Learning Autodesk Maya 2008: The Modeling & Animation Handbook (Paperback)

Description

* Maya is the industry-leading 3D animation and effects software widely used in movies, video games, cartoons, short films, commercials, and more
* Using the award-winning animated short Open Season for the book's all-new hands-on tutorials, this exceptional full-color book offers readers clear, step-by-step projects to help them understand the complexities of modeling and animation in Maya
* Teaches readers how to build models with a variety of surface types and create realistic movement with a wide range of animation techniques
* Covers essential Maya topics such as polygon modeling, texturing, using layers to organize work, creating skeleton chains, editing joint orientation, understanding forward and inverse kinematics, using pole vector constraints for realistic motion in arms and legs, and more

描述

Maya是業界領先的3D動畫和特效軟體，廣泛應用於電影、電子遊戲、卡通、短片、廣告等領域。本書使用屢獲殊榮的動畫短片《開放季節》作為全新的實踐教程，以清晰的步驟項目幫助讀者理解Maya建模和動畫的複雜性。教讀者如何使用各種表面類型建立模型，並使用多種動畫技術創造逼真的動作。涵蓋了Maya的基本主題，如多邊形建模、紋理貼圖、使用圖層組織工作、創建骨骼鏈、編輯關節方向、理解正向和反向運動學、使用極點向量約束實現手臂和腿部的逼真運動等等。