Maya Visual Effects, w. CD-ROM
The Innovator's Guide
(Sprache: Englisch)
This full-color title shows animators how to thrive in a fast-paced creative environment by showing them how to create amazing visual effects and solve tough animation problems as if their lives depended on it Provides insight to using specific tools in...
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This full-color title shows animators how to thrive in a fast-paced creative environment by showing them how to create amazing visual effects and solve tough animation problems as if their lives depended on it Provides insight to using specific tools in unique ways, such as ramp textures (including animating eyes, UFOs, or a swarm of flies), particles (using Paint FX, cameras, and textures), joints (mastering cameras and lattices), blendshapes (how-to's for facial animation, soft bodies, triggering weights), custom tools (curves and surfaces), and more The step-by-step tutorials are presented in a fun, engaging style The CD-ROM includes Maya demo software, scene files, and beginning and ending files for every project in the book
Create Dazzling Maya Visual Effects Out of Thin Air
If you need to create stunning effects on a tight deadline for finicky clients and demanding art directors, this book is for you. Go from Post-it Notes to positively dazzling with the unique insights and practical advice in this innovative guide from a working professional Maya artist. Need to create plasmatic energy by lunch? Animate a field of sprouting daisies before tomorrow's meeting? Fashion a force field by Friday? With Maya's flexible toolset and the unique tutorials in this book, you'll learn how to solve real-world problems, improvise, and finish your professional assignments on time and with flair.
- Animate a zombie hand transformation, UFO glow, and streaking energy with textures
- Make a tentacle shake and slither using expressions and joints
- Use Paint Effects to create twitching nerves and bacterial hair
- Split crystals with Rigid Body Dynamics
- Animate a collapsing rope bridge using Maya Hair
- Master particle instancing and collision effects
- Get a handle on scripting with MEL
If you need to create stunning effects on a tight deadline for finicky clients and demanding art directors, this book is for you. Go from Post-it Notes to positively dazzling with the unique insights and practical advice in this innovative guide from a working professional Maya artist. Need to create plasmatic energy by lunch? Animate a field of sprouting daisies before tomorrow's meeting? Fashion a force field by Friday? With Maya's flexible toolset and the unique tutorials in this book, you'll learn how to solve real-world problems, improvise, and finish your professional assignments on time and with flair.
- Animate a zombie hand transformation, UFO glow, and streaking energy with textures
- Make a tentacle shake and slither using expressions and joints
- Use Paint Effects to create twitching nerves and bacterial hair
- Split crystals with Rigid Body Dynamics
- Animate a collapsing rope bridge using Maya Hair
- Master particle instancing and collision effects
- Get a handle on scripting with MEL
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Maya Visual Effects, w. CD-ROM “
Introduction. Chapter 1. Texture Effects. Chapter 2. Particle Effects. Chapter 3. Rigging for Effects. Chapter 4. Creative Blend Shape Use. Chapter 5. Paint Effects. Chapter 6. Soft Body Springs. Chapter 7. Rigid Body Effects. Chapter 8. Hair and Fur Effects.
Autoren-Porträt von Eric Keller
Eric Keller has been using Autodesk's Maya to create professional animations since version 1 was released and has been an enthusiast ever since. He is currently a high-end animator for film, television, and scientific visualization. His clients include Disney, ESPN, Hewlett-Packard, CBS, and ABC. Prior to that, he created animations for some of the world's top researchers at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He was a contributing author to Mastering Maya 7 and Mastering Maya 8.5 (Sybex).
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Eric Keller
- 2007, 368 Seiten, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 047011133X
- ISBN-13: 9780470111338
Sprache:
Englisch
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