3D Animation for the Raw Beginner Using Maya
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Features
- Takes a principles-based yet pragmatic approach to animated projects
- Provides simple, step-by-step tutorials that link key principles to Autodesk Maya techniques
- Contains introductions to critical aspects of the 3D animation process as well as step-by-step Maya-based tutorials
- Includes one color image for each of the tutorials
Summary
Accessible to art, engineering, computer science, and film students and professionals, this text provides a concise, principles-based introduction to 3D animation. It emphasizes the process for creating animated projects in a nonmathematical fashion. The text focuses on how to carry out this process with Autodesk Maya, the gold standard in 3D animation. Each chapter introduces a critical aspect of the 3D animation process and guides readers through simple, step-by-step tutorials that link key principles to Autodesk Maya techniques.
Table of Contents
Underlying Concepts. The 3D Animation Workflow. Basic Modeling Techniques. Materials and Textures. Lights and Shadows. Skeletons and Kinematics. Animation: Time as the Fourth Dimension. Dynamics: Particles and an Entirely Different World of Animation. Objects and Forces. Cameras. Rendering. The Big Picture in Maya: A Tutorial.
