Learning Maya 7 :  The modeling & animation handbook / 
 Learning Maya Seven 
Alias/Learning Tools ; [foreword by Doug Walker] 
 - Toronto, Ont. :  Alias,  2005 
 - 741, [4] p. :  col. ill. ;  23 cm. +  1 DVD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) 
 - Alias / Learning tools .
 - Learning tools .
<br/><br/> 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.  Book is accompanied by one CD entitled'Learning Maya : The modeling & animation handbook' bearing the same call number and is available at Bahagian Koleksi Media 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1894893875 (pbk.)  RM205.01 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Maya (Computer file)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Computer animation<br/>Three-dimensional display systems