Learning Maya: The Special Effects Handbook - Softcover

Alias

 
9781897177013: Learning Maya: The Special Effects Handbook

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This spectacular full-color guide takes a brand-new approach to Maya special effects, using characters and effects from the Oscar-winning short film "The ChubbChubbs" to teach rendering and dynamics. It covers the whole range of special effects topics, including lighting, camera rigging, effects, particles, and rigid bodies. It allows animators to compare effects they create with the effects found in the final film. It is packed with great content from Alias, creators of Maya. The DVD includes instructor-led tutorials on Quicktime video as well as scene files, artist interviews, and "Maya Personal Learning Edition".

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Alias (Toronto) is the company that produces Maya software and other applications for the entertainment and high-end design industries. Alias's Learning Tools division publishes its own books and DVDs. Alias's recognizable industry customers include CNN, Disney, Electronic Arts, Nintendo, Pixar, Sega, GM, Honda, and more.

The company was founded in 1995 when Alias Research (founded 1983) and Wavefront Technologies (founded 1984) merged under SGI. In July 2003, the company changed its name to Alias.

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This spectacular full-color guide takes a brand-new approach to Maya special effects, using characters and effects from the Oscar-winning short film The ChubbChubbs to teach rendering and dynamics

  • Covers the whole range of special effects topics, including lighting, camera rigging, effects, particles, and rigid bodies
  • Allows animators to compare effects they create with the effects found in the final film
  • Packed with great content from Alias, creators of Maya
  • The DVD includes instructor-led tutorials on Quicktime video as well as scene files, artist interviews, and Maya Personal Learning Edition

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