Maya Ultimate Workshop With 18 Workshops on Cd-Rom

MASTER THE 3-D ANIMATION SOFTWARE THAT'S REVOLUTIONIZING THE INDUSTRY! CD-ROM CONTAINS 18 IN-DEPTH WORKSHOPS FOR HANDS-ON LEARNING Computer graphics animation is one of the fastest-growing career fields in Hollywood and beyond. Maya skills are an absolute necessity to break into this booming profession. There's no better way to learn this door-opening software tool than the Maya Ultimate Workshop, a rigorous multimedia tutorial that provides the step-by-step guidance needed to go from creating simple animations to sophisticated professional-level projects -- quickly, easily, and at your own pace. Written by an internationally-recognized certified Maya instructor, this complete learning package features a CD-ROM with 18 in-depth workshops, each illustrating an essential technique discussed in the text -- everything from basic polygon assembly to sophisticated characters and fluid dynamics. Coverage includes: Both Maya Complete and Maya Unlimited Complete coverage of Maya 5 Exporting to Shockwave Animating complex furred or clothed characters Fluid dynamics animation Rendering with mental ray for Maya Making a Flash image with vector rendering Animating characters with and without skin Keyframe and non-linear animations Modeling in polygons, NURBS and Subdivision Surfaces Rendering with complex shaders Applying textures Programming Maya in MEL (Maya Embedded Language) and using Expressions Dynamics with Rigid Bodies and particles animations Online updates and additional workshops to keep you abreast of the latest developments and techniques And much more There is no better career investment for anyone who wants to enter the lucrative computer graphics animation field than the Maya Ultimate Workshop.Petitot, Luc is the author of 'Maya Ultimate Workshop With 18 Workshops on Cd-Rom' with ISBN 9780071421690 and ISBN 0071421696.