robinson, Morgan
Author: Stein, Nathaniel
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Illustration: n
Language: ENG
Title: Maya 7 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide
Pages: 00560 (Encrypted EPUB) / 00000 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2006-04-12
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780321348999
Category: Computers : Digital Media - Video & Animation
