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Learning Autodesk Maya 8 | The Special Effects Handbook with DVD |
| Autodesk Maya Press |
| This exceptional, full-color Autodesk Maya Press title -- produced by Autodesk (formerly Alias), the software's creators -- uses an award-winning movie short as the basis for the book's all-new hands-on tutorials. Learning Autodesk Maya 8 | Special Effects Handbook will allow readers to follow clear step-by-step projects to understand the rendering and dynamics stages of production. Readers will learn how to: Create materials and textures Set up lights and cameras Work with shadows and raytracing Learn to control your renders Understand rendering for special effects and compositing Explore hardware rendering and vector rendering Create Caustics and Global Illumination effects Understand Final Gather and HDRI techniques Create Maya and mental ray Shaders Create and animate Rigid Body objects Create and animate particles using fields, goals, ramps and expressions Render particles with hardware graphics and software techniques Dynamically animate NURBs and polygonal surfaces using Soft Bodies Utilize Artisan functionality in conjunction with Maya Dynamics tools Instance geometry with particle motion Use Dynamic Constraints including Rigid Body constraints and soft body springs Otimize and troubleshoot dynamics scenes. Accompanying DVD-ROM to include: Instructor movies, scene files, and artist interviews
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| Paperback/DVD disk |
Pages, 7-3/8 x 9-1/4 in. |
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1897177399 $69.99 |
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | |
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