Learning Maya 7 : The modeling & animation handbook (Toronto, Ont. : Alias, 2005)
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
Keywords: Maya (Computer file); Computer animation; Three-dimensional display systems