Intermediate - Advanced Level Users.
Includes CD-ROM.
This is the only book available that offers tips for using Maya presented by professional film producers and artists from such studios as Sony, Dreamworks, Industrial Light and Magic, and Pacific Data Images. Unlike competing books that only address the theory behind the software, this book teaches you everyday, real-world techniques for creating characters and effects that you can use on the job, or to secure a job.
The book also features a 32-page Colour Studio that showcases Maya characters and effects from major film studios, as well as the project results of creating realistic-looking skin, clothing, and other creative challenges in Maya. The author brings over 15 years of computer graphics film experience to this book, including work on the films 'The Mask' and 'Air Force One', and research for the development of the Maya software.
This is the only book to include the author's exclusive stereoscopic process that enables you to view flat characters in 3D before spending hours of work on the details to create them in 3D.
