Maya 6 Revealed

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ISBN: 9781592003655 | 1592003656
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 7/22/2004

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This text shows readers how to use this popular 3D modeling, animation and rendering package. 3D graphics such as those created using Maya have appeared in movies, television and games and as the demand for these types of images increase, so will the number of 3D artists wishing to learn these skills.

Learning the Maya Interface	p. 3
Introduction	p. 4
Work with Menus	p. 6
Use the Status Line Icon Buttons	p. 10
Access the Shelf	p. 15
Explore the Channel Box and Later Editor	p. 18
Identifying the Animation Controls, the Command Line, and the Help Line	p. 21
Use the Tool Box and Quick Layout Buttons	p. 25
Discover the Secret Menus	p. 30
Skills Review	p. 33
Controlling the View Panel and Working with Objects	p. 35
Introduction	p. 36
Change the View	p. 39
Change Display Options	p. 45
Select Objects and Components	p. 50
Transform, Group, and Parent Objects	p. 55
Snap and Align Objects	p. 60
Understand Nodes and Attributes	p. 66
Skills Review	p. 71
Drawing and Editing Curves	p. 73
Introduction	p. 74
Create Curves	p. 76
Edit Curve Details	p. 82
Modify Curves	p. 89
Apply Curve Operators	p. 92
Create Simple Surfaces from Curves	p. 98
Create Text	p. 105
Skills Review	p. 108
Working with NURBS Surfaces	p. 111
Introduction	p. 112
Learn the NURBS Primitives	p. 114
Edit NURBS Surfaces	p. 119
Apply Surface Operators	p. 126
Trim NURBS Surfaces	p. 134
Use Boolean Tools	p. 139
Stitch Surfaces Together	p. 143
Skills Review	p. 146
Creating and Editing Polygon Objects	p. 149
Introduction	p. 150
Create Polygon Objects	p. 152
Edit Polygons	p. 159
Use Polygon Operations	p. 166
Smooth Polygon Edges	p. 174
Use Polygon Booleans	p. 180
Triangulate Polygons	p. 183
Create Holes in Polygons	p. 186
Skills Review	p. 190
Working with Subdivision Surfaces	p. 193
Introduction	p. 194
Create Subdivision Surfaces	p. 196
Edit Subdivision Surfaces	p. 201
Simplify Surfaces	p. 206
Convert Objects	p. 209
Skills Review	p. 213
Assigning Materials and Textures	p. 215
Introduction	p. 216
Apply Materials	p. 218
Use the Hypershade	p. 223
Work with Materials	p. 229
Work with Textures	p. 236
Position Textures	p. 241
Use Utilities Nodes	p. 246
Paint in 3D	p. 249
Skills Review	p. 252
Adding Paint Effects	p. 255
Introduction	p. 256
Use the Preset Brushes	p. 258
Create Custom Brushes	p. 263
Paint in 2D	p. 270
Paint on 3D Objects	p. 275
Edit Paint Effects	p. 279
Skills Review	p. 282
Using Cameras and Lights	p. 285
Introduction	p. 286
Work with Cameras	p. 288
Create a Background	p. 294
Create and Position Lights	p. 298
Change Light Settings	p. 302
Create Light Effects	p. 306
Skills Review	p. 310
Animating With Keyframes	p. 313
Introduction	p. 314
Set Keyframes	p. 316
View an Animation	p. 321
Animate Using Motion Paths	p. 325
Edit Animation Curves	p. 330
Control Animation Timing	p. 336
Skills Review	p. 339
Working with Characters	p. 341
Introduction	p. 342
Build a Skeleton	p. 344
Edit Joint Attributes	p. 349
Add Inverse Kinematics	p. 354
Skin a Character	p. 358
Edit a Skin	p. 363
Skills Review	p. 367
Animating with Dynamics	p. 369
Introduction	p. 370
Use Particles	p. 372
Create an Emitter	p. 379
Create Fields and Goals	p. 384
Manage Particle Collisions	p. 388
Constrain Motion	p. 393
Create Effects	p. 397
Skills Review	p. 403
Rendering a Scene	p. 405
Introduction	p. 406
Configure the Render Process	p. 408
Use Special Rendering Features	p. 410
Use the Render View Window	p. 414
Create a Final Render	p. 418
Render with Maya Vector and Mental Ray	p. 420
Skills Review	p. 423
Using MEL Scripting	p. 425
Introduction	p. 426
Use the Command Line	p. 428
Use the Script Editor	p. 432
Skills Review	p. 436
Index	p. 437
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