Maya Professional Tips and Techniques By Lee Lanier
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Maya Professional Tips and Techniques
By Lee Lanier
* Publisher: Sybex
* Number Of Pages: 221
* Publication Date: 2007-03-06
* Sales Rank: 33262
* ISBN / ASIN: 0470107405
* EAN: 9780470107409
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Sybex
* Studio: Sybex
Book Description:
Get More Out of Maya in Less Time
Work better and faster in Maya with the quick-hit tips and techniques in this practical book. Designed for busy Maya users, this guide offers dozens of how-tos, workarounds, and shortcuts culled from years of experience in a fast-paced, deadline-driven production pipeline. You’ll discover tricks and timesavers on texturing particles, customizing Paint Effects brushes, modeling polygon faces, creating facial rigs with wire deformers, and much more-while useful, full-color illustrations reinforce the concepts. From modeling, animating, and rigging to texturing and lighting, this book will help you streamline workflow and improve your skills.
- Create simple to complex MEL windows
- Master NURBS modeling tricks
- Clean up imported polygons
- Animate realistic camera moves
- Build easy leg and spine controllers
- Combine simple textures for complex results
- Apply naturalistic and HDR lighting techniques
- Import ZBrush displacement and normal maps
- Prep your animation for video or 35mm film
Build a polygon head by extruding edges.
Import normal maps from ZBrush to obtain more accurate render detail over bump maps.
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