Publisher's Synopsis
A comprehensive approach to learning Maya 2013
This book–and–video package is a great way to quickly startusing the powerful Maya software. Eight hours of step–by–step videoinstruction on Maya 2013 quickly teaches you how to use thesoftware′s core features and functions. The complementary bookwalks you through the basics of Maya modeling, texturing,animating, and lighting to familiarize you with the program as awhole. The hands–on projects offer realistic, job–related,professional challenges for those new to 3D, and to those comingfrom another 3D application.
- Begins each book and video chapter with a a quick overview ofthe lesson and then immediately moves into an approachable hands–onexercise that you can follow to gain confidence using thesoftware
- Allows you to download starting and ending files for theexercises so that you can start anywhere and compare your resultswith that of the professionals
- Features compelling full–color screenshots to illustratetutorial steps, and chapters conclude with related and moreopen–ended projects to further reinforce the chapter′s lessons
This book–and–DVD package helps you quickly understand and usethe popular 3D animation and effects program′s core features andfunctions.
